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HISTORY 



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HAEDWICK, 



MASSACHUSETTS. 



WITH A 



GENEALOGICAL REGISTER, 



LUCIUS R. PAIGE. 




BOSTON: 
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY. 

New York: 11 East Seventeenth Street. 

1883. 



Copyright, 1883, 
By LUCIUS B. PAIGE. 



The Riverside Press, Cambridge : 
Printed by H. 0. Houghton and Company. 



To 



THE MEMBERS OF THE 



MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY, 

AND OP THE 

NEW ENGLAND HISTORIC GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY, 
CI)t£f 2F0lttme 

IS DEDICATED BY ITS AUTHOR, 
THEIR ASSOCIATE. 



PEEFACE. 



From an early period I have been deeply interested in the 
history of Hardvvick, and in the genealogy of its inhabitants ; — 
the more deeply, doubtless, because my own ancestors were 
among the early pioneers, were actively engaged in the manage- 
ment of public affairs and by numerous intermarriages were 
connected with so many of its families. Although I have been 
a non-resident and comparative stranger for more than fifty-six 
years, my attachment to my native town has never grown cold ; 
but its rocks and hills are still viewed with almost childish de- 
light, whenever I visit them, and many of my old friends, though 
personally departed, are represented by worthy descendants, who 
are beloved for the fathers' sake. As I had opportunity, from 
time to time, I have gathered and preserved historical materials* 
intending to embody them in a permanent form. Other and 
imperative engagements intervened, and prevented the execution 
of my purpose until now : so that what I originally designed to 
be my first literary labor, of any considerable magnitude, has 
become absolutely the last ; for at the age of eighty-one years it 
is altogether too late to commence another task requiring much 
time for its completion. 

The materials embraced in this history were gathered from 
various sources ; among the most important of which were the 
Records of the Proprietors, of the Church, and of the Town, of 
Hard wick, including the Registry of Births and Deaths by the 
Town Clerk, and of Baptisms from the beginning, and of Deaths 
since 1789, recorded by the several Pastoi's of the Church, and 
supplemented by inscriptions on monuments and head-stones in 
the several cemeteries. Besides these, I consulted such printed 



VI PREFACE. 

authorities as were within my reach, inchiding files of newspapers; 
the manuscript records of the General Court ; the vast collection 
of original papers in the Archives of Massachusetts ; the Court 
Records, and Registries of Probate and of Deeds in several coun- 
ties, — not only in Worcestei*, but in Bristol, Plymouth, and 
Barnstable, — and the records of many towns in those counties, 
from which came so many of the early inhabitants of Hardwick ; 
and also the records of Bennington and Barnard in Vermont, 
which towns were originally settled by emigrants from Hard- 
wick. Besides all this, I have thoroughly explored more ancient 
burial-places, both in Massachusetts and Vermont, than I can 
easily enumerate. Notwithstanding the expenditure of so much 
time and labor, however, I am conscious of many deficiencies, for 
which I am not wholly responsible ; they are attributable rather 
to the neglect of parents to record the birth of their children, 
and of survivors to record the death, or to erect even the most 
humble memorial, of the departed. 

It will be observed that, both in the History and in the Gene- 
alogical Register, some family names occur much more frequently 
than others, notably the names of Allen, Paige, Robinson, Rug- 
gles, and Warner. The reason is twofold : first, the families 
bearing these names were among the very earliest in the town, 
and with the exception of the first named were from the begin- 
ning to the present time among the most numerous ; and second, 
for the first hundred years they were more constantly and prom- 
inently than others engaged in the management of municipal 
afi'airs. 

It will also be observed that my attention has been devoted 
chiefly to early events in the history of the town, and that com- 
paratively few recent occurrences are mentioned. The reason is, 
that I desired to revive and perpetuate the memory of what 
might otherwise fade entirely from remembrance and pass into 
oblivion. The current events of the day are fresh in the minds 
of the living, and are not liable to be soon forgotten. In like 
manner, I have mentioned some organizations which formerly 
existed here, such as the Social Library and the Masonic Lodge, 
because they are wholly of the past, so far as this town is con- 



PREFACE. vii 

cerned, and have left no visible trace behind them (unless the 
painted device on the ceiling of the Rnggles Hall remains percepti- 
ble) ; and have omitted special notice of living organizations, 
such as the Library recently established under the patronage of 
the Ladies, which is already a treasure, and which gives promise 
of still greater usefulness ; and of the High School, or a school 
equivalent to a High School, which is understood to be now in 
successful operation. I have not even ventured to prophesy the 
future establishment of a school of the highest grade, and of a 
Free Public Librarj', with funds for their perpetual maintenance, 
— a "consummation," not only "devoutly to be wished," but 
not impossible of accomplishment. One of the living organiza- 
tions, however, deserves a conspicuous place in a history of the 
town, namel}^ the Grange. But I had no materials for an ac- 
count in any degree adequate to this institution, representing, as 
it does, one of the most important branches of industry ; and I 
considered it more proper to be silent than to speak without 
knowledge. The Grange is too well known, both at home and 
in all the region round about, to suffer from this omission of 
notice. 

The "R,. Map," or " Ruggles Map," sometimes mentioned in 
the History, and much more frequently in the Genealogical 
Register, is a Map of the Town drawn by Gardner Ruggles, 
Esq., and lithographed, about fifty years ago, indicating the po- 
sition of the several houses and their distance from the Common. 

I gx-atefully acknowledge the uniform kindness and courtesy of 
the gentlemen having custody of the records and archives which 
I have had occasion to consult, and of the Town Clerks and nu- 
merous individuals of whom I have sought information, not 
otherwise to be obtained. My special thanks are due to Albert 
E. Knight, Esq., the veteran Town Clerk of Hardwick, not only 
for the facilities granted to me, when making personal investi- 
gations, but for promptly and patiently answering my multitu- 
dinous inquiries, and performing much labor on my behalf. I 
also cherish a grateful remembrance of one of his predecessors in 
office, Dr. Joseph Stone, for his kindness, assistance, and encour- 
agement, many years ago. 



viii PREFACE. 

I should be unpardonable if I did not acknowledge the public 
spirit and generosity of the Town, which has caused this History 
to be published, and has placed a portion of the edition at my 
disposal, notwithstanding my willingness to furnish the manu- 
script without any compensation whatever. In justice to the 
Town, I here insert a certified copy of the vote authorizing the 
publication : — 

" At a legal meeting of the inhabitants of Hardwick, Nov. 7, 
A. D. 1882, on motion of Hon. William Mixter, the following vote 
was unanimously passed : That the Town cause to be jDublished 
four hundred copies of the History of Hardwick, written by 
Lucius R. Paige, D. D., of Cambridge, at an expense not exceed- 
ing sixteen hundred dollars, and that Mr. Paige retain fifty 
copies for his own use, for his labor of love in writing the History 
of his native town, and that the expense of publishing the above 
History be paid out of any money belonging to the Town. 
Voted, that the Selectmen be instructed to sell copies of this 
History, when published, to any who desire them, at four dollars 
per copy. A copy from the Records. Attest, Albert E. Knight, 
Town Clerk." 

A final word in regard to this work. I have spared no reason- 
able exertion to secure accuracy ; yet the universal experience of 
authors admonishes me that undoubtedly some errors, perhaps 
many, have escaped correction, and I bespeak the forbearance of 
the reader. For the rest, I have not aimed at brilliancy, partly 
because it was beyond my reach, and partly because I consider 
it to be unsuited to sober history. If lack of vigor and sj^right- 
liness be regarded as a serious fault of style, I may plead in ex- 
tenuation, as in the Preface to my History of Cambridge, and 
with additional force, that although many of my materials were 
gathered long ago, I was obliged by other engagements, literary 
as well as secular, to postpone their final arrangement for publi- 
cation until impaired health and the infirmities of age became 
uncomfortably manifest. 

LUCIUS R. PAIGE. 

Cambridge, March, 1883. 



COl^TENTS. 



INTRODUCTORY. 

PAGE 

Location. Boundaries. Soil. Hills. Ponds. Rivers. Brooks. Cli- 
mate. Longevity of inhabitants 1-3 

CHAPTER L 

Indian occupation. Indian fortress. King Philip. Indian hostilities 
in Plymouth and Bristol Counties. Sanguinary conflict at Winni- 
misset. Quabaog destroyed. Report by Ephraim Curtis concerning 
the Nipmucks. Capt. Edward Hutchinson's commission and death. 
Capt. Thomas Wheeler's narrative. The Indians abandon their 
stronghold at AVinnimisset. Personal encounter between Capt. Elea- 
zar Warner and a Canada Indian 4-14 

CHAPTER IL 

Purchases of Indian titles. Indian deed. The Proprietors petition 
the General Court to confirm their title. The Representatives grant 
the request, but the Council non-concur. First settlement at the 
" Elbows." Title partially confirmed. Purchase and settlement of 
Leicester by the same proprietors. Associates admitted. Claim by 
Hendrick Kekquoquau. Answer by proprietors 15-28 

CHAPTER IIL 

Names of Proprietors. Executive Committee. Gratuities. Arrange- 
ment of lots. Settlers to share the expense of surveying, and to aid 
in erecting a meeting-house and maintaining a minister. Additional 
grant of land. First settler. Other settlers admitted. Mill lots. 
Access of inhabitants in 1736. Incorporation as a district. First 
ofljcers. Rev. Timothy Ruggles. Incorporation as a town. First 
town officers. Act of incorporation 29-43 

CHAPTER IV. 

Early arrangement concerning meeting-house, minister, schools, high- 
ways, and pound. Cattle. Deer. Destructive birds and beasts. 
Squirrels. Beaver-dam. Land bank bills. Province tax. Cart-way 
across Great Meadow Brook. Pauper. Inhabitants on the east side 



X CONTENTS. 

of Ware River desire to be set off. Excise Bill. Proprietors' meet- 
ings established at Hardwick. Proprietors' Records. Advent of 
Brigadier Ruggles. Highways. Lottery. Fair 44-50 

CHAPTER V. 

Emigration to Bennington, Vt., with personal notices. Emigration to 
Barnard, Vt., -with personal notices. Perils encountered by the pio- 
neer emigrants^ 51-57 

CHAPTER VI. 

American Revolution. Taxation without representation. Stamp Act. 
Cono-ress at New York. Brigadier Ruggles, its President, refuses to 
sio-n its petitions; his reasons therefor unsatisfactory to the Represen- 
tatives, who reprimand him, but satisfactory to his townsmen. Riot 
in Boston. The town refuses, but afterwards consents, that the dam- 
age may be paid "out of the Province Treasury." Brigadier Rug- 
gles stands alone in opposition to a bill ostensibly designed to encour- 
age domestic manufactui-es, and renders his reasons publicly. The 
town instructs its Representative in 1773 to stand fast in defence of 
its chartered riglits and privileges. Final departure of Brigadier 
Ruggles from Hardwick. Form of association, prepared by him. 
His letter of explanation. He refuses to bear arms against his coun- 
try, and retires' to Nova Scotia. Post of honor assigned to him in 
an a(!t of banishment. His death, public services, and character. 
Anecdotes 58-81 

CHAPTER Vn. 

Committee of Correspondence. County convention. Courts of law 
obstructed. New organization of militia, and officers elected. Min- 
ute men. Alarm list. Provincial Congress. Constables indemnified. 
Contribution to Boston sufferers. Tories treated with neglect, dis- 
armed, confined, and advertised as public enemies. Temporary 
State Government organized. Few Tories in Hardwick. Sharp 
controversy with one of the number, settled by appeal to the Gen- 
eral Court. The conflict succeeded by peace. Anecdote . . . 82-106 

CHAPTER VIH. 

Declaration of Independence recorded by the Town Clerk. Paper 
money. Heavy taxes. Financial distress. Stay law. Scale of 
Prices. Abortive attempts to make paper equal with gold. Protest 
against a proposed bill for refunding the public debt. Scale of De- 
preciation. The town approves the Articles of Confederation of the 
United States, and almost unanimously rejects a Form of Constitu- 
tion proposed by the General Court. Eccentricities of the Town 
Clerk. Delegates elected to a Constitutional Convention. The pro- 
posed Constitution accepted, but various important amendments 
suggested. Subsequent Constitutional Conventions 107-118 



CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER IX. 



The Sliays Insurrection. Public and private debts excessive. Debtors 
become desperate, and forcibly resist payment. Demagos^ues stimu- 
late the popular discontent, which results in open rebellion. The 
town proposes a Convention at Worcester in 1782, and elects dele- 
gates. Conventions in 1786. Grievances. General Warner dis- 
charges one of his aids, on suspicion of disloyalty ; he promptly re- 
sponds to the Governor's order for the protection of the Courts at 
Worcester, but is unable to rally a sufficient force. The Courts pre- 
vented from sitting at Worcester and at Springfield in September, 
and again in December. Troops raised by enlistment. Hardvvick 
Company. Attack on the Arsenal at Springfield. Defeat of Shays; 
he is pursued by Lincoln, in a terrible night's march, from Hadley 
to Petersham, where the Insurgents are utterly routed. Oath of al- 
legiance taken by many Hardvvick men. Some of the more active 
partisans abscond. One of the most prominent is arrested, convicted 
of treason, and sentenced to be hung, but fully pardoned, and re- 
ceives tokens of public approbation. Other pardons. The Shays 
cause popular, having a majority in Hardvvick and generally through- 
out the western counties ; even in the House of Representatives a 
majority favor it. Its advocates afterwards become good citizens, 
but never friendly to a strong government 119-142 

CHAPTER X. 

Boundaries. Additions and diminutions of territory. Incorporation of 
New Braintree and of Dana. Annexation of the Gore, now included 
in Gilbertville. Four bridges across Ware River. Roads hilly, and 
difficult of construction. Sixth INIassachusetts Turnpike. A\'are 
River Railroad. Massachusetts Central Railroad. Pounds. Pau- 
pers. Town farm. Proposal to maintain State paupers. Slavery. 
Town House. Bell. Burial-places. Epitaplis 143-172 

CHAPTER XL 

Meeting-house and ministry. Mr. Ephraim Keith. Church organized. 
Rev. David White ordained. First meeting-house. Sharp contro- 
versy concerning the location of the second meeting-house. Unwil- 
lingness to contract debts. People seated anew in the meeting- 
house. Deacon Paige absents himself from the communion, and is 
censured. Ecclesiastical council. Deacon Paige resigns office, and 
unites with the church in Petersham. Deacon Robinson resigns 
office and becomes a deacon in the Separate Church. Changes in 
the manner of singing, and also in the versions of the Psalms sung. 
Deacon Allen absents himself from the communion, alleging a lack 
of discipline in the church, but is afterwards pacified and returns to 
his official duty. Third meeting-house a magnificent structure. 
Abortive attempt to settle a colleague pastor. Death and character 
of Rev. David White and of his wife. Deacon Allen elected mod- 
erator of the church. Attempts to settle a pastor. Rev. Thomas 
Holt ordained. Confession of Faith and Covenant. Rev. Mr. Holt 



xii CONTENTS. 

appeals in vain for an increase of salary; his dismission and subse- 
quent labors. Pastorate of Rev. William B. Wesson. Division of 
the original parish. The Congregational Society settle Rev. John 
M. Merrick and Rev. John Goldsbury; afterwards unite with the 
Universalist Society. New meeting-house. Pastors. The Calvin- 
istic Society settle Rev. Martyn Tupper. Confession of faith. 
Meeting-houses. Pastors. Deacons 173-220 

CHAPTER XII. 

Separate Church. Reasons for separation. Early separatists. Cove- 
nant. List of members. Removal to Bennington. The original 
separate church in Hardwick becomes the First Congregational 
Church in Vermont. Baptist Society. Early members. Corpora- 
tors. Meeting-houses. Pastors. Deacons. Universalist Society. 
Petition for incorporation. Corporators. Pastors. Deacons. Amal- 
gamation with the Congregational Societ}'. Methodist Society. 
Meeting-house. Trinitarian Congregational Church. Munificent 
Benefactors. Pastors. Deacons. Meeting-house. Catholic Church. 
Meeting-house. Priest 221-237 

CHAPTER XIII. 

Graduates. Clergymen. Lawyers. Physicians. Poets. Poetry. 
Schools. Early teachers. Appropriations. School-houses. High 
School. Social Library. Early Proprietors. Catalogue of books. 
Mount Zion Lodge. Original members. Removal to Barre. Mas- 
ters. Post Offices and Postmasters. Post-riders and mail carriers. 
Centennial Celebration 238-262 

CHAPTER XIV. 

French War. Brigadier Ruggles. Muster Rolls. Revolutionary 
War. Minute Men. Major General Warner. Lieutenant Colonels 
Rice and Sears. Muster Rolls. Descriptive Rolls. Petition of 
Shearjashub Goodspeed. War of 1812. Abortive attempt to enlist 
volunteers. Political celebration of independence. Oration. Toasts. 
War of the Rebellion. Hardwick soldiers. Officers of Militia . 263-293 

CHAPTER XV. 

Population. Tax in 1776. Valuation. Manufactures and agricultural 
products. George H. Gilbert Manufacturing Company. Furnaces. 
Forge. Paper Mills 294-311 

CHAPTER XVI. 

Councillors. Senators. Representatives. Delegates to Congresses and 
Conventions. Justices of the Court of Common Pleas. Justices of 
the Peace. Moderators. Selectmen. Assessors. Town Clerks. 
Town Treasurers 312-319 

GENEALOGICAL REGISTER 321 



HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 



INTRODUCTORY. 

Location. — Boundaries. — Soil. — Hills. — Ponds. — Rivers. — Brooks. — 
Climate. — Longevity of Inhabitants. 

The town of Hardwick is situated very near tlie territorial 
centre of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the western 
border of Worcester County, and midway between the States of 
New Hampshire and Cojinecticut. It is bounded on the south 
by Ware; on the west by Ware, Enfield, and Greenwich ; on the 
northwest by Dana ; on the northeast by Barre ; and on the 
southeast by New Braintree, from which it is separated by Ware 
River, except at the southerly end of the line. Like many other 
towns, its boundaries have several times been changed, and its 
territor}^ enlarged or diminished, as will hereafter be described. 
It now contains about 21,000 aci'es, of which, with the exception 
of a few ponds and a somewhat plentiful supply of rocks, almost 
every inch is improved or improvable. 

The description given by Whitney in 1793 is substantially cor- 
rect at the present time : " The town is of a good form and 
shape, being nearly square. The face of the town is rather rough, 
hilly, and uneven, although there are no very great and remarka- 
ble hills. ^ The soil is in general deep, loamy, and very fertile. 

1 There is one high hill at the south the east, Monadnock on the north, and on 
end of the town, called McDoiigal on the the west the mountains beyond Connecti- 
map, but generally known as Bugle Hill, cut River. In the early part of the cen- 
which affords excellent pasturage. About tury this was a favorite resort. On the 
three quarters of a mile north of the Coin- very pinnacle a tower was erected, about 
mon is Poverty Hill, so called, perhajjs, on twenty feet in height (whose stone foun- 
account of its unproductiveness. From dation still remains in place), on which a 
the summit of this hill, though not greatly choice company of young men and maid- 
elevated above the surrounding highlands, ens were accustomed to assemble on sum- 
a very extensive and magniticent land- mer afternoons and moonlight evenings^ 
scape is visible, embracing Wachusett on and make the air resound with music, 
1 



2 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

The lands produce all kinds of grain in sufficient plenty for the 
inhabitants ; but they are best adapted to grass and pasturage. 
Here vast quantities of butter and cheese are made, and most ex- 
cellent beef fatted for the market. All kinds of fruit-trees flour- 
ish here." ^ 

With the exception of the manufacturing village at Gilbert- 
ville, Hardwick remains an almost exclusively agricultural town. 
A less quantity of grain, however, is raised now than formerly, 
and more attention is devoted to the production of hay, milk, but- 
ter, and cheese. The more general use of horses instead of oxen 
for farm-labor has also somewhat diminished the quantity of 
" beef fatted for the market." 

The township is well watered. Near the southwest corner is 
Muddy Pond (through which Muddy Brook passes), formerly, 
and perhaps now famous for its abundance of fish ; and on the 
northwest border, but now wholly included in Dana, was the even 
more productive Pottapaug Pond, fed and drained by Swift River. 
Though the pond is now severed from the town. Swift River still 
flows across its northwestern corner, furnishing water-power to 
Southworth's saw-mill and manufactory of powder-kegs, at the 
place marked " Ward well's Mills " on the Ruggles map. On 
Ware River, which forms almost the entire easterly boundary of 
the town, there is a very valuable water-privilege at Gilbertville, 
and another, less powerful, at the paper mill near Barre, marked 
" N. W. Mills " on the Ruggles map. On that map are also de- 
lineated four brooks, all flowing in a southeasterh^ direction into 
Ware River, and on all of which, except perhaps the first named, 
are mill privileges of greater or less value : — namel}', Board 
Meadow Brook, Moose Brook, Great Meadow Brook, and Muddy 
Brook. Besides these, there is another of considerable size, some- 
times called Fish Brook, between Moose and Great Meadow 
brooks. Living springs abound throughout the town. 

The climate of Hardwick is eminently favorable to health and 
long life. In the Registration Report for 1877, published under 
the supervision of the Secretary of State, is an abstract, exhibit- 
ing the number of deaths registered " for the thirteen years, 1865— 
1877," together with the proportion of deaths to the whole pop- 
ulation. The ratio of " Deaths to 100 persons living " in the 

both sacred and secular. They called that company are widely scattered abroad ; 

the hill " Mount Pleasant," an appellation but they cherish a vivid remembrance of 

which it richly deserves, and which ought " auld lau;>: syne." 
to be perpetuated. The few survivors of ^ llist. Worcester County, p. 175. 



INTRODUCTORY. 3 

entire Commonwealth was 1.77 ; the same ratio in the town of 
Hardwick was 1.03, — less than three fifths of the general aver- 
age. Only five towns in the State exhibited a less number of 
deaths in proportion to their living population. This result may 
be attributed partly to the skill of the physicians ; but doubtless 
it is chiefly due to the clear air and the fresh breezes which 
sweep over the hills, dissipating and expelling the malaria, and 
purifying the atmosphere. Very seldom has any epidemic proved 
destructive in this favored place. The canker-rash, indeed, in 
1803, made sad havoc among the children ; and a malignant fever 
proved fatal to many adults in 1814 ; but generally the inhabit- 
ants have been preserved from " the pestilence that walketh in 
darkness," and from " the destruction that wasteth at noonday." 
In very few towns has so large a proportion of the inhabitants 
attained the allotted age of threescore years and ten. Before the 
year 1789, the registry of deaths does not indicate the age of the 
deceased, with only two exceptions ; but during that year a new 
system was adopted. If I have counted correctly, the whole num- 
ber of deaths registered from 

August 12, 17<S9, to December 31, 1881, is . . . 2,222 

The number under 70 years is . . . . . 1,708 

The number from 70 to 80 years is ... . 253 

The number from 80 to 90 years is . . . . 202 

The number from 90 to 100 years is . . . .58 

The number over 100 years is .... . 1 

Hence it appears, that of the whole number who deceased in 
Hardwick during a period somewhat exceeding ninety-one years, 
nearly one fourth part (23^ in every 100) attained the age of 
70 years ; more than one ninth part (llf in every 100) reached 
80 years ; one in every 373 survived 90 years; and one^ com- 
pleted the full century. 

1 The records and a headstone indicate a second centenarian ; but the age is over- 
rated. 



CHAPTER I. 

INDIAN HISTORY. 

Indian Occupation. — Indian Fortress. — King Philip. — Indian Hostilities in 
Plymouth and Bristol Counties. — Sanguinary Conflict at Winnimisset. — 
Quabaog destroyed. — Report by Ephraini Curtis concerning the Nipmucks. 
— Captain Edward Hutchinson's Commission and Death. — Captain Thomas 
Wheeler's Narrative. — The Indians abandon their Stronghold at Winnimis- 
set. — Personal Encounter between Captain Eleazar Warner and a Canada 
Indian. 

There is no evidence within my knowledge, that the present 
township of Hardwiek was ever occupied by the Indians as a 
phice of residence ; but that these hills furnished favorite hunt- 
ing-grounds, there were manifest tokens in my younger days. 
Stone arrow-heads ^ were found so abundantly in the fields as to 
indicate their frequent and long-continued visitation in pursuit of 
game. Moreover, long before the settlement of the town by 
Englishmen the Indians had a military stronghold at Winni- 
misset, now in New Braintree, but for many years included in 
Hardwiek. At this place occurred a sanguinary conflict between 
the two races, at the commencement of what is generally called 
King Philip's War. "From 1671 to 1674 we meet with no 
transaction of moment relative to the Indians, but it is affirmed 
that Philip was all this time using measures to engage the Indians 
in all parts of New England to unite against the English. . . . 
They did not expect to be prepared before the spring of 1676, 
but Philip precipitated his own nation and his allies into a war 
before they were prepared. . . . The war was hurried on by a 

1 Another vestige of Indian occupancy the present owner of the field (formerly a 

is in my possession. It is a stone imple- pra-t of my father's homestead), where it 

ment, fashioned like a pestle, ten inches in was found half a century ago. Very prob- 

length, with a groove at the smaller end ably it passed unnoticed under my own 

for the purpose of attachment to a handle, hoe in my boyhood, when laboring in that 

The stone is different from the Hardwiek field ; and hence it has an additional value 

rocks, and of much finer grain. It was to me as a memento, 
given to me by Mr. William C. Wesson, 



INDIAN HISTORY. 6 

piece of revenge, which Philip caused to be taken on John Sausa- 
man, a prajnng Indian." ^ Sausaraan had exposed to the English 
some of the plots of Philip, who thereupon caused him to be 
rnurdered. The murderers were tried and executed at Plymouth 
in June, 1675. Philip was enraged, and commenced hostilities 
at once. "June 24th,. in the morning, one of the inhabitants of 
Rehoboth was fired upon by a party of Indians, and the hilt of 
his sword shot off. The same day in the afternoon, being a fast, 
as Swanzey people were coming from public worship, the Indians 
attacked them, killed one and wounded others, and killed two 
men who were going for a surgeon, beset a house in another part 
of the town, and there murdered six more." ^ The Engflish 
gathered troops, and in July attacked the Indians in a swamp at 
Pocasset, hoping to capture or destroy them ; but the attempt 
was unsuccessful. " This disappointment encouraged the Indians 
in other parts of New England to follow Philip's example, and 
begin their hostilities against the English. Some few had begun 
before. The Nipnet or Nipmuck Indians had killed four or five 
people at Mendon, in the Massachusetts Colony, the 14th of July. 
The Governor and Council, in hopes of reclaiming the Nipnets, 
sent Captain Hutchinson with twenty horsemen to Quabaog 
(Brookfield), near which place there was to be a great rendez- 
vous of those Indians. The inhabitants of Quabaog had been 
deluded with the promise of a treat}'^, at a place agreed upon, the 
2d of August. Some of the principal of them accompanied Cap- 
tain Hutchinson thither. Not finding the Indians there, they 
rode forward four or five miles towards the Nipnets' chief town. 
When they came to a place called Meminimisset,^ a narrow 
passage between a steep hill and a thick swamp, they were am- 
bushed by two or three hundred Indians, who shot down eight of 
the company, and mortally wounded three more. Captain Hutch- 
inson being one of the number. The rest escaped through a 
by-path to Quabaog. The Indians flocked into the town ; but 
the inhabitants, being alarmed, had all gathered together in the 
principal house. They had the mortification to see all their 
dwelling-houses, about twenty, with their barns and outhouses 
burnt." 4 

A more particular " narrative " of this sanguinary struggle, 

1 Hutchinson's Hist, of Mass., i. 283- ^ ;n'ow called Winnimlssct, in New 
285. Braintree. 

2 Ibid., i. 286, 287. * Hutchinson's Hist, of Mass., i. 291, 

292. 



6 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

written by Captain Thomas Wheeler, one of the actors therein, 
which Hutchinson seems not to have seen, was reprinted in the 
Collections of the New Hampshire Historical Society in 1827 ; 
and some manuscript details of preliminary proceedings have 
been preserved in the Massachusetts Archives, but I think have 
never been printed. From these sources it appears that in July, 
1675, the Governor and Council employed Ephraim Curtis ^ to 
visit the Nipmuck Indians at Quabaog (Brookfield), and to ascer- 
tain their position in the controversy which had commenced. 
On his return he exhibited a report as follows : — 

" To the honered Governer and Councle of the Massathusets 
Colony in New England.^ 

" Wheras your honors imployed your servant to conduct Un- 
cheas his six men homwards as far as Wabaquesesue, and alsoe 
to make a perffet discovery of the motions of the Nepmug or 
Western Indians, your honors may be pleased here to see ray 
return and relation. I conducted Unkeas his men safly while I 
com in sight of Wabquesesue new planting fielde ; first to Na- 
tuck, from tlienc to Marelborrow, from thenc to Esnemisco, from 
thenc to Mumchogg, from thenc to Chabanagonkomug, from 
thenc to Mayenecket, from thenc over the river to Seneksig, while 
wee cam nere to Wabaquasesu, wher they were very willing that 
wee should leve them, and returned thanks to Mr. Governer, and 
to all them that shewed them kindness, and alsoe to us for our 
company. And in my jorny my chefe indever was to inquire 
after the motions of the Indians. The first information which I 
had was at Marelborrow att the Indian fort, which was that my 
hous at Quansigamug^ was robed; the Indians, to conferm it, 
shewed me som of the goods and alsoe som other goods which 
was non of mine. Thej'^ told mee it was very daingerous for mee 
to goe into the woods, for that Mattounas, which they said was 
the leader of them that robed my house, was in company of fifty 
men of Phillips complices rainging between Chabanagonkamug 
and Quatesook and Mendam and Warwick, and they might 

^ Ephraim Curtis was of Sudbury (aft- ^ Worcester. During the attack on 
erwarci of Worcester), and described him- Brookfield, "Ephraim Curtis, who may be 
self as thirty-five years old in a deposition considered as the first settler of Worces- 
dated Sept. 11, 1675, now in the Alass. ter, distinguished himself as a gallant 
Arch., Ixvii. 254. lie was an active scout soldier in repelling their attacks. Having 
and guide, and rendered very important actively engaged in military service, he re- 
service, ceived the commission of lieutenant." He 

2 I preserve the orthography, but sup- left posterity in Worcester. Lincoln's 

ply the punctuation. Hist, of Worcester, pp. 19, 43. 



INDIAN HISTORY. 7 

hapen to mett mee ; and if I mised them, j'et it was daingevous 
to meet or see the other Nipmug Indians which wer gathered 
together, for they would be reddy to shoot mee as soon as they 
saw mee. With this newes, thos three Natiick Indians which 
wer with mee as vollenteres were discurriged and tould mee that 
if I did not provide raor company they wer not willing to goe 
with mee. Hearing this, I repaired to the Consable of Marel- 
borrow and to the milletary officers and tould them my biisnes, 
and they presed two men with horses and armes to goe along with 
mee. And soe as wee pased the forementioned place, wee could 
not find any Indians, neither in tents nor feldes ; but after wee 
pased Senecksik som milds into the woods westwards, wee found 
an Indian path newl}' mad. There being with mee a vollenter 
Indian that cam from the Indians out of the wilderness but two 
or three days before, and hee tould mee hee would find them out. 
Soe in our travell wee followed this tract many milds, and found 
many tents built, wherin I supos they might keep their randivos 
for a day or two ; and soe wee found three places wher they had 
piched, but found no Indians. And following still in pursut of the 
tract, wee com to the lead mynes by Springfield ould road, wher 
wee saw new footing of Indians : and soe looking out sharp, in 
about two milds riding wee saw two Indians, which when wee 
saw I sent the Indian that went with mee from Marrelborrow to 
speek with them. But soe soone as they had discovered us they 
ran away from us, but with fast riding and much calling two of 
our Indians stopped one of them ; the other ran away. Wee 
asked the Indian wher the other Indians were ; hee being sup- 
prised with feare could scarcely speak to us, but only tould us 
that the Indians were but a littel way from us. Soe then I sent 
the Marrelborrow Indian before us, to tell them that the Gouv- 
ner of the Massathusets messenger was a coming with peacable 
words ; but when hee cam to them they would not beleve him ; 
hee therfore cam riding back and meet us. Thes Indians have 
newly begun to settel themselves uppon an Hand conteinging 
about four acres of ground, being compased round with a brood 
miry swamp on the one sid and a mudy river with meaddow on 
both sids of it one the other sid, and but only one place that a 
hors could posably pas, and there with a gi'eat deal of difficulty 
by reson of the mier and dirt. Befor wee com to the river ther 
mett us att least forty Indians at a littell distance from the river, 
some with ther guns uppon ther shoulders, others with ther guns 
in ther hands reddy cocked and primed. As wee cam nereto the 



8 -HISTORY OF HARDAVICK. 

river most of them next to the river presented att us. All my 
aquantanc would not know mee, although I saw ner twenty of 
them together and asked ther wellfai-e, knowing that many of 
them could sj)eek good Englesh. I speak to many of them in the 
Governor's name, which I called my master, the great Sachim of 
the Massathuset Englesh, requiring them to owne ther fidellyty 
and ingidgement to the Englesh, telling them that I cam not to 
fight with them or to hurt them, but as a messinger from the 
Governer to put them in mind of their ingaidgment to the Eng- 
lish. I think some of them did beleve mee, but the most of them 
would not. Ther was a very great upror amonghst th'em : som of 
them would have had mee and my company presently kiled ; but 
many others, as 1 understood afterwards, wer against it. I re- 
quired ther Sachims to com over the river ; but they refused, say- 
ing that I must com over to them. My corappany wer somthing 
unwilling, for they thought themselves in very great dainger 
wher wee wer ; they said what shall wee bee when [wee] are 
over the river amongst all the vile rout ? I tould them wee had 
better never have sen them, then not to speak with ther Sachims, 
and if wee run from them in the tim of this tumult they would 
shoot after us and kill som of us. Soe with much difficulty wee 
got over the river and meaddow to the Hand wher they stood to 
face us att our coming out of the mire, many Indians with ther 
guns pi'esented att us, redy cocked and primed. Soe wee rushed 
between them and called for ther Sachim ; they presently faced 
about and went to surround us, many of them with ther guns 
cocked and primed at us. We rushed between them one or 
twice, and bid them stand in a body, and I would face them ; but 
still the uprore continued with such noyes that the aire rang. I 
required them to lay down their armes, and they comanded us 
to put up our armes first, and com of our horses, which I refused 
to doe. Som of them which wer inclinable to beleve us, or wer 
our friends, som layd down ther armes, but the others continued 
the uprore for a while ; and with much threattening and perswa- 
sion, at last the uprore ceased. Many of them sayd they would 
neyther beleve mee nor ray master without hee would send them 
two or three bushells of powder. Att lingth I spok with ther 
Sachims, which wer five, and ther other grandes which I think 
wer about twelve more ; our Natuck Indians semed to be very in- 
dustrous all this tim to still the tumult and to persuad the In- 
dians. And as soone as I cam to speek with the Sachims, we dis- 
mounted and put ujD our armes. I had a great deal of spech with 



INDIAN HISTORY. 9 

them by an interpreter, being brought to ther court and sent out 
again tliree or four times. The nams of the Sachims are thes : 
1, Muttaump ; 2, Konkewasco ; 3, Willymaclien ; 4, Upcliat- 
tuck ; 5, Keehood ; 6, Nontatousoo. Muttaump I perceive is 
chosen to bee head over the otlier five, and was the chefe speaker. 
There company in number I judg may bee ner two hundred of 
men. They woukl fain have had hiee to stay all night : I asked 
the reson of some that coukl speak Englesli ; tliey sayd tliat they 
had som messengers at Cunnetequt and som southward, and that 
"was the reson they would have raee stay. I asked them the re- 
son of ther rud behavour toward us, and they sayd they heard 
that the Englesh had kiled a man of thyres about i\Ierrymak 
River, and that they had an intent to destroy them all. I left 
them well apeased when I cam away. Mor might be added ; 
but thus far is a true relation, p"^ your boners most humbel ser- 
vent. Ephraim Curtis. 

" July y« 16, 1675." i 

Immediately afterwards Curtis was sent again with " a mes- 
sage to the Nipmug Indians." He reported, July 24, 1675, that 
be "found them att the same place wher they wer before; " that 
they manifested a better temper, and that " they promised that 
Keehoud and one mor of their principle men would come to the 
Massathusets Bay within foure or five days and speek with our 
Great Sachim." ^ This promise was not fulfilled, and the govern- 
ment organized a military expedition. A paper remains in the 
Archives, indorsed " Capt. Hutchinsons Instructions, 27 July, 
1675," to wit : — 

" Boston, 27 July, 1675. The Council, beeing informed that 
the Narraganset Indians are come downe with about one hundred 
armed men into the Nipmuck country, — Do order you, Capt. 
Edward Hutcheson, to take with you Capt. Thomas Wheler 
and his party of horse, with Ephraim Curtis for a guide, and a 
sufl&cient interpreter, and forthwith repaire into those parts, and 
ther laubour to get a right understanding of the motions of the 
Narraganset Indians, and of the Indians of Nipmuck ; and for 
that end to demand of the leaders of the Narraganset Indians an 
account of the grounds of their marching in the country, and re- 
quire an account of the Nipmuck Indians why they have not sent 
downe their Sagamore according to their promise unto our mes- 
senger Ephraim Curtis. And further let them know that we are 

1 Mass. Arch., Ixvii. 214-216. 2 /;,,v/., Ixvii. 222, 223. 



10 HISTORY OF HARDWrCK. 

informed that there are some among them that have actually 
joyned with our enimies in the murder and spoyle made upon the 
English by Philip, and that Matoones and his complices who 
have rob'd and murdered our people about Mendon are now 
among them ; and that wee require them to deliver up to you, or 
forthwith bring in to us, those our enimies ; otherwise wee must 
looke at them to bee no freinds to us, ayders and abbetors. . . . 
And in prosecution of this affayre, if you should meet with any 
Indians that stand in opposition to you or declare themselves 
to be your enimes, then you are ordered to ingage with them, 
if you see reson for it, and endeavor to reduce them by force of 
arms." ^ 

The tragical result of this expedition was described by Captain 
Thomas Wheeler, in " A true Narrative of the Lord's Providences 
in various dispensations towards Captain Edwai'd Hutchinson of 
Boston and myself, and those that went with us into the Nipmuck 
Country, and also to Qnabaug, alias Brookfield." — " The said 
Captain Hutchinson and myself, with about twenty men or more, 
marched from Cambridge to Sudbury July 28, 1675, and from 
thence into the Nipmuck Country ; and finding that the Indians 
had deserted their towns, and we having gone until we came 
within two miles of New Norwitch on July 31, ... we then 
thought it not expedient to march any further that way, but set 
our march for Brookfield, whither we came on the Lord's day 
about noon. From thence the same day (being August 1), we 
understanding that the Indians were about ten miles northwest 
from us, we sent out four men ^ to acquaint the Indians that we 
were not come to harm them, but our business was only to de- 
liver a message from our honoured Governour and Council to 
them, and to receive their answer, we desiring to come to a treaty 
of peace with them (though they had for several days fled from 
us), they having before professed friendship and promised fidel- 
ity to the English. When the messengers came to them they 
made an alarm, and gathered together about an hundred and fifty 
fighting men, as near as they could judge. The young men 
amongst them were stout in their speeches, and surly in their car- 
riage. But at length some of the chief Sachems promised to 
meet us on the next morning about 8 of the clock upon a plain 

1 Mass. Arch., Ixvii. 227. Hucheson, and by his order went and 

2 One of these men was Ephraim Cur- treated with the Nipmug Indians in a 
tis, who says in his deposition : " The swamp about eij^ht milds from Qua- 
third time 1 was sent out with Cap. booge." 31ass. Arch., Ixvii. 254. 



INDIAN HISTORY. 11 

witliin three miles of Brookfield ; with which answer the messen- 
gers returned to us. . . . Accordingly we with our men, accom- 
panied with three of the principal inhabitants of that town, 
marched to the plain appointed. . . . The Indians kept not prom- 
ise there with us. But the three men who belonged to Bi'ookfield 
were so strongly persuaded of their freedom from any ill inten- 
tions towards us . . . that the said Captain Hutchinson, who 
was principally intrusted with the matter of Treaty with them, 
was thereby encouraged to proceed and march forward towards a 
swampe where the Indians then were. When we came near the 
said swampe, the way was so very bad that we could march only 
in a single file, there being a very rocky hill on the right hand, 
and a thick swampe on the left, in which there were many of 
those cruel bloodthirsty heathen, who there waylaid us, waiting an 
opportunity to cut us off : there being also much brush on the side 
of the said hill, where they lay in ambush to surprise us. When we 
had marched there about sixty or seventy rods, the said perfidious 
Indians sent out their shot upon us as a showre of haile, they being 
(as was supposed) abolit two hundred men or more. We seeing 
ourselves so beset, and not having room to fight, endeavoured to 
fly for the safety of our lives.'. . . There were then slain, to our 
great grief, eight men, viz., Zechariah Philips of Boston, Timo- 
thy Farlow of Billericay, Edward Coleborn of Chelmsford, Sam- 
uel Smedly of Concord, Sydrach Hopgood of Sudbury, Sergeant 
EyreSji Serjeant Prichard,^ and Corporal Coy,^ the inhabitants of 
Brookfield, aforesaid. It being the good pleasure of God that 
they should all there fall by their hands of whose good intentions 
they were so confident, and whom they so little mistrusted. 
There were also then five persons wounded, viz.. Captain Hutch- 
inson,* myself, and my son Thomas, as aforesaid,^ Corporal 
French of Billericay ; . . . The fifth was John Waldoe of 
Chelmsford." ^ 

The survivors fled to Brookfield, took possession of " one of the 

1 John Ayres. loving and dutiful son, he adventuring 

2 William Prichard. himself into great peril of his life to help 

3 llicliard Coye. me in that distress ; there being many of 
* Captain Hutchinson died of his the enemies about me, my son set me on 

wounds, August 19, 1675. his own horse and so escaped a while on 
5 Captain Wheeler's horse was killed, foot himself, until he caught an horse 
and himself sorely wounded. He bears this whose rider was slain, on which he mount- 
testimony to the good conduct of his son, ed ; and so through God's great mercy we 
who " had then received a dangerous hoth escaped." 

wound in the reins: ... he endeavoured ^ Coll. N. H. Ilist. Society, ii. 5-10. 
to rescue me, shewing himself therein a 



12 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

largest and strongest houses therein " (into which all the inhab- 
itants were speedily gathered), and there defended themselves 
two days against the violent assaults of the Indians, until relieved 
by the force under Major Willard. On his approach, the Indians 
betook themselves to the wilderness. " But before they went 
away, they burnt all the town except the house we kept in, and 
another that was not then finished. They also made great spoyle 
of the cattel belonging to the inhabitants." ^ 

After this, the Indians never returned to Brookfield as a place 
of residence ; but for more than half a century they hovered 
around the town, occasional!}^ destroying property and killing the 
inhabitants. It does not appear how long they retained their 
stronghold at Winnimisset ; but it is certain that after a short 
time they returned and remained there until after the destruction 
of Lancaster on the 10th of the ensuing February. Mrs. Rowland- 
son says that on the second day after that disaster, " in the after- 
noon, about an hour by sun, we came to the place where they 
intended, viz. an Indian town called Wenimesset, northward of 
Quabaug," and remained there until after February 18, on 
which day her daughter, six years old, and wounded at Lancaster, 
died, and was buried on the hill "east of the swamp.^ Subse- 
quently Muttaump, the chief Sachem of the Quabaogs, is said to 
have been hung at Boston, and the remnant of his tribe joined 
with the River Indians. 

I have devoted much space to the narration of these events, 
partly because they occurred on territory which afterwards became 
our own, partly because they illustrate the labors and perils and 
sufferings to which the early settlers in the wilderness were ex- 
posed, and partly because at least one of the individual sufferers 
was represented by his posterity among the first English inhabit- 

1 Immediately after arrivinji^ at Brook- he came back again ; but towards morn- 
field, Ephraim Curtis and another started ing the said Ephraim adventured forth 
for Boston ou horseback to report the dis- the third time, and was fain to creep on 
aster; but the Indians had already ar- his hands and knees for some space of 
rived, and they were obliged to return, ground, that he might not be discerned by 
" The next day," says Capt. Wheeler, " I the enemy, who waited to ])revent our 
spoke to Ephraim Curtis to adventure sending, if they could have hindered it. 
forth again on that service, and to at- But through God's mercy he escaped their 
tempt it on foot, as the way wherein there hands, and got safely to Marlborough, 
was most hope of getting away undiscov- though very much spent and ready to 
ered ; he readily assented and accordingly faint, . . . from whence he went to Bos- 
went out, but there were so many Indians ton. Coll. N. H. Hist. Soc, ii. 11-13. 
everywhere thereabouts, that he could not ^ Indian Captivities, pp. 25, 26. 
pass without apjjarent hazard of life ; so 



INDIAN HISTORY. 13 

ants of this town. With a brief notice of a single affair in which 
a prominent representative of tliat posterity was engaged, I shall 
dismiss what may be called the Indian History of llardwick. 
One of the " principal inhabitants " of Brookfield, whose cattle, 
house, and household goods were desti'oyed by the Indians, was 
John Warner,^ who fled for refuge to Hadley (where one or more 
of his sons then resided), and died there nearl}'- twenty years 
later. His grandson, Eleazar Warner, who was born 27tli Jan- 
uary, 1686, very early entered the military service of his country, 
and was assigned to duty on the frontiers. Whether he enlisted 
in that company of his own choice, or was placed in it by author- 
ity, does not appear; but the fact is certain that he was for many 
years stationed at Brookfield (the scene of his grandfather's dis- 
asters), first as a private soldier, and afterwards, by gradual pro- 
motion, as sergeant, ensign, and lieutenant of the company com- 
manded by Captain Samuel Wright of Rutland. Later in life, 
he was captain of militia in Hardwick and New Braintree, and 
retained that ofiice until 1756, when he had attained the age of 
threescore years and ten. About 1730, while yet in the service 
of the government, he removed his family from his former resi- 
dence near Ditch Meadow to a farm which included a part of the 
old Indian fortress at Winnimisset. Soon afterwards he went to 
Canada, to effect an exchange of prisoners. While there an In- 
dian became offended, and followed him through the wilderness 
to his home. According to the family tradition, as I received it 
from his eldest daughter, my grandmother, after the Indian had 
lurked about the house for a few days, Captain Warner went into 
the forest with his musket. He soon discovered his enemy, who 
stepped behind a tree, and he dropped by the side of a log. He 
then adopted a common stratagem, placing his hat on a stick and 
cautiously elevating it above the log, as if to reconnoitre. Almost 
instantly a bullet passed through it, and he sprang upon his feet. 
The Indian was rushing forward with his scalping knife in hand ; 
but his race was soon ended, and his body was consigned to a lily- 
pond between the road and the river, about half a mile east of the 
Old Furnace. 

Except in the foregoing solitary case, I am not aware that the 

^ The Indian " deed of sale " was de- said persons being betrusted by the town 

livered by Thomas Cooper, December 19, or present inhabitants of Brookfield for 

1673, to "John Warner, Kichard Coye, taking in and receiving this present 

and William Pritchard of Quabaog, alias deed." Fiske's Centennial Sermon, App. 

Brookfield, for the use and as the proper iii. 
right of the inhabitants of Brookfield, the 



14 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

Indians ever molested the inhabitants of Hardwick, although in 
one respect it was a frontier town, when settled by the English. 
There was a settlement at Rutland on the east, and Brookfield 
on the south was again inhabited. A line of towns had also 
been established on Connecticut River ; but otherwise the whole 
country, between Hardwick and Hudson River, was then a wil- 
derness ; and in a direct line to Quebec or Montreal there was 
not a single English settlement. 



CHAPTER 11. 

CIVIL HISTORY. 

Purchases of Indian Titles. — Indian Deed. — The Proprietors petition the 
General Court to confirm their Title. — The Representatives grant the 
Request, but the Council non-concur. — First Settlement at the " Elbows." 
— Title partially confirmed. — Purchase and Settlement of Leicester by the 
same Proprietors. — Associates admitted. — Claim by Hendrick Kekquo- 
quau. — Answer by Proprietors. 

After the close of Philip's War some of the Nipmuck Indians 
returned to their former haunts ; and both these, and others who 
dwelt elsewhere, asserted hereditary rights in the soil which the 
English recognized as valid, and extinguished by purchase.^ 
Among these purchases was that which, about half a century 
later, resulted in the settlement of Hardwick. The deed of sale, 
executed by sundry Indians, was recorded in the county of Hamp- 
shire, in which this territory was then embraced, from which 
record it is here copied : ^ — 

" Know all men by these presents, that we, John Magus, Law- 
rence Massowanno,^ attorneys to Annogomok,^ Sachem of the 

1 Such purchases became very frequent on record deeds of release and warranty 
immediately after tlie abrogation of the from the aboriginal owners of the soil. 
Colony Charter in 1684. It was then In like manner, individuals purchased 
assumed by the new representatives of large tracts of unoccupied territory, de- 
royal authority that all titles to land signing at some future time to organize 
derived from grants by the superseded new townships, or at least to have a place 
government were utterly void and worth- of refuge to which they might flee, if 
less ; that the king was the absolute owner driven from their present habitations by 
of the whole territory ; and that he had arbitrary power. 

an undoubted right to dispose of it at his ^ i^ tjiig copy, the orthograjjhy is pre- 
own pleasure. Indeed the common and served, but the punctuation is revised, 
undivided lands of some towns, and the The deed was also entered on the Pro- 
farms of several individuals, were seized prietors' Records, with slight variations 
and bestowed upon others. Apparently which are designated in the following 
with the hope of securing themselves notes. 

against the rapacity of their new rulers ^ In the Index of Deeds, this name 

by obtaining another title which might appears as Lawrance Nesawanuo, and on 

be respected, many towns, which had the Proprietors' Records as Lawrance 

peacefully existed under a grant by the Nassowanno. 

General Court, now procured and placed * Anogomok. — Prop. Rec. 



16 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

tract of land called "Womberaesscook,^ James and Simon, sons 
and heirs of Black James, Sachem of the Nipmug countrey, for 
divers good causes and considerations us thereunto moveing, and 
more especially for and in consideration of y® sum of twenty 
pounds, currant money of New England, to us in hand paid by 
Joshua Lambe, Nath. Paige,^ Andrew Gardiner,^ Benji* Gamb- 
lin, Benjamin Tucker, John Curtis, Richard Draper, and Samuel 
Ruggles, of Roxberry in the county of Suffolk in New England, 
y® receipt whereof we do hereby acknowledge ourselves therewith 
to be fully satisfyed, contented, and paid, have given, granted, 
bargained, sold, aliened, enfeoffed, and confirmed, and by these 
presents do fully, freely, and absolutely give, grant, bargain, sell, 
aliene, enfeoffe, and confirm, unto the said Lambe, Paige, Gardi- 
ner, Gamblin, Tucker, Curtis, Draper, and Ruggles, their heirs 
and assignes, a certain tract or parcell of land, containing by esti- 
mation twelve miles long, north and south, and eight miles wide, 
east and west, scituate, lying and being near Quabaug, com- 
monly known by the name of Wombemesiscook,'* being butted 
and bounded southerly upon the land of Joseph Dudley, Esq., 
lately purchased of the Indians, easterly the southermost corner 
upon a pond called Sasagookapaug, and soe by a brook which 
runneth into the said pond, and soe up northerly unto a place 
called Nequaes,^ and soe still northerly until it meets with a 
river Menamesick,^ and westerly by the river untill it come against 
Quabaug bounds, and joynes unto their bounds, or however, or 
however,'^ otherwise butted and bounded ; together with all and 
singular y® rights, commodities, liberties, privilidges, and appur- 
tenances, whatsoever, to the same belonging, or however other- 
wise appertaining. To have and to hold the said tract or parcel 
of land, scituate, containing, and being, as aforesaid, to the said 
Lamb, Paige, Gardiner, Gamblin, Tucker, Curtis, Draper, and 
Ruggles, their heirs and assigns, in common tenancy, to their only 
propper use and behoofe^ forever. And the said John Magus, 
Lawrence Nassowanno, attorneys as aforesaid, James and Simon, 
heirs of Black James, as aforesaid, do covenant, promise, and 
grant, for themselves, heirs, executors, and administrators, to and 
with the said Joshua Lamb, Nathaniel Paige, Andrew Gardiner, 
Benjamin Gamblin, Benjamin Tucker,^ Richard Draper, and 

1 Wombemesisecook. — Prop. Rec. 6 Nenameseck. — Prop. Rec. 

2 Nathanuiell Paige. — Prop. Rec. 7 go in the record. 

3 Uniformly on the Projjrietors' Rec- ^ Use, benefit, and behoofe. — Pj-op. 
ords, this name is written Gardner. Rec. 

* Wombemesisecook. — Prop. Rec. » John Curtis is here omitted in the 

* Ueques. — Prop. Rec. record. 



CIVIL HISTORY. 17 

Samuel Ruggles, their heirs and assignes, that they will ^ the 
above granted and bargained land, and every part and parcel 
thereof, with their and every of their appurtenances, waiTant and 
defend from all and every person and persons whatsoever, claim- 
ing any right or title thereto, or interest therein, from, by, or 
under us. In witness whereof, the said John Magus, Lawrence 
Nassowanno, attorneys as aforesaid, James and Simon, have here- 
unto set their hands and seales, this twenty-seventh day of Decem- 
ber, Anno Domini one thousand six hundred eighty and six, 
annoq. R. R? Jacobi Secundi Angliae &c. Secundo. 

Signed, sealed, and ^ John INIagus, and seale. 
delivered iu pres- I Lawrence Nasowanno, bis mark and seale. 
ence of us, }■ James, his mark and seale. 

John Gardinek. I Simon, his mark and seale. 

Samuel Anay. ^ J Anogemag,^ his mark and seale.* 

" John Magus, James, and Simon, Indians, subscribers to this 
instrument, personally appeareing acknowledged the same to be 
their act and deed, June 25"* 1687, before me, 

William Stoughton. 

" On the 7th day of May 1723, this deed was received, and 
was then here registered from the original. 

Pr John Pynchon, Regf'^ 

No immediate effort is known to have been made to derive 
any profit from the purchase of this territory in the wilderness.^ 
Even the title-deed was not recorded until more than thirty-six 
years after its date. At this period all the original purchasers, 
except Deacon Richard Draper, had left all terrestrial possessions 
and departed to a better country, even a heavenly. At length, 
however, their heirs and assigns determined to take possession of 
the property, and to improve it for their " mutual advantage," 
for which purpose they adopted and placed on record the follow- 
ing agreement : — 

" Whereas we, the subscribers, or our ancestors have fairly 
purchased of the native and original owners thereof a certain 

1 This sentence is differently con- . '^ A similar delay occurred in the set- 
structed on Prop. Rec. tlement of Leicester (including Spencer), 

2 Samuell May. — Prop. Rec, which was purchased by the same per- 

3 Anogomog. — Prop. Rec. sons, together with Ealph Bradhurst ; the 
* The Indian marks are recorded, but deed bears date 27th Jan. 1G8G-7, but no 

here omitted. settlement of the territory was made until 

^ Old Hampshire Registry of Deeds (now 1713. 
in the Hampden Registry at Springfield), 
Book D, page 237. 



18 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

tract of land lying near Quabaog or Brookfield, commonly then 
called by the name of Wombemesisecook for a valuable consid- 
eration, as per the deed thereof duly executed, acknowledged, 
and recorded, bearing date 168G, will be more plainly manifested : 
and whereas the bounds of said tract be not so certainly known, 
or the contents thereof: we, therefore, the persons concerned, 
viz., Joshua Lamb, for himself ; ^ Nathaniel Paige and Christo- 
pher Paige, as heirs to Nathaniel Paige ; Samuel Green and 
Edward Sumner, as assigns to Andrew Gardner's heirs ; Caleb 
Seaver, one of the heirs of Benjamin Gamblin; Benjamin Tucker 
and Samuel Davis, aa heirs to Benjamin Tucker ; Benjamin 
Smith, on behalf of John Curtis' heirs ; Richard Draper, for 
himself; and Joseph Buggies, for the heirs of Samuel Buggies: 
Do hereby authorize and empower the above-named Samuel 
Green to employ and improve a surveyor and two other persons 
suitable for that purpose to view and consider and mark out the 
said lands, as butted and bounded in said deed ; to take an 
account of the waste land, ponds, as well as other land therein 
fit for settlements ; and make report of their doings to ourselves 
the last Tuesday in April next : that so we may proceed therein 
for the mutual advantage of the purchasers ; — the said meeting 
to be at the house of Simon Rogers in Boston on the said 
Tuesday. Witness our hands this 20th of February, 1726-7. 
" RiCHAKD Draper. ^ 1"^ „ 

Joseph Ruggles. Benjam^ B.^ Smith. 

Nathaniel Paige. Joshua Laimb. 

Christopher Paige. Samuel Green. 

Benjamin Tucker. Edward Sumner. 

Samuel Davis. Caleb Seaver." 

Subsequent proceedings are recorded as follows: — 
" At a legal Proprietors' meeting at Simon Rogers in Boston 
on the 25th of April 1727 ; in the first place, by a major vote of 
the proprietors we chose Deacon Richard Draper Moderator of 
said meeting ; in the next place, by a major vote of the proprie- 
tors, we chose Joseph Ruggles Proprietors' Clerk: in the next 
place, voted that Capt. Samuel Green should be allowed the 
charges in his account expended upon finding out the said land, 
to be paid the next meeting ; and in the last place, voted that 
this meeting be adjourned to the same place the last Tuesday of 
May next, at one of the clock in the afternoon." 

1 Colonel Joshua Lamb was, probably, sole owner of the share purchased by his 
lather, who died 23d September, 1690. 



CIVIL HISTORY. 19 

At the adjourned meeting, " Voted, on the 30th of ISIay, 1727, 
by the Proprietors of a certain tract of hmd contained in a deed 
signed John Miigus, Lawrence Nassawanno, &c., dated 27th of 
December, 168G, that Col. Joshua Lamb, Deacon Richard Draper 
and Capt. Samuel Green, be a committee to represent the whole 
proprietors, and to prefer such a petition to the honorable Gen- 
eral Court as they in their prudence may think fit ; the prayer 
of which to contain what may be most needful for the safe pro- 
ceeding of said proprietors in settling the said propriety." 

In the printed Journal of the House of Representatives, under 
date of June 10, 1727, we find this record : " A petition of 
Joshua Lamb, Richard Draper, and Samuel Green, as they are 
a committee of a number of proprietors and purchasers of a cer- 
tain tract of land, lying near the town of Brookfield, formerly 
called Quabaug, shewing that the said Richard Draper and sun- 
dry others formerly purchased of some Indians a large tract of 
land called Wombeinesiscook, butted and bounded as by said 
deed exhibited with the petition appears, being acknowledged 
and recorded, praying that this Court would confirm unto them 
and those they represent, and their associates, the said tract of 
land, that they may be encouraged to make a speedy settlement 
thereof, for the reasons mentioned. Read, and committed to the 
Committee appointed to take into consideration the several peti- 
tions for lands to be erected into townships." The Committee 
submitted a report June 23, 1727, and it was thereupon " Voted, 
that the contents of six miles square be allowed to the purchasers 
of the tract within mentioned, between the town of Brookfield 
and the Equivalent land in the county of Hampshire, to be laid 
out by a surveyor and chainmen upon oath ; provided that within 
five years next after such survey and confirmation thereof by 
this Court, the grantees, their heirs and assigns, shall settle fifty 
families, that are now inhabitants of this Province, and have a 
meeting-house erected, a Minister settled, a lot for the ministry, 
and one for the school laid out ; the houselots to be laid out as 
near as may be, and as regularly and defensibly as the land will 
allow of, provided the petitioners make no further claim to the 
said land within mentioned." ^ The General Court Records show 
that the Council non-concurred June 28, 1727. 

1 The tract here described includes sub- there unite. On the revision of the line 

stantially the town of Palmer, and the between the two States, in 1713, it was 

northerly part of Warren; it was then found that Massachusetts had granted 

called " The Elbows," from the peculiar some land for townships which properly 

angles formed by the three rivers which belonged to Connecticut; and as a com- 



20 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

It is evident that a settlement had already been commenced at 
the " Elbows " ; for on the next day after the rejection of their 
petition by the Council, June 29, 1727, the Proprietors met at 
Boston, and "in the first place chose Deacon Draper Moderator; 
in the next place voted that Capt. Green should go upon the 
proprietors' land, and warn them off from making any further 
improvement thereon : again voted that Capt. Samuel Green 
should agree with those persons that have made a pitch upon the 
said land for the present year, as he and they shall agree, as our 
tenants." 1 It would seem that tliose who had "pitched upon 
the said land," without authorit}^, were quieted in their posses- 
sion, and that not long afterwards a colony of Scotch Presbyte- 
rians, sometimes called Scotch-Irish, were admitted.^ The Rev. 
Simeon Colton, in a brief sketch of Palmer, published in the 
Historical 3Iagazine, October, 1869, says : " The earliest date of 
the laying out of any lot of land is the 11th of June, 1728. . . . 
There are many lots laid out in 1728, most of which were laid 
out in December." Notwithstanding the Council had refused to 
concur with the House of Representatives in granting the au- 
thority which the proprietors desired, they asserted their just 
right to the territory, and determined to make it available by 
admitting settlers. At a meeting, July 25, 1728, after reciting 
the purchase, and the faihire to obtain " the privileges of a town- 
ship," they elected Joseph Ruggles to be their clerk, and directed 
that he should be sworn, and should " buy a good book of clean 
paper to record all our acts and votes in, from year to year." 
The record continues : " And we do also hereby appoint Capt. 
Samuel Green, and Mr. Nathaniel Paige, and the Rev. Mr. 
Timothy Ruggles, to be a Committee to procure a good and well 
approved of Surveyor and two Chainmen, who shall be under 
oath to the faithful discharge of their office and trust, and shall 
survey six miles square within our claim, and draw a fair platt 
thereof, and the same put on record ; and any two of the com- 
mittee to have full power to act ; and also their power is to 

peusation, or equivalent therefor, the sided in Leicester more than ten years, of 
former granted to the hitter a large tract which town, as well as of Lambstown, or 
of land embracing the present towns of Hardwick, he was a proprietor. 
Belchertown and Pelham, and the greater ^ "_a.s early as 1727, settlements were 
part of Prescott and Ware. This tract made in what is now Palmer, under grants 
was called the " Equivalent Land," which or permits from the proprietors of Lambs- 
was sold by Connecticut for about six town, by a colony of emigrants from the 
farthings per acre. See Palfrey's Hist, north of Ireland, among whom were 
iV. Eng., iv. 363. Isaac Magoun and James Brakenridge." 
1 Captain Samuel Green had then re- — Hyde's Address at Ware, 1847, p. 7. 



CIVIL HISTORY. 21 

extend to make an agreement with such persons as have settled 
upon the same as to the bounds of their farms, and what to give 
for their interests there, and to improve the money they shall 
gain thereby towards defraying the charge that the committee 
shall be at in the work tliey are empowered to do. . . . Then to 
proceed to make an allotment of forty or fifty lots, one for a 
minister, one for a ministry, and one for a school ; and the other 
to be disposed of as the proprietors shall hereafter order and 
agree." ^ 

During the next year another effort was made by the proprie- 
tors to have their claims recognized by the General Court. By 
the printed Journal of the House of Representatives, it appears 
that on the 24th of September, 1729, " A petition of Joshua 
Lamb, Esq. and Mr. Timothy Ruggles, a committee of a num- 
ber of proprietors and purchasers of a certain tract of land lying 
near Brookfield, praying for confirmation of all or part thereof 
for a township, for reasons mentioned. Read, and the question 
was put whether the prayer of the petition should be granted. 
It passed in the negative." 

Two months later the printed Journal describes a general 
scramble for this territory. November 25, 1729 : " A petition of 
Josiah Edson and sundry others, inhabitants of Bridgewater, pray- 
ing for a grant of a tract of land for a township between Ware 
River and Swift River. Read and referred to Thursday the 27tli 
current, when other petitions for lands are to come under consid- 
eration." November 27, 1729 : " A petition of Isaac Burr, John 
King,2 and sundry others, shewing that they are settled upon a 
certain tract of land, bounded easterly by Brookfield, southerly 
and westerly by Brimfield, and northerly by Coldspring,^ by ad- 

1 Both the trespassers, or squatters, ^ Qn the fly-leaf of the first volume of 
and those who were regularly adinitted, the Rochester Church Records is this mem- 
united in a petition to the General Court, orandum : " On the 18th May, 1729, then 
November 24, 1732, for a grant of this John King and Sarah his wife, wlio lived 
land to themselves, alleging that " the rea- at a place called the Elbows in Ilamiishire 
son why your petitioners entered on the County owned the covenant and their 
said land was as follows : Some from the children were baptized, viz., William, 
encouragement of Joshua Lamb Esq. and Thomas, Joseph, Benjamin, Aaron, and 
Company, that the said land belonged to Sarah, by me, who was sent by the pro- 
theni, and that they would give to such of prietors of the lands to minister to tbera. 
your petitioners as entered under them a Timothy Ruggles." Had the visit been 
good right and title to such a part thereof six months later, the result might have 
as they respectively contracted for : . . . been different. 
Others of your petitioners entered on ^ jvfow Belchertown. 
from necessity, not having wherewith of 
their own to provide." 



22 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

mission of the Reverend Mr. Timothy Rnggles of Rochester and 
others, a committee of the proprietors of said tract of land (as 
they call themselves), praying that they may have the grant and 
authority of this Court for settling on said land, and be exempted 
from the conditions they have entered into with the said com- 
mittee. Read. A petition of Robert Auchmuty, Esq., for and in 
behalf of Joshua Lamb, Esq., and Timothy Ruggles, Clerk, as 
they are a committee of the proprietors of a certain tract or parcel 
of land containing by estimation twelve miles long, north and 
south, and eight miles wide, east and west, lying near Quabaug, 
known by the name of Wombemsicunck, in which is concluded 
the land petitioned for by Isaac Burr, John King, and others, as 
also the land contained in the petition of Robert White, and John 
Stiles, Josiah Edson, Jr., and sundry others, as well as sundry 
other petitions for land within their propriety, praying that they 
may be heard by their counsel, to make out their right to the 
lands contained in their purchase from the Indian Sachems, be- 
fore any grant on the said petitions be made, or that, if any 
grant should pass, that a saving of their right and claim may be 
inserted, for the reasons mentioned." December 2, 17-9 : All the 
parties were heard, and the petitions were rejected. 

Similar petitions were presented in June, 1731, with this va- 
riation : that JoJin King and others asked to " be confirmed in 
their possession of tlie said lands, saving to Col. Lamb and asso- 
ciates their right therein." June 16 : " The House proceeded to 
the consideration of the several petitions of Joshua Lamb and 
others, Joseph Wright and others, and John King and others, en- 
tered on the 15tli instant, which were severally read, and the pa- 
pers referring to them ; and after a long debate the questions 
were severally put, whether the prayers of the said petitions 
should be granted ? and it passed in the negative." Apparently 
despairing of success in their effort to obtain confirmation of their 
title to the whole territory purchased by them, the committee, on 
the next day after the rejection of their petition, June 7, 1731, 
entered a new petition for " eight miles square, adjacent to the 
river called Nenemeseck, alias Ware River (in such form as the 
lands will admit of), for a township." This petition was rejected 
December 31, 1731 ; and on the next day " a petition of Joshua 
Lamb, Timothy Ruggles, Joseph Ruggles, and Ebenezer Pierpont, 
in behalf of themselves and associates," was presented for the 
grant of " a tract of land of the contents of six miles square." 
This petition was granted by the House January 18, 1732 ; the 
Council concurred ; but the Governor withheld his consent. 



CIVIL HISTORY. 23 

The same committee renewed their petition, at the next session 
of the General Court, reciting the facts before stated, and praying 
for "a grant of hind of the contents of six miles square on the 
northward of the river aforesaid, and adjacent thereto." " In the 
House of Representatives, June 17"', 1732. Read, and in answer 
to this petition ordered, that there be and hereby is granted unto 
the petitioners and their associates a tract of land of the contents 
of six miles square for a township, at the place petitioned for, to 
be laid out in a regular form by a surveyor and chaininen under 
oath, a plan thereof to be presented to this Court at their next 
session for confirmation : ^ the said land b}^ them to be settled on 
the conditions following, viz., that they within the space of five 
years settle and have on the spot sixty families (the settlers to be 
none but such as are natives of New England),- each settler to 
build a good and convenient dwelling-house, of one story high, 
eighteen feet square at the least, and clear and bring to four acres 
fit for improvement, and three acres more, well stocked with 
English grass, and also lay out three shares throughout the town, 
each share to be one sixty-third part of the said town, one share 
for the first settled minister, one for the ministry, and the other 
for the school ; and also build a convenient meeting-house, and 
settle a learned and orthodox minister, within the term aforesaid." 
The Council concurred June 20, and Governor Belcher consented 
June 80, 1732. 

Thus, after a tedious and expensive delay of five years duration 
from the date of their first petition, the proprietors obtained legal 
recognition of their title to a little more than one third part of the 
territory which they claimed under their Indian deed ; being the 
north end of the tract, instead of the south end for which they 
first sought confirmation. The question naturally arises, what 
occasioned such long delay ? When the same proprietors desired 
to improve their property at Leicester in 1714, the General 
Court granted their first petition, and not only recognized their 
title, but established the territory at once as a township. Why 
was not their petition in the present case granted as readily ? 

1 This plan was presented November ony was admissible ; but this new restiic- 
24, 1732, describing 23,043 acres, " north tion effectnally excluded all except tho 
of Ware River and adjoining to it, near native-born population. It is not improb- 
the mouth of Great Meadow Brook." able that this exclusion was made at tho 

2 In the order passed by the House, suggestion of the petitioners, who had al- 
June 23, 1727, it was required that the ready suffered so much annoyance and 
grantees should " settle fifty families that loss by the conduct of those who had set- 
are now inhabitants of this Province," un- tied at the Elbows. 

der which provision the Scotch-Irish Col- 



24 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

Perhaps one reason was this : the " Equivalent Land," granted 
by the General Court in 1713, was so near to Brookfield and the 
" Braintree six thousand acres," that a tract of twelve miles in 
length and eight jiiiles in width, bordering on Nenemeseck or 
Ware River, could not be found between the Elbows and Rutland, 
which then included Barre. Moreover, in this case the proprie- 
tors did not adopt the expensive method which had formerly 
proved so successful. The order of the General Court, confirm- 
ing the title of Leicester to the nine persons who purchased the 
territory of the Lidians, was passed February 25, 1713-4. 
" These proprietors had probably already associated others with 
them in the enterprise of settling the town and sharing in the 
speculation ; for we find them executing a deed on the 23d of the 
same February, which was acknowledged before Penn Townsend, 
Esq., to thirteen other associates, dividing the same into twenty 
equal and undivided shares, of which two were equally divided, 
each between two, so as to make twenty-two proprietors of the 
twenty shares. The names of the persons who thus became in- 
terested with the original purchasers were Jeremiah Dummer, 
Paul Dudley, John Clark, Addington Davenport, Thomas Hutch- 
inson, John White, William Hutchinson, Francis Wainwright, 
John Chandler and Thomas Howe as one, Daniel Allen and Sam- 
uel Sewall as one, and William Dudley. Every one of these 
were men of influence in the Province. ... If it were proper, at 
this distance of time, to indulge in any conjectures in relation to 
the affairs of the proprietors, one would be led to remark upon 
the character and position of the men with whom the original pur- 
chasers shared the territory they had acquired. They embraced 
some of the most prominent and leading men of both political 
parties, some of them connected with the immediate government 
of the Province, and quite a proportion of them united by strong 
family ties ; and if it could be supposed that by lapse of time, or 
defect in the original deed, or any other cause, it had become nec- 
essary to exert a combined influence over the government in 
order to obtain a confirmation of the title, it is pretty obvious 
that these were precisely the class of men through whose aid such 
a measure might be hoped to be accomplished." ^ No such lavish 
expenditure was made to secure the grant of Hardwick. But 
six months afterwards, December 27, 1732, Joseph Haskell of 
Rochester, Samuel Willis, Esq., of Dartmouth, and Ebenezer 
Pierpont and Colonel William Dudley of Roxbury were admitted 
^ Washburn's Hist, of Leicester, pp. 9, 10, 14. 



CIVIL HISTORY. 25 

as joint proprietors, " each of them for a whole share," making 
the shares " twelve in number and no more." If these persons 
did not purchase their shares by payment of money, Haskell and 
Willis probably rendered efficient aid in bringing forward the set- 
tlement by inducing their townsmen to emigrate to the wilder- 
ness ; Pierpont was cousin to the Ruggles heirs, and was proprie- 
tors' clerk, and apparently legal adviser for several years ; Dudley 
only can reasonably be suspected of having used official influence 
in obtaining the grant, but even of him it is recorded that his 
share was received in right of his brother Thomas, deceased. 

Several years later, the title to this territory was challenged 
by a Stockbridge Indian. This subject is introduced here, some- 
what out of the order of time, as a fit conclusion of this chapter. 
The original papers are still preserved : — 

" To his Honor Spencer Phips, Esq., Lieut. Governor and 
Commander in Chief in and over his Majesty's Province of the 
Massachusetts Bay in New England, and to the Hon. his Majesty's 
Council and House of Representatives in General Court convened 
at Boston, September the 26"\ 1750. 

" The Memorial of Hendrick Kequoquau, now resident at 
Stockbridge, a native and claimer of the northern part of Brook- 
field, alias the land called Lambstown, lying on the northwest 
of the said Brookfield, humbly sheweth. That your memorialist, 
being born and brought up at said Brookfield, and by right of 
inheritance from his ancestors the proper owner of said land, 
your memorialist, not having yet sold the said land, or ever in 
any way or manner received any thing in consideration therefor, 
although your memorialist has had encouragement from Col. 
Stoddard that he should be paid for the same. Your memorialist 
has been long endeavouring to obtain justice respecting the prem- 
ises, but has hitherto failed. Your memorialist being aged and 
necessitous, and standing in real need, having an honest and just 
right to the lands granted away by this Province, your memorial- 
ist prays that the honored Court would be pleased to consider 
the case, and agreeable to their invariable rule of justice and 
goodness be pleased to grant something by way of satisfaction 
for said lands. And your memorialist shall, as in duty bound, 
ever pray, &c. 

" Hendrick Kekquoquau (mark). 
Adam Mahtaunkaumut (mark). 
Mhtockaumunt (mark). 



26 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

" N. B. — The reason of the two last signers is because they are 
partners by relation, and are agents for the memorialist." ^ 

Instead of determining whether the Province should " grant 
something by way of satisfaction," as prayed for by the petitioner, 
an indorsement on the petition shows that the House of Repre- 
sentatives, October 10, 1750, " ordered that the proprietors of 
Hardwick make the within named Hendrick proper satisfaction in 
consideration of his right to the lands belonging to said Township ; 
it appearing that he was one of the native owners of the same, 
and it not appearing that he has made sale thereof." The Coun- 
cil non-concurred ; and an order of notice to the proprietors was 
issued, returnable at the next session, at which time they pre- 
sented this answer : — 

" To his Honor Spencer Phips, Esq., Lieut. Governor and Com- 
mander in Chief in and over his Majesty's Province of the 
Massachusetts Bay in New England, and to the honorable his 
Majesty's Council and House of Representatives in General 
Court convened, January 1750-1, the answer of the Proprietors 
of Hardwick to the memorial of Plendrick Kekquoquau, resident 
at Stockbridge, humbly sheweth : — That in order to set this 
affair in its proper light, we are obliged to recur to the year 1686, 
when our ancestors purchased a tract of land, twelve miles north 
and south, and eight miles east and west, of John Magus, Law- 
rance Nassawanno, James, Simon, and other Indian Sachems, to 
the northward of Brookfield, by the River Nenemeseck, now 
called AVare River ; that your respondents, tlie said purchasers, 
were at many hundred pounds charge to bring forward a settle- 
ment of a plantation on the southerly part of their said purchase, 
about twenty years ago, at Kingston,^ by the Elbows, which was 
quitted by the said purchasers without being reimbursed any of 
their expenses. And in the year 1732 your respondents, in 
consequence of their said purchase, obtained a grant of land, from 
the General Court, of the contents of six miles square, on the 
northward of Ware River and adjacent thereto for a township, 
subject to certain conditions of settling the same (being part of 
the premises purchased by our ancestors as aforesaid), which 
conditions of settling the said grantees many years since complied 
with, so as that in the year 1738 ^ the General Court, in their 
wisdom saw cause to incorporate Lambstown into a Township by 
the name of Hardwick, wherein the bounds, in tlieir act made for 

1 Mass. Arch., xxxii.' G8. 8 tjiq Act of Inoorporation waa ap- 

2 Now Palmer. proved January 10, 1738-9. 



CIVIL HISTORY. 27 

that purpose, are expressed at large. So that they humbly ap- 
prehend, having in the iirst place obtained the native right, and 
afterward tlie General Court's grant, and complied with the 
conditions thereof, that they stand firm in their claim. IMore 
especially since Miey possess but little more than one third part 
of their purchase, liaving been obliged to surrender to the Secre- 
tary of this Province, for the public benefit, the remaining part of 
our said purchase,^ with this proviso, that the said grantees 
should have, hold and enjoy the said grant of the contents of six 
miles square, to them, their heirs and assigns forever. And your 
respondents now want about one thousand acres of land to com- 
plete the said grant, besides the nine hundred acres in dispute 
with the proprietors of Quabin, which affair now lies before the 
Honoi-able Court. So that, upon the whole, when we call to 
mind that the Great and General Court, in their wisdom and 
goodness, have at all times encouraged industry and fidelity, we 
find our fears very much alleviated on account of the challenges 
made of our claims and right, one after the other ; that we per- 
suade ourselves that the premises in dispute, or any part thei-eof, 
will never be taken from those persons who have paid a dutiful 
regard to the Great and General Court, in complying with the 
conditions of their grant, and thereby promoted the public good, 
and be given to them who have neglected their duty in this 
respect ; or that we shall be obliged to pay any sura or sums of 
money to a Native, upon his making any challenge without 
foundation. For though the memorialist, Hendrick Kekquoquau, 
was born and brought up at Brookfield, it does not necessarily 
follow that the lands to the northward thereof did belong to his 
ancestors, and so by right of inheritance descend to liim ; nor can 
we perceive that he ever made out any just claim that they or he 
had to the same. And as to any encouragement that Col. Stod- 
dard might give the memorialist, we are wholly ignorant of it ; 
but beg leave to represent that we have heard of, and some of 
us have seen, a large tract of land, lying northwest of Brookfield, 
at a place called Coyshill,^ which we were informed that Col. 

1 Such surrender was required as a rendered " for the public benefit " nearly 

condition of the uncompleted grant, June two thirds of the territory rightfully be- 

23, 1727; and though not expressly longing to them, in order to acquire 

named in the valid grant of June, 1732, peaceable possession of the remainder, 

it was demanded by the government, and rather than to give it to individuals as the 

was actually made, at a meeting of the price of their favorable influence, 

proprietors, February 21, 1732-3. This 2 Coy's Hill is in the northerly part of 

surrender was ratified and confirmed. Warren. 
Thus, under duress, the proprietors sur- 



28 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

Stoddard claimed ; so that it's highly probable that tlie memo- 
rialist has made a mistake as to the spot of land which he suggests 
he has a right to ; for Col. Stoddard could not mean that the 
proprietors of Lambstown should pay him, the memorialist, for 
the lands which the General Court had granted* to our propriety. 
Finally, we humbly leave the memorialist to the compassion and 
goodness of your Honor and Honorable Court, to relieve him, as 
to your wisdom shall seem meet, saving always our right to the 
lands purchased, granted, and settled by us, as aforesaid. And 
your respondents shall ever pray. 

"January 29, 1750-1, being \ Ebenezer Pierpont, in the name 
the 2d Tuesday of the set- (. and at the desire of the Proprietors 

ting of the General Court. } of Hardwick." ^ 

This answer having been read, the petition was referred to a 
joint committee, and its further consideration assigned to " the 
first Friday of the next sitting of the General Court ; " but no 
subsequent action thereon appears to have been had. 
1 Mass. Arch., xxxii. 93, 94. 



CHAPTER III. 

CIVIL HISTORY. 

Names of Proprietors. — Executive Committee. — Gratuities. — Arrangement 
of Lots. — Settlers to share the Expense of Surveying, and to aid in erect- 
ing a Meeting-House and maintaining a Minister. — Additional Grant of 
Land. — First Settler. — Other Settlers admitted. — Mill Lots. — Access 
of Inhabitants in 1736. — Incorporation as a District. — First OfHcers. — 
Rev. Timothy Ruggles. — Incorporation as a Town. — First Town Officers. 
— Act of Incorporation. 

Having obtained confirmation of their title, the proprietors 
procured from John Chandler, Jr., Esq., a warrant, by virtue of 
which Joseph Ruggles gave notice of a legal meeting to be held 
at Roxbury on the 27th of December, 1732, " then and there to 
choose a Proprietors' Clerk, and to manage, improve, grant, dis- 
pose, and divide the said lands, more especially to admit our 
associates in due form, and to choose a committee to lay out con- 
venient higliways to accommodate a township, and to lot out so 
much of the said land to the proprietors and such as shall be 
hereafter admitted settlers in such ways as may most conduce to 
the promoting and settling thereof," etc.^ 

At this meeting, and the next succeeding which was held by 
adjournment, effective measures were adopted for the speedy 
fulfilment of the conditions imposed by the General Court. I 
shall quote freely : — 

"• Voted and chose Joshua Lamb, Esq. Moderator of said meet- 
ing ; and chose Joseph Ruggles Proprietors' Clerk. 

" Voted, That Nathaniel Paige's heirs, Andrew Gardner's as- 

1 To this notice is appended a certifi- Attest: John Chandler, Jr., Justice Peace." 

cate, dated Dec. 13, 1732: — Very probably other persons may have 

" The forewritten is a true copy of a already erected houses on this territory, 
notification which Abner Lee of Worces- but no proof of their identity is known to 
ter this day made oath before me, the sub- exist; and this William Thomas may 
scriber, that he set up on the house of therefore be regarded as the first known 
William Thomas within the tract of land English resident in what is now Hard- 
aforementioned, and which was done by wick; though an ancient tradition gives 
eight o'clock in the forenoon of this day. the priority to Benjamin Smith. 



30 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

signs, Benjamin Gamblin's heirs, Benjamin Tucker's heirs, John 
Curtis's heirs, Richard Draper's heirs, Samuel Ruggles's heirs, 
of Roxbury Litely deceased, Joshua Lamb's heirs, and Joseph 
Haslcell, Ebenezer Pierpont, Samuel Willis Esq., and Col. Wil- 
liam Dudley Esq., are received as associates, according to said 
Court's grant, each of them for a whole share. ^ 

" Voted, That five committee men are chosen to manage the 
affair of the settlement of the town according to the warrant, to 
wit: Col. William Dudley, Col. Joshua Lamb, Mr. Ebenezer 
Pierpont, Capt, Joseph Ruggles, and Mr. Samuel Davis ; but 
three of the five to go at a time. Three men are chose a com- 
mittee to audit all our accounts against the next meeting, to wit, 
Col. Dudley, Caleb Seaver, and Thomas Mayo. This meeting 
is adjourned or continued unto Wednesday the twenty-first of 
February next ensuing, at nine o'clock in the morning, at the 
Gray Hound Tavern in Roxbury. 

" February 21, 1732-3, by continuation from Dec. 27th, at 
the Gray Hound, met and unanimously voted, in the first place, 
that two thousand acres of land in our new settlement or town- 
ship hereby is given and granted to the petitioners and Com- 
mittee, to be by them disposed of as a gratuity to such jjersons as 
have been serviceable to us in obtaining the grant of the same, as 
they shall think fit ; all necessary highways needful for the same 
to be included. Voted, that we are adjourned for the space of 
one hour to the same place. 

"And then met and voted that whereas in the Court's grant of 
our new township at Ware River, the Rev. Mr. Timothy Ruggles 
and Capt. Joseph Ruggles are two of the grantees, they have 
quitted to the proprietors the grant of Court to them as petition- 
ers ; they shall have, and hereby have granted them five hundred 
acres of land between them in said town, b}^ allotment, over and 
above one share to the heirs of Capt. Samuel Ruggles, late of 
Roxbury deceased. 

"Voted, That Benjamin Smith, who married one of the heirs 
of John Curtis deceased, since he has carried on his j^art of the 
charge with us, it is ordered that the said Benjamin Smith shall 
have recorded to him the ninth part of the said John Curtis's 
share. 

••' Unanimously voted, That whereas Joshua Lamb, Timothy 
Ruggles, Joseph Ruggles, and Ebenezer Pierpont, have given a 
general quitclaim to the Province of a Deed, signed by John 

1 At this date, it appears that all the original grantees had deceased. 



CIVIL HISTORY. 31 

Magus, Lawrence Nassawano, and other Indian Sachems, to 
Joshua Lamb and others ; now we do dechire we ai-e contented 
and well satisfied, and do ratify and confirm said act, agreeable 
to said quitclaim. . . . 

" Unanimously voted. That the whole township shall be lotted 
out as soon as may be by the committee as shall hereafter be 
determined by the Propriety ; three convenient places, if they 
may be obtained, to seat mills on, reserved for the benefit of the 
proprietors, and the committee to make report of tlie same to the 
proprietors. 

" Voted, That ten acres ^ of land be reserved near the centre 
of said tract, to set a meeting-house on, and for a burial-place 
and a training-field. 

" Voted, That this meeting is adjourned to to-morrow morning 
at the same place. 

" Roxbury, February 22, 1732-3. Met by continuation from 
the 21^' of February, 1732-3. 

" Unanimously voted, That the committee shall as soon as may 
be lay out one hundred and eleven lots for the proi)rietors and 
settlers, in one hundred acre lots, having respect to the quality of 
the land, viz., four lots to each proprietor's share, sixty settlers, 
and the lots for the minister, ministry, and school ; the minister's 
lot to be laid out by the committee near the centre of the town, 
and the rest of the lots to be drawn for, both by the proprietors 
and settlers. 

" Unanimously voted. That the remaining land belonging to 
the proprietors be all lotted out by the committee in such quan- 
tities as that each proprietor have three lots and so sorted as that 
in the draft each person may have a just and equal share. 

" Unanimously voted, That each settler pay into the hands of 
the committee, upon his drawing his lot, the sum of five pounds 
towards the defraying the charges of survejnng, &c. ; and the 
further sum of ten pounds each, for the building a meeting-house 
and settling a minister, within the space of three years after his 
being admitted. 

"Unanimously voted. That each proprietor have leave to offer 

1 This " ten acres " was near the old northwesterly corner, was given to the 
burial-place and training-field, or com- "Separate Society," 10th March, I7G1 ; 
mon ; but that it did not include either is and " four acres and an half remaining 
manifest from the fact that a different of the ten acres " ^as sold to Jonas Fay, 
disposition of the whole tract was subse- 19th May, 1761. The ten acres was on 
quently made : five acres, the easterly the hill, northwesterly from the present 
half, was sold to Kev. Timothy Ruggles, common, which seems to have been sub- 
in February, 1758; half an acre, the stituted for the original grant. 



32 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

for admission five settlers of such persons according to the Court's 
grant, and shall give bonds to the committee for the fulfilment of 
the order and conditions of Court within three years from their 
admission on forfeiture of their lots to be again disposed of ; al- 
ways provided that those who have paid their money and are al- 
ready admitted be deducted out of the whole in proportion ; and 
whereas the proprietors have each of them a draught of four lots, 
which makes nine lots including the settlers, five of any of the 
nine being settled by them shall be sufficient." 

On a more careful survey, the proprietors found that they had 
interfered with other grants, and were curtailed in their territory. 
They petitioned the General Court for relief, June 15, 1733, rep- 
resenting that, " so it was, that the surveyor and chainmen, who 
were under oath, not knowing the bounds of a tract of land of six 
thousand acres granted heretofore by this Court to Braintree and 
adjoining to Rutland, and not thinking the said Braintree land 
or any part was on the northwest of Ware River, have included 
within that plat four hundred acres of good land,^ fit for settle- 
ments ; as also have included the quantity of three hundred acres 
more at the west end of the grant, being land formerly granted 
by this Court to the Government of Connecticut, called Equiva- 
lent lands, and belonging, as your petitioners are informed, to 
John Read, Esq.,^ all which will appear by the plan herewith pre- 
sented. Wherefore your petitioners being thus lessened in their 
grant, and having three large ponds of some hundred acres in- 
cluded, obliges us humbly to pray your Excellency and Honors 
that a strip or parcel of land belonging to this Province, between 
Braintree grant, Brookfield town, and Wai-e River, so far as the 
bend of the River is, may be added to the grant made your peti- 
tioners. . . . Our humble prayer is that the said land may be 
added to and accounted a part of the township granted as afore- 
said, in full satisfaction of the land that is wanting of the con- 
tents of six miles square as aforesaid." 

" In the House of Representatives, June 16th, 1733. Read, 
and ordered that the prayer of the petition be and hereby is 
granted, and the strip or parcel of land within mentioned is con- 
firmed to the petitioners, and their associates, and their assigns, 

1 This tract of " four hundred acres " " The angles at the west end of the line 

was at the northeasterly corner of the between Hardwick and Ware, on the map, 

town, and included the Robinson Farm, indicate the locality of these " three hun- 

It was annexed to Hardwick, by act of dred acres." 
the General Court, June 10, 1814. Mass. 
Sp- Laws, V. 10. 



CIVIL HISTORY. 33 

respectively, forever by the following bounds, viz., beginning at 
the east bank of Ware River, at the northwest [northeast ? ] corner 
of a tract of land laid out to James Hovey, and confirmed this 
present session ; from thence running southerly, as that line runs, 
to Brookfield bounds ; and from thence easterly, as Brookfield 
bounds run, to the southwesterly corner ^ of Braintree six thou- 
sand acres ; and from thence extending northwesterly, bounding 
northeasterly on said six thousand acres, till the line comes to 
Ware River ; and then bounding on Ware River to the first 
bounds: in lieu of the four hundred acres taken off by Braintree 
grant, and the three hundred acres taken off by land of John 
Read, Esq., and the ponds, etc., as aforesaid, provided it inter- 
feres with no former grant." The Council concurred three days 
afterwards, and the Governor gave his consent. 

At the time of this grant, Lieutenant (afterwards captain) 
Eleazar Warner resided with his family on a farm, which was 
given to him and his wife by her father, Thomas Barns of Bi-ook- 
field, in 1729, and included part of the Winnimisset swamp and 
upland. His house stood about a mile east of Ware River, at 
the corner of the old turnpike and the road leading to New 
Braintree meeting-house, and was afterwards long known as the 
Perez Cobb house. He was probably the first English settler 
on this territory.^ At this time also very few settlers had be- 
come resident on the oi"iginal grant. By the Proprietors' Records 
it appears that on the 12th of June, 1733, seventy-four of the one 
hundred and eleven proposed lots had been laid out ; " and there 
is sixteen persons already settled and entered on them ; " and it 
was " proposed that twenty-four persons ^ more shall at this time 
be admitted as settlers thereon, who, together with the pro- 
prietors, shall draw for the lots already laid out. . . . Then the 

1 This " corner " was not far south- no settlement had been commenced in 
easterly from the point where the road what is now Hardwick. 

from New Braintree to West Brookfield ^ These "twenty-four" were not yet 

passes the head of Ditch Meadow. The resident, as they had not drawn tlieir lots, 

tract thus described became the westerly and some of them never personally oc- 

part of New Braintree when that town cujiied those lots. Several were delin- 

was incor])orated. quent for a full year, and it was voted, 

2 It is a family tradition, and it is so June 12, 1734, "that the Committee write 
stated in the Massachuselts Spy, Deccm- forthwith to each settler that has not yet 
ber 10, 1817, that his son Warham War- been at work on their lots, to come into 
ner, who was born November 1, 1730, the meeting on the adjournment to give 
and died December 4, 1817, "was the bond to fulfil their settlements according 
first [English] child born in New Brain- to agreement; and provided they do not, 
tree." At the date of this birth, probably others shall be admitted." Five such 

lots were declared forfeited July 21, 1736. 
8 



34 



HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 



proprietors and the twenty-four proposed as settlers proceeded to 
draw their lots." And December 26, 1733, "The proprietors 
proceeded to draw for their two hundred acre lots, and drew the 
same as follows : "' three lots of two hundred acres each to " Coll. 
Lamb, Gardner's heirs, Mr. Haskall, Mr. Paige, Ebenezer Piei'- 
pont, Mr. Tucker's heirs. Coll. William Dudley, Mr. Draper's 
Jieirs, Mr. Gamblin's heirs, Capt. Willis, Mr. Curtis's heirs, Capt. 
Ruggles' heirs.'' At the same meeting "the lots were drawn 
amongst the proprietors and settlers, viz. : the remaining thirty- 
two as follows." The list, however, was not entered on the Pro- 
prietors' Records until November 3, 1743, when it was " voted, 
that the list of the lots drawn by the proprietors and settlers, 
laid before the proprietors by their Committee, be and hereby is 
accepted, and that the Proprietors' Clerk be desired to record 
them forthwith in their Book of Records." Four one hundred 
acre lots are recorded, as drawn by each of the twelve proprietors. 
Then follows a record of the settlers' lots : " The following is a 
list of the persons' names and tlie lots drawn by them, with the 
number of acres belonging to each lot drawn by the persons ad- 
mitted settlers in Lambstown, so called." I omit the numbers 
of the lots, as no plan of them is known to exist. 





Acres. 


James Akiiis 


. 100 


Mr. James Allen 


100 


John Amadown . 


. 100 


Thomas Bennett 


100 and addition. 


Lidel Buck 


. 120, now R*^ Church 


Roger Carary . 


100 


Nathan Carpenter 


. 110 


Capt. Will™ Chandler . 


94 


Jonath" Church . 


100, now Miricks. 


Sam^ Church . 


100 


Sam^ Cook . 


. 100 


Ebenez' Cuttler 


120 


Sam' Davis 


. 100 


Samuel Duglass 


104 


Michal Gilson 


. 100 


David Goldthright . 


100 


Stephen Griifeu . 


100 Ezra Leonard. 


Stephen Griffeth 


100 and 50. 


Griffen . 


98, now Pikes. 


John Harwood 


102 


Joseph Haskal 


. 125 



CIVIL HISTORY. 



35 





Acres. 


Mr. Jos'' Haskal .... 


102 


John Hunt ..... 


. 100, now Robinsons. 


David Ingersole .... 


100 


Dudley Jordan .... 


100 


Edmund Jordan .... 


100 


John Jordan .... 


IIG 


Coll. Joshua Lamb .... 


100 


Ezra Leonard .... 


100 


William Maccoy .... 


99, a mill lot, with 6 




rodds allowed for a 




highway. 


Sam^ Marsh .... 


104 


Tliomas Mayo .... 


100, purclias'd. 


Norcross 


. 100 


Christopher Page .... 


100 


Christop"" Page .... 


100 


Ebenezer Pierpout .... 


100 


Elisha Pike .... 


100, now Gillet. 


Thomas Powers .... 


100 


Ramsdel 


100 


Sam' Robinson .... 


f03 


Capt. Jos'" Ruggles . . . . 


100 


Mr. Timo'' Ruworles 


112 


Mr. Timo'' Ruggles 


100 


Mr. Timothy Ruggles 


100 


Shaw . . . . 


100 


Sam' Shumway .... 


100 


Benjamin Smith .... 


100 


Jonath" Southwick .... 


100 


Moses Stockbridge 


100 and 50. 


Benj" Sumner .... 


100, now Edw*' Sumner. 


Edw'' Sumner .... 


100 


"William Sumner .... 


104, now Edw'' Sumner. 


William Thomas 


104 


John Tompson .... 


100 


Seth Twitchel .... 


90, forfeited by him. 


Wells 


100 


Andrew White .... 


, now Hunt. 


Mr. Wiir Williams 


100 


Capt. Sam' Willis 


100 


Coll. Sam' Willis 1 . . . . 


100 



^ After the lots were drawn in 1732, 
some were forfeited, and others changed 
owners, before the list was recorded in 
1743, as indicated on tlie record ; and 
Captain Willis was promoted to the oflSce 



of colonel. Mr. James Allen, Mr. Tim- 
othy lliiggles, and Mr. William Williams 
were clergymen. Many of those who 
drew lots never became settlers. 



36 



HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 



The Common 
Mill Lot . 
Minister Lot 
Ministry Lot 
School Lot 



Acres. 

10 

200 
200 
200 



On the East Side of Ware River. 



George Abbot 
Barr . 
Josiah Barrett 
Blair . 
Robert Gatchell . 

Nichols 
Ebenezer Pierpont 
Jeremiah Powers 
Sam' Smith 
Lt. Warner 



100 
100 
100 
100 
100, now Haskal. 

50 

50 
100 
100 

50 and acWition. 



October 30, 1733. " Voted, That the Rev. Mr. Timothy Bug- 
gies shall have the Mill Lot for one of his settlers' lots to the west 
side of the 69^'^ lot." ^ * "Voted, That Lieut. Leonard shall have 
the Mill lot adjoining to Ware River, at the southerly corner of 
the town,2 provided he erects a good grist mill on the River in 
one year from the last day of June next, and that he keeps and 
maintains the said mill in good repair for the space of twenty 
years, so as to supply the inhabitants of the town with grinding 
from time to time, and for the usual toll ; said lot to be accom- 
modated as the Committee shall see cause, but not to include 
above one hundred and fifty acres of land." 

Although never actually attacked by hostile troops, in its ex- 
posed situation on the frontiers the settlement of the town was 
retarded by fears of invasion. Hence the proprietors voted, De- 
cember 27, 1733, " that if the inhabitants or settlers are mo- 



1 This lot was probably on Moose 
Brook at the Furnace Village, where a 
grist mill was very early in operation. 

2 At Gilbertville. Lieutenant Leonard 
failed to perform the conditions, and the 
lot v/as granted, September 10, 1735, to 
" William Jennison, Esq., and Thomas 
Stearns, both of Worcester, and Stephen 
Harrington of Lambstown in equal parts. 
. . . And it is to be understood that the 
said mill is to be set on either Ware River 



or the Brook running through said lot, as 
may best answer the end of the builders 
and inhabitants, botli." The mill and lot 
subsequently became the property of John 
Wells, after whose death they were sold, 
24th October, 1750, to Jonathan Warner. 
The water-power at this place is the most 
important within the town. Instead of a 
grist mill it now moves an extensive man- 
ufactory. 



CIVIL HISTORr. 37 

lested by a war with the Indian or French Enemy, it is agreed 
and allowed that if they, within two years after the expiration of 
the war, shall fulfil and bring forward their settlement according 
to the Court's grant, they shall enjoy their rights." And six 
months later, June 12, 1734, it was " represented to the proprie- 
tors, that Mr. Stephen Griffen ^ was desirous to build and settle 
on his brother Norcross's lot, that the neighborhood might be 
more complete and defensible in case of a war ; " and liberty was 
granted accordingly. 

A somewhat suspicious vote was adopted, December 27, 1733 : 
" Voted, to Mr. Ebenezer Pierpont the quantity of three hundred 
acres of land, to be disposed of by him to two particular gentle- 
men, viz., one hundred acres to one of said gentlemen, and two 
hundred acres to the other gentleman." The mystery is partially 
solved by a memorandum made on the fourth Wednesday of Sep- 
tember, 1734, that " whereas there was a grant of three hundred 
acres of land to Mr. Ebenezer Pierpont some time ago for two 
particular gentlemen : now the meaning is, that the Honorable 
Judge Dudley shall have two hundred acres, and one hundred 
acres to William Dudley, Esq." What service these gentlemen 
had rendered or were expected to render in consideration of this 
gift does not appear ; nor is any reason obvious why their names 
were not mentioned in the original grant, like those of other re- 
cipients of land, whether by gift or purchase. 

Until 1736, the settlement of the township made slow prog- 
ress ; but in that year there seems to have been a large accession 
of inhabitants. In the House of Representatives November 29, 
1736, "a petition of Benjamin Smith and sundry other inhabit- 
ants of lands lately granted to Joshua Lamb, Esq. and others, at 
a place called Lambstown, setting forth that they have fulfilled 
the conditions of a settlement, being arrived to the number of 
sixty inhabitants,^ and performed what was enjoined on them as 
to subduing and improving the lands, and have called and settled 
a minister, praying that they may be incorporated into a town- 

1 Stephen Griffith. then only twenty-three families in the 

2 If this mean sixty families, — the place, 
number required in the grant, — the 

greater part must have become inhab- " In thirty-six I came into 

itants during this year. Deacon Joseph This then a wilderness : 

Allen moved into the town in the early Great hardships we did undergo, 

part of the year ; and he says there were Our wants did daily press. 



38 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

ship, for the reasons mentioned. Read, and ordered that the 
prayer of the petition be granted." ^ The Council non-concurred ; 
but two days afterwards proposed to incorporate the place as a 
district, to which the House assented, and it was enacted, " That 
the prayer of the petition be so far granted as that Mr. Benjamin 
Smith, one of the petitioners within named, be and is hereby 
authorized and empowered to notif}^ and warn the inhabitants 
and residents on the tract of land within mentioned, qualified by 
law to vote in town affairs, to convene as soon as may be in some 
public place, then and there to choose town officers, and agree 
upon methods for the support of the ministry, and defraying 
other charges ; the said officers to stand until the twenty-fifth 
day of March, one thousand seven hundred and thirt3'-eight. 
Provided, nevertheless, and it is hereby declared, that nothing 
herein contained shall extend or be construed to extend to the 
confirmation of the original grant of the said tract of land, but 
that the same remain as heretofore until this .Court be fully 
satisfied that the grantees have fulfilled the conditions of the 
grant." 2 Xhe meeting, thus authorized, was holden February 9, 
1737 ; and its proceedings are here entered in full, as they show 
to a certain extent who were then inhabitants. It was voted : 

" 1. That Mr. Benjauiin Smith be the Moderator of said meet- 
ing. 

" 2. That said meeting be adjourned to the house of Nathan 
Carpenter, on said da3\ 

" 3. That Samuel Robinson be Town Clerk. 

" 4. That Benjamin Smith, Joseph Allen, Samuel Robinson, 
Stephen Griffeth, and Benjamin Ruggles be Selectmen. 

" 5. That John Wells be Town Treasurer. 

" 6. That William Maccoye, Benjamin Ruggles, and Expe- 
rience Johnson be chosen Assessors. 

" 7. That George Abbot and Ichabod Stratton be Constables. 

" 8. That all the remaining town oflBcers be chosen by hold- 
ing up of hands. 

" 9. That Thomas Perry and Benjamin Andrews be tiding 
men. 

" 10. That Josiah Barret and James Aikens be surveyors of 
highways. 

"The families were twenty-three, Joseph Allen to the Church and Congrega- 

That then did here helong : tion of Hardwick. Printed at Brookfield, 

They all did hardships bear with me, 1795, pp. 51, 8vo. 

But now are dead and gone." ^ Printed Journal of House of Repre- 

sentatives. 
Last Advice and Farewell of Deacon 2 General Court Records. 



CIVIL HISTORY. 39 

"11. That Dudley Jordan and John Hunt be fence-viewers. 

"12. That Phineas Powers and Samuel Church be hog-reaves. 

" 13. That this meeting be adjourned to tlio 23d of this in- 
stant February, at the Meeting-house, at ten of the clock on said 
day." 

Up to this time, the Rev. Timothy Ruggles was more active 
than any other person in carrying forwai'd the settlement of the 
town. Although he sold, in 1736, his proportion of the share 
inherited from his father. Captain Samuel Ruggles, of Roxbury, 
he made frequent and extensive purchases from the heirs of other 
proprietors and from those who had received grants as settlers. 
His activity and the extent of his possessions by grant and pur- 
chase are partially indicated by votes passed June 29, 1737 : 
" Whereas Mr. Timothy Ruggles of Rochester, one of the pro- 
prietors, was obliged to settle five lots, called settlers' lots, in 
said Lambstown, as granted to himself, each of them one hun- 
dred acres, and there was a vote passed, that if he did the duties 
of settling on the thousand acres, so called, that it should answer 
for the same, and he having performed his duty as such on said 
thousand acres, as appears by the view of the proprietors' com- 
mittee, voted that those lots in said thousand acres which are No. 
1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 4, No. 5, No. 6, No. 7, according to the plan 
of that part of the thousand acres, so called, which lies on the 
westerly side of Ware River ^ in Lambstown, containing in the 
whole eight hundred and seventy-three, signed William Chandler, 
Surveyor, and as entered on the original plan, &c., be and hereby 
are confirmed to the said Timothy Ruggles, and to be to him, his 
heirs and assigns forever." At the same time three other lots 
were confirmed to him, he having bought them of Samuel Willis, 
Esq., Samuel Shumway, and Samuel Douglass, and "• having 
performed the like duties on the same." 

During the two years between the grant of authority to elect 

1 This portion of the " thousand acres " homestead, and south on the mill lot, this 
was in the northeasterly part of the town, line being " the line between the mill lot 
between the Moose Brook Road and the and the thousand acres." The ])roiirie- 
River. The farm marked " D. Billings " tors voted, in September, 1734, " that the 
on the R. Map was the southwest corner piece of land decyphered on the jilat of 
of this tract, being described in the deed one hundred and twenty-eight acres, lying 
from Nathaniel Ruggles, of Roxbury, to eastward of Ware River, and on Brain- 
Daniel Billings, May 8, 1765, as bounded tree grant, and on Mr. Barnes's heirs, is 
west on the west line of the thousand acres, allowed to make up the complement of 
north on Caleb Nye (formerly Samuel one thousand acres on Ware_River," etc. 
Nye), east on Captain Benjamin Ruggles's 



40 HISTORY OF HARDWICK, 

certain officers and the full incorporation of the town, the inhab- 
itants transacted very little business at their public meetings, 
except providing for the erection of a meeting-house and the 
maintenance of a minister, which will be noticed elsewhere. 
Heretofore the provision made by the proprietors for this purpose 
was inadequate ; and the inhabitants manifested a strong desire 
for incorporation, that they might thus become able to raise a 
sufficient revenue by taxation of all the laud, whether owned by 
residents or non-residents. Accordingly it was voted, June 30, 
1787, " That Mr. Christopher Paige be the man to go to the 
General Court, to get the Town incorporated, or the land taxed." 
When this petition was under consideration in December, 1737, 
the proprietors asked the General Court to delay the act of in- 
corporation for another year, and their request was granted. 

At the election of officers, March 6, 1738, several new names 
appear : John Amadon, Matthew Barr, Samuel Gillett, Robert 
Gitchell, Roger Haskell, Stephen Herrington, Constant Merrick, 
Christopher Paige,^ Eleazar Sanyer, Jonathan Warner, and 
Samuel West. 

August 8, 1738, voted, " That Benjamin Smith's yard be a 
pound for the town this year." 

October 19, 1738, voted, " That the town-meetings for the 
time be warned by posting at the meeting-house." Pei'sonal 
notice seems to have been given, heretofore, by two constables, 
each being directed " To warn all freeholders and other inhabit- 
ants in Lambstown, so called, in your district." The Gi-eat 
Meadow Brook was then the division between the two districts. 
At a later period, the count}^ road, which afterwards became a 
turnpike, was established as the line between the north and south 
districts. 

November 2, 1738, voted : " 1. That Lieut. Eleazar Warner 
be the Moderator of this meeting. 2. That the town will send 
to the General Court, to pray for a tax of two pence per acre 
upon all the land lying within the limits of Lambstown. 3. That 
Deacon Christopher Paige be the man to go to the General 
Court, to pray for the laying of the aforesaid tax." ^ 

This petition was presented in December, and an order of 

1 Deacon Christopher Paige was Mod- by " Ebenezer Ayers, Eleazar Warner, 
erator of the meeting April 4, 1737, and and sundry others, proprietors and in- 
had then been here about two or three habitants of the southeasterly part of 
years. Lambstown, so called, on the southerly 

2 In anticipation of this movement, a or southeasterly side of AVare Kiver, 
petition was presented, December 2, 1738, showing that though they live on farm 



CIVIL HISTORY. 41 

notice was issued to the propi-ietors. December 15, 1738, in the 
House of Representatives, " The petition of Christopher Paige 
in behalf of Lambstown, so called, praying as entered the 9**^ 
current, read again, together with the answer of Joshua Lamb, 
Esq., and others, a committee of the proprietors and non-residents 
of Lambstown, and the matter being maturely considered, in 
answer to this petition, voted. That the Assessors of the plan- 
tation of Lambstown, so called, are hereby allowed and em- 
powered to levy an assessment or tax of three half pence per acre 
per annum, for the space of five ^ years next coming, on all the 
lands therein and belonging either to resident or non-resident 
proprietors ; the money arising hereby to be annually applied 
and paid, viz. one half thereof to the Reverend Minister there 
for his better encouragement and more comfortable support, the 
residue for building and finishing a handsome meeting-house for 
the better accommodating the inhabitants in attending the public 
worship of God. And the constables or collectors of said plan- 
tation for the time being during the said term are also hereby 
directed and required duly and seasonably to collect and pay in 
the sum of the said tax annually, for the uses and purposes afore- 
said. And the petitioner is hereby further allowed and empow- 
ered to pi-epare and bring in a Bill for erecting the said planta- 
tion into a township, that so the inhabitants thereof may be 
vested with, hold, and enjoy, equal powers, privileges, and 
immunities, with the inhabitants of the other towns of the 
Province." The Bill or Act of Incorporation was duly enacted, 
and approved January 10, 1739.^ It is inserted in full at the 
end of this chapter. On the following day it was "oi'dered. 
That Mr. Christopher Paige, a principal inhabitant of a new 

land which they hold by purchase, and - At tliis time the townsliip received 

lately by this Court annexed to the said the nnme of Hardwicke, and it was thus 

plantation of Lambstown, and are ac- written for many years. The final letter 

counted to help make up the number of has since been omitted, and in conformity 

Lambstown settlers, yet they never re- to the almost universal custom, I have 

ceived any of the propriety lands, that written Hardwick, in this sketch. Hard- 

their habitations are so situated as ren- wicke, however, is undoubtedly the orisj;- 

ders it much more convenient for them to inal name. This name was probably 

be annexed to Braintree new grant than given in compliment to Lord Hardwicke, 

to remain as they are ; praying the order an Pmulish nol)leman. But if the whole 

of the Court to annex them to Braintree vocabulary had been searched for the 

new grant, for the reasons mentioned." pur])ose, it would have been difficult to 

This petition failed ; but it was renewed find a name more accurately descriptive 

several years later, and was then success- of the character of this township; for it 

ful. imports a place favorable for husbandry 

1 Amended by substituting three years and the raising of cattle. See Rees's En- 

for five years. cyclopedia. 



42 HISTORY OF IIARDWICK. 

Town, lately erected at a plantation called Lambstown, in the 
county of Worcester, by the name of Hardwicke, be and hereby 
is fully authorized and empowered to assemble the free-holders 
and other qualified voters there, on the first Monday in March 
next, at some convenient public place in said town, in order to 
their choosing a Town Clerk and other town officers for the year 
then next ensuing." A meeting was accordingly holden March 
6, 1738-9, at which town officers were elected, to wit : Chris- 
topher Paige, Moderator ; Cornelius Cannon, Town Clerk ; Elea- 
zar Warner, John Wells, Benjamin Smith, William Thomas, 
and Constant Merrick, Selectmen ; John Wells, Treasurer ; 
Samuel Robinson and Matthew Barr, Constables; Samuel Gillet 
and Josiah Barrett, Tythingmen ; Ichabod Stratton, John Ama- 
dou, Roger Haskell, and Nathan Carpenter, Surveyors of High- 
ways ; Phineas Powers and Jeremiah Powers, Fence-viewers ; 
Richard Church and Amos Thomas, Hog-reeves. 

Act of Ijstcobporation. 

'''■Anno Regni Regis Greorgii 2d, c^c. 12 mo. 

" An Act for erecting a plantation in the County of Worcester, 
called Lambstown, into a township by the name of 

" Whereas the plantation of Lambstown, so called, in the 
County of Worcester is competently filled with inhabitants, who 
labour under divers inconveniences and difficulties for want of a 
power of enjoying and exercising town's privileges among them, 
and have addressed this Court setting forth the same, and pray- 
ing for relief therein. 

" Be it enacted by his Excellency the Governor, Council, and 
Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the author- 
ity of the same, that the said plantation of Lambstown inclusive 
of the additional grant, lyiug and being on both sides Weare 
River as the same is hereafter bounded and described, be and 
hereby is constituted and erected into a separate and distinct 
township, by the name of 

" The bounds of said township being as follows ; viz. Begin- 
ning at the East bank of Ware River at the northwest corner of 
a tract of land laid out to James Hovey ; from thence extending 
southerly as that line runs to Brookfield bounds ; and from thence 
easterly as Brookfield bounds ran, to the southwesterly corner of 
Brantree six thousand acres ; and from thence extending north- 

1 The name "Hardwicke" was inserted by the Governor, agreeably to the usual 
custom under the Provincial Charter. 



CIVIL HISTORY. 43 

westerly bounding northeasterly on said six thousand acres till 
the line comes to Ware River, and so over the River the same 
course till it comes to the corner of Brantree grant, and there 
strikes on Rutland Line. Then running N. 39° W. 1760 perch ; 
then S. 40° W. 1800 perch ; then S. 1° 30' W. 1030 perch ; then 
E. 2° 30' N. 1005 perch to Ware River. 

" And that the Inhabitants thereof be and hereby are vested 
and endowed with equal powers, privileges, and immunities 
which any of the Inhabitants of any of the other towns of this 
Province are or by law ought to be vested with. 

" Provided nevertheless, that the Inhabitants of said Town do 
within three years from the publication of this Act erect and 
finish a suitable and convenient Meeting house for the public 
W^orship of God among them, the}^ having already an orthodox 
minister settled among them." 

The foregoing is a copy of the original Bill, or act of Incor- 
poration, on file in the office of the Secretary of State. 



CHAPTER IV. 

CIVIL HISTORY. 

Early Arrangement concerning Meeting-bouse, Minister, Schools, High- 
ways, and Pound. — Cattle. — Deer. — Destructive Birds and Beasts. 
— Squirrels. — Beaver-dam. — Land Bank Bills. — Pi-ovince Tax. — Cart- 
way across Great Meadow Brook. — Pauper. — Inhabitants on the East 
Side of Ware River desire to be set off. — Excise Bill — Proprietors' Meet- 
ings established at Hardwick. — Proprietors' Records. — Advent of Brig- 
adier Ruggles. — Highways. — Lottery. — Fair. 

For several years after the incorporation of the town, the 
records disclose no event of a remarkable character. Prepara- 
tions for the erection of a new meeting-house and for the com- 
fortable support of a minister were continued. A beginning was 
also made for a permanent establishment of schools, Plighways 
were laid out, and made passable for man and beast, but scarcely 
for even carts : — pleasure-carriages were unknown here until 
long afterwards. Measures were adopted for the destruction of 
beasts of prey, and mischievous birds, for the protection of do- 
mestic animals, and for their restraint from doing damage. At- 
tention was principally given to the construction of humble 
dwelling-houses and the conversion of the forest into fruitful 
fields. Those who now enjoy the fruits of their labor can 
scarcely conceive the toil, and hardship, and self-denial of the 
pioneers in accomplishing this work. A few extracts from the 
records may afford a glimpse of their primitive condition. 

April 3, 1739, at the first meeting after the organization by 
choice of officers, it was voted, " That the town will build a 
pound, thirty feet square, and that it shall be set near the meet- 
ing-house, and that Samuel Robinson be the man to build said 
pound according to law." Voted, " That hogs shall run at large 
the year ensuing, being yoked and ringed." Voted, " That the 
former Records shall stand good." ^ 

1 A record of public transactions was the full incorporation of the town ; and 
commenced February 7, 1737, and con- these "former records" were now duly 
tinned regularly for the two years before authenticated. 



CIVIL HISTORY. ' 45 

April 23, 1739. Voted, " That droves of cattle shall not be 
brought into town, under the penalty of ten shillings per head, 
for the men to pay that taketh them in, or yardeth them, or salteth 
them, or is anywise instrumental in such affair." [This order 
was modified, a year afterwards, April 14, 1740, when it was 
voted, " That any person or persons belonging to this town, that 
shall keep, or salt, or yard, any cattle in this town belonging to 
any other town, except milch cows or working oxen, from the 
first day of May next, until the last day of July, shall pay the 
sum of fifteen shillings per head, one half to the use of the town, 
and the other half to any person that shall complain and sue for 
the same." ^] Also voted, that fifty pounds be expended on the 
highways ; " to be in work, at six shillings per day till the 10th 
day of September, and five shillings per day till the 1st of Decem- 
ber ; four shillings a day for a yoke of oxen, and two shillings a 
day for a cart." 

December 10, 1739. " Samuel Robinson and Benjamin Rug- 
gles were appointed to take care that the law be duly executed 
in respect to killing of deer to the first Monday of March." ^ 

May 22, 1740. Voted, " To give three pence per head for old 
blackbirds, jays, and woodpeckers, and one penny per head for 
young ones ; . . . that the Town Treasurer be ordered to receive 
the birds' heads as they shall be brought to him as abovesaid, 
and burn them or cut off their bills, and pay out of the Town's 
money to such persons as shall bring them in, according to the 
foregoing vote." 

1 This order was not quite so stringent late marvellous stories of the size and 
as that which was adopted in Leicester, abundance of wild turkeys at an earlier 
at about the same time, not only impos- period. Whether the race of beavers had 
ing the fine of ten shillings per head for become extinct before the settlement of 
entertaining cattle belonging elsewhere, the town, I know not ; but on my father's 
but providing tliat " all rams, running at homestead, distinct traces of a beaver- 
large, shonid be free plunder, and any dam were visible not many years ago, 
one who should take such miglit have below a meadow on Great Meadow Brook, 
them for his own." WoTcester Maga- nearly opposite to tlie house of Mr. For- 
zine, ii. 99. ester B. Aiken. Perhaps bears, and cer- 

"^ The limitation of time, probably, had tainly wolves, endangered the public 

reference to the next annual town-meet- safety. In December, 1738, the General 

ing. Not only were deer found in the Court granted " the j)etition of Stephen 

forest, but the smaller wild game, such as Herrington, of Lambstown, praying to 

squirrels, rabbits, foxes, etc., and various be allowed the premium for killing two 

kinds of birds, wei'e so abundant as to be wolves, which he took in his trap, but by 

troublesome, and rival parties were fre- reason of the wolves carrying the trap 

quently organized for their destruction, away, so that he could not find it in a 

In the days of my boyhood, the clnitter- fortnight, the wolves' ears were eaten off, 

ing of gray squirrels was a familiar so that eh could not obtain a legal certifi- 

sound ; and I have heard my seniors re- cate." 



46 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

May 18, 1741. " Voted, That Land Bank Bills shall pay all 
town debts in this town.^ It was put to vote to see if the town 
will free the Governor's sons' land from land tax, and it passed 
in the negative." 

May 19, 1746. On the question whether " the town will allow 
Mr. Benjamin Smith any thing for his service in going to Boston 
to get town privileges," &c.,^ it was " voted, that the town will 
acquit Benjamin Smith of the rates that was committed to James 
Robinson and Samuel Church, to gather, provided Benjamin 
Smith will acquit the town of all demands from the beginning of 
the world to this day." ..." Voted, That Mr. Jonathan War- 
ner, our Treasurer, shall have ten pounds, old tenor, to employ a 
Deputy to use his best interest to prevent a Province tax from 
coming this year, provided he find a man that will effect the 
matter, or have nothing for his trouble." ^ 

March 9, 1747. " Voted, that the town will free Joseph Bug- 
gies from mending highways, so long as he will maintain a good 
cart-way over Great Meadow Brook in the highway against his 
house." * 

October 5, 1747. " Voted, that Monday, Wednesday, and Fri- 
day, are sufficient for grinding at the mill Capt. Hammond now 
tends for one year." ^ 

March 7, 1748. On the question, whether " the town will raise 
money to maintain Hannah Maccoye, sent to this town for that 
intent," it was "voted to raise fifty pounds, old tenor, to main- 
tain Hannah Maccoye." ^ 

1 "Land Bank Bills" were issued by a " 0. Trow," on the R. Map. At an early 

private banking company, and secured by day a grist-mill was erected here, and the 

mortgage of real estate; they were sup- dam was used as a road-way or bridge, 

pressed by the government after a sharp It was voted. May 1, 1773, " to widen the 

controversy. bridge by Lieut. Joseph Ruggles' mill, as 

- This " service " was rendered in 1736. wide again as it now is, and to raise it 

In September, 1739, the town had voted some higher." Not many years ago, the 

to pay fifteen pounds to Deacon Christo- grade of the road was again changed, 

pher Paige for similar service in 1738. ^ This mill was at Gilbertville. Its 

3 This vote indicates the rather exces- former owner, John Wells, had deceased, 

sive prudence which is elsewhere some- and his widow had married Captain 

times discoverable in the votes of the Nathaniel Hammond, who took charge 

town. In this case a "deputy" was of the mill. 

found ; his effort was successful, and one ^ This is the first record which I find 
pound was granted, February 23, 1747, concerning pauperism in the town ; but a 
" to Deac. Samuel Robinson, for prevent- petition presented to the General Court 
ing a Province tax being laid on our in 1754 indicates tiiat this was not a soli- 
town." tary case. Haunali Maccoye remained 

* The house stood at the place marked chargeable until 1765. 



CIVIL HISTORY. 47 

]\Iarch 6, 1749. Voted to oppose the " Petition ^ of the inhab- 
itants of this town, living on the easterly side of Ware River, in 
wliich they pray to be set off to New Braintree and part of Brook- 
field, in order to be made a distinct township." August 11, 1749. 
" Chose Lieut. Constant Mirick to go to the General Court, to 
offer the reasons why tlie town is not willing the inhabitants liv- 
incr on the east side of Ware River should be set oflE with others 
as a town, or district, and there to do what he shall find neces- 
sary on that affair. William Andrewson appeared and entered 
his dissent against the proceedings of the meeting." October 8, 
1749. " Voted, that the town be willing the inhabitants on the 
easterly side of Wai-e River be set off as a town or district." 

September 30, 1754. " The question was put, whether the 
town be of the mind to have the Bill, pubhshed relating to an 
Excise by order of the Hon^'® House of Representatives of the 
18^'' of June, passed into a law ; and it passed in the affirmative." ^ 

The meetings of the proprietors were held in Roxbury until 
1754, in which year their second Clerk, Ebenezer Pierpont, Esq., 
deceased. By this time the number of residcnit proprietors had 
greatly increased, by purchase from the original associates and 
their heirs, and Hardwick became a more convenient place for 
the transaction of business. Accordingly, by virtue of " a war- 
rant issued by the honorable Jacob Wendell, Esq., one of his 
Majesty's Justices of the Peace through the Province," a meet- 
ing was held at the house of Mr. Joseph Ruggles, April 2, 1755, 
when Deacon Christopher Paige was elected Moderator, and 
Captain Paul Mandell, Proprietors' Clerk. Their subsequent 
meetings were in this town until May 19, 1761, when they had 

1 Anipiifr the petitioners were Eleazar ber, and there stated his objection to the 

Wanier, Jonathan Cobleigh, Edward nitasure, that it would be inconsistent 

Ruggles, Beriah Hawes, Jonathan Hig- with the natural rights of every private 

gins, James Robinson, Roger Haskell, family to be subjected to keep and render 

Ebenezer Spooner, and Phineas Warner, an account of the quantity of excise liq- 

This petition was unsuccessful; but in- uors which they consumed in their private 

corporation was granted about two years houses. The House immediately ordered 

later, January 31, 17.51. the objectionable part of the Bill to be 

- "The taxes at tliis time had become printed, and sent to every town for con- 
heavy, and the House were desirous of sideration. . . . The towns voted, some, 
relieving, so far as they could, the polls that it was contrary to their liberties, 
and estates from this burden ; and, to do and some, that it was not. The measure, 
this, contrived a plan for laying an excise however, was dropped for a short time, 
upon wines and spirituous liquors con- but passed, with some amendments, in 
sumed by the people. The Council re- December, 17.54." Washburn's Hist, of 
fused to approve of it. Governor Shirley Leicester, pp. 65, 6G. 
sent for the House into the Council Cham- 



48 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

apparently closed their business. Their transactions, during 
these years, were almost entirely limited to the sale of their 
hitherto ungranted lands, the settlement of a controvercy with 
Greenwich in regard to boundaries, and a general adjustment of 
their financial affairs.^ 

Until 1754 the town sent no representative to the General 
Court ; but in that year Timothy Ruggles, Esq., was elected, and 
became at once a conspicuous member of the House. At that 
period representatives were paid by their several towns ; and such 
towns as were not represented were subjected to fines. One of 
the first services demanded by this town of their representative, 
was to obtain a remission of a fine imposed for their former dere- 
liction of duty. September 30, 1754. " Chose Timothy Ruggles, 
Esq., to petition the Great and General Court or Assembly of 
this Province, to get the Fine laid on our Town for not sending 
a Representative for the year 1752 remitted." He presented the 
petition, and urged these reasons : — 

" That the Inhabitants of said Town less than twenty years 
before that time first began the settlement thereof, and in gen- 
eral went on said lands in poor and low circumstances, and by 
means of the exceeding roughness of said lands they are to this 
day obliged to expend yearly large sums in making and repairing 
their highways, and even this year are at the expense of a hun- 
dred pounds Lawful money for that purpose, and must be at the 
expense of some thousands of pounds upon their roads, before 
they will be brought to be as good as most of the roads in the 
Province are by nature, beside several large Bridges they are 
obliged to build and maintain ; as also their crops of Indian corn 
having been for several years cut short to that degree that they 
have been obliged to buy and bring from the Towns upon Con- 
necticut River near half the Corn necessai'y for their subsistence ; 
as also at that time there were not much above eighty families in 
said Town, many of which were extremely poor ; and before and 
ever since the Inhabitants of said Town are obliged to be at a 

1 It was voted by the town, May 19, I made a full copy of all the records which 

1773, "that the Proprietors' Records be remained in it, and returned the original 

lodged with the Town Clerk ; but the to its former possessor. Since that time 

Proprietors to have liberty to use them at the volume has disappeared, and the most 

their pleasure." Whether this vote was persistent search for it has hitherto been 

carried into effect, I know not. More unsuccessful. If it still exists, its present 

than forty years ago I found the volume, custodian should forthwith place it in the 

much mutilated, in possession of the de- office of the Town Clerk, agreeably to the 

Bcendants of the last Proprietors' Clerk; vote passed in 1773. 



CIVIL HISTORY. 49 

great expense for the support of several poor and indigent per- 
sons ; for which reasons your memoriahst in behalf of said Town, 
most humbly prays for the remission of the aforesaid fine, &c. 

Timothy Ruggles," 

Some of these reasons, I suspect were somewhat highly colored, 
especially in regard to the number of paupers, and the general 
poverty of the inhabitants ; but they were effectual, and the fine 
was remitted December 17, 1754.^ 

During his residence here, from 1754 to 1774, Timothy Rug- 
gles, Esq. (or, as he was generally styled. Brigadier Ruggles), 
was active in promoting the welfare of the town by introducing 
improved breeds of horses and neat cattle, and better methods 
for the cultivation of the soil. He also endeavored to promote 
its political importance by making it the shire town of a new 
county. Under liis advice, doubtless, at a meeting held, May 16, 
1763, " The town made choice of Timothy Ruggles, Esq., an 
agent to petition the Great and General Court, that the westerly 
part of the County of Worcester, and the easterly part of the 
County of Hampshire, be formed into a distinct County." This 
project failed. But in the previous year, through his influence, 
Hardwick was distinguished above other towns in the Province, 
by the establishment of a Fair,- after the English pattern. This 
Fair was considered so important, and of so great public interest, 

1 The construction of roads in Hard- Wednesday and Thursday of October 
wick was very difficult and expensive, and annually. 

their maintenance has always been bur- " And be it further enacted, that the 

densome. A quarter of a century after said Town of Hardwicke be and hereby 

this date, a resort to a very popular are enabled, at a meeting called for that 

method of relief was contemplated, but purpose, to choose proper officers to regu- 

abandoned. At a town-meeting, January late said Fair, until the annual meeting in 

25, 1779, "to see if the town shall think March next, and to be chosen thereafter 

proper to apply to the General Court for annually, in the month of March, during 

liberty to make a lottery, to raise a sum the continuance of this act. 

of money for the purpose of repairing the "And be it further enacted, that no 

public roads in said town," it was " voted bargain and sale, made at any of the said 

that the article in the warrant, with re- Fairs, shall be deemed valid and effectual 

spect to a lottery, should subside." in the law, unless the same be made be- 

2 "An Act for setting up a Fair in the tween sun-rising and sun-setting. 

Town of Hardwicke, in the County of " This act to continue and be in force 

Worcester. for the space of seven years from the first 

" Be it enacted by the Governonr, Coun- day of July next, and no longer." 
oil, and House of Representatives, that This act was passed June 12, 1762. It 
henceforth, there may be kept a Fair in seems to have been renewed after the ex- 
said Hardwicke on the third Wednesday piration of seven years ; the Fairs con- 
and Thursday of May, and on the third tinned until 1775, when they ceased by 



4 



special vote, not by limitation of time. 



50 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

that its occurrence was duly predicted by the almanacs of the day, 
and " Hardwick Fair " had as conspicuous a notice as " General 
Election," or" Commencement at Cambridge." It attracted pub- 
lic attention and multitudes flocked to it from all the region round 
about. 1 It was holden twice a year, in May and October, when 
cattle and various articles of manufacture and merchandise were 
exhibited, bought, and sold. Wrestling, and other trials of 
strength and skill, were practised ; and sometimes, it is said, pu- 
gilistic encounters were witnessed. It was uniformly under the 
direction of a superintendent, clerk, and from two to four con- 
stables, elected at the annual town meeting." Drummers also 
were sometimes appointed. James Aiken was superintendent 
until 1771 ; after which, Thomas Robinson was elected until the 
Fair was discontinued, by vote of the town, in 1775. Its discon- 
tinuance was probably one of the effects of the intense political 
excitement which then prevailed. After the restoration of peace 
and quietness, the town twice petitioned, in 1785 and 1791, to 
have the Fair reestablished, but the effort was unsuccessful. 

1 In anticipation of the great influx of Cooper, Daniel Wlieeler, Jacob Fisk, Jo- 
strangers, ten persons obtained special li- seph Ruggles, and Joseph Warner. Al- 
cense as innholders during the continu- though tlieir expectations seem not to 
ance of the Fair. The Records of the have been fully realized, half that number 
Court of Sessions, under date of Septem- afterwards renewed their license, 
ber 23, 1762, contain this item: "The ^ At a town-meeting, September 2, 
Court license the following persons to be 1762, officers for the Fair were elected, to 
innholders in the town of Hardwick during wit: James Aikens, Superintendent; 
the times by law appointed for keeping Paul Mandtll, Clerk ; Thomas Robinson 
the Fair in said town, viz., on the third and Deacon John Cooper, Constables; 
Wednesday and Thursday in October (Deacon Cooper was excused and Jona- 
next, and the third Wednesday and than Farr was elected in his place). "Ap- 
Thursday in May next, who recognized," pointed Capt. Paul Mandell to insert in 
etc. The persons named were Thomas the Public Prints when the Fair is to be 
Robinson, Challis Safford, Jonas Fay, holden in this town." 
Elisha Billings, Joel Carpenter, John 



CHAPTER V. 

CIVIL HISTORY. 

Emigration to Bennington, Vt., with Personal Notices. — Emigration to Bar- 
nard, Vt. ,witli Personal Notices. — Perils encountered by the Pioneer Emi- 
grants. 

Besides tlie ordinary removal of inhabitants to wliicli all towns 
are subject, there have been two organized emigrations from 
Hardwick, each forming the nucleus of a new town in Vermont. 
The first occurred in 1761 ; it was less in numbers than the other, 
but even more important in its results. 

" ' The first settlement of Vermont, and the early struggles of 
its inhabitants not only in subduing a wilderness, but establish- 
ing an independent government,' says Sparks, in his ' American 
Biography,' ' afford some of the most remarkable incidents in 
American history.' If this is true of the State in general, it is es- 
pecially true of Bennington, the cradle of its infancy ; and no less 
true of Bennington's religious than of its secular life ; for as it 
was the first town chartered, so its First Church was the first also 
in the territory afterwards Vermont. . . . On January 3, 1749, 
parties, many of them from Portsmouth, N. H., obtained a grant 
from the New Hampshire Governor, Benning Wentworth, Esq., 
in the name of King George II., of a township, six miles square, 
situated six miles north of the Massachusetts line and twenty 
miles east of the Hudson. According to the provisions of this 
charter these purchasers first divided off acre homesteads in the 
centre, to the number of sixty-four, for a village plot, and then 
divided the remainder into sixty-four equal parts, and cast lots 
for the same. Each original purchaser is believed to have sold 
his share without, perhaps, even seeing it, except upon paper, cer- 
tainly to have never settled upon it, or improved it. . . . The 
township remained an unbroken wilderness for thirteen years, 
though men thus cast lots for it, and appropriated it to be some 
time a town under the name of Bennington, in honor of the 
Christian name of the New Hampshire Governor. Capt. Samuel 
Robinson, returning to his home in Massachusetts from one of the 



52 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

campaigns of the Continental army in the French War, mistaking 
his route, passed by accident this way ; and, impressed by the at- 
tractiveness of the country, resolved to obtain others to join him 
and come up and settle here. His resolution was carried into 
effect. Others agreed to accompany him. They searched out 
the owners of the land ; they purchased the rights of the orig- 
inal grantees, or of those to whom they had sold, and removed 
hither. . . . The first immigration had reached here June 18, 
1761. It consisted of the families of Peter Harwood, Eleazar 
Harwood, Samuel Pratt and Timothy Pratt, from Amherst, Mass., 
Leonard Robinson and Samuel Robinson, Jr., from Hardwick, 
Mass. The party, including women and children, numbered 
twenty-two. During that summer and fall otlier families, to the 
number of twenty or thirty, came into town, among whom were 
those of Samuel Robinson, Sen., and John Fassett from Hard- 
wick, Mass." 1 

It should be observed that the Harwoods and Pratts, here 
mentioned, were Hardwick families, who had resided a very short 
time in Amherst, and doubtless joined the emigrants under the 
influence of Captain Robinson. In addition to these, George 
Abbott and his son Timothy Abbott, John Pratt and his son Si- 
las Pratt, John Roberts, and others, probably removed to Ben- 
nington at about the same time. The before mentioned persons, 
with Stephen Fay and his sons, who removed about five years 
later, were not only among the earliest inhabitants of the new 
town, but also among the most active and controlling spirits both 
in the town and in the State of which it became a portion ; and 
their children were not degenerate scions of the parent stock. 
Some notice of them may be found in the Genealogical Register, 
at the end of this volume ; but a brief and rapid sketch here also 
may be pardoned. 

Samuel Robinson was apparently born to command. While he 
resided in Hardwick, for neai'ly thirty yeai's, he was conspicuous 
for his activity in civil, military, and ecclesiastical affairs ; he al- 
most constantly held some important town office ; commanded a 
company in the French War during five campaigns, from 1755 to 
1759 inclusive ; assisted in organizing the First Church, and was 
afterwards one of its deacons ; and still later held the same oSice 
in the Separate Church, which also he assisted to organize. In 
Bennington, he " was the acknowledged leader in the band of pi- 
oneers ; " ^ the first justice of the peace in what is now the State 

1 Memorials of a Century, by EevereDd * Ibid., p. 204. 
Isaac Jennings, pp. 19-22. 



CIVIL HISTORY. 53 

of Vermont; an active participant in tlie bitter controversy be- 
tween New Hampshire and New York in regard to jurisdiction ; 
the agent of the settlers to represent them at New York and aft- 
erwards at London, where he died of small-pox, October 27, 17G7, 
having partially accomplished the object of his mission. Of his 
children, Leonard fought bravely and effectively in the battle of 
Bennington, being a member of his brother Samuel's company ; 
Samuel commanded a company in that battle, was afterwards 
colonel of militia, representative in the General Assembly, jus- 
tice of the peace, and one of the judges of the Special Court 
which convicted Redding. He was one of the few persons who 
managed a correspondence with the British General Haldimand 
during the Revolutionary War, securing Vermont from invasion ; ^ 
Moses was a deacon of the church, town clerk, colonel of the mil- 
itia, a member of the famous Council of Safety, chief justice of 
the Supreme Court, governor of Vermont, and senator in Con- 
gress ;" ^S'/Za-s was active and suffered nearly a year's imprison- 
ment during the New York controversy, and bore arms in his 
brother Samuel's company at the Bennington battle ; David 
fought in the same battle and in the same company, was after- 
wards major-general of militia, sheriff of the county twenty-two 
years, and United States marshal eight years ; Jonathan, the 
youngest son of Samuel, Sen., was a lawyer, judge of the Su- 
preme Court and of the Court of Probate, representative in the 
General Assembly, and senator in Congress. Such a family is 
not often found. 

John Fassett was a deacon of the church, and captain of the 
first military company organized in Bennington ; he was a rep- 
resentative in the first General Assembly of Vermont, and judge 
of probate. Of his children, John was captain of militia, rep- 
resentative in the Genei-al Assemblj' six years, a member of the 
Council fifteen years, judge of the Supreme Court, and chief 
justice of the County Court ; Jonathan was representative two 
years; Amos was an assistant judge of the County Court; Ben- 
jamin was a commissary in the Revolutionary War, and aft- 
erwards colonel of militia. It is worthy of remark, that the 
father and his sons John and Jonathan held seats at the same 
time in the first General Assembly, in 1778. 

Stephen Fay was a captain of militia, and landlord of the 
famous " Catamount Tavern " in Bennington. He was active 

'^ ^&Q Early Hist, of Vermont, T^.W8. Governor of Vermont in 1853, was a 
2 John Staniford Robinson, who was grandson of Governor Moses Robinson. 



54 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

in the controversy with New York, and in 1772 was sent with 
his son, Dr. Jonas Fay, as special agents to make known to 
Governor Tryon " the grounds of their opposition to govern- 
ment." ^ When open hostilities with Great Britain commenced, 
he was active in a civil capacity, and his house was the head- 
quarters of the Committee of Safety. He was then too old to 
perform military service ; but he was represented by four or five 
of his sons : John^ the eldest son, was killed in the Bennington 
•battle, August 16, 1777; Jonas was surgeon in the army, 
member and secretary of many conventions, notably of that 
which met at Westminster in January, 1777, and adopted the 
Declaration of Independence, of which he was the author, mem- 
ber and vice-president of the Council of Safety, member of the 
State Council, judge of probate five years, judge of the Supreme 
Court in 1782, and delegate to the Congress of the United 
States, in 1777, 1779, 1781, 1782, and 1783. His public services 
are mentioned more fully in the Genealogical Register ; Ben- 
jamin " was the first sheriff in the county and State ; " ^ Joseph 
was secretary of the Council of Safety and of the State Council, 
and secretary of state. He was also one of the managers of the 
negotiation with General Haldimand ; David was a lawyer, 
state attorney. United States attorney, judge of probate, and 
judge of the Supreme Court of Vermont. 

The comparative influence of the Hardwick element in the 
affairs of Bennington and of Vermont is indicated by the ac- 
tivity of its representatives in the pioneer work of the town and 
church, and in the long and bitter territorial controversy with 
New York ; moreover, when the civil government of the State 
was organized, John Fassett was the first representative of Ben- 
nington in the General Assembly (two of his sons representing 
other towns at the same session) ; Jonas Fa}^ was a member of 
the first Council ; Joseph Fay was the first secretary of state ; 
and Moses Robinson was the second governor, and also was the 
first senator in Cong-ress after the State was admitted into the 
Union, — all Hardwick men. In 1781, while Vermont was 
refused admission into the Union, and was contending single- 
handed with New York and New Hampshire for jurisdiction 
over its own territory, to avoid invasion by the common enemy, 
a plan was adopted by a few leading individuals to deceive the 
British officers " by feigning or endeavoring to make them believe 

1 Vermont Hist. Mag., i. 171. ^ Jennings' Memorials of a Century, p. 

258. 



CIVIL HISTORY. 55 

that the State of Vermont had a desire to negotiate a treaty of 
peace with Great Britain ; " the proceedings were necessarily 
concealed from the public ; the managers, however, signed a 
"certificate for the protection of Colonel Ira Allen," their agent 
in the negotiation : " We are of the opinion that the critical 
circumstances this State is in, being out of the union with the 
United States and thereby unable to make that vigorous defence 
we could wish for, — think it to be a necessary political man- 
oeuvre to save the frontiers of this State. Jonas Fay, Samuel 
Safford, Samuel Robinson, Joseph Fay, Thomas Chittenden, 
Moses Robinson, Timothy Brownson, John Fassett." ^ Of these 
diplomatic leaders, all except Safford, Chittenden, and Brown- 
son, were Hardwick men. One more case may be cited : " A 
special term of the Superior Court was held at Westminster, 
Sept. 11, 1782, for the trial of the prisoners. The court con- 
sisted of Moses Robinson, chief judge; and Dr. Jonas Fay, 
John Fassett, and Paul Spooner, side judges," ^ — all Hardwick 
men. 

A second emigration commenced in the spring of 1775, under 
the leadership of Asa Whitcomb, which laid the foundation of 
Barnard, Vermont. That town " was chartered July 17, 1761, 
to William Story, Francis Barnard, and their associates. James 
Call chopped the first timber here, in 1774, but left in the fall. 
The settlement was commenced in March 1775, by Thomas 
Freeman, his son William, and John Newton. The same season. 
Lot Whitcomb, Nathaniel Paige, William Cheedle, and Asa 
Whitcomb, moved their families into town. Thomas Freeman, 
Jr., came into town June 7, 1775." ^ All these were from Hard- 
wick, with the possible exception of William Cheedle. They 
were very soon followed by many others. Asa Whitcomb had 
been appointed by the proprietors of the township as their agent 
to make sale of the land and bring forward the settlement. He 
first secured an energetic man, Thomas Freeman, as a leading 
pioneer, who removed in 1775 with at least four stalwart sons, 
(though yet in their minority), William, Thomas, Joshua, and 
Elisha, and his son-in-law, John Newton. He then induced 
many of his own relatives, both by blood and marriage, to era- 

1 Coll. Vermont Hist. Sac, ii. 135. " prisoners " were political adherents of 

2 Hall's History of Vermont, p. 396. New York, who resisted the authority of 
Panl Spooner was probably born in Vermont. 

Hardwick, but was young when his ^ Thompson's Hist, of Vermont, art. 
father removed to Petersham. The "Barnard." 



66 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

bark in the enterprise of building a new town in the wilderness ; 
among whom were his brother, Lot Whitcomb ; his cousin, 
Joshua Whitcomb ; his brother-in-law, Solomon Aiken, with his 
sons James, Nathaniel, Solomon, and Elijah ; Steward South- 
gate, whose wife was sister to the wife of Whitcomb ; his neph- 
ews Nathaniel, Asa, and George Paige, and his nephews Seth, 
Hobert, and Nathaniel Dean. Besides these were Timothy and 
Gideon, brothers of John Newton, and Thomas Martin Wright, 
who married their sister; Joseph Byam ; Captain Benjamin 
Cox, with his sons George, Benjamin, and Ebenezer ; Prince 
Haskell, and his brother Nathaniel ; Captain Edmund Hodges ; 
Elkanah Steward and his son Samuel ; and Thomas W. White. 
A few of these persons were then minors, but all were in Barnard 
very soon after the emigration commenced, and all remained and 
reared families. Within ten years after the town was organized, 
it I'eceived further accessions from Hardwick : James Byrara ; 
Shiverick Crowell, and his brother Nathaniel (their sister 
Salvina had married Nathaniel Paige); Aaron Fay, and his 
brothers Moses and Eliakim ; Jacob Lawton ; Sylvanus Wash- 
burn ; and perhaps others. How much the population was in- 
creased by arrivals from other towns I know not ; but the Hard- 
wick men had almost all the important offices at the organization 
of the town. The first town meeting was held at the house of 
William Cheedle, April 9, 1778, by virtue of a warrant issued 
on the 4tli of the same month, by " Thomas Freeman and Lot 
Whitcomb, Committee of Safety." The officers then elected 
were Thomas Freeman, Moderator; Thomas W. White, Town 
Clerk ; Thomas Freeman, Asa Whitcomb, Solomon Aiken; Se- 
lectmen ; Captain Edmund Hodges, Thomas W. White, Captain 
Benjamin Cox, Assessors ; Thomas Freeman, Treasurer ; Wil- 
liam Cheedle, Grand Juror ; Joseph Byam, Joseph Bowman, 
Constables ; Henry Curtis, John Newton, Surveyors of High- 
ways ; Ebenezer Caul, Tythingman ; and "at a meeting of this 
Town, July 7, 1778, chose Asa Whitcomb, Justice Peace." 

Although this emigration was not, like that to Bennington, a 
distinctively religious movement, ^ the pioneers evinced their re- 
gard for religion by erecting a meeting-house at an early day. I 
quote from the Town Records : " July 5, 1779. " Met agreeable 
to adjournment, and made choice of Capt. Hodges, Moderator. 
Voted, to build a meeting-house at the spruce tree where the 

1 The emigrants to Bennington were removed for the purpose of gaining greater 
connected with the Separate Church, and freedom in ecclesiastical affairs. 



CIVIL HISTORY. 67 

town made the centre. Voted, to build a log meeting-house, and 
to meet at the centre the 15"' of this month with axes, in order 
to peel bark and cut timber for the said house." When they had 
become more able to do so, they voted, March 18, 1782, to build 
a meeting-house, 40 X 30 feet, and 16 foot posts, with a con- 
venient gallery. 

In order to show the perils, as well as the hardships encountered 
by these emigrants. One fact is added : " On the 9th of August, 
1780, this town was visited by a party of twenty-one Indians, 
who made prisoners of Thomas M. Wright, Prince Haskell, and 
John Newton, and carried them to Canada. Newton and Wright 
made their escape the spring following, and Haskell was ex- 
changed in the fall. They suffered many hardships while prison- 
ers and on their return ; but they arrived safely at Barnard, and 
were all living in 1824 upon the farms from which they were 
taken." i 

1 Thompson's Hist, of Vermont, art. in the Genealogical Register at the end 
"Barnard." A more particular notice of of this volume, 
the emigrants to Barnard may be found 



CHAPTER VI. 

CIVIL HISTORY. 

American Revolution — Taxation without Representation. — Stamp Act. — 
Congress at Kew York. — Brigadier Ruggles, its President, refuses to sign 
its Petitions ; bis Reasons therefor unsatisfactory to the Representatives, 
•who reprimand him, but satisfactory to bis Townsmen. — Riot in Boston. — 
The Town refuses, but afterwards consents, that the Damage may be paid 
"out of the Province Treasury." — Brigadier Ruggles stands alone in 
Opposition to a Bill ostensibly designed to encourage Domestic Manufac- 
tures, and renders his Reasons publicly. — The Town instructs its Repre- 
sentative in 1773, to stand fast in Defence of its Chartered Rights and 
Privileges. — Final Departure of Brigadier Ruggles from Hardwick. — 
Form of Association prepared by him; his Letter of Explanation; he refuses 
to bear Arms against his Country, and retires to Nova Scotia. — Post of 
Honor assigned to him in an Act of Banishment. — His Death, Public Ser- 
vices, and Character. 

In this history of a small town, it may not be expected that 
all the causes of the American Revolution should be enumerated 
and discussed, or the various events recounted, which occurred 
during its progress. Some of those causes and events, however, 
should be mentioned, in v^^hich this town was more or less actively 
engaged ; especially because its most eminent citizen was among 
the foremost actors on one side of the controversy, in its early 
stages, while the town^itself, though for a few years apparently 
following his leadership, stood manfully and almost unanimously 
on the other side, when the struggle came to a crisis. 

One very prominent question at issup, in the commencement of 
this political and ultimately sanguinary controversy, was whether 
or not the British Parliament had a legal right to impose taxes 
on the American Provinces without their consent. In the exer- 
cise of this pretended right of supremacy, among other methods 
for raising a revenue from the provinces. Parliament enacted a 
law, styled the " Stamp Act," and directed that it should take 
effect November 1, 1765. It does not appear that the town took 
any action on this subject in town meeting ; but the House of 
Representatives acted promptly and decisively. They sent a cir- 



i 



CIVIL HISTORY. 59 

cular to the other Provinces, or Colonies, proposing concerted 
action : — 

" Boston, June, 1765. Sir, the House of Representatives 
of this province, in the present session of the General Court, 
have unanimously agreed to propose a meeting, as soon as may 
be, of committees from the House of Representatives, or Bur- 
gesses of the several British colonies on this continent, to consult 
together on the present circumstances of the colonies, and the 
difficulties to which they are and must be reduced by the opera- 
tion of the acts of parliament for levying duties and taxes on the 
colonies; and to consider of a general and united, dutiful, loyal, 
and humble representation of their condition to his majesty and 
to the parliament, and to implore relief. The house of repre- 
sentatives of this province have also voted to propose that such 
meeting be at the city of New York, in the province of New 
York, on the first Tuesday in October next, and have appointed, 
the committee of three of their members to attend that service, 
with such as the other houses of representatives or burgesses, in 
the several colonies, may think fit to appoint to meet them ; and 
the committee of the house of representatives of this province 
are directed to repair to the said New York, on the first Tuesday 
in October next, accordingly ; if, therefore, your honorable house 
should agree to this proposal, it would be acceptable that as early 
notice of it as possible might be transmitted to the speaker of 
the house of representatives of this province. 

" Samuel White, Speaker." ^ 

Governor Hutchinson remarks, that " the delegates from Mas- 
sachusetts Bay were James Otis, Oliver Partridge, and Timothy 
Ruggles. The two last named had the character of friends to 
government. Mr. Ruggles accepted the trust, expecting nothing 
would be required of him that was not expressed in the vote of 
the assembly, and left the house in order to prepare for his jour- 
ney. He was afterwards informed that the house of representa- 
tives had passed a set of instructions to their delegates, in which 
they wei'e required to insist upon an exclusive right in the colon- 
ies to all acts of taxation. He determined, thereupon, to excuse 
himself from serving ; but, being urged by his friends, he changed 
his mind, and went on to New York."^ 

The several committees assembled in New York " on Monday 
the 7"' of October, 1765," and exhibited their credentials. " Then 

1 Journal of the Continental Congress of ^ Hutchinson's Uist. of Mass., iii. 118. 
1765, pp. 7, 8. 



60 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

the said committees proceeded to choose a chairman by ballot ; 
and Timothy Ruo;gles, Esq., on sorting and counting the votes, 
appeared to have a majority, and thereupon was placed in the 
cljair." On the next day (the day fixed for the meeting), " the 
Congress took into consideration the rights and privileges of the 
British American colonists, with the several inconveniences and 
hardships to which they are and must be subjected by the oper- 
ation of several late acts of parliament, particularly the act called 
the stamp act ; and after some time spent therein, the same was 
postponed for further consideration." ^ The Congress met from 
day to day until October 24, 1765, when it adjourned without 
day. During this time a Declaration of Rights was adopted, to- 
gether with an address "to the King's most excellent majesty," a 
memorial to the House of Lords, and a petition to the House of 
Commons, of Great Britain ; in all which the Congress professed 
allegiance to the King, but protested against the recent enact- 
ments of Parliament. To the House of Commons it was said 
that " it is with the most ineffable and humiliating sorrow that 
we find ourselves of late deprived of the right of granting our 
own property for his majesty's service, to which our lives and for- 
tunes are entirely devoted, and to which, on his royal requisi- 
tions, we have been ready to contribute to the utmost of our abil- 
ities. We have also the misfortune to find that all the penalties 
and forfeitures mentioned in the stamp act, and divers late acts of 
trade extending to the plantations, are, at the election of the in- 
formers, recoverable in any court of admiralty in America. 
This, as the newly erected court of admii-alty has a general ju- 
risdiction over all British America, renders his majesty's subjects 
in these colonies liable to be carried, at an immense expense, from 
one end of the continent to the other. . . . By this means we 
seem to be, in effect, unhappily deprived of two privileges essen- 
tial to freedom, and which all Englishmen have ever considered 
as their best birthright, — that of being free from all taxes but 
such as they have consented to in person or by their representa- 
tives, and of trial by their peers." ^ For these and similar reasons 
an earnest appeal was made for the repeal of the objectionable 
and oppressive laws. 

President Ruggles refused to affix his official signature to these 
documents, for reasons which he afterwards formally presented to 
the Massachusetts House of Representatives. By their printed 

1 Journal of the Cont. Congress of 1765, ^ Ibid., p. 38. 
pp. 25, 26. 



CIVIL HISTORY. 61 

journal it appears that on the 26th of January, 1766, the House 
then being in session, " the following letter was signed by the 
Speaker and directed to be forwarded to Brigadier liuggles, viz., 
Sir, the House of Representatives have this day resolved to take 
into consideration the services of their committee at the late Con- 
gress at New York, and some things having been mentioned in 
general relating to your conduct which the House think proper to 
inquire into, — they direct your attendance on Thursday the 6th 
day of February ensuing." The subsequent proceedings were 
published in the printed journal as follows : February 6, 1766. 
" The House, according to the order of the day, entered into the 
conduct and services of the committee at the late Congress at New 
York ; and after a debate, the question was put, whether the rea- 
sons offered by Brigadier Ruggles for his not signing the petitions 
prepared by the late Congress at New York be satisfactory to this 
House? It passed in the negative. Then tlie question was put, 
whether the reasons offered by Brigadier Ruggles for leaving the 
late Congress at New York before they had completed their busi- 
ness,^ be satisfactory to this House ? It passed in the negative. 
Resolved, unanimously, that the account given by James Otis 
and Oliver Partridge, Esquires, of their conduct at the late Con- 
gress at New York, is satisfactory to this House." February 12, 
1766. " Resolved, that Brigadier Ruggles, with respect to his 
conduct at the Congress at New York, has been guilty of neglect 
of duty, and that he be reprimanded therefor by the Speaker." 
February 13, 1766. " Brigadier Ruggles appearing in the House, 
Mr. Speaker said to him as follows, viz., — 

" Brigadier Ruggles, the House last evening voted, that with 
respect to your conduct at the late Congress at New York, you 
were guilty of neglect of duty, and thereupon ordered, that vou 
should receive a reprimand from the Speaker of this House. 
Therefore 

" Sir, in discharge of my duty as Speaker of this House, and 
in pursuance of their order, I do reprimand j^ou accordingly. Sir, 
it gives me very sensible pain, that a gentleman who lias been 
heretofore in such high estimation in this House, should fall 
under their publick censure. 

" I hope. Sir, that by your future conduct, you will not oidy 
regain the good opinion this House have heretofore entertained of 

1 The only business which remained sign, he did not clioose to wait for his as- 
unfinislied was the signing of the docu- sociates. 
ments by the committees ; as he would not 



62 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

you, but also the good opinion of all those whose displeasure you 
may have fallen under on this occasion." 

A vote was then passed by the House permitting the publica- 
tion in their Journal of the reasons which he offered in justifica- 
tion of his conduct ; but, February 19, 1766, " Brigadier Rug- 
gles (according to order) laid upon the table his reasons for his 
conduct at the Congress at New York, which being read, after a 
debate, the question was put, whether the paper offered as con- 
taining his reasons be printed in the Journal of the House ? 
It passed in the negative." Having thus been denied the priv- 
ilege before promised to him, he caused his Reasons to be pub- 
lished in the " Boston Post Boy and Advertiser," May 5, 1766 : — 

" Brigadier Ruggles's Reasons for his dissent from the Resolu- 
tions of the Congress at New York, as given into the House, Feb- 
ruary 19, 1766. 

" The Honourable House having on my motion been graciously 
pleased to indulge me with adjoining the Reasons in justification 
of m}'^ conduct to a publication of the Proceedings of said Con- 
gress, ordered by the House to be inserted at the end of the Jour- 
nals of the present Sessions, first laying them before the House, 
— I beg leave to offer the following : — 

" First. My instructions from this honorable house, conceived 
in the following words, viz., ' It is the expectation of the house 
that a most loyal and dutiful address to his Majesty and his Par- 
liament will be prepared by the congress, praying as well for the 
removal of the grievances the colonies labor under at present, as 
for the preventing others for the future ; which petitions, if drawn 
up as far as you shall be able to judge agreeable to the mind of 
this house, you are empowered to sign and forward.' The peti- 
tion agreed upon by the congress to be presented to his majesty 
not being conceived in terms clearly enough expressive of that 
duty and loyalty which are due to the best of sovereigns, and con- 
sequently not agreeable to my above instructions from this house, 
left as a mere matter of judgment and discretion, if I had signed 
it I must have acted in direct opposition to those instructions, and 
thereby have exposed myself not only to the censures of this 
house, but to the reproaches of my own conscience, a tribunal 
more awful to me than this (however great) by which I have 
been condemned. 

" 2dly. That it is more regular, constitutional and conformable 
to the constant practice of the colonies to have their petitions 
and remonstrances to the King and Parliament of Great Britain 
signed by the Speaker of their House. 



CIVIL HISTORY. 63 

" Sdly. That the signing said addresses by the committees of 
the several colonies which attended the congress, and who were 
empowered to sign the same, could by no construction come up 
to a general address from the colonies, as the committees from 
the colonies of South Carolina, Connecticut, and New York, 
were not empowered, and therefore could not sign, and the 
colonies of Nova Scotia, New Hampshire, Virginia, North Caro- 
lina, and Georgia, did not send committees to the congress, and 
some had no regular appointment, so that in this respect it was 
but a very partial signing ; and therefore it was more agreeable 
to the instructions of this house to their committee, after having, 
conformable not only to the spirit but to the very words of their 
instructions, 'to unite in sentiments and agree upon such repre- 
sentations as may tend to preserve our rights and privileges,' to 
return the same to the house for their approbation ; especially as 
we knew the house was then sitting, and as I then apprehended, 
and in fact would have been the case, little or no time would have 
been lost. 

" 4thly. A matter of so great importance to the colonies and 
of so delicate a nature as the open and avowed claim of an ex- 
clusive right of taxation (however true) to be asserted in ad- 
dresses to the King and Parliament for relief from an Act made 
by this very Parliament was a measure I could not bring myself 
to adopt, as at my appointment to this service, upon motion 
made, I could not obtain an explanation on that point, nor did I 
think it was then the sense of this house ; I therefore thought it 
my duty, and most respectful to the house to report the draughts 
agreed upon for their acceptance. 

" 5thly. In my apprehension those addresses would have had 
greater weight, and would have been more favorably received by 
the King and Parliament, had they been authenticated by the 
suffrages of the various houses of representatives and burgesses 
throughout the continent, and signed by their respective speakers. 

" As to the charge of leaving the congress before the business 
was completed, I beg leave to say, that after the draughts were 
completed, and the petition to his Majesty was laid before me, 
such difficulties arose in my mind as that in its present form I 
could not bring myself to sign ; and the reasons for reporting the 
draughts to the several assemblies operating so strongly on my 
mind I made some exceptions to the gentlemen of the congress 
on the address to his Majesty and offered some general reasons 
for the expediency of reporting the draughts to our respective 



64 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

assemblies, in which I was seconded by divers members, and 
whicli occasioned a long and warm debate ; upon which it was 
determined by a vote that the address to his Majesty, which was 
at that time in a fair draught, together with those to the Lords 
and Commons, should be laid on the table the next morning, in the 
form they had before passed the congress and been entered upon 
the journal, to be signed by such of the members as thought 
proper. I then acquainted the congress that I proposed to go 
out of town early the next morning ; and after the congress was 
adjourned to the next morning I took my leave of the members, 
which was on Thursday evening the 24*'^ October, when I con- 
cluded all the business of the congress was entirely finished, 
except the bare signing, which, for the reasons given, I had re- 
fused. 

"Me. Speaker, This honoi-able House have adjudged my 
reasons insufficient to support my conduct ; and I feel the weight 
of their indignation. I have, Sir, more than once trembled under 
a sense of my own insufficiency to support the dignity of the 
high trust, with which ray country unasked has honoured me ; and 
to answer their just expectations in the discharge of them. 
Their candour has heretofore estimated my services rather by the 
integrity of my heart than the clearness of my head ; this up- 
rightness they have not only been pleased to accept, but bounti- 
fully to reward. When this house honoured me with this 
appointment, in undertaking it I promised myself the same 
indulgence. I have exercised the same freedom of judgment, I 
have attended the duty with the same diligence, I have been 
actuated with the same love to my country and its liberties, I 
have acted with the same singleness and uprightness of intention, 
and with the same ardent desire to serve the publick weal, which 
I have ever made the rule of my conduct : But alas ! I meet 
with a very different reward." 

Before printing these reasons. Brigadier Ruggles submitted 
them to his immediate constituents at a town meeting, March 3, 
1766 ; and it is not surprising that " after Brigadier Ruggles' read- 
ing the reasons he exhibited to the General Court for not signing 
the petitions drew at the late Congress at New York to his 
Majesty &c. the town voted [that they were] in their opinion 
sufficient to vindicate his conduct." They did not lose their 
confidence in him as a patriot, and a true friend to his country 
as well as to his king ; and for four years longer, continued to 
elect him as their representative in the General Court. 



CIVIL HISTORY. 65 

The publication of the Stamp Act produced great excitement 
in Boston, and some grossly violent deeds of the populace were 
the natural result. In August, 1765, by hanging him in effigy, 
breaking into his house, and destroying part of his furniture, 
some of the inhabitants had induced Mr. Secretary Oliver to 
promise that he would not act as Distributor of Stamps ; and on 
the evening of the 26th of the same month they attacked the 
house of Lieutenant-governor Hutchinson, who had rendered 
himself extremely obnoxious by his subserviency to the British 
ministry, and " destroyed, carried away, or cast into the street, 
every thing that was in the house ; demolished every part of it, 
except the walls, as far as lay in their power ; and had begun to 
break away the brick-work. The damnge was estimated at about 
twenty-five hundred pounds sterling, without any regard to a 
great collection of public as well as private papers in the posses- 
sion and custody of the Lieutenant-governor." ^ The Governor 
recommended that the General Court should provide compensa- 
tion to the sufferers, but the court declined to act. A year later, 
however, the odious Stamp Act was repealed, and a demand was 
made by the British government that the loss should be made 
good. The General Court, after long debate, enacted a resolve, 
granting compensation to the sufferers, and at the same time a 
free pardon to all " who had been guilty of any crimes or offences 
against law, occasioned by the late troubles." This act was dis- 
approved by the King, but the money was paid and no prosecu- 
tions of offenders followed. ^ 

Meanwhile, before the final settlement of this affair, this town 
expressed an opinion : — 

" At a town-meeting in Hardwick duly warned the IS*^"^ day 
of August A. D. 1766, first chose Deac. Joseph Allen, Modera- 
tor. 2d, Voted to give the following instructions to Timothy 
Ruggles, Esq., the present representative of said [town], re- 
pecting the indemnification of the late sufferers by riots and 
tumults in the town of Boston. — First. We reflect upon the 
disorders that from time to time have been perpetrated to the 
great terror of the good people of that town, in evil example to 
others, and the great loss and damage that some of them have 
sustained, with the utmost abhorrence, hereby declaring our 
greatest readiness to do every thing in our power that justice be 
done to those unhappy sufferers, as well as the persons concerned 
in the perpetration of those horrid crimes. — Secondly. That at 

1 Hutchinson's Hist. Mass., iii, 124. 2 /i^v/., iii. 158-160. 

5 



QQ HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

any sessions of the General Court, while 3'OU are a member 
thereof, you use your utmost endeavors that the persons con- 
cerned in those crimes be discovered and discountenanced by all 
proper and lawful means, that they and their accomplices be 
obliged to make good all damages to the sufferers. — Thirdly. 
In case of their inability, that you use your endeavors that those 
damages be made good by the town of Boston, as we have been 
informed that numbers of the inhabitants were spectators of 
these horrid scenes, without interposition to prevent them. — 
Fourthly. You are not to [consent to] the moneys being paid 
out of the Province Treasury, to make good those losses, 
unless at the same time it be resolved by the House that it shall 
be added to the taxes of the town of Boston, and collected ac- 
cordingly. — Fifthly. That you take due care that the damages 
be justly stated and estimated, and no more be voted to any 
person [than] the loss he really sustained." 

The town acted once more on this subject. At a town-meeting, 
November 28, 176G, under a warrant " to consider of a Bill pend- 
ing in the House of Representatives of this Province, entitled 
'An Act for granting compensation to 'the sufferers, and of free 
and genei'al pardon, indemnity and oblivion, to tlie offenders, in 
the late riots,' — Voted, that, as it appears to the said town to be 
his Majesties most gracious intention that compensation should 
be made to the sufferers in said Bill mentioned, that Timothy 
Ruggles, Esq., the present Representative of said Hardwick do 
vote for the substance of said Bill, and that he use his influence 
to obtain an Act of the General Court, which [he] shall think 
has the most proper tendency to prevent future disturbances. 
As to the other parts of said Bill, we leave it to his discretion 
to act as he may think proper and best for the interest of the 
Province." 

Among the measures adopted by the " Sons of Liberty," in 
this controversy with the British government, was substantially 
the non-consumption of foreign goods. This was designed to 
produce a twofold effect ; it would prevent the government from 
obtaining any revenue under the form of duties, and would tend 
to create dissatisfaction among the English manufacturers, and 
enlist them against the oppressive acts of Parliament. For this 
purpose, a preamble and two resolutions, so carefully and guard- 
edly drawn that they might not have attracted notice under other 
circumstances, were reported by a committee consisting of the 



CIVIL HISTORY. 67 

Speaker, Samuel Adams, Samuel Dexter, Ebenezer Thayer, and 
John Hancock, and adopted by the House of Representatives, 
February 2G, 1768, by a vote of eighty-one in the afiirniative 
against a single negative, to wit: "Whereas the happiness and 
well-being of civil communities depend upon industry, economy, 
and good morals, and this house taking into consideration the 
great decay of the trade of the province, the scarcity of money, 
the heavy debt contracted in the late war, wliich still remains on 
the people, and the great difficulties to which they are by these 
means reduced ; 

" Resolved, That this house will use their utmost endeavors, 
and enforce their endeavors by example, in suppressing extrava- 
gance, idleness, and vice, and promoting industry, economy, and 
good morals, in their respective towns. 

" And in order to prevent the unnecessary exportation of 
money, of which this province has been of late so much drained, 
it is further Resolved, That this house will by all prudent means 
endeavor to discountenance the use of foreign superfluities, and 
to encourage the manufactures of this province." 

Brigadier Ruggles requested liberty to enter upon the Journal 
of the House his reasons for dissent ; but his request was refused. 
He therefore caused them to be printed in the " Boston Chi'oni- 
cle," March 7, 1768 : — 

" Province of Massachusetts Bay, Feb. 29, 1768. Mr. Speaker, 
The honorable house of representatives of this province, on the 
26th instant, having resolved that they will use their utmost 
endeavors, and enforce the same by example, in suppressing ex- 
travagance, idleness, and vice, and promoting industry, economy, 
and good morals in their respective towns. And in order to pre- 
vent the unnecessary exportation of money, of which the province 
has of late been so much drained, they further resolved that they 
would by all prudent means endeavor to discountenance the use 
of foreign superfluities, and to encourage the manufactures of this 
province. 

" The passing said resolutions being determined by yea and 
nay, the representative of the town of Hardwicke being the only 
one who answered nay to the question put for passing said reso- 
lutions, begs leave to explain himself upon his dissenting answer, 
and says, that he had no objection to the resolution of endeavor- 
ing to suppress extravagance, idleness, and vice, and promot- 
ing industry, economy, and good morals, but was pleased with 



68 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

the appearance of such necessary reformation ; nor has he any 
objection to the encouraging any manufactures ^ which do not 
interfere with those of the mother country, but on the contrary 
might be beneficial to both that and this country. But as it is 
generally supposed that the true interest of this province consists 
in the cultivation of a good harmony with their mother country, 
the improvement of the land, and the encouragement of a legal 
trade, it is humbly apprehended it cannot be for the interest of 
this people to encourage manufactures in general, for the follow- 
ing reasons : — 

" 1. Because in all countries, manufactures are set up at the 
expense of husbandry, or other general employment of the peo- 
ple ; and if they have not peculiar advantages over husbandry, 
they Avill, by discouraging the latter, do the country more harm 
than good. 

" 2. That in this country, manufactures are so far from having 
peculiar advantages that they lie under insurmountable difficul- 
ties, of which thinness of people, and the consequence of it, high 
price of labor, are the chief ; and therefore they can never balance 
the mischief they will do by taking the hands off the husbandry 
and fishery. 

" 3. That at all times it behoves us to avoid setting up any busi- 
ness which may be detrimental to the mother country, as the 
preservation of a good understanding between Great Britain and 
her colonies is essential to the welfare of both. 

" 4. That at the time when we are petitioning for redress, to 
give particular encouragement to manufactures will look like a 
threat against and a defiance of Great Britain, and will bring a 
resentment against the province, as it is said the like proceedings 
have already done against the town of Boston. 

" 5. That if by these and other means, an actual breach should 
be made between Great Britain and her colonies in general, or 
this in particular, whoever gets the victor}^ we are undone. 
Wherefore he humbly begs leave to enter his dissent to the said 
resolution, and to pray that it may be entered in the Journal. 

" Timothy Ruggles. 

" In the House of Representatives 29th Feb. 1768. The hon- 
orable Timothy Ruggles, Esq., offered this paper to the house. 

J Domestic manufactures were encour- stand on the ground where it is now 
aged by the town; and it was voted, 17th built, provided we have a good workman, 
November, 1774, "that the hatter's shop and one that minds his business." 



CIVIL HISTORY. 69 

And the question being put whether the same shall be entered on 
the journals of the house, past in the negative. 

" Attest Samuel Adams, Clerk." 

The resolutions to which Brigadier Rnggles dissented were 
doubtless consistent with the intention cherished by many, though 
not yet openly avowed, — to dissolve all political connection with 
the mother country, and to become independent ; but he was 
right in describing them as inconsistent with an honest desire for 
"the preservation of a good understanding between Great Britain 
and her colonies," and as tending to produce " an actual breach " 
between them. And although rich and abundant blessings in 
due time resulted from that " breach," his prediction of its im- 
mediate disastrous results was substantially accurate. The new- 
born nation came out of the conflict financially " ruined ; " it was 
utterly bankrupt, and was compelled to repudiate its debt to its 
own citizens, and to refuse payment of its " bills of credit," which 
it had issued as money to defray the expense of the long war. 
The inability of the colonists to become successful rivals of Great 
Britain in general manufactures was also correctly stated. They 
might make and wear homespun cloth, if they chose to do so ; 
but they could not manufacture the finer goods, except at a cost 
greatly exceeding that of the imported articles. The causes of 
this inability, assigned by Brigadier Ruggles, long remained oper- 
ative. It was nearly half a century before general manufactures 
became prosperous in this country, and even then only because 
they were sustained by a subsidy, or artificial aid, called " pro- 
tection," in the form of a high tariff of duties on foreign manu- 
factured goods ; indeed a full century elapsed before they could 
successfully compete in foreign markets with similar goods manu- 
factured in Europe. 

Up to this time, and for two years afterwards, the inhabitants 
of Hardwick evidently hoped for a peaceful solution of the con- 
troversy between the Province and the British Parliament, and 
manifested their approval of the method pursued by Brigadier 
Ruggles for the attainment of that result, as in 1770, for the fif- 
teenth time, they again elected him as their representative in the 
General Court. They also associated with him, Daniel Oliver,^ a 

1 Son of Andrew Oliver, who grad. H. died in 1774. Daniel, the son, grad. H. 
C. 1724, was successively Secretary and C. 1762, became a refugee, and died in 
Lieutenant-governor of the Province, and England iu 1826. 



70 HISTORY OF HARD WICK. 

young lawyer whom be Imd introduced into practice here, and 
who was known to agree with him in pohtics. About this time, 
however, they seem to have lost confidence in the measures here- 
tofore adopted, though they still desired a reconciliation with 
Great Britain, rather than a separation. In 1771 and 1772 they 
sent no representative; but in 1773 they elected Paul j\Iandell, 
a man of less dignity than Brigadier Ruggles, but of different pol- 
itics, and equally resolute in their maintenance. 

May 19, 1773 : At a town-meeting, it was "Voted, That rela- 
tive to the Book ^ sent from Boston, that our rights and privileges 
are infringed upon. 

" Chose a committee of seven men, viz., Capt. William Paige, 
Stephen Rice, Daniel Warner, Thomas Robinson, Asa Whitcomb, 
Ebenezer Washburn, and Ens. Edward Ruggles, to draw up in- 
structions for our representative, and lay them before the town 
on the ll*** day of June next, at one o'clock afternoon." 

June 14, 1773. The committee reported instructions, which 
were adopted : — 

" To Capt. Paul Mandell, Representative for the town of Hard- 
wick. We esteem it of very great importance that our natural 
and constitutional rights, as men, as Christians, and as subjects, 
be preserved inviolate ; so any alarm of their being unjustly ar- 
rested from us, — more especially as they are privileges that were 
purchased by the blood and treasure of our worthy and renowned 
ancestors, and handed down as a free and good right of inheritance 
to us, their posterity, — torn away by an oppressing hand, fills us 
not only with fear, concern and grief, but also warms our breasts, 
and will ever engage us to join with our aggrieved brethren, not 
only of this, but also with those of our neighboring colonies, in 
pursuing ever}^ lawful and prudent method whereby we may 
obtain redress, which we look upon to be our duty and interest at 
a time thus melancholy and distressing. Beholding innovations 
that have been already made on our natural and constitutional 
rights, the perplexities in which our public affairs are involved, 
the heavy burdens under which we together with by far the 
greatest part of these American Colonies are groaning on ac- 

1 This " Book " was issued by the Com- towns in the province and to the world, as 

niittee of Correspondence elected by the the sense of this town, with the infringe- 

town of Boston, November 2, 1772, "to ments and violations thereof that have 

state the rights of the colonies, and of this been, or from time to time may be made ; 

province in particular, as men, as chris- also requesting of each town a free com- 

tians, and as subjects; to communicate munication of their sentiments on this 

and publish the same to the several subject." 



CIVIL HISTORY. 71 

count hereof, and as yet unheard complaining of, give us great 
reason to look forward to that distressing day when the plan of 
Despotism which we fear the enemies of our invaluable rights 
have concerted shall be accomplished, which no sooner than it 
should take place must involve us and our posterity in a state of 
slavery, and we and they viewed in no other point of light than 
machines of mere arbitrary power and lawless ambition ; the 
thought of which will not suffer us any longer to conceal our im- 
patience, secrete our sentiments, or neglect using all lawful and 
constitutional measures to quiet our fears, redress our grievances, 
and prevent if possible that [which], should it take place, would 
of consequence, involve us and our posterity in a state of abject 
slavery. As, therefore, we, the inhabitants of the town of Hard- 
wick, have made choice of 3^ou, Sir, to represent us in the Great 
and General Court of this Province, this present year, do repose 
confidence in you, and expect you will exert yourself in every 
proper and constitutional way for the securing and maintaining 
our rights and privileges, and for the supporting our ancient 
happy form of government. Although the situation of our affairs 
with respect to the state of the colonies, and this in particular, 
has of late and still does wear a dark and gloomy aspect, in our 
opinion threatening the ruin of our happy constitution, [we] 
however rejoice that we are not as yet denied the privilege of 
choosing some person from among us, to represent us in the Great 
and General Court of this Province ; and although the repre- 
sentative body have not heretofore had that regard paid to them 
which we earnestly wished for, and had just reason to expect 
from the order of happy constitution (which has been greatly 
discouraging to us in choosing any person to represent us, fearing 
lest that the original purposes designed would fail of being an- 
swered hereby), yet having a respect to and looking upon our- 
selves under indispensable obligations to do all we can to main- 
tain and defend that good and orderly government b}^ which the 
people of this province have been long distinguished, — we send 
you forth, and recommend to your vigilance, wisdom, and integ- 
rity, the important concerns of this aggrieved and oppressed peo- 
ple ; taking it for granted that a regard to your own honor and 
interest, as well as a regard to the honor and welfare of those 
who have chosen you to represent them, will make you truly 
attentive to every thing that shall tend to secure us in a free 
and full enjoyment of all our constitutional rights, carefully 
guarding against and vigorously opposing (as you would never 



72 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

betray your constituents nor prove unfaithful to your trust) every 
thing and every attempt that shall naturally tend to destroy our 
ancient privileges ; and that you will never give up that right 
iiito the power of others, which the law of God, nature, and na- 
tions hath invested us with. And as we are of opinion that the 
most likely and effectual way to gain the Royal ear, and obtain 
a redress of our grievances, is by petitioning our most gracious 
Sovereign in all proper and constitutional ways, and at all times 
proving ourselves loyal and dutiful subjects, so we particularly 
recommend this to your serious consideration, hoping you will 
always be ready to join with others in this and all other measures 
that shall be likely to relieve us in the most easy and happy man- 
ner, and most effectually secure our invaluable rights and privi- 
leges, and restore that mutual harmony and confidence between 
the British nation and the American colonies, which we look 
upon to be of the utmost importance and necessity to secure the 
emolument and welfare of both ; and in this way we hope (under 
the smiles of heaven) our natural rights as Christians and sub- 
jects will be fixed on such a sure basis as that all future attempts 
to invade or destroy them, will prove entirely fruitless and abor- 
tive." 

These instructions, probably drawn up by Ebenezer Washburn 
the village ^chool-master and poet (one of the committee), though 
not very concise, nor wholly grammatical, with some circumlocu- 
tion and repetitions, clearly enough express two ideas, which were, 
probably, uppermost in the minds of the inhabitants : (1.) Loy- 
alty to the King, notwithstanding their dissatisfaction with the 
proceedings of the Parliament, — even as American citizens now 
preserve sincere loyalty to the country, however much they may 
disapprove the proceedings of the dominant majority in Congress 
for the time being ; and hence tliey still desired a reconciliation, 
and a permanent union with the mother country on just and hon- 
orable terms ; and (2.) a determination to unite with the other 
towns in the Province in resisting the parliamentary encroach- 
ments on their rights and privileges, in the most effectual manner. 
Although no distinct refei'ence is made to resistance by force of 
arms, it is clearly enough implied. 

In August, 1774, Brigadier Ruggles took his final leave of this 
town, for whose material prosperity he had labored so eai-nestly 
and successfully during the last twenty years, and whose politi- 
cal guide and leader he had been acknowledged until recently. 



CIVIL HISTORY. 73 

Altliougli he had now forfeited the favor of the Sons of Liberty, 
by opposing their revolutionary proceedings, he had secured and 
retained tlie approbation of the King by his loyalty. He was 
this year designated as one of the thirty-six members of the Coun- 
cil, appointed by mandamus, for the government of the Province 
(of whom twelve declined the office, and nine soon resigned), and 
was one of the fifteen who did not shrink from the responsibility 
of the difficult and hazardous position, and was sworn into office 
August 16, 1774. 

It was the current tradition among his contemporaries, that 
when he left Hardwick to take his seat in the Mandamus Coun- 
cil, a multitude assembled at the bridge, near the old Furnace, 
to prevent him from crossing. His brother, Captain Benjamin 
Ruggles, was a leader and the chief speaker. After using other 
persuasions and expostulations in vain, Benjamin, with much 
solemnity, assured his brother, that if he persisted in proceeding 
to Boston, he would never be permitted to return. The Briga- 
dier's warlike spirit was roused. " Brother Benjamin," said he, 
"I shall come back, — at the head of five hundred soldiers, if 
necessary." " Brother Timothy," was the reply, " if you cross 
that bridge, this morning, you will certainly never cross it again — 
alive." The General waved his hand, and proceeded at a delib- 
erate pace ; tlie crowd gave way, and he crossed the bridge, — 
and crossed it for the last time. He never returned ; and the 
two brothers saw each other no more in this world. 

I anticipate the order of events a few months, to close my 
account of Brigadier Ruggles' connection with the revolutionary 
contest, so far as it had any immediate reference to Hardwick. 
At the last session of the first Provincial Congress, in Cambridge, 
December 10, 1774, " the committee appointed to take into con- 
sideration the letter and papers enclosed, received from the com- 
mittee of correspondence of the town of Hardwick, reported; 
which was read and accepted, and ordered to be published in the 
public papers, and also the papers on which the said report is 
founded. The report is as foUoweth, viz: — Whereas it appears 
to this Congress, that one or more members of the lately appointed 
unconstitutional council in this province, now residing in Boston, 
has sent to the town of Hardwick a paper, purporting [to be] an 
association to be entered into by those persons who falsely assume 
the name of friends to government, calculated to counteract the 
salutary designs of the Continental and Provincial Congresses, to 



74 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

deceive the people into agreements contrary to the welfare of this 
country, and tending in its consequences to hinder an amicable 
accommodation with our mother countr}", the sole end of these 
Congresses, and the ardent wish of every friend to America: ^ it 
is therefore recommended by this Congress, to the several com- 
mittees of correspondence in this colony, that they give notice to 
the Provincial Congress, that shall meet in this province on the 
first day of February next, and the earliest notice to the public, 
of all such combinations, and of the persons signing the same, if 
any should be enticed thereto, that their names may be published 
to the world, their persons treated with that neglect, and their 
memories transmitted to posterity with that ignominy, which 
such unnatural conduct must deserve."^ 

The order of Congress, for the publication of these proceedings, 
not having been immediately carried into effect, l^rigadier Rug- 
gles caused the " Association " to be published in the " Boston 
Evening Post," December 26, 1774, with a prefatory letter : — 

"To the Printer of the Boston News-Paper: As Messrs. Edes 
and Gill, in their paper of Monday the 12"' instant, were pleased 
to acquaint the public that ' the Association sent by Brigadier 
Ruggles, &c., to the town of Hardwicke, &c., together with his 
Son's certificate thereof, and the resolves of the Provincial Con- 
gress thereon, must be referred till their next,' I was so credulous 
as to expect then to have seen their next paper adorned with the 
form of an Association which would have done honor to it, and if 
attended to and complied with by the good people of the prov- 
ince, might have put it in the power of any one very easily to have 
distinguished such loyal subjects to the King, as dare to assert 
their rights to freedom, in all respects consistent with the laws of 
the land, from such rebellious ones as, under the pretext of being 
friends to liberty, are frequently committing the most enormous 
outrages upon the persons and properties of such of his Majesty's 
peaceable subjects who, for want of knowing who to call upon 
(in these distracted times) for assistance, fall into the hands of 
a banditti, whose cruelties surpass those of savages : — But find- 

1 The members of the Congress pro- gunpowder, aud fire-arms, and the pay- 
fessed a desire for a peaceful close of ment of all taxes to a treasurer appointed 
the existing controversy, notwithstand- by themselves. See tlicir ./ofWHo/, pp. 45- 
ing they had made preparations for forci- 64. The town of Hardwiek expressed the 
ble resistance by recommending a new same sentiments, and promptly adopted 
organization of the militia under trust- the measures recommended by the Con- 
worthy officers, tlie enlisting of minute- grass. 

men, the procuring of arms and am- ^ Journals of each Provincial Congress, 

munition, the manufacture of saltpetre, pp. 68, 69. 



CIVIL HISTORY. 75 

ing my mistake, now take the liberty to send copies to your sev- 
eral offices, to be published in your next papers, that so the public 
may be made more acquainted therewith than at present, and be 
induced to associate for tlie above purposes. And as many of the 
people for some time past have been arming themselves, it may 
not be amiss to let them know tiiat their numbers will not appear 
in the field so large as was imagined, before it was known that 
independency was the object in contemplation; since which, many 
have associated in divers parts of the province, to preserve their 
freedom and support Government; and as it may become neces- 
sary' in a very short time to give convincing proof of our attach- 
ment to Government, we shall be much wanting to ourselves if 
we longer trample upon that patience which has already endured 
to long-suffering, and may, if this opportunity be neglected, have 
a tendency to ripen many for destruction who have not yet been 
guilty of an overt act of rebellion, which would be an event dia- 
metrically opposite to the humane and benevolent intention of 
him, whose abused patience cannot endure forever, and who hath 
already by his prudent conduct evidenced the most tender regard 
for a deluded people. TrviOTHY RuGGLES. 

" Boston, 22'i Dec. 1774." 

" THE ASSOCIATION. 

" We the subscribers being fully sensible of the blessings of 
good Government on the one hand, and convinced on the other 
hand of the evils and calamities attending on Tyranny in all 
shapes, whether exercised by one or many, and having of late 
seen with great grief and concern the distressing effects of a 
dissolution of all Government, whereby our Lives, Liberties, and 
Properties are rendered precarious, and no longer under the 
Protection of the Law ; and apprehending it to be our indis- 
pensable duty, to use all Lawful means in our power, for the 
defence of our Persons and Property, against all riotous, and 
lawless violence, and to recover, and secure the advantages which 
we are intituled to, from the good and wholsome Laws of the 
Government ; Do hereby associate and mutually covenant, and 
engage to and with each other as follows. Namely 

" 1st. That we will upon all occasions, with our Lives, and 
Fortunes, stand b}'^ and assist each other, in the defence of his 
Life, Liberty, and Property, whenever the same shall be attacked, 
or endangered by any Bodies of Men, riotously assembled, upon 
any pretence, or under any authority, not warranted by the Laws 
of the Land. 



76 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

" 2ndly. That we will upon all occasions, mutually support 
each other in the free exercise, and enjoyment of our undoubted 
right to Liberty, in eating, drinking, buying, selling, commun- 
ing, and acting, what, and with whom, and as we please, con- 
sistent with the Laws of God, and the Kino;. 

" 3dly. That we will not acknowledge, or submit to the pre- 
tended authority of any Congresses, Committees of Correspon- 
dence, or other unconstitutional Assemblies of Men ; but will 
at the risque of our Lives, if need be, oppose the forceable exercise 
of all such authority. 

" 4thly. That we will to the utmost of our Power, promote, 
encourage, and when called to it, enforce obedience to the right- 
full Authority of our most Gracious Sovereign King George the 
third, and of his Laws. 

" 5thly. That when the Person or Property of any one of us 
shall be invaded or threatened by any Committees, mobs, or un- 
lawful Assemblies, the others of us will upon notice received 
forthwith repair, properly armed, to the Person on whom, or 
place where such invasion or threatening shall be, and will to the 
utmost of our Power, defend such Person and his Property, and 
if need be, will oppose and repel force with force. 

"6thly. That if any one of us shall unjustly and unlawfully 
be injured in his Person or Property, by any such Assemblies as 
before-mentioned, the others of us will unitedly demand, and if 
in our Power compel the Offenders, if known, to make full repar- 
ation and satisfaction for such injury ; and if all other Means of 
Security fail, we will have recourse to the natural Law of Re- 
taliation. 

" In witness of all which we hereto subscribe our Names this 
day of 

In a letter written by Lord Percy, at Boston, in October, 1774, 
a copy of which is in possession of Rev. Edward G. Porter, of 
Lexington, it is stated that a body of " Loyal American Asso- 
ciates " had been organized for the defence of the Government, 
of which " Brig. Hon. Timothy Ruggles " was " Commandant," 
and Abijah Willard, James Putnam, and Francis Green were 
captains ; but it does not appear that they were ever called into 
service. It has been said that after hostilities commenced, and 
the British army evacuated Boston, Brigadier Ruggles went to 
New York, and served in the army ; but I have not seen any 
satisfactory proof that he ever bore arms against his country. 



CIVIL HISTORY. 77 

On the contrary, the uniform tradition among his relatives and 
townsmen, while his contemporaries were still living, was, that 
he utterly refused to take an active part in the conflict of arms, 
on the one side or the other. He had eaten the King's bread, 
and he would not lift up his heel against him ; he had repeatedly 
sworn allegiance, and he would not violate his oath. And just as 
firmly he refused to aid in the effort to crush his kindred and his 
fellow countrymen by brute force. He retired to Nova Scotia, 
and devoted himself to agriculture on a tract of land granted to 
him in consideration of his services and his losses. 

It may be added, that he was highly distinguished in an act, 
passed in September 1778, forbidding the return of refugees, 
pi'oviding that if any such should return they should be forth- 
with sent out of the jurisdiction, and if they returned a second 
time without permission, they should " suffer the pains of death 
without benefit of clergy." The preamble of the act commences 
thus : " Whereas, Thomas Hutchinson, Esq., late governor of 
this state, Francis Bernard, Esq., formerly governor of this state; 
Thomas Oliver, Esq., late lieutenant-governor of this state, 
Timothy Ruggles, of Hardwick, in the county of Worcester, 
Esq." Then follow the names of more than three hundred 
persons, arranged alphabetically in the several counties and 
towns, including the late Secretary and Treasurer, the Chief 
Justice of the Supreme Court and other Judges, members of the 
Mandamus Council, and at least one Baronet, Sir William Pep- 
perell. Brigadier Ruggles alone was selected from the mass of 
offenders, and associated with the former governors and lieu- 
tenant-governor, as the most conspicuous group. He deserved 
this distinction, for he was confessedly their most powerful sup- 
porter for several years before their government was overturned 
and terminated.^ 

1 Even the most stalwart Sons of sion on the members. Otis rose after 
Liberty sometimes quailed before him, him, and with the fullest tone and most 
and shrunk from a contest in debate, impassioned manner, that seemed to ar- 
Tudor mentions an instance of this kind, rest the very breathing of the House, be- 
in his life of the younger Otis. At the gan : ' Mr. Speaker, the liberty of this 
session of the House, in Cambridge, country is gone forever ! and I'll go after 
May, 1769, by adjournment from Boston it ! ' He immediately turned around and 
(where cannon had been placed in front walked out of the chamber," Life of 
of the State House), "on some question James Otis, Jr., p. 356. 
in dispute between the Legislature and In the same connection it may be added 
the Governor, Brigadier Ruggles, the that the following paragraph in the 
staunch friend of the latter, had dtlivered Boston Chronicle, October 10, 1768, prob- 
a very powerful and ingenious argument, ably refers to Brigadier Kuggles. In 
which seemed to make a strong impres- reference to the report that Governor 



78 



HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 



While lie remained in Hardwick, General Ruggles contributed 
more than any other person to the agricultural prosperity of the 
town, by improved methods of tillage, the introduction of choice 
breeds of cattle and horses, and the culture of engrafted fruits. ^ 
In the performance of his various public duties, he reflected honor 
on his constituents. As colonel and as brigadier-general in the 
French War, as representative and as speaker of the House, as 
president of the Congress at New York, and as chief justice of 
the Court of Common Pleas, he was equal to his position and 
adorned it.^ He closed his long and eventful life at Wilmot, 
near Annapolis, N. S., August 4, 1795, aged nearly 84 years, 
leaving behind him the well-earned reputation of loyalty to his 
king, love of his country, and strict honor, faithfulness, skill, and 
energy in the performance of every duty incumbent on him. 

To this estimate of his character I do not recollect to have 
seen any objection until recently. But a respectable writer in 



Bernard might be appointed Governor of 
Virginia, the writer says: "If his Ex- 
cellency accepts of the above offer, it is 
said his Honor the Lieut. Governor will 
be appointed to succeed him ; and that a 
certain Honourable gentleman, a Briga- 
dier of the Colony Troops in the late war, 
during which he distinguished himself, 
and who is equally esteemed for his pro- 
bity and firmness, will succeed the Lieut. 
Governor." 

^ After his removal to Nova Scotia, he 
seems to have abandoned politics and to 
have devoted himself entirely to agricul- 
ture. In an obituary notice, published in 
a Halifax newspaper immediately after 
his death, it is said that " At the conclu- 
sion of the late war. General Ruggles 
came to this Province, and with a degree 
of philosophy rarely to be met with at the 
age of 74 [his age was 64 in 1775] sat 
himself down in the wilderness, and began 
to cultivate a new farm, which he carried 
on with wonderful perseverance and suc- 
cess. The idea that his advanced age 
would not admit him to reap the fruit of 
his labor never damped the spirit of im- 
provement by which he was in a most em- 
inent degree actuated ; and the district of 
country in which he lived will long feel 
the benefits resulting fi-om the liberal ex- 
ertions he made to advance the agricultu- 
ral interests of the Province. It may not 
be without its use to remark that for 



much the greatest part of his life General 
Ruggles ate no animal food, and drank 
no spirituous or fermented liquors, small 
beer excepted ; and that he enjoyed to 
his advanced age almost uninterrupted 
health." 

2 In person, General Ruggles is said to 
have been somewhat more than six feet in 
height, and well proportioned. When ar- 
rayed in the costume then fashionable, 
surmounted by the formidable wig and 
cocked hat, his aspect must have been im- 
posing and majestic. And in manner he 
was equally dignified. President Adams 
(who was his kinsman), in contrasting 
him with Gridley, the Attorney General, 
in 1759, says, "Ruggles' grandeur con- 
sists in the quickness of his apprehension, 
the steadiness of his attention, the bold- 
ness and strength of his thoughts and 
expressions, his strict honor, conscious su- 
periority, contempt of meanness, &c. Peo- 
ple approach him with dread and terror. 
Gridley's grandeur consists in his great 
learning, his great parts, and his majestic 
manner; but it is diminished by stiffness 
and affectation. Ruggles is as proud, as 
lordly as Gridley, but he is more popular; 
he conceals it more ; he times it better ; 
and it is easy and natural in him, but is 
stiff and affected in Gridley. It is an ad- 
vantage to Ruggles' character, but a dis- 
advantage to Gridley's." Life and Works, 
ii. 67. 



CIVIL HISTORY. 79 

the " History of Worcester County," published in 1879, while he 
bears frank testimony that " though living in style, he was tem- 
perate in his habits, prudent and sagacious in the management of 
his affairs, and capable of filling any position to which he might 
be raised," yet on the same page, speaking of the ill-fated daugh- 
ter, Mrs. Spooner, he makes the astonishing statement, that" the 
father, with all his talents and public spirit, was a man of low 
moral principle, and it is believed that he set his children an ex- 
ample of conjugal infidelity." ^ I doubt not that this writer " be- 
lieved " his statement to be true ; but to me it is utterly incred- 
ible. I was born, and resided for the 'first twenty-four years of 
my life, within a few rods of Brigadier Ruggles' homestead ; and 
during that period I often heard his character discussed by his 
townsmen who had personally known him, and had opposed him 
politically. I have also read much concerning him in contempo- 
rary newspapers, and in authentic history. I have heard and I 
have read most bitter denunciations of his political opinions and 
conduct. But never, until now, have I known him to be charac- 
terized as a " man of low moral principle." And as to his domes- 
tic relations, although an unhappy incompatibility of temper was 
notorious, and was the subject of free conversation among those 
who personally knew the parties, I do not remember to have 
heard the slightest suspicion of "conjugal infidelity " on the part 
of either husband or wufe. On the contrary, there are unmistak- 
able indications that his townsmen had full confidence in his high 
" moral principle," and in the general uprightness of his conduct. 
Equally destitute of truth, I am confident, are the stories which 
have been current concerning the outrageous conduct of his towns- 
men. I have seen no evidence that they ever treated him with 
personal disrespect, or maimed his cattle, or w\antonly destroyed 
his property. Mob law was never countenanced in Hardwick. 

Before taking final leave of this eminent citizen, the insertion 
of a few anecdotes, illustrative of his grim humor and plainness of 
speech, may be pardoned. 

It is related that while he was a young lawyer an old woman 
entered the court-house, at recess, and desired a seat. Ruggles 
gravely pointed to the judges' bench, which she gladly accepted. 
When the Court came in and sternly questioned him, he replied 
that he considered the seat to be very convenient for old women. 

Under the Provincial Charter, " the General Sessions of the 
1 Hist. Worcester County, i. 56. 



80 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

Peace was composed of all the justices within the county, who 
commonly attended and decided the matters presented for ad- 
judication by vote. . . . General Ruggles, the Chief Justice, in 
stern derision of the constitution of this Court, on one occasion, 
reprimanded a dog who had taken his seat beside his master, 
for appearing on the bench befoi'e he had been qualified as a Jus- 
tice of the Peace, and directed him to go and be sworn before he 
came to vote there." ^ 

The famous bull story rests on a slight foundation. That a 
bull chased the Brigadier into his house, and was there shot 
after having demolished a valuable looking-glass, is probably 
true ; but the remainder of this oft-told tale is so utterly incon- 
sistent with the Brigadier's high sense of honor, that it may 
without hesitation be pronounced apocryphal and unworthy of 
rejjetition. 

Other anecdotes have been preserved by tradition, which I do 
not recollect to have seen in print. Among these may be men- 
tioned that which describes one of his boyish pranks while he 
was a student in Harvard College. A sign had been removed 
from some store or tavern, and conveyed to his room, by him or 
by some of his associates. Search was made for it in the even- 
ing, but the door was bolted, and the sign was placed on the fire. 
When the footsteps of the tutors were heard approaching, Ruggles 
began to pray, very audibly, and in his prayer repeated the 
language found in Matthew xvi. 4 : "A wicked and adulterous 
generation seeketh after a sign ; and there shall no sign be given 
unto it but the sign of the prophet Jonas." In due time the 
sign was consumed, the prayer ceased, and the door was opened 
to admit those who had scrupulously abstained from interrupting 
the devotions of the students. 

The account of another youthful extravagance indicates that 
some of the son's facetiousness was inherited from the father. 
Having purchased a horse, and agreed to pay for it on the next 
Election day, he wrote a promissory note, in which, instead of 
Election day, he inserted the words Resurrection day. When 
Election day arrived and payment was demanded, he insisted 
that the note had not yet matured, and called for the reading of 
it ; he would pay when it became due. The father, overhearing 
the conversation, exclaimed, " Timothy, if you owe that man 
anything, pay him. You will have enough else to attend to at 
the Resurrection, besides paying for old horses." 

1 Lincoln's Hist. Worcester, p. 59. 



CIVIL HISTORY. 81 

There is yet another horse story : The father, Rev. Timothy 
Ruggles, had a favorite horse which became sick. The son was 
requested to give his opinion in the case. After due examination, 
he said, " The difficulty is plain enough, father ; the horse has 
the same disease which troubles the larger portion of your parish ; 
he has been very severely priest-ridden." 

Two military anecdotes must close this list, already perhaps 
too long. 

Before the attack on Ticonderoga, in 1758, Brigadier Ruggles 
earnestly objected to the order of battle proposed by General 
Abercrombie, and suggested another, which involved much 
greater personal hazard to himself. Abercrombie, however, with 
true English obstinacy, persisted in his own plan, and was re- 
pulsed with disastrous loss. When they met, on the next morn- 
ing, to the General's formal salutation the Brigadier responded, 
" Good-morning, General Abercrombie ; I hope your terrible 
defeat yesterday may be sanctified to you." 

" On the morning of the battle of Bunker Hill, General Gage 
said to him, that the rebels would disperse at the sight of his 
cannon ; that he should not be under the necessity of discharging 
a gun ; ' without discipline, without officers, and under the disad- 
vantage of being engaged in an unjust cause,' continued he taunt- 
ingly, ' it is impossible for them to withstand our arms a moment.' 
Ruggles replied with warmth, ' Sir, you know not with whom 
you have to contend. These are the very men who conquered, 
Canada. I fought with them side by side ; I know them well ; 
they will fight bravely. My God ! Sir, your folly has ruined 
your cause.' " ^ 

^ Woixester Magazine, ii. 59. 
6 



CHAPTER VII. 

CIVIL HISTORY. 

Committee of Correspondence. — County Convention. — Courts of Law ob- 
structed. — New Organization of Militia, and Officers elected. — Minute 
Men. — Alarm List. — Provincial Congress, — Constables indemnified. — 
Contribution to Boston Sufferers. — Tories treated witb Neglect, disarmed, 
confined, and advertised as Public Enemies. — Temporary State Govern- 
ment organized. — Few Tories in Hardwick. — Sharp Controversy with 
One of the Number ; settled by Appeal to the General Court. — The Con- 
flict succeeded by Peace. — Anecdote. 

At a meeting, on the 22d of August, 1774, the town " Chose 
a committee of fifteen men for a Committee of Correspondence, 
nine of whom being met shall have power to act, to correspond 
with the Committees of other towns within this Province respect- 
ing the important matters relating to our civil and political 
rights and privileges, as may be necessary from time to time, and 
to agree to such measures as may be thought most proper to be 
taken in order to frustrate and disappoint the purposes of wicked 
and designing men to deprive us and our posterity of our just 
rights and privileges ; and that said Committee shall have power 
from time to time, as they shall think necessary, to appoint some 
person or persons from among themselves to attend upon any 
Convention of members from the Committees of any other towns 
within this Province, to consult upon matters relating to our 
civil rights and privileges, and that said person or persons, so 
delegated, shall have power to agree with the majority of such 
Convention in any method that they may think proper to come 
into, to answer the above purposes ; and that the town will pay 
the expenses of those persons, and their horses, that may attend 
upon such convention. And furthermore, the town chose a com- 
mittee of three men, viz. : Capt. Paul Mandell, Mr. Stephen 
Rice, and Lieut. Jonathan Warner, as a Committee to meet the 
Committee of Correspondence at Worcester, on Tuesday the 30^^ 
instant." 

The Committee of Correspondence, elected in Boston, Novem- 



CIVIL HISTORY. 83 

ber 2, 1772, was the first in tlie Province, and was a device of 
the sterling patriot, Samuel Adams. " Tins inaugurated the 
system of local committees of correspondence. They multiplied 
and widened under successive impulses, until they constituted the 
accredited organs of the party that founded the Republic of the 
United States." ^ The inhabitants of Hardwick did not so soon 
respond to the message from Boston, nor so promptly as some 
other towns elect their Committee of Correspondence ; but in due 
time, and after careful deliberation, they heartily joined in the 
movement which induced Governor Hutchinson to say : " Thus, 
all on a sudden, from a state of peace, order, and general con- 
tentment, as some expressed themselves, the province, more or 
less from one end to the other, was brought into a state of conten- 
tion, disorder, and general dissatisfaction ; or, as others would 
have it, were roused from stupor and inaction to sensibility and 
activity." ^ The power exercised by this committee was not 
absolutely unlimited, because, from time to time, they reported 
their proceedings to the town, for approval. But in the general 
confusion which prevailed until the adoption of the Constitution 
in 1780, they exercised to a considerable extent both judicial 
and executive authority ; and from their known character we 
may be certain that the individuals first elected did not perform 
their duty negligently. This committee consisted of " Capt. 
Benjamin Ruggles, Capt. Constant Merrick, Capt. Paul Mandell," 
Deac. Joseph Allen, Deac. William Paige, Deac. John Bradish, 
Lieut. Jonathan Warner, Mr. Daniel Warner, Mr. Stephen Rice, 
Ens. Ezra Leonard, Ens. Timothy Newton, Mr. Thomas Robin- 
son, Mr. Seth Paddleford, Mr. Josiah Locke, and Lieut. Joseph 
Safford." 3 

The committee of three, namely, Paul Mandell, Stephen Rice, 

1 FrothinQham's Rise of the Republic, I). Elisha Billings, Thomas Wheeler, Isaac 
26G. Fay, Denison Eobinson, Timothy Nevv- 

2 Hutchinsou's //('s^ o/ il/ass., iii. 370. ton, and Zebadiah Johnson. — 1779: 
^ The same persons were reelected in David Alien, Samuel Dexter, Aaron Bar- 

1775. Their successors were, — 1776: low, Ephraim Cleaveland, Jr., James 

William Paige, Thomas Kobinson, Sam- Paige, Jr., Daniel Warner, Ezra Leonard, 

uel Dexter, Samuel Billings, John Brad- Elisha Billings, John Hastings, Timothy 

ish, Daniel Warner, David Allen, Abra- Paige, John Haskell, Thomas Robinson, 

ham Knowlton, and Gamaliel Collins. — Timothy Newton, Jonathan Warner, and 

1777: William Paige, John Bradish, Ephraim Pratt. — 1780: Daniel Egery, 

Thomas Robinson, Stephen Rice, Tim- Oliver Allen, Isaac Fay, John Haskell, 

othy Paige, Barnabas Sears, Samuel and James Wing. Further elections 

Dexter, David Allen, Timothy Newton, were rendered unnecessary by the estab- 

Thomas Haskell, John Hastings, and lishment of a regular government. 
Elisha Billings. — 1778 : Daniel Warner, 



84 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

and Jonathan Warner, elected August 22, 1774, and increased, 
September 22, 1774, by the election of John Bradish, to " meet 
the Committee of Correspondence at Worcester," faithfiill}^ per- 
formed their duty, and from time to time reported to the town 
the proceedings of the Convention. That Convention met at 
Worcester, August 9, 1774, organized, and adjourned to the thir- 
tieth day of the same month, in order that, as " a considerable 
number of respectable towns in this county have not yet chosen 
committees, and by that means may not have received the letters 
notifying this Convention," such towns might receive notice and 
be duly represented. At the- appointed time, the Convention re- 
assembled. Rev. Ebenezer Chaplin, then of Sutton, and after- 
wards of Hardwick, one of the members, officiated as chaplain 
at its various sessions until its final dissolution. May 31, 1775. 
Under the form of recommendations, this body exercised sub- 
stantial legislative authority ; and their fellow citizens yielded a 
ready obedience to whatever was required. Among the earliest 
recommendations were the following, adopted August 31, 1774: — 

" Resolved, that it is the indispensable duty of the inhabitants 
of this county, by the best ways and means, to prevent the sitting 
of the respective courts under such regulations as are set forth in 
a late act of parliament, entitled an act for regulating the civil 
government of the Massachusetts Bay. 

" Resolved, that in order to prevent the execution of the late 
act of parliament, respecting the courts, that it be recommended 
to the inhabitants of this county to attend, in person, the next 
inferior court of common pleas and general sessions, to be holden 
at AYorcester, in and for said county, on the sixth day of Septem- 
ber next. 

" Resolved, that it be recommended to the several towns that 
they choose proper and suitable officers, and a sufficient number, 
to regulate the movements of each town, and prevent any dis- 
order which might otherwise happen ; and that it be enjoined on 
the inhabitants of each respective town, that they adhere strictly 
to the orders and directions of such ofiicers. 

"And whereas, the courts of justice will necessarily be im- 
peded by the opposition to the said acts of parliament, therefore. 
Resolved, that it be recommended to the inhabitants of this prov- 
ince in general, and to those of this county in jmrticular, that 
they depute fit persons to represent them in one general provin- 
cial convention, to be convened at Concord, on the second Tues- 
day of October next, to devise proper ways and means to resume 



CIVIL HISTORY. 85 

our (original mode of government, whereby the most dignified 
servants were, as they ever ought to be, dependent on the people 
for their existence as such ; or some other which may appear to 
them best calculated to regain and secure our violated rights. . . . 

"Resolved, that it be recommended to the several towns that 
they indemnify their constables for neglecting to return lists of 
persons qualified to serve as jurors." 

The convention then adjourned to September 6, when it again 
met and " voted, as the opinion of this convention, that the court 
should not sit on any terms," . . . and " that the body of the 
people in this county now in town assemble on the common." 
Not only were the courts prevented from sitting, but the judges 
and officers of the courts were required to promise that they 
would " stay all such judicial proceedings," and would not 
attempt to put the parliamentary "act into execution." ^ On 
the same day, the Convention " voted, that it be recommended 
to the military officers in this county that they resign their com- 
missions to the colonels of the respective regiments: — voted, that 
the field officers resign their offices, and publish their resignations 
in all the Boston newspapers : — voted, that it be recommended 
to the several towns of the county, to choose proper officers for 
the military of the town, and a sufficient number." 

At a subsequent session, September 20, 1774, it was " voted, as 
the opinion of this convention, that the sheriff adjourn the supe- 
rior court appointed by law to be held this day, and that he retain 
such as are, or may be, committed as criminals, in his custody, 
until they have a trial." The Convention then recommended a 
more thorough reorganization of the militia : — 

" As the several regiments in this county are large and incon- 
venient, by the increase of its inhabitants since the first settle- 
ment of said regiments, therefore, voted, that the county be 
divided into seven distinct regiments, in the following manner, 
to wit : — ... Fourth. Brookfield, Western, Braintree, Hard- 
wick, Oakham. . . . 

" Voted, that it be recommended to the several towns in this 

1 In a note to these proceedings, it ia royalist justices and officers were cora- 

stated that "on the invitation of the con- pelled to pass through the ranks, paus- 

vention, the people of the county had ing, at intervals, to read thqir declara- 

assenibled to the number of about six tions of submission to the pnblic will, 

thousand. The companies of the several At evening, finding that no troops were 

towns were under officers of their own on their way to sustain the judicial tribu- 

election, and marched in military order, nals, whose constitution had been cor- 

Having been formed in two lines, when rupted b}' the act of parliament, the great 

the arrangements were completed, the assembly dispersed peacefully." 



86 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

county, to choose proper military officers, and a sufficient number 
for each town, and that the captains, lieutenants, and ensigns, 
wlio are chosen by the people in each regiment, do convene on or 
before tlie tenth day of October next, at some convenient place 
in each regiment, and choose their field officers to command the 
militia until they be constitutionally appointed; and that it be 
recommended to the officers in each town of the count}', to enlist 
one third of the men of their respective towns, between sixteen 
and sixty years of age, to be ready to act at a minute's warning ; 
and that it be recommended to each town in the county, to clioose 
a sufficient number of men as a committee to supply and support 
those troops that shall move on an}"^ emei'gency. 

" Voted, that it be recommended to the company officers of 
the minute-men, to meet at Worcester, on the 17th of October 
next, at ten o'clock of the forenoon, to proportion their own regi- 
ments, and choose as many field officers as they shall think neces- 
sary." 

On the same day the Convention made provision for a political 
emergency, by recommending a Provincial Congress, which exer- 
cised almost unUmited power for the next year : " Resolved, that 
it be recommended to the several towns and districts, that they 
instruct their representatives, who may be chosen to meet at 
Salem, in October next, absolutely to refuse to be sworn by any 
officer or officers, but such as a.ve or may be appointed according 
to the constitution, or to act as one branch of the legislature in 
concert with any others, except such as are or may be appointed 
according to the charter of this province ; and that they refuse 
to give their attendance at Boston, while the town is invested 
with troops and ships of war : And should there be any thing to 
prevent their acting with such a governor and council as is ex- 
pressly set forth in the charter, that they immediately repair to 
the town of Concord, and there join in a provincial congress with 
such other members as. are or may be chosen for that purpose, to 
act and determine on such measures as they shall judge to be 
proper to extricate this colony out of the present unhappy cir- 
cumstances." ^ 

How promptly and heartily the inhabitants of Hardwick re- 
sponded to these recommendations may be seen in their recorded 
votes. At a town-meeting, September 16, 1774, — " The town 
made choice of officers to regulate the soldiers that went to 

1 The proceedings of tliis County Convention are printed with the Journals of 
each Provincial Comjress, pp. G27-652. 



CIVIL HISTORY. 87 

Worcester. — Voted, to accept the Resolves of the Committee of 
Correspondence, wbich was laid before tlie town at that time.^ — 
Chose Deac. Joseph Allen, Capt. Paul Mandell, Stephen Rice, 
Capt. William Paige, and Ebenezer Washburn, to draw up a 
covenant that may bind them to abide by whatever the majority 
of the town think proper to vote." Six days later, the town 
" voted to accept the covenant drawn up by a committee chosen 
for that purpose." ^ 

September 22, 1774, only two days after the recommendation 
of the measure was adopted by the County Convention, a town 
meeting was held under a warrant, of which one article was, " to 
see if the town will make some consideration, as an encourage- 
ment to a certain number of persons, as the town may think 
proper, to serve as minute-men, upon any sudden invasion, for the 
defence of our country." At this meeting all the officers of the 
two militia companies having resigned, new officers were elected 
by the town, to wit : for the South Company, Captain, Jonathan 
Warner ; Lieutenant, Elisha Billings ; Ensign, Elijah Warner : 
for the North Company, Captain, Paul Mandell ; Lieutenant, 
Stephen Rice ; Ensign, Josiali Locke, who being transferred to 
the company of minute-men. Ensign Timothy Newton was elected 
in his stead : for the company of minute-men. Captain, Jonathan 
Warner ; Lieutenant, Simeon Hazeltine ; Ensign, Josiali Locke. 
And it was " voted, that if there should be an invasion, and the 
minute-men should march for our relief, they should be supported 
by the town." The minute-men were also offered pay for the 
time which they devoted to drilling and instruction. But this 
they were too patriotic to allow, while others were not paid. 
They proposed at a town meeting, January 2, 1775, " that if the 
town in general would provide themselves with arms, and be 
equipped as they be, and endeavor to acquaint themselves with 
the art military, it would be satisfactory to them, without any 
other pay." Whereupon the town voted, "that all between six- 

1 Probably the Resolves (already quot- inces, for the non-consumption of British 
ed) which were adopted, August 31, 1774, goods. This, we apprehend, will have a 
by the Worcester Convention of Commit- tendency to convince our brethren in 
tees of Correspondence. Britain that more is to be gained, in the 

2 This covenant is not found on the way of justice, from our friendship and 
records, nor among the files of the town, affection than by extortion and arbitrary 
Perhaps it had reference to a reconimcn- power. . . . Such an agreement, if strictly 
dation of the County Convention, August adhered to, will greatly prevent extrava- 
10, 1774: "We greatly approve of the gance, save our money, encourage our 
agreement entered and entering into manufactures, and reform our manners." 
through this and the neighboring prov- 



88 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

teen and seventy years of age, be equipped with arms and ammu- 
nition equal to the minute men, by the first day of February 
next ; " also voted, " that all above forty years of age meet at the 
training field on Monday next at nine o'clock in the forenoon, to 
choose their officers." When thus assembled, they organized two 
companies of " alarm men." Of one company, Deacon Joseph 
Allen, then sixty-seven years of age, was elected Captain ; Lieu- 
tenant Joseph Safford, First Lieutenant ; and Lieutenant Daniel 
Fay, Second Lieutenant ; and of the other. Deacon William Paige, 
aged fifty-one years, who had been a captain in the French war, 
"was elected Captain ; Mr. Thomas Robinson, First Lieutenant ; and 
Ensign Ezra Leonard, Second Lieutenant. Thus while this town 
contained not much more than twelve hundred inhabitants, five 
military companies, averaging about fifty men each, were prepared 
for service, before the first blood was shed in the contest ; — one 
for action in any sudden emergency ; two for more regular service, 
in such detachments as circumstances might require; and two of 
old men, to defend their hearthstones at the last extremit}^ and 
to sacrifice their lives, if necessary, in defence of their families.^ 

One more recommendation of the County Convention met a 
ready response at this town-meeting September 22, 1774 : " Chose 
Mr. Stephen Rice to represent the town at the Provincial Con- 
gress to be held at Concord." The town had previously elected 
Paul Mandell as their representative for this year in the General 
Court. He was desired and empowered to act in the Provincial 
Congress, if the House of Representatives should be dissolved by 
the Governoi*. Instructions to him, drawn up by Captain Wil- 
liam Paige, Lieutenant Stephen Rice, and Dr. John Paddleford, 
were reported and adopted at a town-meeting, September 30, 
1774 : " To Capt. Paul Mandell ; Sir, As we have chosen you to 
represent us in the Great and General Court to be holden at Sa- 

1 " Hardwick Jan. 19. Such is the mil- to the laws of the province in that case 
itary spirit, and such the opposition to made and provided. So that we have rea- 
military tyranny, in this town, that, ex- son to helieve that the Tory Covenant or 
elusive of the train-hand companies and Association, sent into this town by Brig- 
one company of minute-men, the alarm- adier Kuggles, will have little or no effect 
men consisting of near one hundred and amongst us, nor will any other means 
twenty, most of whom are able-bodied and used by our enemies to divide or divert us 
good marksmen, met on Monday the six- from pursuing the measures which we 
teenth instant, and having formed them- think will have a tendency to recover and 
selves into two companies and made secure to us and our posterity our just 
choice of their officers, did likewise enter rights and privileges." Massachusetts 
into a covenant to attend military duty Spy, February 2, 1775. 
and equip themselves to a man, agreeable 



CIVIL HISTORY. 89 

lem, on Wednesday, the fifth day of October next ensuing, we do 
hereby instruct you to adhere firmly, in all your doings as a mem- 
ber of the House of Representatives, to the Charter of this Prov- 
ince granted by their Majesties King William and Queen Mary, 
and that you do no act that can possibly be construed into an ac- 
knowledgement of the validity of the British Parliament for al- 
tering the Government of the Massachusetts Bay ; and that you 
acknowledge no other than the honorable Board of Councillors 
elected by the General Court in their sessions last May as the 
only constitutional and rightful Council ; and that you pay no re- 
gard or act in any manner whatever with the Council appointed 
by Mandamus from his Majesty. And as we have reason to be- 
lieve that a conscientious discharge of your duty will produce your 
dissolution as a house of representatives, we do hereby empower 
and direct you to join with the members who may be sent from 
this and the other towns in this province, and to meet with thera 
at a time to be agreed on in a general Provincial Congress, to act 
upon such matters as shall then come before you in such a man- 
ner as may appear most conducive to preserve the liberties of 
North America." 

The anticipated emergency occurred. The House of Represen- 
tatives was dissolved by the Governor, and the Provincial Con- 
gress " convened at Salem on Friday the seventh day of October 
A. D. 1774," organized by electing Hon. John Hancock, chair- 
man, and Benjamin Lincoln, Esq., clerk, and " adjourned to the 
court-house in Concord, there to meet on Tuesday next ; "and on 
the next Friday " adjourned to the court-house in Cambridge, 
there to meet on Monday next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon." 
A recess was taken from October 29 to November 23, and the 
Congress was dissolved December 10, 1774. Among the recom- 
mendations by this Congress were these : — 

October 21, 1774. " Resolved that this Congress do earnestly 
recommend to the people of this province an abhorrence and de- 
testation of all kinds of East India teas, as the baneful article of 
a corrupt and venal administration for the pui'pose of introducing 
despotism and slavery into this once happy country ; and that 
every individual in this province ought totally to disuse the same. 
And it is recommended, that every town and district appoint a 
committee to post up in some public place the names of all such 
in their respective towns and districts, who shall sell or consume 
so extravagant and unnecessary an article of luxui-y." 

October 29, 1774. " Whereas, it has been recommended by this 



90 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

Congress, that the moneys heretofore granted and ordered to be 
assessed b}'^ the general court of this province, and not paid into 
the province treasury should not be paid to the Hon. Harrison 
Gray, Esq., for reasons most obvious : — Therefore Resolved, that 
Henry Gardner, Esq., of Stow, be, and hei'eby is, appointed re- 
ceiver general. . . . And it is hereby recommended to tlie several 
towns and districts within this province, that they immediately 
call town and district meetings, and give directions to all consta- 
bles, collectors, and other persons who may have any part of the 
province tax of such town or district in their respective hands or 
possession, in consequence of any late order and directions of any 
town or district, that he or they immediately pay tlie same to the 
said Henry Gardner, Esq., for the purposes aforesaid. And it is 
also recommended that the several towns and districts, in said 
directions, signify and expressly engage to such constable, col- 
lector, or other persons as shall have their said moneys in their 
hands, that their pa^dng the same to Henry Gardner, Esq., afore- 
said, and producing his receipt therefor, shall ever hereafter oper- 
ate as an effectual discharge to such persons for the same." ^ 

At a legal meeting, November 17, 1774, the town, by vote, ap- 
proved the proceedings of the Provincial Congress, generally ; 
and in particular ordered the constables to pay the public moneys 
to the Receiver-General instead of the King's Treasurer, and 
agreed to indemnify them for so doing ; appointed a committee 
" to post up in some public place the names of those persons who 
shall hereafer sell or consume Bohea or Indian Tea ; " and " made 
choice of the following men as a committee to observe the con- 
duct of all persons in this town, touching the observation of the 
determinations of the Provincial Congress, viz., Deac. Joseph 
Allen, Col. Jonathan Warner, Thomas Haskell, Deac. William 
Paige, Thomas Robinson, Col. Paul Mandell,^ and John Paige." 

Four days afterwai'ds, " The town met according to adjourn- 
ment, Nov. 21, 1774, and 1®*, Voted to reconsider the former votes 
respecting officers for the south side of the town, and proceeded 
to an entire new choice. 2'\ Voted, and chose Samuel Billings, 

1 Journals of each Provincial Congress, elected colonel of militia, and Jonathan 
pp. 26, 45. Warner colonel of "minute-men," at 

2 Paul Mandell is styled Colonel here, their first organization. If so, he held 
and in the record of his election, January the office only a sliort time. The " min- 
2, 1775, as a delegate to the next Con- ute-men " were soon merged in the mili- 
gress; and he bears that title in the offi- tia, and Jonathan Warner was elected 
cial Roll of Delegates. Perhaps he was colonel. 



CIVIL HISTORY. 91 

Jr., for their Captain ; Elijah Warner, for their Lieutenant ; and 
Isaiah Hatch, for their Ensign." ^ 

January 2, 1775. Pursuant to a recommendation of the Pro- 
vincial Congress, in regard to " the persons suffering in the towns 
of Boston and Charlestown, under the operation of certain acts of 
the British parliament," that the people generally should " con- 
tribute liberally to alleviate the burdens of those persons, who 
are the more immediate objects of ministerial resentment, and 
are suffering in the common cause of their country," the town 
ordered that collections should be made for that benevolent pui'- 
pose. That Congress having voted to dissolve on the tenth day 
of December, 1774, and recommended the election of delegates to 
a second Provincial Congress, to sit from February 1, " until the 
Tuesday next preceding the last Wednesday of INIay next, and 
no longer," ^ the town at this meeting, " chose Col. Paul Mandell 
to attend at the Provincial Congress at Cambridge, on the first 
day of February next, and sooner if occasion requires." Also, 
" Voted, to accept the resolve of the Committee, in having no 
dealings with the Tories, except grinding for them." ^ 

After the commencement of actual hostilities, those who were 
regarded as Tories were subjected to a more strict discipline. 
Not only were they treated with neglect and contempt, and ex- 
cluded from all social or commercial intercourse, but they were 
disarmed and subjected to confinement, more or less absolute, as 
circumstances might seem to require. One person, at least, was 
committed to prison ; others confined to the limits of the town, 

^ The company had probably remained commonly known by the name of tories " 

destitute of a captain after the promotion . . . and "Resolved, that all lawful ways 

of Captain Jonathan Warner to the office and means ought to be adopted by the 

of colonel. The new captain proved his whole body of the people of this province, 

fitness for the office by subsequently en- to discountenance all our inveterate polit- 

listing and commanding a company, com- ical enemies in manner as aforesaid. — 

posed almost entirely of Hardwick sol- Therefore we earnestly recommend it to 

diers, in the Revolutionary army. all denominations of artificers, that they 

2 Journals of each Prov. Congress, p. call meetings of their respective crafts- 

73. men in their several counties, as soon as 

* Grinding was a work of necessity, as may be, and enter into associations and 
" bread is the staff of life." But in re- agreements for said purposes ; and that 
gard to all else, they seem to have been all husbandmen, laborers, &c., do the like: 
as exclusive as the blacksmiths of the and that whoever sliall be guilty of any 
county, who agreed, September 8, 1774, breach of any or either of the articles or 
that they would not "do or perform any agreements, be held by us in contempt as 
blacksmith's work, or business of any enemies to our common rights." Jour- 
kind whatever, for any person or persons rials of each Prov. Congress, p. 640. 
whom we esteem enemies to this country, 



92 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

or of their own farms ; others, again, were published as unfriendly 
to the patriotic cause, and the public were cautioned to regard 
them as enemies. ^ 

April 24, 1775. " Voted, that the town are not satisfied with 
Jonathan Danforth's declaration of his being a friend to libert}'-. 
Voted, that Lieut. Timothy Ruggles^ be put under guard, and 
also John Rion, until said Ruggles shall satisfy all the men 
that now live at Brigadier Ruggles' house for their labor, and see 
that they go out of town forthwith, and see that the arms and 
ammunition, now at Brigadier Ruggles' house, are delivered up; 
and then he is confined to his farm, and not to go out of it, ex- 
cepting on Sabbath-days, fast days, or some other public days ; 
and that he pays the guard for their trouble in taking care of 
him." 

May 15, 1775. Voted, to take possession of the guns found at 
the house of Brigadier Ruggles, " and to return them when they 
think proper. Voted, that Lieut. Timothy Ruggles have liberty 
to go to Boston, and live there, if he pleases." 

May 22, 1775. The town met " to elect one or more persons 
to serve for and represent them in a Provincial Congress, to be 
held at the meeting-house in Watertown, on Wednesday the 

1 " In Committee of Correspondence one of them should depart out of this 

for the town of Hardwiok, Aut;ust 7th, town withoi^t a permit from said Com- 

1775. Whereas Deacon James Faj', Jon a- mittee) they take up and confine or send 

than Danforth, Abner Conant, Joseph them back again. Per order of the said 

Ruggles, Jr., Israel Conkey, and Joua- Committee. Seth Padelford, Clerk of 

than Nye, all of Hardwick, in the County said Committee." New Encjland Chroni- 

of Worcester, have, by their conduct in cle, August 17, 1775. 
various instances, manifested a disposi- 2 Timothy Ruggles was son of the 

tion inimical to the riglits and privileges Brigadier; his brother, John, had pre- 

of their countrymen, — therefore Resolved, viously fled to Boston, though he escaped 

that their names be published to the world, with some difficulty, as appears by the 

agreeable to tlie association of the Conti- report of a committee of Congress, con- 

nental Congress ; and that it be earnestly cerning a prisoner named Jolin Jones : 

recommended to the inhabitants of this "We find by said Jones' account of him- 

town, county, and colony, not to have any self, that he went to Boston soon after the 

commercial connection with the said Fay, memorable Lexington battle, of the 19th 

Danforth, &c., but to shun their persons of April last, in company with Jolin Rug- 

and causes, and treat them witli that con- gles of Hardwick, who was ordered by a 

tempt and neglect they deserve. And committee to the said town of Hardwick; 

whereas the said Committee have thought and that said Jones was knowing to the 

it necessary that the said Danforth, Fay, proceedings of said committee against 

&c., be confined to this town, and that said Ruggles, before they set out together 

they assemble not together more than two from Weston to take refuge in Boston; 

of them at a time (except at public wor- and that they left the common road, and 

ship and at funerals), therefore further went in the woods and difficult j)laces, to 

recommend it to the good people of this pass the town of Roxbury." Journals of 

colony, that (if the said persons or any each Prov. Congress, pp. 315, 316. 



CIVIL HISTORY. 93 

thirty-first day of May instant, and to be continued by adjourn- 
ment, as they shall see cause, until the expiration of six months 
from their being first convened on the thirty-first day of this 
instant May, and no longer; and to consult, deliberate, and re- 
solve upon such further measures as under God shall be effectual 
to save this people from impending ruin, and to secure tliose in- 
estimable liberties derived to us from our ancestors, and which 
[it] is our duty to preserve for posterity." The town elected 
three delegates, to serve by turns, one at a time, namely : Captain 
William Paige, for June and July ; Captain Stephen Rice, for 
August and September ; and Colonel Jonathan Warner, for Oc- 
tober and November ; but as the Congress dissolved on the 19th of 
July, to give place to the newly elected General Court, only one 
of these delegates took his seat. At the same meeting it was 
" Voted, that the following persons be looked upon as unfriendly 
to the common cause of liberty, viz., Richard Ruggles,^ Jonathan 
Nye, Deac. James Fay, Gardner Chandler, and Ebenezer Whipple. 
Voted, that as Gardner Chandler^ has now made some acknowl- 
edgments, and says he is sorry for his past conduct, they will 
treat him as a friend and a neighbor as long- as he shall behave 
himself well." 

The second Provincial Congress, believing that " the sword 
should, in all free states be subservient to the civil powers," and 
that such powers were then exercised only on sufferance, without 
due form of law, appealed to the Continental Congress May 16, 
1775, for " advice respecting the taking up and exercising the 
powers of civil government, which we think absolutely necessary 
for the salvation of our country ; and we shall readily submit to 
such a general plan as you may direct for the colonies ; or make 
it our great study to establish such a form of government here, 
as shall not only most promote our advantage, but the union and 
' interest of all America." In answer to this appeal, the Conti- 
nental Congress, June 9, 1775, "Resolved, that no obedience 
being due to the act of parliament for altering the charter of the 
colony of Massachusetts Bay, nor to a governor and lieutenant- 
governor who will not observe the directions of, but endeavor to 
subvert, that charter ; the governor and lieutenant-governor are 
to be considered as absent, and their offices vacant. And as there 
is no council there, and the inconveniences arising from the sus- 

1 Son of Brigadier Ruggles. He be- Some jears later he returned, and resided 

came a refugee, and never returned. in peace at Brattieborougii, Vt., and 

' Mr. Chandler afterwards became a Hinsdale, N. H., where he died, 
refugee, and his property was confiscated. 



94 HISTORY OF IIARDWICK. 

pension of the powers of government are intolerable, especially 
at a time when General Gage hath actually levied war, and is 
carrying on hostilities against his majesty's peaceful and loyal 
subjects of that colony ; that in order to conform, as near as may 
be, to the spirit and substance of the charter, it be recommended 
to the Provincial Congress, to write letters to the inhabitants of 
the several places which are entitled to representation in assem- 
bly, requesting them to choose such representatives ; and that 
the assembly, when chosen, should elect counsellors : which as- 
sembly and council should exercise the powers of government, 
until a governor of his majesty's appointment will consent to 
govern the colony according to its charter." Accordingly, the 
third Provincial Congress, now in session, issued letters, June 20, 
1775, requesting the selectmen of the several towns to cause the 
inhabitants to assemble and " elect and depute one or more free- 
holders resident in the same town, according to the numbers set 
and limited by an act of the general assembly, entitled an act for 
ascertaining the number and regulating the house of representa- 
tives, to serve for and represent them in a great and general court 
or assembly, to be convened, held, and kept, for the service of the 
said colony until the ^nd of the day next preceding the last Wed- 
nesday of May next, if necessary, and no longer, at the meeting 
house in Watertown, upon Wednesday the nineteenth day of 
July next ensuing the date hereof." ^ In accordance with this 
request, Capt. Stephen Rice was elected, July 15, 1775, a mein- 
ber of this House of Representatives, — the first which derived 
its authority directly and absolutely from the people. 

October 10, 1775. " Voted, that Lieut. Timothy Ruggles be 
set at liberty. Voted, That the late proceedings of the Commit- 
tee of Correspondence with respect to the Tories are satisfactory 
to the town." Precisely what these " proceedings " were does 
not appear on record ; but it may safely be assumed that they 
were less " satisfactory " to the Tories than to the town. The 
number of Tories in Ilardwick was not large. Indeed it is re- 
markable that Brigadier Ruggles, whose services to the colony had 
been so conspicuous, and to the town so important and beneficial, 
should have secured so few political adherents outside of his fam- 
ily circle. The more active and troublesome of them soon left 
the town. Those who remained, with a single exception, seem to 
have submitted unresistingly to the discipline adjudged necessary 

^ Journals of each Prov. Congress, p. 359. 



CIVIL HISTORY. 95 

by the Committee of Correspondence, ancl to have conformed to 
the new state of affairs so entirely as to secure the respect and 
confidence of the most ardent Sons of Liberty. And even Jona- 
than Danforth, the most unmanageable and pugnacious of the 
whole number, finally obtained the same boon, though he secured 
it " through much tribulation." Several documents relative to 
him are preserved in the records and archives of the Common- 
wealth, which have not heretofore been pubHshed, and from 
which I shall quote somewhat freely, as they perhaps include, and 
certainly illustrate, some of the " proceedings of the Committee 
of Correspondence with respect to the Tories " at that time and 
afterwards. 

" Worcester, ss. To the Sheriff of the County of Worcester, or 
to the Keeper of the Common Goal in said County. Greeting. 
In the name of the Government and People of the Massachusetts 
Bay in New Eugland : You are required to take into safe cus- 
tody, and commit to said Goal, Jonathan Danforth of Hard wick, 
a person inimical and dangerous to the States of America, there 
to remain in safe keeping till he shall be liberated and discharged 
by due course of law. Given under my hand this 4"^ day of De- 
cember Anno Domini 1776. William Paige (by order). Chair- 
man of the Committee of Correspondence for Hardwick." ^ 

"To the Honorable Council of the State of the Massachusetts 
Bay : We, the Committee of Correspondence, Safety, and Inspec- 
tion, for the Town of Hardwick do show, — That we have commit- 
ted to the common goal in Worcester Jonathan Danforth of this 
town for the several crimes following, viz., (1.) That he, being 
collector for said Hardwick, refused to pay to the Treasurer of 
the State, Henry Gardner, Esq., the public monies he had in his 
hands, according to a resolve of Congress. (2.) But being com- 
pelled to answer for said money, he produced other men's security 
and took a receipt of the Committee, which receipt afterwards he 
gave to Harrison Gray, Esq., on the account of which one of the 
said Committee was seized by said Gray and contained [de- 
tained ?] to his great loss and damage. 3. Afterwards he was 
published in the public papers, and confined to the town as an 
enemy to the United States ; but notwithstanding, he broke 
through his confinement, and went to New York and other places, 
which we apprehend was to confer with and give information to 
our enemies. 4. Concealing the goods of Richard Ruggles, a fu- 
gitive, when sought for ; and when part was found with him, sol- 

1 Mass. Archives, clxxxi. 369. 



96 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

emnly declared there Was all he knew of ; but afterwards others 
were found in a certain wood, which he confessed he put there. 
5. And also 'absconded from said town of Hardwick for many 
months, conferring with our enemies, to the great uneasiness and 
worry of the inhabitants of said town. — For these and many 
other reasons which we are ready to show, if called to it, I have 
committed the said Danforth, as above stated. By order of said 
Committee, WiLLTAM Paige, Chairman. Worcester Dec. y^ 5*^^ 
1776." 1 

" To the Honorable Council for the State of Massachusetts 
Bay, in Council assembled, Dec. y*^ 6"^ 1776 : Jonathan Danforth 
of Hardwick, in the County of Worcester, now a prisoner in the 
common Goal in said coimty, humbly shows, — That, some time 
in the month of July last, he left the town of Hardwick aforesaid 
and went to North Yarmouth in the count}^ of Cumberland, and 
let himself to the Hon. Jeremiah Powell, one of this Honorable 
Board, and lived with him until the sixth day of November last, 
when he returned home to Hardwick, bringing proper credentials 
with him from the said Mr. Powell that, during the time he had 
lived with him, he had behaved well : that, during his absence, 
the Committee of Correspondence &c., for said Hardwick seized 
upon the estate of your petitioner and leased the same out, al- 
though he had left a proper person on it, to take care of it and 
his family in his absence ; that, some little time after your peti- 
tioner's arrival home, the Committee aforesaid seized him, and in 
a most ignominious manner put him under guard and charged 
him with having been, in his absence, with the British troops, and 
made out a mittimus, signed by one Williapi Paige, their chair- 
man, directed to the Sheriff of the County, ordering him to be 
committed to goal as a person inimical and dangerous to the 
States of America, and at the same time forbidding the Sheriff to 
take any bail, although your petitioner could have procured am- 
ple security for his good behavior, and he is confined in the goal 
aforesaid among prisoners of war, thieves, &c., and must remain 
there, unless your Honors interpose in his behalf. Since civil gov- 
ernment has taken place among us, and civil magistrates are ap- 
pointed for the due execution of the laws, your petitioner appre- 
hends that Committees cannot lawfully grant mittimuses for the 
commitment of any person ; but the late law of this State directs 
that if any person is supposed [suspected ?] of being inimical to 
the States of the United Colonies, upon complaint made by Com- 
1 Mass. Archives, clxxxi. 370. 



CIVIL HISTORY. 97 

mittees, &c. to a Justice of tlie Peace, the Justice is to examine 
the matter of compUiiut, and upon due proof being made to bind 
the offender to the next Court, and to his good behavior in tlie 
meantime; which hiw your petitioner is wilUng to submit to. 
Therefore [he] prays your Honors to direct the Sheriff that, upon 
your petitioner's giving bond, &c. agreeable to the direction of 
the hiw, he may be liberated ; and as in dut}'^ bound shall pray : 

" Jonathan Danforth." ^ 

This petition was referred, December 7, to a committee, and 
no further notice of it is found on the records of the General 
Court; but it elsewhere appears that the petitioner "was set at 
liberty by the Judges of the Superior Court." Then followed a 
sharp and troublesome contest between him and the committee, 
the details of which, as well as the antecedent transactions, are 
set forth in the following petition : — 

" To the Honorable the Council and House of Representatives 
for the State of the Massachusetts Bay : The petition of the 
Selectmen and Committee of Correspondence, Inspection, and 
Safety, for the town of Hardwick, humbly showeth, — That 
whereas Jonathan Danforth of said town has in many instances, 
in our opinion, been aiding and assisting the unnatural enemies 
of the United States of America, therefore we, the said Select- 
men and Committee, shall endeavor to inform the Honorable 
Court of the said Danforth's conduct, from the time of the date 
of the Resolve of the Provincial Congress requiring every town 
in this State to appoint Committees to call their Constables to 
account for the outstanding monies in their hands, and also the 
transactions of the Town, Selectmen, and Committee, aforesaid, 
with the said Danforth. 

" In the first place, with regard to the said Danforth, when the 
said town's committee, agreeable to a Resolve of the Provincial 
Congress of the State (the said Danforth being constable for said 
town), proceeded to call him to an account for said outstanding 
monies, the said Danforth then absolutely refused to give any 
account respecting said monies, when requested, till after being 
compelled thereto by said town, agreeable to said Resolve, — who 
thereupon gave his note for said monies, for which they gave him 
a receipt. And further, the said Danforth made a humble ac- 
knowledgment for his past conduct, and solemnly engaged for 
the future that he would not oppose, but assist all in his power 
the people of this Town and State in evei'y thing that is not con- 

1 Mass. Arch., clxxxi. 367, 368. 
7 



98 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

trary to the constitution of this state and the laws of the same ; 
and that he would religiously stand to all the covenants of the 
town, which he had signed; and that he would stand or fall with 
the people. But instead of performing his engagement, he im- 
mediately returned said receipt to Harrison Gray, by which means 
the gentleman Avho gave his receipt on the back of the Province- 
Warrant, in behalf of the town, was arrested for said monies, to 
his damage ; and also did his endeavor to discourage the people 
from taking up arms to fight against the King of Great Britain ; 
and whenever the inhabitants of said town met together for the 
purpose of raising men for that purpose, he would appear to ridi- 
cule them in a contemptuous way and manner; and did actually 
conceal the household furniture of Richard Ruggles, who has 
actually joined our unnatural enemy, and, being suspected, he 
delivered np a part, and point-blank declared he knew nothing 
about any more ; but on further evidence being obtained against 
him, he confessed in an open town-meeting that he had concealed 
some other articles in a certain hill, wdiicli was afterwards actually 
found on said hill. And also the said Danforth, notwithstanding; 
the restrictions which were laid on him by the Committee, in 
obedience to a Resolve of the Provincial Congress requiring them 
to take effective measures to prevent suspected persons from exe- 
cuting their wicked designs, in open contempt of tlieir authority 
went to New York, or elsewhere, and purchased a large quantity 
of Bohea Tea and brought [it] into town, and immediately ab- 
sented himself ; by which circumstances the Committee was led 
to suspect that he had actuall}^ gone and joined our cruel enemies, 
he having previously disposed of all his stock and part of his 
household furniture, and part thereof he conveyed away privately 
and concealed in the woods, as his wife afterwards informed us, 
and also carried away all his valuable writings ; and when he 
returned back to town informed the Committee of his coming, 
and also gave hints that he was ready to give an account for his 
past conduct ; the Committee soon after gave him an opportunity 
therefor ; and when various questions were asked him by said 
Committee respecting his conduct, he refused giving any direct 
answer thereto. Furthermore, he endeavored to and actually 
did, in a clandestine manner, make conveyance of his real estate, 
in order as was supposed to secure it from being taken as a for- 
feited estate. Finally, his whole conduct, ever since the time 
first mentioned in this petition, has been to insult and act in con- 
tempt against the Resolves of the Continental Congress, the cove- 



CIVIL HISTORY. 99 

nants and engagements entered into by the town, and the orders 
of said Committee agreeable to said Resolves and Acts of the 
Great and General Court of this State, unless compelled thereto. 
" In the second place, we shall endeavor to inform the Honor- 
able Court of the transactions of the Town, Selectmen, and Com- 
mittee, with said Danforth, from time to time. Viewing him as 
an enemy to the rights and liberties of this country, they thought 
themselves in duty bound, — in pursuance of a Resolve of the 
Provincial Congress in tiie year 1775, recommending it to Select- 
men and Committees in all and every town in this State to take 
effectual steps to put it out of the power of such persons to ob- 
struct by any means whatever the measures that shall be taken 
for the common defence, — to publish his name to the world as 
an enemy, and lay him under restrictions not to pass over the 
bounds of the town without license first obtained from said Com- 
mittee. They also proceeded, in the year 1776, to enter a com- 
plaint to a Justice of the Peace, viewing him, agreeable to a 
Resolve of the Continental Congress, as a person that ought to 
be withdrawn from, and have no commercial intercourse with, to 
grant a warrant to take the forementioned Tea, and to have it 
stored, which was accordingly done. They also proceeded, agree- 
able to an Act of the Great and General Court in April 1776, — 
requiring Committees to make returns of the names of all such 
persons who had in any manner acted against or opposed the 
rights and liberties of the United States of America, together 
with their respective crimes, and evidences or depositions, — to 
make return of said Danforth's name, with depositions accord- 
ingly. They also proceeded, — some time after the said Danforth 
had fled and left the town as before mentioned, in the opinion of 
said Committee and every true friend and well-wisher to [the] 
rights and liberties of America, to join our unnatural enemies, or 
elsewhere, for protection, agreeable to a Resolve of the Great and 
General Court of this State in 1776, empowering Committees to 
take immediate possession of all such persons' estates, and to 
lease out all such real estate for the space of one year, — to take 
possession of all such personal estate as could be found belonging 
to said Danforth, and to lease out said real estate, and returned 
an inventory thereof to Court, agreeable to said Act. They fur- 
ther proceeded, after said Danforth had returned to town (he 
being absent from the fore part of July till late in the Fall, the 
same year), to bring him under examination, as before men- 
tioned, he giving no direct answers to questions asked him, it 



100 HISTORY OF IIARDWICK. 

was our candid opinion, — referring to a Resolve of tlie Conti- 
nental Congress, recommending it to Committees that the most 
bold, impudent, and dangerous, enemies of this kind ought to be 
confined, — that it was not for the safety and welfare of the good 
people for him to go at large ; therefore the said Committee, with 
the advice of the principal men and Judges of the Inferior Court 
for the County of Worcester, having no particular Act at hand 
pointing out the method for commitment, proceeded to commit 
him to Worcester Goal, having first laid the case before the town 
at a full town meeting assembled, and having a very unanimous 
vote therefor. After said Danforth had remained in goal for 
some time, he was set at liberty by the Judges of the Superior 
Court, the Committee not knowing that he was to be brought 
upon trial at that time, and consequently had no opportunity to 
be heard. And on his returning home, the inhabitants of the 
town being very uneasy, thinking it not safe for the matter to 
remain in such a situation, — and in conformity to an Act of the 
Great and General Court, recommending it to Committees that 
any persons that were found to be enemies to the liberties of the 
people, that they enter complaint against such persons, and have 
them brought before proper authority for examination and trial, — 
thought it advisable to proceed with him agreeable to said act ; 
and when coming to trial, and producing sufficient evidence 
against him, as we supposed, yet he was after all very unex- 
pectedly set at liberty, without any punishment or paying dam- 
ages ; by which means he has taken encouragement to proceed 
against said Town and Committee by endeavoring to take advan- 
tage of law, and has interceded with some magistrate to grant 
him a writ, by which means he has recovered the tea before men- 
tioned, and has summoned the officer, who served the warrant to 
take the tea, to make his appearance at the next Quarter Ses- 
sions to be holden at Worcester, to answer for his default ; and is 
further endeavoring to take advantage of the Town and Com- 
mittee, in an insulting and impudent manner, by threatening to 
commence divers law-suits against tliem for their proceedings 
against him and his estate as before expressed. 

" And whereas this town in a particular manner has had the 
hard fortune to suffer greatly by being infested with villains of 
this kind, beyond what has been undergone by many towns in 
this State, it must give your petitioners great uneasiness to see 
one which we think in no case ought to have the advantage of 
law suffered to disturb the town, and, if it were in his power, in- 



CIVIL HISTORY. 101 

volve the whole land in ruin and misery. Your petitioners there- 
fore humbly pray the Honorable Court would take the matter 
into their wise consideration, and point out some effectual method 
to bring the matter to a speedy issue. And your petitioners, as 
in duty bound, shall ever pray. Dated at Hardsvick, the 18"' of 
February 1778. 

"William Paige, 







Thomas Robinson, 

David Allen, )- Selectmen. 

Timothy Paige, 

Timothy Newton, > 

" Signed per order, William Paige, Chairman " (of the Com- 
mittee of Correspondence.) ^ 

June 3, 1778. " In the House of Representatives, on a petition 
of the Selectmen and Committee of Correspondence of the town 
of Hard wick, setting forth that Jonathan Dan forth of said Hard- 
wick hath conducted in an inimical manner towards this and the 
other United States, &c., and has commenced two actions at law, 
one against Timothy Paige, the other against Thomas Robinson, 
both of said town, which actions are to be tried at the next In- 
ferior Court of Common Pleas to be holden at Worcester on the 
second Tuesday of June instant : Resolved, that the petitionei's 
serve Jonathan Danforth of Hardwick with a copy of their peti- 
tion and the order thereon, that cause may be shewn, if any there 
be, on the second Tuesday of the next setting of the General 
Court, wherefore the prayer of said petition should not be 
granted ; and notice be given to said Danforth fourteen days at 
least before the second Tuesday aforesaid ; and that all processes 
brought against the inhabitants of said Hardwick by said Dan- 
forth be stayed in the meantime. In Council. Read and con- 
curred. Consented to by fifteen of the Council." ^ 

At the time appointed, the following depositions (and several 
others) were presented, and are still preserved ; the first, here 
inserted, was dated September 26, 1778, and taken by Paul Man-' 
dell, Esq. ; the others were taken at the house of Eliakim Spooner 
in Hardwick, September 14, 1778, by John Mason, Esq., of Barre. 

" I, Uriah Higgins, of Hardwick, of lawful age, testify and say, 
that, in the month of December 1775, I was at Albany, and see 
Jonathan Danforth of said Hai'dwick pui'chase about half a bar- 
rel of Bohea Tea, which he brought to Hardwick for sale, as I 
took it. Uriah Higgins." ^ 

1 Mass. Arch., ccxix. 440-443. 2 (7g„_ Court Records, xxxviii. 538. 

' Mass. Arch., ccxix. 459. 



102 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

" I, Gamaliel CoUings, of Hardvvick, yeoman, of lawful age, 
doth testify and saith, that at Worcester, in the year 1776, at the 
Inferior Court held there, I was in company with Deac. William 
Paige of Hardwick, one of the Committee of Correspondence, 
[who] had Jonathan Dan forth of said town in possession as a 
suspected person of treason against these States. Deacon Wil- 
liam Paige not knowing Avhat method to commit said Danforth, 
and said Paige asking Judge Moses Gill in what manner he 
should proceed with said Danforth, the said Judge Gill replying 
that the Committee had authoritj^ to commit to goal any person 
that the Committee should think was an enemy to their country. 
Further saith not. Gamaliel Collings. 

" Question put by the Committee to said Collings : Did Judge 
Baker give any advice respecting said Danforth ? Answer : Yes; 
after said Danforth was committed to goal, I heard Judge Baker 
say that there had not been much law in the land, only the law 
of the Cominittees, and that the Committees had a right to com- 
mit any person for treason, till further order of the Court." ^ 

"■ I, Jonathan Warner of Hardwick, being of lawful age, testify 
and say, that, agreeable to a Resolve of the Provincial Congress 
directing the several towns to call on their constables for the out- 
standing moneys in their hands, Jonathan Danforth being one of 
the constables, said Danforth being at my house, the question be- 
ing asked him where he would pay the money he had in his 
hands, his answer was, he would not pay the money to Hardwick 
or their Committee ; he was not accountable to them for said 
money ; he either would see them damned first, or he would be 
damned before he would pay the money ; and said, I sweai', be- 
fore I will pay the money to Henry Gardner, Esq., he would pay 
the money to Harrison Gray. In May 1775, after the Battle of 
Lexington, the people of Hardwick met for the purpose of raising 
men ; said Danforth, instead of appearing with his arms like a 
good soldier, he rode his horse round the companies in an insult- 
ing manner. And further saith not. Jonathan Waenee." ^ 

'• I, Thomas Robinson of Hardwick in the County of Worces- 
ter, of lawful age, testify and say, that in the month of Novem- 
ber, 1774, being one of the Committee of the town of Hardwick 
appointed to examine the constables concerning what public mon- 
ies they had not paid in, Jonathan Danforth, being one of the 
constables, refused to give any account to said Committee, which 
refusal he repeated in public town-meeting ; upon which, being 

1 ^fass. Arch., ccxix. 458. " Ibid., ccxix. 445. 



CIVIL HISTORY. 103 

told by the deponent that he must account for the monies as re- 
quh'ed, or he shoultl be given up to the people, he replied, ' damn 
you all.' ^ In the spring of the year 1775," the whole militia be- 
ing together, consisting of divers companies, the said Dan forth, 
instead of bearing arms, rode amongst us, to the no small disturb- 
ance of the companies. Further saith not. 

" Thomas Robinson. 

" Quest, put by said Danforth to said Robinson, whether the 
riding of said Danforth in the spring of the year 1775, among 
the militia was before the Lexington Battle ? Ans. Yea." ^ 

" We, Elijah Warner and Denison Robinson, both of Hard- 
wick, being of lawful age, testify and say, that in the month of 
February 1775, or thereabouts, being in Boston in company with 
Daniel Warner, each of us having a team, the above named Dan- 
iel Warner was arrested by Harrison Gray, Esq., and, as we un- 
derstand, in consequence of Jonathan Danforth returning the 
Province Warrant after the said Daniel Warner had given his re- 
ceipt thereon to said Danforth in behalf of the town ; the said 
Danforth having been previously compelled by said town to pay 
the outstanding money in his hands to Henry Gardner, Esq., or 
give security to the town for the same, as directed by [the] Pro- 
vincial Congress. And further saith not. 

" Elijah Warner, 
Denison Robinson. 

" Quest, put by the Committee to the above named persons: 
How did you know that Daniel Warner was arrested on the re- 
ceipt on the Province Warrant ? Ans. Mr. Mclntire first in- 
formed us of the matter ; on which we went to the goal in Bos- 
ton, and there we found the said Warner in custody of an officer ; 
and we the said Robinson and Elijah Warner gave our bonds for 
said Daniel Warner, for his appearance at Court ; and said Rob- 

^ Perhaps this was the time when some Being a man of giant form and strength, 
individuals attempted to seize Mr. Dan- and known to be fearless and resolute, no 
forth as he left the meeting-liouse. In- one cared to attack him ; and he succeeded 
stead of then "giving him up to the peo- at last in conveying his charge to a place 
pie," Mr. Robinson caught him by the of greater security, and finally to his home 
shoulder and conducted him to the pound, in safety. Mr. Danforth told me in his 
which then stood on the westerly side of old age, that he verily believed he should 
the Common. He then addressed the have been killed at that time, if Mr. Rob- 
multitude, endeavoring to persuade them inson had not protected him. This was 
to disperse quietly; and at length as- probably the nearest ap|)roach to the exe- 
sured them, that however much he dis- cution of " lynch-law," which occurred 
approved the offending individual's con- in this town during tiiat period of high 
duct, he would not see him abused, but excitement, 
would defend him to the last extremity. ^ j^/ass. Arch., ccxix. 453. 



104 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

inson declares that be read the writ, and read thereon, ' Take no 
Rebels for bail.' " i 

" I, Stephen Gorhaln, of Hard wick in the County of Worcester, 
of lawful age, testify and say, that, in the Fall of the year A. 
Dom. 1774, after Jonathan Danforth was dismissed from being a 
minute-man, he asked me if I was going to take up arms against 
King George. I told him, yea, if he was going to fight against me. 
Then said Danforth said, we should be all stjded Rebels, and often 
repeated it. And further saith not. Stephen Goeham." ^ 

" I, Ebeuezer Lawrence, Jr., of Hardwick in the County of 
Worcester, of lawful age, testify and say, in the year 1775, in 
conversation about Bunker Hill Fight, he told me they would 
have Cambridge within a month ; and said Danforth told me, 
that if I was you, I would not stir one step to help ; and said 
Danforth advised me to stay at home about my business. Fur- 
thermore saith not. Ebenezer LA^YRENCE, Jr." ^ 

" I, Job Dexter, of Hardwick in the County of Worcester, be- 
ing of lawful age, testify and say, that at a certain time, 1776, as 
I was in conversation with Jonathan Danforth of said Hardwick, 
and discoursing about secreting the estate of Richard Ruggles, he 
said he Avas a damned fool for discovering to the Committee 
where any thing of the said Richard Ruggles' estate was ; for 
they had no more business with it than the Divil had. And fur- 
ther saith not. Job Dexter." * 

" I, James Paige, of Hardwick, of lawful age, testify and say, 
having in May, 1776, a considerable discourse with Jonathan 
Danforth, he God-damned the Committee, and the Selectmen, 
and the whole town, repeatedly. And further saith not. 

"James Paige. 

" Quest, put by said Danforth to said Paige : Did not you tell 
me that the Committee would have my estate, if I did not be- 
have better ? Ans. I do not remember it now. Quest. Was I 
in a passion when I discoursed with you? Ans. Yes. Quest. 
Did you ever hear me say any thing against any authority except 
in the town of Hardwick ? Ans. No." ° 

After an examination of these and several other depositions of 
like tenor, and a full consideration of the question at issue, the 

1 il/ass. Arch., ccxix. 447. not in the habit of using profane lan- 

2 Ibid., ccxix. 456. g"age (at least while I knew him), ex- 
^ Ibid., ccxix. 451. cept when he was " in a passion," under 
* 7Wrf., ccxix. 446. strong provocation. He madcA-ery famil- 
6 Jbid., ccxix. 457. In justice to Mr. iar use, however, of the word devil, al- 

Danforth it should be said that he was ways pronounced by him divil. 



CIVIL HISTORY. 105 

General Court, on the 9th of October, 1778, entered their deci- 
sion on record : — 

" In the House of Representatives. Whereas it appears to 
this Court that Jonathan Danforth, late of Hardwick (now of 
Barre), since September, 1774, from time to time hath behaved 
in a very insolent and abusive manner towards the said town of 
Hardwick, and especially towards the Committee of said town, 
in their executing the duties of office, particularly in his unrea- 
sonable turbulent obstinacy in acconnting for public monies in 
his hands, when properly called thereto ; his endeavoring to con- 
ceal the goods and effects of persons fled to the enemy ; his dis- 
couraging and insulting speeches and behavior to and among the 
good people of said town, when pursuing the orders of govern- 
ment, &c. ; which line of conduct he continued till about July, 
1776, when he, in a sudden and secret manner absconded, having 
first secretly conveyed away his most valuable effects ; all which 
gave the strongest presumptive evidence that he was actually fled 
to the enemy, with others, his friends, that was known to be gone 
thither. Under these circumstances the Committee of said town 
proceeded agreeable to the Resolves of the General Court, and in 
behalf of the Government took possession of his estates that could 
be found, as a Refugee's estate. That, in about four or five 
months after, said Danforth returned ; and without applying to 
this Court for restoring his estates, taken as aforesaid, is harass- 
ing said Committee with expensive and perplexing law-suits, and 
is threatening to bring many more, not only to their damage, but 
also to the disturbance of the good and liege people of this State. 
\yherefore it is become absolutely necessary for this Court to 
interpose in this matter : 

" Therefore, Resolved, that the two actions brought by the 
said Jonathan Danforth, one against Timothy Paige, for replevy- 
ing a quantity of tea, the other against Thomas Robinson, for the 
recovering of a certain house, claimed by said Danforth, which 
are mentioned in the petition of the Selectmen and Committee of 
the said town of Hardwick, addressed to this Court, and are now 
pending in the Inferior Court of Common Pleas for the county 
of Worcester, shall be, and they are hereby, declared utterly null 
and void ; and all further proceedings thereon shall cease forever ; 
and that the said Danforth shall be, and he hereby is, utterly dis- 
qualified and disabled forever from bringing any other action or 
actions against said Committee, or either of them, or any other 
person, either in his own name, or in the name of any other in 



106 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

Lis behalf, for the recovery of damages done or supposed to be 
done in consequence of the proceedings of said Committee or 
town of Hardwick, dealing with him, the said Danforth, as a 
person inimical to the common cause, without leave first had and 
obtained from the General Court. And whereas it doth not 
appear to this Court that the said Danforth has been guilty of 
actually joining our unnatural enemies, or giving information to 
or supplying them, but rather the contrary is supposed: there- 
fore. Resolved, that the said Committee be, and they hereby are, 
directed and ordered to acquit and release to the said Danforth 
all the estate by them taken as the estate of said Danforth, the 
inventory whereof is lodged in the Secretary's office. In Council, 
Read and concurred. Consented to by fifteen of the Council." ^ 

This decision rendered substantial justice to both parties : it 
justified the Committee, and protected them from further annoy- 
ance or harm ; on the other hand, while Mr, Danforth was held 
to have deserved what he had already suffered, in consequence of 
his intemperate and exasperating opposition to the patriotic move- 
ment, yet as he had not actually held correspondence with the 
enemy, nor been guilty of any treasonable act, his liberty and 
property were restored. He soon i-eturned from Barre, and for 
nearly half a century resided here in quietness and tranquillity, 
performing faithfully the duties of a good and loj'al citizen, and 
enjoying the confidence and esteem of his townsmen. Yet he 
never entirely forgot his early conflicts. A characteristic stoiy 
was related of him by his pastor, the Rev. John Goldsbury. In 
1831, when he was eighty-eight j^ears old, Colonel Stephen Rice, 
a member of the Revolutionary Committee of Correspondence, 
died, at the age of ninety-five. Soon afterwards, Mr. Goldsbury 
called on Mr. Danforth, who recounted some of his early trials 
and sufferings. Among other grievances, he said the Committee 
of Correspondence prohibited him from leaving his own farm, 
except to go to meeting on Sundays, and to attend funerals. 
" One day," said he, " a member of the Committee informed me 
there was to be a funeral, and inquired whether I wished to be 
present ; I told him I always liked to go to funerals, and I hoped 
I might live to attend the funerals of the whole Committee ; and 
I have done it ; I have seen every divil of them under ground ; 
Rice was the last of them." 

1 Gen. Court Records, xxxviii. 673, 



CHAPTER VIII. 

CIVIL HISTORY. 

Declaration of Independence recorded by the Town Clerk. — Paper Money. — 
Heavy Taxes. — Financial Distress. — Stay Law. — Scale of Prices. — Abor- 
tive Attempts to make Paper equal with Gold. — Protest against a proposed 
Bill for refunding the Public Debt. — Scale of Depreciation. — The Town 
approves the Articles of Confederation of the United States, and almost 
unanimously rejects a Form of Constitution proposed by the General Court. 
— Eccentricities of the Town Clerk. — Delegates elected to a Constitutional 
Convention. — The proposed Constitution accepted, but various Important 
Amendments suggested. — Subsequent Constitutional Conventions. 

Soon after the Declaration of Independence was adopted on 
the memorable 4th of July, 1776, the Town Clerk entered a full 
copy on the Town Records, " to remain as a perpetual memorial 
thereof." Thenceforth all professions of loyalty to the King, and 
desire for an amicable agreement between Great Britain and her 
colonies disappear from the Records. The last recorded warrant, 
"in his Majesty's name," bears date February 25, 1775 ; no war- 
rants for the town-meetings, held April 24, July 5, and Septem- 
ber 28, of that year, are recorded. The warrants, dated May 15, 
1775, and Febrnary 14, 177G, required the constable to warn the 
inhabitants " agreeable to the Constitution," that is, the charter, 
which was frequently so designated ; and that which was dated 
September 26, 1776, demanded the same service " agreetible to 
the government and people of this State." This is the earliest 
instance of such use of the word "State," which I have discovered 
on the Town Records. From this time the town promj)tly and 
energetically bore its full share of the burdens assumed by the 
State, in the maintenance of national independence. 

To defray the enormous expenses of the war, paper money was 
issued by tlie several States and by the United States, which soon 
depreciated in value, and which ultimately became valueless, and 
was utterly repudiated. Heavy taxes were imposed by the State, 
and burdensome debts assumed by the towns in addition to the 



108 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

large sums I'aised by local taxation. General distress followed, 
such as, a few years later, resulted in open rebellion. As early as 
1776, " the people were so pressed with public claims, that they 
were unable to meet private demands. Laws were made for their 
relief by suspending legal processes for the collection of debts. 
The paper money depreciated ; and the soldiers and their families 
suffered much by it. A committee was appointed to meet others 
from Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire, to adopt 
measures for preventing the depreciation of the bills, and a spirit 
of monopoly and speculation which prevailed , the committees 
had two meetings, but it was found impossible to remedy the 
evil." 1 Again, in March, 1777, it is said, "the expenses and 
debts of the State were such, at this period, as to require another 
large emission of paper, and a tax of X 100,000. The amount of 
bills was ,£125,000 ; but these depreciated as soon as issued, and 
the taxes were not easily collected. This was a time of very 
great distress and suffering." ^ Among the " measures for pre- 
venting the depreciation of the bills " was one which had many 
times before been unsuccessfully adopted ; namely, definite prices 
were fixed for various kinds of labor and merchandise, with the 
hope that by such uniform prices the uniform purchasing value 
of the bills might be maintained. The scale of prices prescribed 
in Hard wick was very minute, and may seem tedious ; yet it is 
not without interest, as exhibiting the various articles of traffic 
and consumption, at that period, and their relative value. It 
seems to have been adopted not long before March 17, 1777, on 
which day the town granted nine shillings each to Thomas 
Robinson and John Bradish, " for setting prices on articles in 
this town." 

"At a meeting of the Selectmen and Committee of Correspond- 
ence for the town of Hardwick, agreeable to an Act of the Great 
and General Court respecting the stating and affixing prices upon 
labor, victualling, clothing, and other articles hereafter enumer- 
ated : 

" Farming labor, from the 1^' of June to the 1** of September, at 
3s. per day ; from the 1^* of Sept. to the 15*^ of Nov., 2s. 4d. ; 
from the 15'^ of Nov. to the lo^^^ of Mar., Is. 8^^. ; from the 16*'' 
of Mar. to the 1^* of June, 2s. 4id. Carpenters' and house-joiners' 
work, from the 1^' of April to the 1^' of Oct., 3s. 4c?. ; from the 
V^ of Oct. to the 1^* of April, 2s. 6d. Mill-wrights, from the 1'* 
of April to the 1^' of Oct., 4s. ; from the 1^* of Oct. to the 1'* of 

1 Bradford's Hist, of Mass., p. 273. 2 jii^i_^ p. 275. 



CIVIL HISTORY. 109 

April, 3s. Masons' work, from the I''' of March to the I''' of Nov. 
[Oct. ?j 3s. 8 ; from the 1^' of Oct. to the 1^' of April [Mar. ?J 
2.S. Sd. For shoeing a horse round, steeled toe and heel, 5s. id. ; 
for plain shoeing of a horse, 4s. For shoeing a pair of oxen, 
steeled toe and heel, 9s. For a falling axe, well steeled, 7s. 3^. 
For a grass scythe, well steeled, 7s. Good plough-shares, well 
steeled, lOd. per lb. For making good men's and women's shoes, 
2s. IQd. per pair, and all other shoe-making in proportion. 
Men's good neat-leather shoes, 8s. a pair. Women's good neat- 
leather shoes, 6s. a pair. Men's Taylor's work at 2s. 2d. per 
day ; women's do. Is. per day. For tanning raw hides, 2d. a lb., 
and skins in proportion. Good merchantable wheat, 6s. per 
bushel. Good merchantable rye, 4s. per bushel. Good merchant- 
able Indian corn, 3s. Good merchantable oats, 2s. Good mer- 
chantable barley, 4s. Good barley malt, 4s, Good merchantable 
beans and peas, 6s. Good merchantable Spanish potatoes. Is. in 
the field, and Is. 6d. in the cellar. Good merchantable turnips, 
8<^. Good onions, 4s. Good winter apples, 9d. Doctor's riding 
in their office, Id. per mile. For weaving all-wool cloth, ell wide, 
6d. per yard. For weaving tow cloth, yard wide, 4:d. per yard ; 
and all other weaving in proportion. For weaving coverlids of 
the best kind, 6s. each, and other coverlids in proportion thereto. 
Good fleece wool, 2s. per lb. ; and wool of an inferior kind in 
proportion. Fresh pork, of the best kind, 4:d. per lb. Grass-fed 
beef of the best kind, 2d. 'Squ. per lb. Good well-fatted, stall-fed 
beef, dd. oqu. per lb. Salt pork, by the barrel, 220wt. in a bar- 
rel, £4. 7s. Good salt beef, by the barrel, 240wt., £?>. 9s. 6d. 
Good salt pork, clear of bone, 7c?. per lb. Raw hides, od. per lb. 
Raw calf skins, 6d. per lb. Good merchantable imported salt, 
15s. per bushel. Good salt, manufactured in this State, 17s. per 
bushel. West India rum, by the hogshead, 7s. 3c?. per gallon, in- 
cluding the hogshead. W. I. rum, by the barrel, 7s. 5(^. per gal- 
lon, and by the single gallon, 8s. od. ; do. by the quart, 2s. Id. ; 
do. by the pint. Is. Id. New England rum, by the hogshead or 
barrel, exclusive of the cask, 4s, bd. ; do. by the single gallon, 5s. 
\d. ; by the quart. Is. 4cZ. ; by the pint, 8ci Best jNIuscovado sugar, 
9c?, per lb., and 8c?, 2qu. by the seven lb. ; and other sugar of an 
inferior quality, in equal proportion. Best molasses, by the sin- 
gle gallon, 4s. 9c?. Best chocolate. Is. 10c?. per lb. Best new-milk 
cheese, 6c?. per lb. Best butter, by the single pound, 9d. Best 
men's yarn stockings, 6s. Best cotton-wool, 3s. \Qd. per lb. Good, 
clean, well-dressed flax, Is. Good coffee. Is. 6d. Good tried 



110 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

tallow, 5d. per lb. Good yard-wide tow cloth, 2s. 3tf . per yard, 
and all other tow cloth in proportion to its width and quality. 
Good yard-wide striped flannel, 3s. 6t?., and all other flannels in 
proportion. Good all-wool men's wear, wove ell, 9s. per yard, 
well fulled and sheared. Good charcoal, 2d. 2qu. per bushel. 
Good yard-wide cotton and linen cloth, 4s., and other cotton 
and linen cloth of an inferior quality in proportion. Good lamb 
and mutton, 3tZ. per lb. Good veal, 2d. 2qu. per lb. Good mer- 
chantable wheat flour, <£1. Is. per hundred wt. For keeping a 
horse one night, or twelve hours, lOc?., on good English hay. For 
the best of English hay, Is. 8ri. per cwt. For keeping a pair of 
oxen one night, Is. For turkeys, dung-hill fowls, and ducks, 4(?. 
per lb. For geese, 3t?. per lb. Good refined iron, 50s. per cwt. 
Good bloomery iron, 30s. per cwt., at the place of manufactory. 
Teaming work. Is. 6cZ. for every ton weight per mile, excepting 
from Northampton to the Northern Army, for which may be 
taken 2s. per mile for each ton weight. Good new milk in the 
winter season, 2 coppers per quart; in the summer season, 2 cop- 
pers per quart. ^ A dinner of common meat-victuals, and proper 
sauce and other conveniences, %d. For a dinner, two dishes, 
roast and boiled, 10c?. For a supper of common meat-victuals, 
and a breakfast, 8t^. For a supper or breakfast of milk, ^d. For 
a night's lodging, Zd. For a mug of good West India flip, lltZ. ; 
do. of N. E. rum, 9c^. W. I. rum, by the half pint, ^d. ; by the 
gill, 4(^. For a mess of oats, 2 quarts in a mess, 3(i. N. E. rum, 
by the half pint, Qd., by the gill, 3c?. Good cider, 2c?. 2qu. by 
the mug. Good merchantable cider-barrels, 3s. Qd. each, with 
split ash hoops. Good merchantable pails, with locked hoops, 2s. 
each, and all other cooper-work in the same proportion. Ox-work 
in the summer season, Is. 6c?. per day ; do. in the winter. Is. 
Horse-hire, 2t:?. per mile. For pasturing a horse. Is. (jd. per 
week. For pasturing a yoke of oxen, 2s. 4c^. per week ; do. for 
a cow, 10c?. per week. For keeping a cow in winter. Is. 8c?. per 
week. For a man's day's work, with four oxen and cart, 7s. per 
day. For keeping a horse in the winter season 3s. per week. 
For keeping a yoke of- oxen, in the winter season, 4s. per week. 
For a bushel of flax-seed, clear of foul seed, Qs. For a thousand 
of good merchantable bricks, 18s. per thousand. Good mei'chant- 
able shingles, 12s. per thousand. Good merchantable men's sad- 
dles, <£2. 14s. each. Good merchantable women's saddles, deer's- 
leather or plush seat, X3. 12s. Good bridles, made of neat's 

^ Probably one of these figures is an error. 



CIVIL HISTORY. Ill 

leather, 6s, each Good broad hoes, 3s. 6d. Linen wheels, 16s. 
each. Woolen wheels, 7s. For boarding a common laboring 
man, Qs. per week. White pine boards of the best kind, £3. per 
thousand. Common yellow pine boards, £1. 6s. 8d. per thou- 
sand. For making a pair of good cart wheels, 33s. For boarding 
colliers and furnace-men, 7s. per week. For floor-boards of the 
best kind, <£1. 12s. per thousand. For oak and chestnut boards, 
and common slit- work, <£1. 4s. per thousand. Men's labor, by 
the year, XI 9. Bohea tea, 4s. Qd. per lb. Good shovels, 4s. 
each. Good sole leather, Is. 3c^. per lb. Curried leather, in 
usual proportion to tanned hides." 

Notwithstanding this effort to sustain it, the value of paper 
money continued to depreciate, and larger sums were required in 
exchange for labor and for the necessaries of life.^ A law was 
subsequently^ enacted, imposing a heavy penalty on any person 
who should demand or receive a higher price in bills of credit 
than in gold or silver for his merchandise ; but this measure was 
equally unsuccessful. Before proceeding to this extremity, how- 
ever, the General Court, on the 13th of October, 1777, passed 
" An Act for drawing in the bills of credit of the several denom- 
inations, not on interest, which have at any time been issued by 
this Government, and are still outstanding, and for prohibiting 
the currenc}^ of said bills and the bills of any one of the United 
States after a certain time. 

"Whereas, many inconveniences have arisen from the fre- 
quent and large sums of money and the various kinds, emitted 
for carrying on the present war, and it has become necessary for 
the welfare of this State that the whole sum, not on interest, now 
outstanding in bills of credit emitted by this State, small change 
of less than a dollar only excepted, should be called in and sunk, 
by exchanging them for Treasurer's notes for sums not less than 
ten pounds, on interest, to be paid annually, at the rate of six 
per cent per annum. 

" Be it therefore enacted by the Council and House of Repre- 
sentatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of 
the same. That the Treasurer of the State be and hereby is 
authorized and empowered to receive into the public Treasury 
the whole and ever}' part and parcel of the bills of public credit 
emitted by this State, not on interest, (small change, less than a 

^ During the recent civil war, a similar the Union, but strikingly i)arallel in the 
difficulty was experienced; far less severe, Confederate States, 
indeed, among those who were loyal to 



112 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

dollar only excepted), and in lieu thereof to give to the possessor 
or possessors his note or obligation for any sum not less than ten 
pounds, until he shall have exchanged or redeemed the sum of 
two hundred and fifty thousaud pounds, in the form following," 
[namely, a note, payable March 1, 1781], " and for the remaining 
sum now outstanding as aforesaid, his note or obligation, in the 
form following," [namely, a note payable March 1, 1782. Pro- 
vision was made for the payment of these notes by taxes to be 
reasonably assessed.] 

" And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That 
the possessor and possessors of the bills of public credit of this 
State are hereby called upon and directed to bring the same to 
the Treasurer on or before the first day of January, 1778, from 
whom the}' shall be entitled to receive in exchange for all such 
bills, so delivered in, a Treasurer's note as aforesaid, for any sum 
not less than ten pounds, upon interest at the rate of six per 
cent per annum, wdiich interest shall be paid annually. 

" And for the more speedy accomplishing the good intentions 
of this Act, and preventing the evils arising from large emissions 
of various kinds of bills, — Be it further enacted by the authority 
aforesaid. That if the possessor or possessors of said bills shall 
neglect to offer the same to be exchanged by the said first day of 
January, 1778, all right or claim to the redemption or exchange 
of said bills shall cease and determine. 

" And be it further enacted by the authority^ aforesaid, That 
if any person or persons within this State shall offer to pass, after 
the first day of December next, in any kind of payment what- 
soever, any of the bills of public credit emitted by this or an^'^ of 
the United States, except bills on interest emitted by this State, 
and such as are under the denomination of one dollar, every per- 
son so offering or passing any such bill shall forfeit and pay for 
each offence the sum of five pounds," etc. Provision was made 
for extension of time to constables, or collectors of taxes, and 
to soldiers serving in the army.^ 

This method of funding the public debt, strongly resembling a 
forced loan, and withdrawing suddenly nearly the entire currency 
of the country, drew from the inhabitants of Hardwick almost 
the only protest to be found on their Records against the pro- 
ceedings of the General Court, during the Revolutionar}' period. 
At a town-meeting, November 24, 1777, a committee, consisting 

1 General Court Records, xxxviii. 111. Laws of Massachusetts from July, 1775, to 
October, 1780, p. 142. 



CIVIL HISTORY. 113 

of Joseph Allen, William Paige, and David Allen, reported a 
remonstrance, wliicli was adopted : — 

" State of Massachusetts Bay. To the honorable the Council 
and House of Representatives in General Court assembled. A 
remonstrance and petition of the town of Hardwick, regularly 
assembled. Taking into consideration the late Act made for 
calling in all the bills of public credit of this State not on interest, 
so sudden, and putting them on interest (excepting those that 
are under a dollar), this town look upon said Act to be attended 
with many grievances, considering the circumstances of the pub- 
lic affairs at this day, which necessarily raises the public charges 
exceeding higb, had there been no vile oppressors risen up, whose 
covetous and sordid measures have almost doubled the same, by 
which multitudes of the poorer sort of people have been and will 
be reduced to poverty. (1.) To us it appears the manner of call- 
ing in said bills puts another great advantage into the hands of 
men, who of all others should be guarded against ; for these very 
men have taken advantage of the times, and engrossed by cruel 
oppression great estates, and many of them from little or nothing ; 
and instead of suffering by this sore expensive war, rise upon 
the ruins of their fellow-men. (2.) It appears to us very extraor- 
dinary, when the bills are emitted for various sums, promising 
to receive them into the treasury for the sums specified, and now 
declare they will not receive them, unless to the amount of ten 
pounds. Where then is tlie public faith ? (3.) We look upon 
it cruel and oppressive, when compared with former acts which 
made the money a lawful tender till the last instant, and the 
next day a fine to offer it ; and the possessor who is then obliged 
to take it is exposed to have it die in his hands. Therefore, for 
these and other reasons which may be given, we see no way how 
the greater part of the poorer sort of people will ever be able to 
pay their public charges. We well remember what cruel and 
oppressive acts has been endeavored to be enforced on the good 
people of tliese United States, by the King and Parliament of 
Great Britain ; but we hope and trust we never shall be oppressed 
in like kind by our own Legislature. Therefore we bear our tes- 
timony against said Act, and desire a speedy repeal thereof. As 
in duty bound shall ever pray." 

Similar remonstrances from other towns were presented ; and 
the General Court yielded so far to the public demand as to 
postpone the time at which bills of credit should be repudiated, 
if not offered in exchange for treasury notes, to April 1, and 



114 



HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 



again to June 1, and a third time to December 1, 1778.^ Still, 
the value of paper-money continued to depreciate. Once more 
an effort was made to check the evil, by a general establishment 
of prices. A convention for that purpose assembled at Concord 
in October, 1779, at which Timothy Paige was a delegate from 
Hardwick. A scale of prices was adopted, and the people were 
exhorted to conform to it in all their pecuniary transactions. 
But this experiment, like all others of the kind, proved ineffect- 
ual ; all whose income was a fixed sum, like the clergy, and the 
officers and soldiers in the army, suffered severely ; and the whole 
community shared in the suffering. No man knew, when he re- 
ceived paper-money, whether he could dispose of it at half its 
present rate. It depreciated so rapidly ^ that it was almost im- 
possible for even the imagination to keep pace with it. Some 
idea of the magnitude of this evil may be formed from a vote of 
the town, July 28, 1780: "Voted, to give to each soldier, one 
thousand pounds, which is esteemed equal to twelve pounds in 
silver money." One dollar in silver was equal in value to eighty- 
three dollars and thirty-three cents in paper. 

During this period of sore financial distress, in addition to the 
unavoidable anxieties and calamities of war, an attempt was 
made to establish a firm and stable government, in place of that 
which had been violently overturned. The delegates of the sev- 
eral colonies agreed on articles of confederation and union, the 
more effectually to protect themselves against the common enemy, 
and submitted the same to their constituents for approval. At 



1 Laws of Mass., 1775 to 1780, pp. 149, 
169,183. 

2 The rate of depreciation is exhibited 
in 'Salt's Massachusetts Currency, p. 196. 

" Massachusetts Scale of Depreciation 
agreeably to a Law of the State for the 
settling of contracts, both public and pri- 
vate, made on and since the first day of 
January, 1777; one hundred dollars in 
gold and silver in January, 1777, being 
equal to one hundred and five dollars in 
the bills of credit of tlie United States. 



January, 

February, 

March, 

April, 

May, 

June, 



1777. 
105 
107 
109 
112 
115 



1778. 
325 
350 
375 
400 
400 



1779. 
742 
868 
1,000 
1,104 
1,125 



1780. 
2,934 
3,322 
3,736 
4,000 



July, 


125 


425 


1,477 


August, 


150 


450 


1,6.30 


September, 


175 


475 


1,800 


October, 


275 


500 


2,030 


November, 


300 


543 


2,308 


December, 


310 


634 


2,593 



"From April 1, 1780, to April 20, one 
Spanish milled dollar was equal to forty 
of the old emission. 



120 400 1,342 



April 25, 
April 30, 
May 5, 
May 10, 
May 15, 
May 20, 
May 27, 
May 30, 
Juue 10, 
June 15, 



42 June 20, 

44 August 15, 

46 September 10, 

47 October 15, 
49 November 10, 
54 November 30, 
60 

62 1781. 

64 February 27, 
68 



69 
70 
71 

72 
73 

74 



"5" 



CIVIL HISTORY. 115 

a town-meeting, January 12,1778, "after reading the Articles 
of Confederation and perpetual Union of the United States of 
America, the town voted, unanimously, to give their Representa- 
tives of the Great and General Court instructions to vote to con- 
firm the same." 

At about the same time the General Court resolved itself into 
a Constitutional Convention, and prepared a Constitution for 
Massachusetts ; this, however, did not meet the popular ap- 
proval, but was rejected by a decisive vote. In this town, the 
inhabitants met, April G, 1778, " to hear a Constitution and Form 
of Government read, for the State of Massachusetts Bay, agreed 
upon by the Convention of the State, Feb. 28, 1778, to be laid 
before the several towns and plantations in said State for their 
approbation or disapprobation." At an adjournment of this 
meeting, April 20, 1778, the proposed Constitution was referred 
to a committee, and it was "voted to adjourn this meeting to 
^Monday the 11^^ day of May next at 2 o'clock afternoon, and 
met accordingly, and proceeded as follows. (1.) Accepted the 
report of the committee by a great majority. (2.) A motion 
was made to have the whole Constitution put to vote, all at a 
lump ; 1 it was accordingly done, and passed in the negative. (3.) 
Voted, that the report of the Committee should be sent to the 
General Assembly by the Town Clerk. N*? of voters at said meet- 
ing, 15G ; N° of voters for said Constitution, 16 ; N° of voters 
against it, 140." 

This first effort having failed, the General Court passed a Re- 
solve, February 19, 1779, requiring the several towns to deter- 
mine " whether they choose, at this time, to have a new Consti- 
tution or form of Government made," and " whether they will 
empower their Representatives for the next year to vote for the 
calling a State Convention, for the sole purpose of forming a new 
Constitution." At a town-meeting, May 11, 1779, to act on these 

1 The town clerk, Sylvaims Wash- . , . and to make report to the town as 

burn, often used great latitude of ex- soon as may be, for their acceptance." 

pressiou in his records, of which this is On the next day, " the above committee 

one instance. Another occurs under date laid before the town a scandalous pcti- 

of March 6, 1780, when the town met " to tion, and it was put to vote to see if the 

see in what manner the town will consider town would accept of said petition, and it 

a request to us presented by a respectable passed in the negative." To this record 

number of tlie inhabitants of this town the clerk added a marginal note : " a ri- 

coucerning a late Tax Act of the 13th of diculous article in the warrant, that cost 

December, 1779." "Voted to choose a the town a whole day to act upon it." 

Committee to draught a petition to send Other specimens of Mr. Washburn's offi- 

to the General Court, praying that the cial humor may be found under dates of 

time of payment might be lengthened, June 14,1780, and March 5, 1787. 



116 HISTORY OF HAKDWICK. 

questions, the record is, " N° of voters at said meeting 81, and all 
voted in the affirmative." A large majority of voters in the State 
expressed the same desire, and the General Court directed that 
delegates should be elected in the several towns to meet in Con- 
vention. This town elected William Paige, Jonathan Warner, 
and John Hastings. The Convention met at Cambridge, Septem- 
ber 1, 1779, and continued in session, by several adjournments, 
until March 2, 1780, when having agreed on a Constitution, it 
was " Resolved that this Convention be adjourned to the first 
Wednesday in June next, to meet at Boston." Jt was ordered 
that printed " copies of the Form of Government " be sent to 
every town and plantation, and " if the major part of the inhabit- 
ants of the said towns and plantations disapprove of any particu- 
lar part of the same, that they be desired to state their objections 
distinctly, and the reasons therefor." The selectmen were re- 
quested to make return of the result on the first Wednesday in 
June ; and it was " Resolved, that the towns and plantations 
through this State have a right to choose other delegates, instead 
of the present members, to meet in Convention on the first 
Wednesday in June next, if they see fit." ^ The Convention re- 
assembled June 7, 1780, and remained in session until the 16th 
of the same month, when it was finally dissolved. 

The town held four meetings, May 1, 8, 22, and 25, 1780, to 
act on the proposed Constitution. At the second meeting, it was 
" voted that there be no Governor appointed, by a majority of 27 
against 15." At the third meeting, it was " voted, that if there 
be a Governor, that he be of the Christian Protestant Religion," 
instead of " the Christian Religion." At the fourth meeting, a 
committee, consisting of Joseph Allen, William Paige, Aaron 
Barlow, Thomas Robinson, and John Sellon, submitted a rejDort, 
embracing several amendments to objectionable articles, with the 
reasons therefor; which report, with the proposed amendments, 
was accepted by a vote of 40 against 2. Some of the objections 
and amendments were as follows : — 

" In the Bill of Rights, Article I, page 7, objected to and 
amended : it reads thus, — ' All men are born free and equal, «&c.,- 
amended, — ' All men, whites and blacks, are born free and 
equal,' &c. ; Reason : lest it should be misconstrued hereafter, in 
such a manner as to exclude blacks." ^ Article III. " Voted, That 
a person that does not attend the public worship of God at any 

1 Journal of Convention, pp. 168, 169. ^ Xhis question was decided by 68 yeas 

against 10 nays. 



CIVIL HISTORY. 117 

place ought not to be taxed in the place where he lives. Every 
other article in the Declaration of Rights approved." 

Article 1, page 15, objected to, because the two branches have 
a negative on each other ; whereas it ought to be but for a given 
time, and at the expiration of said time, if non-agreed, that both 
houses meet, and by a majority decide the controversy." 

" Article 2, objected to, because the majority of the court can't 
make a law, without being exposed to a negative by the Gov- 
ernor." 

The qualification of voters was objected to, " because every 
male, being twenty-one years of age, must have an annual in- 
come of three pounds, or an estate worth sixty pounds, to be 
qualified to vote for a senator. Reason : That every male, being 
twenty-one years of age, ought to vote in all cases." 

The mode of filling vacancies in the senate objected to : " Rea- 
son : The persons having the highest number of votes in the Dis- 
trict ought to be the men." 

The oflice of Governor was disapproved : " Provided, neverthe- 
less, that if the inhabitants of this State shall see meet to choose 
a Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, and Council, they should by no 
means have power over the militia ; but the militia shall be 
under the order and direction of the General Court ; and that 
they or either of them shall not prorogue, adjourn, nor dissolve 
the General Court Avithout their request ; and that they by no 
means appoint any officers, either civil, judicial, or military." ^ 

It was further recommended by the committee, and the town 
voted its approval, to wit : — 

'* That the power of pardon always be in the hands of the Leg- 
islature : 

"■ That the Justices of the Superior Court be appointed by the 
Genei-al Court : 

" That the Justices of the Inferior Court be chosen by the peo- 
ple of their county, as the Registers now are : 

" That all Justices of the Peace shall be chosen annually by the 
people in each town in which they dwell, by ballot : 

" That the Register of Deeds for each town in this State be 
annually chosen by ballot : 

" That the Judges of Probate for each town in this State be 
annually chosen by the people of each town, by ballot, to serve 
in that town only : ^ 

1 June 5, 1780. The town proposed a should be divided into proper districts . . . 
different amendment, "that each county because some counties are so large that by 



118 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

" That the captains and subalterns of the militia shall be elected 
by written votes of the alarm list and training band of their re- 
spective companies, of twenty-one years of age and upwards : 

" That the colonels and majors be chosen by their respective 
regiments, the brigadiers and brigade majors by their respective 
brigades, the adjutants and quarter-masters by their respective 
regiments, by ballot." 

Acting upon the suggestion of the Convention before mentioned, 
the town now " voted to dismiss the former delegates to the Con- 
vention, and dismissed them accordingly ; and voted to choose 
one man to attend said Convention on the first Wednesday in 
June next, to be held in Boston, and made choice of Deac. Wil- 
liam Paige for said delegate." ^ 

Some of these proposed amendments were subsequently 
adopted, — such as universal suffrage, and election by plurality 
of votes. In the Declaration of Rights, the first article was 
interpreted to secure the freedom of the " blacks " in this State, 
nearly a century before universal emancipation resulted from a 
desperate attempt to extend and perpetuate the institution of 
slavery ; and the proposed amendment of the Third Article was 
adopted in 1833, since which time the maintenance of public 
worship has been voluntary, not compulsory. So far, the inhab- 
itants of Hardwick were somewhat in advance of the age. In 
some other respects, they exhibited that excessive love of liberty 
which is unwilling to submit to any restraint, or to give the 
government sufficient power to execute its proper functions. 
The same spirit was manifested by a majority of the people here, 
as in almost all the towns in the western counties of the State, 
during the stormy period which followed ; and in 1788 it nearly 
prevented the adoption by Massachusetts of the Constitution of 
the United States, because it was supposed to invest the general 
government with too much power.^ 

reason of time and cost in travelling and 2 The town voted, August 21, 1820, 
attendance in the settling of estates, wid- "that it was expedient that Delegates 
ows and or))hans are put to great expense should be chosen to meet in Convention 
■which might be lessened by the proposed for the purpose of revising or altering the 
amendment." Constitution of government of this Com- 
1 June 14, 1780. The town modified monwealth ; " and on the 16ih of the 
its action in regard to delegates, as quaint- following October, Timothy Paige, Esq., 
ly expressed by the town clerk : " Voted, and Dr. Joseph Stone were elected dele- 
that the town does approve of Brig'r Jon- gates. Four unsuccessful ballots were 
athan Warner as their delegate at the taken March 7, 1853, for the election of 
Convention ; also voted, that the Hon"' Delegates to the Constitutional Conven- 
William Paige be considered as a member tion which met in that year, and the town 
in full communion of said convention." was not represented therein. 



CHAPTER IX. 

CIVIL HISTORY. 

The Shays Insurrection. — Public and Private Debts Excessive. — Debtors 
become Desperate, and forcibly resist Payment. — Demagogues stimulate 
the Popular Discontent, which results in Open Rebellion. — The Town 
proposes a Convention at Worcester in 1782, and elects Delegates. — Con- 
ventions in 1786. — Grievances. — General Warner discharges one of his 
Aids, on Suspicion of Disloyalty : he promptly responds to the Governor's 
Order for the Protection of the Courts at Worcester, but is unable to rally 
a Sufficient Force. — The Courts prevented from sitting at Worcester and 
Springfield in September and again in December. — Troops raised by En- 
listment. — Hardwick Company. — Attack on the Arsenal at Springfield. — 
Defeat of Shays : he is pursued by Lincoln, in a Terrible Night's March 
from Hadley to Petersham, where the Insurgents ai'e utterly routed. — 
Oath of Allegiance taken by many Hardwick Men. — Some of the More 
Active Partisans abscond. — One of the Most Prominent is arrested, con- 
victed of Treason, and sentenced to be hung ; but is fully pardoned, and 
receives Tokens of Public Approbation. — Other Pardons. — The Shays 
Cause Popular, having a Majority in Hardwick, and generally through- 
out the Western Counties ; even in the House of Representatives a Ma- 
jority favor it. — Its Advocates afterwards become Good Citizens, but never 
Friendly to a Strong Government. 

The Constitution was adopted by the requisite majority of 
citizens, but this did not relieve their financial distress ; on the 
contrary, it was aggravated by the legal machinery thus provided 
to enforce the payment of public and private debts which had 
long been held in abeyance. The result was a forcible resistance 
to the constituted government, which, from the name of a prom- 
inent leader, was called the " Shays Insurrection," or " Rebel- 
lion." Its immediate cause is succinctly stated by its historian : — 

" The citizens were then left free indeed, and in full possession 
of the valuable objects which they had fought to obtain. But 
the price of those objects was high, and could not but be attended 
with the usual consequences of great exertions, when founded on 
the anticipation of public resources. Their private state debt, 
when consolidated, amounted to upwards of 1,300,000<£., besides 
250,000^., due to the officers and soldiers in their line of the 



120 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

army. Their proportion of the federal debt was not less, by a 
moderate computation, than one million and a half of the same 
money .^ And in addition to this, every town was embarrassed 
by advances which they had made, to comply with repeated 
requisitions for men and supplies to support the army, and which 
had been done upon their own particular credit. The weiglit of 
this burden must strike us in a strong point of view, if we com- 
pare it with the debt before the war, which fell short of 100,000 £., 
and with still more foi'ce, perhaps, if we consider that by the cus- 
tomary mode of taxation, one third part of the whole was to 
be paid by the ratable polls alone, which but little exceeded 
ninety thousand,^ True it is, that a recollection of the blessings 
which this debt had purchased must have operated, in the minds 
of a magnanimous people, to alleviate every inconvenience arising 
from such a cause ; but embarrassments followed which no con- 
siderations of that nature could be expected to obviate." ^ 

In this emergency, the people very naturally resorted to those 
agencies which proved so effectual in the Revolutionary period, — 
town-meetings, namely, and county conventions. These assem- 
blies, like those of the former period, found more and more 
grievances as they sought relief from the principal burden. The 
government removed some of these alleged grievances by legis- 
lative enactment, and uniformly manifested a forbearing and 
forgiving spirit. The public discontent, nevertheless, increased, 
being fomented and stimulated by political demagogues, until it 
culminated in absolute rebellion and resort to arms. After the 
rebellion was overpowered by superior military force, some of the 
persons who had been actively engaged in the field became fugi- 
tives from justice, and fled from the State ; the large majority of 
them received a full pardon, on surrendering their arms and 
taking the oath of allegiance ; a small number were fined, or 
imprisoned, or both ; and a few of the leaders were convicted of 
treason and sentenced to be hung, but not one of the number 
was executed for the crime of treason only. I do not propose to 
recite all the details of this unhapjDy conflict ; but some of the 

1 Amounting, exclusive of town and tion of the people were hopelessly in- 
private debts, 'to £3,050,000, equal to debted to their fellow-citizens, who were 
$10,166,666. becoming clamorous for payment and at- 

2 The whole was more than a hundred tempting to enforce it by legal process, 
and thirteen dollars for each tax-payer, involving heavy costs. 

and one third was almost forty dollars ^ Minot's Hist, of Insurrections, etc., pp. 

for each ratable poll. In addition to 5, 6. 

this enormous public debt, a large por- , 



CIVIL HISTORY. 121 

events, in whicli this town or its individual inhabitants had an 
active agency, should be mentioned. 

The first trace of opposition to the due course of law, which 
appears on our records, is found under date of January 8, 1782, 
when, upon petition of sundry persons " with regard to the 
numerous law-suits that are or may be commenced,^ — fearing 
that the dangerous consequences thereof, unless some measures be 
speedily adopted to prevent it, will reduce us to poverty and 
distress," the town " Voted to address the General Assembly on 
the subject," and chose William Paige, Ebenezer Washburn, and 
Daniel Warner, to prepare the address. Two months later, 
what seems to be the initial movement for a county convention 
had its origin here, to wit: The town met March 4, 1782, under 
a warrant "■ to take into consideration a petition which is as fol- 
lows : the petitioners taking into consideration our public affairs, 
and the great demands from the public for money by taxation, 
and the multiplicity of law-suits, and a scarcity of money, which 
renders it entirely out of the power of the good people of this 
State to comply with the above demands, they therefore desire 
that a town-meeting be called, to consider the articles following : 
1. To see if the town will choose a committee, to write circular 
letters to other towns in the county of Worcester, to meet in 
convention, in the town of Worcester, at the house of Mr. Brown, 
innholder in said Worcester, and choose a member or members 
for said convention. 2. To see if the town will petition the 
General Court for a redress of grievances." The town " voted 
to choose a committee to write circular letters to the otlier towns 
in this county, agreeable to the warrant, and made choice of 
Ichabod Dexter, Col. Winslow,^ and David Allen, for said com- 
mittee. Voted to adjourn to the IS*'^ of March, at one o'clock 
afternoon, and then met and chose Capt. Ichabod Dexter, Capt. 
Daniel Egery, and Nathaniel Haskell, members to meet in con- 
vention at Worcester on the second Tuesday of April next." 

Apparently in response to this invitation, " on the 14"' of 
April of tliat .year, the delegates of twenty-six towns of tlie 
county assembled in convention, and attributing the prevailing 
dissatisfaction of the people to want of confidence in the disburse- 

^ This grievance increased rapidly, the general difficulties drove away pur- 

"In 1784, more than 2,000 actions were chasers." Lincoln's Ilist. of Worcester, 

entered in the County of Worcester, then p. 131 . 

having a population less than 50,000, and ^ j ^m unable to identify this person 

in 1785, about 1,700. Lands and goods satisfactorily. 
were seized and sacrificed on sale, whoa 



122 HISTORY OF HARDWiCK. 

ment of the great sums of money annually assessed, recommended 
instructions to the representatives to require immediate settle- 
ment with all public oflBcers entrusted with the funds of the Com- 
monwealth ; and if the adjustment was delayed or refused, to 
withdraw from the General Court and return to their constitu- 
ents ; to reduce the compensation of the members of the House, 
and the fees of lawyers ; to procure sessions of the Court of Pro- 
bate in different places in the County ; the revival of confessions 
of debt; enlargement of the jurisdiction of justices of the peace 
to £20 ; contribution to the support of the continental army 
in specific articles instead of money ; and the settlement of ac- 
counts between the Commonwealth and Congress. At an ad- 
journed session, May 14, they further recommended, that account 
of the public expenditures should be annually rendered to the 
towns ; the removal of the General Court from Boston ; separa- 
tion of the business of the Common Pleas and Sessions, and in- 
quiry into the grants of lands in Maine in favor of Alexander 
Shepherd and others." ^ The convention then adjourned until 
August ; and July 1, 1782, on the question " whether the town 
will join any further in the county convention, which now stands 
adjourned in the town of Worcester," it was " voted that they 
look upon it expedient that they join further in the abovesaid 
county convention," At the appointed time, however, very few 
delegates assembled, and the convention was dissolved witliout 
further action. 

The measures adopted by the General Court produced tempo- 
rary quiet. No further disturbance occurred in this county for 
nearly four years, except that a convention met in 1784, at the 
request of the town of Sutton, in which, however, it does not ap- 
pear that Hardwick was represented. This convention was com- 
paratively orderly, but prepared a formidable list of grievances, 
in the form of a petition to the General Court. Early in 1786 
the agitation was recommenced, with additional energy. The first 
concerted action of this town, which appears on the record, bears 
date January 25, 1786. Under a warrant " to see if the town 
will give their Representative some instructions with regard to 
the present difficulty that the inhabitants of the Commonwealth 
labor under, for the want of a circulating medium, that he use his 
influence in the General Court that some mode might be adopted 
for their relief," it was " Voted, to instruct their Representative to 
use his influence in the General Court to have a Bank of Paper 

1 Lincoln's Hist.of Worcester, p. 132. 



CIVIL HISTORY. 123 

emitted, and chose a committee for that purpose, viz., Capt. John 
Hastings, Capt. Ichabod Dexter, David Allen, Thomas Wheeler, 
and Deac. William Paige." 

" The want of a circulating medium," or the lack of money, 
for the payment of debts and taxes, was the most pressing bur- 
den which then rested on the people ; and how to remove it was 
the problem to be solved. Hardwick recommended the issue of 
paper money by the government. Other towns expressed the 
same desire. Resort was had to county conventions, by which 
the list of grievances was rapidly enlarged, and the measures 
proposed for relief were multiplied. The historian of the Insur- 
rection selects one of those conventions, as presenting probably a 
more full statement of the whole difficulty than is elsewhere to 
be found : — 

" At a meeting of delegates from fifty towns in the county of 
Hampshire, in convention held at Hatfield in said county, on 
Tuesday the 22*^ day of August instant [1786], and continued by 
adjournments to the twenty-fifth, &c. Voted, that this meeting 
is constitutional. The convention from a thorough conviction of 
great uneasiness subsisting among the people of this county and 
Commonwealth, then went into an inquiry for the cause ; and, 
upon mature consideration, deliberation, and debate, were of 
opinion that many grievances and uiniecessary burdens, now ly- 
ing upon the people, are the sources of that discontent so evi- 
dently discoverable throughout this Commonwealth. Among 
which the following articles were voted as such, viz. (1.) The 
existence of the Senate. (2.) The present mode of representa- 
tion. (3.) The officers of government not being annually de- 
pendent on the representatives of the people, in General Court 
assembled, for their salaries. (4.) All the civil officers of gov- 
ernment not being annually elected by the representatives of the 
people in General Court assembled. (5.) The existence of the 
Courts of Common Pleas and General Sessions of the Peace. 
(6.) The fee table, as it now stands. (7.) The pi-esent mode of 
appropriating the impost and excise. (8.) The unreasonable 
grants made to some of the officers of government. (9.) The 
supplementary aid. (10.) The present mode of paying the gov- 
ernmental securities. (11.) The present mode adopted for the 
payment and speedy collection of the last tax. (12.) The pres- 
ent mode of taxation, as it operates unequally between the polls 
and estates, and between landed and mercantile interests. (13.) 
The present method of practice of the attornies at law. (I'l.) 



124 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

The want of a sufficient medium of trade, to remedy the niiscliiefs 
arising from the scai'city of money. (15.) Tlie General Court sit- 
ting in the town of Boston. (16.) The present embarrassments 
on the press. (17.) The neglect of the settlement of important 
matters depending between the Commonwealth and Congress, re- 
lating to monies and averages. (18.) Voted, that this conven- 
tion recommend to the several towns in this county, that they 
instruct their representatives to use their influence in the next 
General Court to have emitted a bank of paper money, subject 
to a depreciation ; ^ making it a tender in all payments, equal to 
silver and gold, to be issued in order to call in the Common- 
wealth's securities, (19.) Voted, that whereas several of the 
above articles of grievances arise from defects in the constitution, 
therefore a revision of the same ought to take place. (20.) 
Voted, that it be recommended by this convention to the several 
towns in this county, that they petition the Governor to call the 
General Court immediately too;ether, in order that, the other 
grievances complained of may by the legislature be redressed. 
(21.) Voted, that this convention recommend it to the inhabit- 
ants of this county, that they abstain from all mobs and unlaw- 
ful assemblies until a constitutional method of redress can be ob- 
tained." ^ Votes were also passed directing the transmission of 
these proceedings to the county conventions of Worcester and 
Berkshire, and " to the press in Springfield for publication ; " and 
also directing the chairman to call another county convention, if 
he should consider it expedient.^ 

One week earlier, August 15, 1786, a similar convention met 
in Worcester, by adjournment from the previous May, which 
enumerated a similar list of grievances, and further adjourned to 
the last Tuesday in September. I find no record that Hard wick 
elected a delegate to this convention ; but it seems evident that 
one of its members was Major Martin Kinsley, an aid-de-camp 
of Major-General Warner ; for, at a meeting. May 16, 1787, the 
town " voted to Mr. Kinsley for his attendance at the county 

1 " A more exact idea of this hopeful culatinw medium " having no permanent 

financial scheme will be found from the value, is almost an hundred years old. 

action of Conway, which, on the 24th of ^ Whether this recommendation was 

October, ' instructed its representative in honest or deceptive, it was followed with- 

the General Court to use his iniluence to in a week by a " mob or unlawful assem- 

have a bank of paper currency emitted bly" at Northampton, which effectually 

that should sink one penny a pound per prevented the regular action of the Courts 

month!'" Hist, of Pittsfield, i. 398. of Common Pleas and Sessions. 

The plan of paying honest debts by a " cir- ^ Minot's Hist, of Insurrections, pp. 33- 

36. 



CIVIL HISTORY. 125 

convention, last fall, tlie sum of £2. 17. 5." Probably this indica- 
tion of disloyalty to the government induced General Warner to 
remove him from office,^ and to appoint in his stead Captain 
Artemas Howe of New Braintree, who was commissioned aid-de- 
camp August 28, 1786. The change was not made too soon ; 
for within a few days the General had reed of aids in whose 
fidelity he could implicitly confide. In anticipation of the out- 
break at Worcester, he received this official order : — 

*' Boston, September 2*^, 1786. Sir, I have received information 
that the Court of Common Pleas and Court of General Sessions 
of the Peace have, by a large concourse of people, in a i-iotous 
and tumultuous manner, been prevented from setting at North- 
ampton, in the county of Hampshire, on the day appointed by 
law for that purpose. It is possible some people, not considering 
the great criminality and dangerous consequences of such un- 
warrantable proceedings, may attempt to prevent the Court 
setting at Worcester on the fifth instant. It is of the utmost 
importance that every lawful exertion should be made by every 
friend to the present Constitution of Government to suppress all 
such riotous proceedings. You are therefore hereby directed to 
aid the Sheriff of the county of Worcester, if he should request 
it, by furnishing him with such a number of the militia belonging 
to your Division as he may judge sufficient to suppress any such 

1 Three months later, Major Kinsley disputation within this county, and as I 
published an appeal to the public, of have not only «of had the usual formality 
which it does not appear that General of a court martial, but have eveu been 
Warner took any notice whatever: — kept in the secret for (I suppose) some 
" To the impartial public. As it is a mat- months since his son-in-law has been 
ter of pul)lic notoriety that I have lately conmiissioned, and finally have come to 
been superseded in the office of aid-de- the knowledge of it only by common re- 
camp to the lion. General Warner, with- port, L take the liberty in this public 
out a resignation of my commission on manner to call upon the worthy General, 
my part, or the usual (and heretofore in- and desire him, or whoever it may con- 
dispeusable) formality of a Court Martial cern, to inform me and the public with 
on his ; and as it is now a matter uf pop- regard to the cause or propriety of the 
ular conversation and public dispute, procedure. I do not wish to trouble the 
whether or not it is in the power of a public with this appeal to their impar- 
Major General to remove any officer who tiality on account of any particular fond- 
has been duly commissioned ; or whether ness I have for holding a commission of 
every officer, so commissioned, must not the worthy gentleman, or any other au- 
by the militia law of this Commonwealth, thority ; but because I conceive that any 
and by the established military custom man, who has been in commission and 
throughout the civilized world, be offi- will peaceably suffer himself to be kicked 
cially arrested and formally tried before out, discovers as great a meanness as the 
a regular court martial, purposely ap- person who attempts to do it. I am with 
pointed, and properly authorized and em- due respect, &c., M. Kinsley. Hard- 
powered for that special purpose: I say, wick, Nov. 24, 1786." Worcester Mar^a- 
as this has got to be a matter of public zine, December, 1787. 



126 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

attempt; and from your well known attachment to justice, 
peace, and good order, I am persuaded you will exert yourself to 
the utmost to prevent all such riotous proceedings. You have 
herewith enclosed a copy of the instruction which was sent to. 
Mr. Sheriff Greenleaf. By his Excellency's command, with the 
advice and consent of the Council. Major General Warner." ^ 

The response was prompt and loyal : — 

" Hardwick, September 3^\ 1786. May it please your Excel- 
lency. I have this instant had the honor to receive your express, 
by which I am required to give such aid and assistance to the 
High Sheriff of the county of Worcester as shall be necessary to 
suppress any riots, or tumultuous proceedings in the people at 
the sitting of the Courts to be holden at Worcester on the 5^^ 
instant. Your Excellency may rest assured that every effort in 
my power shall on all occasions be exerted for the due regula- 
tions and support of government ; — particularly on this occasion 
I shall use all the influence in my power to prevent and suppress 
any riotous and unwarrantable proceedings in the people ; and 
I have accordingly issued orders to several of the Colonels within 
my Division to hold themselves in readiness in case they should 
be wanted, which is more than probable will be the case, as the 
people in general are grown veiy clamorous, and have not pa- 
tience to wait for a regular redress of their real or supposed griev- 
ances. I am, sir, with all due respect,' your Excellency's most 
obedient and very humble servant. JONATHAN Waenek. 

" His Excellency, J. Bowdoin, Esq." ^ 

This letter was soon followed by another : — 

" May it please your Excellency. Agreeably to what I wrote 
you in my last, I exerted myself to have the militia in as good a 
state of readiness as was possible, for the support of government. 
But notwithstanding the most pressing orders for them to turn 
out and to appear at Worcester, equipped as the law directs, 
there did appear universally that reluctance in the people to turn 
out for the support of government as amounted in many instances 
to a flat denial ; in others, in an evasion or delay ,^ which 
amounted to the same thing ; — that finally the insurrections of 
the people for the purpose of stopping the Court were not to be 
resisted by all the efforts of government. This statement of the 

1 Mass. Archives, cxc. 228. regiment which included Hardwick, 

2 Ibid., cxc. 229. promptly responded to this and subse- 
^ Colonel 'I'imothy Paige, Lieutenant quent similar calls ; but probably with a 

Colonel John Cutler, Major Joseph Jones, very small force of militia, 
and Adjutant James Lawton, of the 



CIVIL HISTORY. 127 

affair at Worcester, however painful and disagreeable to relate, 
is the plain truth ; and I can only leave it with the superior wis- 
dom and discretion of your Excellency and the honorable Council 
to determine what shall be most expedient to be done at this un- 
happy crisis. I have the honor to be, with all due respects, your 
Excellency's most humble servant. 

" Jonathan Waenee, M. G. 

" His Excellency James Bowdoin, Esq." ^ 

The anticipated resistance to legal transactions at Worcester 
occurred during the first week in September. " The Courts of 
Common Pleas and General Sessions of the Peace being by law 
to be holden at Worcester, a body of insurgents to the number of 
300 and upwards posted themselves at the Court-house in that 
place. The judges were admitted to the door, where a line of 
bayonets prevented their entrance. The chief justice remon- 
strated with the rioters on the madness of their conduct ; but the 
court were obliged to retire to an adjacent house, where they 
opened agreeably to law, and adjourned to the next morning. 
The violence of the mob, however, soon obliged the Court of 
Common Pleas to adjourn without day, and the Court of Ses- 
sions to adjourn to the 21*' of November following." ^ The in- 
surgents " were under the command of Capt. Adam Wheeler of 
Hubbardston, though, when charged with being their leader, he 
disclaimed both the office and the responsibility. His lieutenant 
was Benjamin Converse ^ of Hardwick. Other principal officers 
were Capt. Hazeltine of Hardwick, and a Capt. Smith of Shirley. 
Only 100 of the men were under arms. The remainder carried 
bludgeons." ^ Benjamin Convers acted not only as lieutenant, 
but also as adjutant. A demand for adjournment of the Court, 
signed by him, has been preserved : — 

" To the Hon'''® Court of Common Pleas and Court of General 
Sessions of the Peace for the county of Worcester, and to all the 
Justices of the Peace in said county. The Petition of the Body 
of People now collected for their own common good and the good 
of the Commonwealth, to your honors humbly showeth : That we 

1 Mass. Arch., cxc. 230. the command of Job Shatttick of Groton 
^ Minot's Hist, of Insurrections, i^p. 38, and the afore-mentioned Capt. Smith. 

39. ... On the following day . . . they were 

2 Benjamin Convers was engaged in a reinforced by a company of ninety men 
similar affair, a week afterwards, as re- from the counties of Plampsliire and 
lated in the Hisi. of Western Mass., i. 242 : Worcester, under tlie command of Adam 
"On the 11th of September a hundred Wheeler and Benjamin Converse." 
armed men assembled at Concord, under * Hist, of Western Mass., i. 242. 



128 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

are informed that the Body of People that were collected on the 
ground in Worcester j^esterday did by their Committee prefer a 
petition to your honors, requesting the Coui"t of Common Pleas 
and Court of General Sessions of the Peace to be adjourned or 
dissolved, and your honors by your answer to the people then col- 
lected agreed to adjourn the Court of Common Pleas ; notwith- 
standing the people from different parts of the said county gen- 
erally appearing and collected on the ground this day for the 
purpose aforesaid do not consent to the answer that the said 
Court have given, therefore by their committee of the body now 
collected request that your honors do adjourn the Court of Gen- 
eral Sessions of the Peace. And as in duty bound will ever pray. 
Worcester, Sept. 6, 1786. The above petition signed in behalf 
of the Body of People now present, and request answer in 30 
minutes from the time of preferring. Signed at the request of 
committee. Benj?* Convers, Adjutant." ^ 

The "Body of People," having compelled the courts to adjourn, 
dispersed at the close of the second day, without committing essen- 
tial violence to the peaceable citizens of Worcester. Their next 
riotous assembly in this vicinity was at Springfield on the twenty- 
sixth day of the same month, when they sncceeded in preventing 
the regular session of the Superior Court. This was selected by 
the government, in the subsequent trials, as the first overt act of 
treason on the part of the insurgents; the forcible interruption of 
the Courts of Common Pleas and of Sessions being apparently 
reo-arded as minor offences. As John Wheeler '-^ was convicted of 
treason on proof of his participation in this affair, I insert an 
account of it by the historian of the insurrection : — 

*' It was determined by the insurgents to prevent their doing 
business at Springfield, if possible ; and the Governor, on the 
other hand, took measures to obviate their designs. Accordingly 
he ordered the Court House to be taken into possession by 600 
men, under the command of Major General William Shepard. 
This party were well officered and equipped, and contained the 
most respectable characters for abilities and interest in the county 
of Hampshire. On the day of the Court's sitting, the insurgents 
also appeared, equal if not superior in numbers, but vastly infe- 
rior in officers and arms. They were headed by one Daniel Shays, 
who had been a captain in the late continental army, but had re- 
signed his command for reasons quite problematical. They were 

1 Massi Arch., cxc. 236. Hardwick was present does not distinctly 

■■^ Whether any other inhabitant of appear. 



CIVIL HISTORY. 129 

highly mcensed at government's taking possession of the Court 
House previously to their arrival. They sent a request to the 
Judges, that none of the late rioters should be indicted ; but re- 
ceived a very firm reply, purporting that the Judges should exe- 
cute the laws of the country agreeably to their oaths. In the 
confusion, however, necessarily attending two such large bodies 
of armed men, who, before they retired, amounted to more than 
2,000, the court could transact but little business. On Wednes- 
day, the panel of jurors not being filled, those jurymen who ap- 
peared were dismissed. On the next day, which was the third 
of their sitting, the court adjourned, after resolving that it was 
not expedient to proceed to the county of Berkshire. The morti- 
fication which the insurgents suffered from the Court House being 
preoccupied by the miUtia, led them to several bold measures. 
At one time they marched down upon the militia with loaded 
musquets, and every preparation was made for an engagement ; 
but they were dissuaded from an attack, as it was said, at the 
instance of their commander." ^ After thus confronting each 
other for four days, both parties retired, and Springfield once 
more had rest. 

About two months later, another struggle was imminent at 
Worcester. '* Orders were issued to Major General Warner, to 
call out the militia of his division, and five regiments were di- 
rected to hold themselves in instant readiness to march. Doubts 
however arose, how far reliance could be placed on the troops of 
an infected district. The sheriff reported that a sufficient force 
could not be collected. The first instructions were therefore 
countermanded, a plan having been settled to raise an army 
whose power might effectually crush resistance, and the Judges 
were advised to adjourn to the 23*^ of January following, when 
the contemplated arrangements could be matured to terminate 
the unhappy troubles."^ The following correspondence refers to 
this transaction : — 

" Worcester Dec. 1**', 1786. May it please your Excellency. 
The Insurgents in this county, and a number from the county of 
Hampshire, under the command of Daniel Shays, not exceeding 
two hundred and fifty or three hundred men, proceeded on the 
29**^ instant ^ as far as Shrewsbury "... most of whom 
" marched out of Shrewsbury, on their return home. By express 

^ Minot's Hist, of Insurrections, pp. 47, ^ The writer uses the word instant twice 
48. erroneously. 

^ Lincoln's Hist, of Worcester, p. 141. 
9 



130 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

received this day, I learn that Shays met a reinforcement from 
the county of Hampshire, and a number from this county, at 
which time Shays ordered his men to halt ; and I have the great- 
est reason to believe, by the best intelligence I have been able to 
obtain, their intention now is, to prevent the setting of the Court 
of Common Pleas in this town next week. On the 29*^ instant 
the party from Hampshire marched through Hardwick ; upon ob- 
serving the movement, I issued orders to the Commanders ^ of 
the Regiments in the upper part of this county to march, and I 
proceeded on to this town, in order to obtain intelligence. On the 
Insurgents proceeding homeward, I issued orders to the militia 
that had marched, to return home, and hold themselves in readi- 
ness to march on the shortest notice to Worcester." General 
Warner adds that he had ordered all the regiments in the county 
to be ready in like mannei', but expresses grave doubts how many 
would obey his orders, saying, " I believe not a number sufficient 
to repel the force of the Insurgents in this county, exclusive 
of those which will probably collect from the counties of Hamp- 
shire and Berkshire. If it should be the opinion of your Excel- 
lency, that the Court of Common Pleas in this county should be 
protected the week ensuing, I conceive it will be necessary to 
send on a formidable force from the lower counties, and perhaps 
some pieces of artillery, as I am credibly informed the Insurgents 
have obtained some. I shall wait your further commands, which 
will be executed without delay. In the mean time, I am, with 
esteem, your Excellency's most obedient and very humble ser- 
vant, Joisrf Warner, M, G. His Excellency James Bowdoin, 
Esq. N. B. I forward this by Major Asa Coburn, by express."^ 
To this report of proceedings, the Governor replied : — 
" Dec. 3. Sir, You are hereby directed to issue your orders 
to the militia that you may have ordered to march to the town of 
Worcester for the support of the Court of Common Pleas and 
Court of Sessions that are to set there on Tuesday next, not to 
proceed upon that business, any former orders that you may have 
received to the contrary notwithstanding. The above orders are 
given from a suggestion in your letter, that the Court could not 
be supported without some aid from the counties this way ; how- 
ever, if, contrary to your expectation, your militia should have 
turned out in such numbers and with such spirit as fully to con- 

1 Colonel Paige and his field officers 2 J/ass. JrcA., clxxxix. 46, 47. 
responded as before ; but probably with 
scanty, if any, support. 



CIVIL HISTORY. 131 

vince you that the Coui't can be effectually supported, you will 
not be influenced by them. By advice of Council. Sir, Your 
humble servant, J. B. Maj. Gen. Warner." ^ 

The militia did not turn out in such numbers as to support 
the Court ; but the insurgents held possession of the Court House 
and of the town for about a week. On Sunday evening, Decem- 
ber 3, a party which had quartered at Grafton entered Worces- 
ter, " under the command of Abraham Gale of Princeton, Adam 
Wheeler of Hubbardston, Simeon Hazeltine of Hardwick, and 
John Williams, reported to be a deserter from the British army 
and once a serjeant of the continental line. They halted before 
the Court House, and, having obtained the keys, placed a strong 
guard around the building, and posted sentinels on all the streets 
and avenues of the town, to prevent surprise. Those who were 
off duty, rolling themselves in their blankets, rested on their arms 
on the floor of the court room."^ The Court, being thus ex- 
cluded from the Court House, was opened in a tavern, and ad- 
journed to the 23d of Januai-y, as directed by the Governor, The 
insurgents, however, remained in Worcester through the whole 
week, suffering much from a severe snow-storm, which com- 
menced on Monday evening, and were finally dismissed on Satur- 
day, in the midst of another furious tempest, in which it is said 
that " some were frozen to death," and many others narrowly es- 
caped the same fate. Separate companies from the towns of 
Ward, Holden, Spencer, Rutland, Barre, Hubbardston, Peters- 
ham, and Belchertown, are mentioned by historians ; and, al- 
though not specially named, it can scarcely be doubted that sev- 
eral inhabitants of Hardwick accompanied Captain Hazeltine, 
who was one of the active leaders. 

Three weeks later, December 26, the session of the court at 
Springfield was prevented ; and it was understood that the Court 
of Common Pleas would not be permitted to hold its adjourned 
meeting at Worcester on the 23d of January. The government 
now adopted more vigorous measures to sustain its authorit}^ and 
organized an army of 4,400 infantry, besides four companies of 
artillery, all under the command of Major-General Benjamin Lin- 
coln. On the 4th of January, orders were issued to Major-Gen- 
eral Warner to detach 1,200 men from the seventh division, and 
to organize them into two regiments, for this service.^ He re- 

1 Jifass. Arch., clxxxix. 5.3. same volume, p. 67, is found " an esti- 

2 Lincoln's Hist, of Worcester, p 142. mate of what it may cost to supply 5,000 
' Mass. Arch., clxxxix. 68. In the men, 30 days, with rations : — 



132 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

ported that Colonel Timothy Newell had engaged to enlist one of 
these regiments, with authority to appoint his subordinate oiEcers. 
Colonel Newell performed his engagement. Lieutenant-Colonel 
John Cutler, of Colonel Paige's regiment, was his associate : and 
one company was enlisted in Hardwick and New Braintree, under 
command of Captain Edward Ruggles of Hardwick. As this 
company served from January 22 until February 21, and shared 
the perils and sufferings of that terrible night march from Hadley 
to Petersham, which Minot styles " one of the most indefatigable 
marches that ever was performed in America," and which resulted 
in the utter and final dispersion of the rebel army, I copy the 
names borne on the Pay Roll, preserved in the "Massachusetts 
Archives," cxcii. 69 : — 



Edward Ruggles, Captain. 


Robert Voax. 


Sampson Whitherly 1^' Lieut. 


Zeuas Hanmer. 


Wyman Hoit, 2*^ Lieut. 


George Wightington. 


Jeduthun Spooner, Clerk. 


Elijah Barns. 


Samuel Shaw, Serg*. 


Abner Whipple. 


Elisha Matthews, do. 


William Tidd. 


Joseph Hale, do. 


Persival Hall. 


Lemuel French, Fife-major. 


George Whetherell. 


John Stevenson, Drummer. 


Benj" Estabrooks. 


John Doty (orderly), Corporal. 


Moses Paige. 


John Thompson, do. 


William Davice. 


James Woods, do. 


Justice Warner. 


Daniel Billing, do. 


Isaac Denny. 


Stephen Newton, 


James Weston. 


Moses Fay. 


Lemuel Kenedy. 


Samuel Clark. 





General Lincoln's force was concentrated at Worcester on the 
22d of January, and the court held its session the next day 
without molestation. " Detachments of insurgents collected at 
Rutland, New Braintree, Princeton, Sterling, and Sutton, but, 
mtimidated by the military, hovered at a distance, while the 
courts proceeded. On the 25"^ of January, General Lincoln has- 
tened westward for the relief of Shepard, and of the arsenal at 
Springfield, invested by Shays and Day. Major-General War- 

" 11 Bread, 2|* £G000, specie : if paid in orders ou col- 

ip' Rum, IJ lectors will be upwards of £15,000. 

U'Beef, 5 300 Barrels of Rum, 

@70'perBl. £1050 

gi is nearest to £40 for 1000 750 Barrels of Flour, 1500 

men per day, 5000 men, 30 days, is 225,000' Beef, @ S^"* 3124 = 5674." 



CIVIL HISTORY. 133 

iier was left in coinniand at Worcester, witli a regiment of 
infantry, a corps of artillery, including Capt, Treadwell's com- 
pany, two field pieces, and a party from the legionary battalion 
of volunteer cavalry," ^ With this force General Warner pro- 
tected Worcester, and dispersed large bodies of insurgents at 
New Braintree, and at the barracks in Rutland. Meanwliile, 
General Shepard, with about a thousand men, had taken post at 
Springfield, for the protection of the arsenal. On the 25th of 
January Shays approached with a still larger force. General 
Shepard " sent one of his aids with two other gentlemen, several 
times, to know the intention of the enemy, and to warn them of 
their danger. The purport of their answer was, that they would 
have possession of the barracks; and they immediately marched 
onwards to within 250 yards of the arsenal. A message was 
again sent to inform them, that the militia were posted there by 
order of the Governor, and of Congress, and that if they ap- 
proached nearer they would be fired upon. To this, one of their 
leaders ^ replied, that that was all they wanted ; and they ad- 
vanced one hundred yards further. Necessity now compelled 
General Shepard to fire; but his humanity did not desert him. 
He ordered the two first shot to be directed over their heads ; 
this, however, instead of retarding, quickened their approach ; 
and the artillery was at last pointed at the centre of their col- 
umn. This measure was not without its effect. A cry of murder 
arose from the rear of the insurgents, and their whole body was 
thrown into the utmost confusion. Shays attempted to display 
his column, but it was in vain. His troops retreated with pre- 
cipitation to Ludlow, about ten miles from the place of action, 
leaving three of their men dead, and one wounded on the field." ^ 
Two days later, General Lincoln arrived at Springfield, and 
immediately pursued the insurgents, who fled to Pelham, and he 
took post at Hadley. After vainly attempting to secure a ces- 
sation of hostilities. Shays withdrew 'from Pelham, and marched 
to Petersham, on the 3d of February. At eight o'clock in the 
evening of the same day. General Lincoln commenced that " in- 
defatigable " march through Shutesbury and New Salem, which 

1 Lincoln's Hist, of Worcester, p. 149. orders in the most peremptory manner, 

^_This " leader" was John Wheeler, of and made answer that that was all he 

Hardwick. In a letter from General wanted." Independent Chronicle, Febrii- 

Shepard to Governor Bowdoin, January ary 1, 1787. 

26, 1787, he says, " A Mr. Wheeler, who ^ Minot's History of Insurrections, pp. 

appeared to be one of Shays' Aids, met 110, 111. 

Mr. Lyman, after he had delivered my 



134 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

he described in bis report dated at Petersham, February 4 : — 
"We arrived here about nine o'clock, exceedingly fatigued by a 
march of thirty miles, part of it in a deep snow, and in a most 
violent storm. When this abated the cold increased, and a great 
part of our men were frozen in some part or other ; but I hope 
none of them dangerously so, and that most of them will be able 
again to march in a short time." ^ The surprise was complete. 
The insurgents fled, without attempting any defence, some to 
their homes, and others through Athol, beyond the limits of 
the State. This was a crushing blow to the insurrection. Al- 
though a guerilla contest was carried on a few months longer 
in the western counties, no large number was ever again gath- 
ered in opposition to the government. The immediate effect 
was described by General Warner in a report to the Governor : 
" Worcester, Feb. 10*^ 1787. His Excellency J. Bowdoin, Esq. 
Sir, General Lincoln, on his leaving this count}^ left under ray 
command the troops which were raised in my Division, with a 
request that I would discharge them as speedily as might be 
consistent with safety. I have hitherto conceived it expedient 
to keep the greater part of them in service, as many of the in- 
surgents in this county retain an unsubdued and uncurbed 
spirit of rebellion and insolence. There has not, indeed, of late 
been any large collection of insurgents within this county ; but 
small numbers have been collecting in diverse parts of the county, 
to the annoyance and terror of the friends to order and regularity. 
Thoroughly to subdue this spirit appeal's to me to be of the 
highest importance. For this purpose I have kept detachments 
in such parts of the county as I have conceived would best tend 
to the accomplishment of the design. Numbers have been cap- 
tured ; numbers have voluntarily submitted, and thrown them- 
selves on the mercy of government ; and numbers there are, 
which still remain to be reclaimed. I have, in my proceedings 
with them, endeavored to conform to the proposals offered by 
Major General Lincoln, and approved of by the General Court, 
not having received any particular directions upon the subject. 
... I have the honor to be, with the highest esteem, your Ex- 
cellency's most obedient humble servant, JoN^ Waener, M. G." " 

It remained for the government to disperse the predatory bands 
which still infested various parts of the country, and to deal 

1 Independent Chronicle, February 8, - Mass. Arch., cxc. 366. 
1787. 



CIVIL HISTORY. 135 

judiciously with the conquered insurgents. The first was accom- 
plished with comparative ease, by means of an overpowering 
military force, but what disposition to make of the offenders was 
a problem difficult of solution. A previous offer of amnesty to 
non-commissioned officers and privates, who would lay down 
their arms and take the oath of allegiance, had been generally 
disregarded ; but it was now renewed to such as would submit 
on or before the 21st day of March, and was accepted by large 
numbers, among whom were at least sixty inhabitants of Hard- 
wick: — David El well, Frederick Wicker, Gideon Carpenter, 
Lemuel Willis, Ezra Winslow (" neither of the above three 
persons used any arms against the government, as the}' affirm "), 
David Pratt, Symonds Whipple, Samuel Sibley, Samuel Clifford, 
Thomas Elwell, James Paige, Jr. (p. 125) ; Ephraim Tucker, 
James Robinson, Adonijah Dennis, Samuel Dennis, Constant 
Mirick, James Pearce, Nathaniel Gleason, Silas Newton, Calvin 
Oakes, Isaac Robinson, Eleazar Dexter, John Dexter (" these 
took and subscribed the oath of allegiance before the Act of the 
General Court was received," p. 126) ; Nathaniel Haskell, Sam- 
uel Hopkins, Joseph Robinson, Job Dexter, Gideon Brimhall, 
Timothy Newton, George Haskell, Abner Weston, Ebenezer 
Childs, Eli Freeman, Robert Prout, Zephaniah Spooner, Israel 
Roach, Thomas Clark, Benjamin Carpenter, James Rogers, 
^ Samuel Haskins, Jr., Aaron Johnson (sworn " on or before the 
21^ day of March, A. D. 1787," p. 130) ; William Smith, 
Thomas Reed Smith (March 23, 1787, p. 161) ; Arthur Rawson 
Q' physitian, declares he never took up arms against government, 
only acted as physitian ") ; Benony Shurtleff, Ebenezer Law- 
rence (" declare they never took up arms, but were only in some 
degree aiding and assisting," March 25,1787; p. 169); Jona- 
than Parkhurst, David Whipple, David Warren, Caleb Bryant, 
Experience Luce, John Gorham, Stephen Gorham, Joseph Gor- 
ham, Barzillia Flagg, James Wing, Ichabod Dexter (September 
10, 1787, p. 209) ; Seth Taylor, John Harris, Nathan Wheeler 
(September 29, 1787, p. 216). i 

Several others in Hardwick, who had not taken up arms, were 
politicall}^ involved in this insurrectionary movement.^ The 
Sheriff of Worcester County, in a letter to the Governor, says : 
" I take leave to transmit the names of a number of their princi- 
pal leaders and commanders ; their names are as folio weth, viz., 

1 Mass. Arch., cxc. 125-216. to county conventions, have already been 

2 Martin Kinsley, and other delegates mentioned. 



136 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

Adam Wheeler, Hubbardston, Benjamin Convers, Ichabod Dex- 
ter,^ Samuel Dexter, Simeon Hayselton, and Seth Taylor, all of 
PTardwick, Oliver Watson, Spencer, Abraham Gale, Henrj^ Gale, 
Norman Clark, all of Princeton, Abraham Holman of Temploton, 
all in the County of Worcester." ^ And on the 19th of January, 
1787, the Governor issued liis warrant for the arrest of sundry 
persons in Worcester County, " deeming the safety of the Com- 
monwealth to be inconsistent with their personal liberty ; " 
among these were Benjamin Convers and Captain Simeon Hazel- 
tine. The sheriff made return that he had arrested some of the 
persons named, adding that the said Convers and Hazeltine " are 
not to be found within my jurisdiction." ^ They and some others 
had been so actively and prominently engaged under arms, that 
they were not entitled to the amnesty offered, and dared not take 
the hazard of a trial for treason. 

A more sad fate was reserved for one of the Hardwick insur- 
gents. John Wheeler, a Revolutionary soldier, who enlisted 
under Captain Daniel Shays, in 1778, serving as sergeant, and 
afterwards as quartermaster sergeant, was lieutenant of Captain 
Edward Ruggles' company at the outbreak of the insurrection. 
He attached himself to his former leader, and became his aide-de- 
camp. He was described to me by his contemporaries, many 
years ago, as a skilful, brave, and energetic officer, — much supe- 
rior to his chief. He shared the excitements and perils of the 
contest until early in February, 1787, when he was taken pris- 
oner.* The papers, descriptive of his trial, conviction, sentence, 
and pardon, are preserved, and are here inserted : — 

" Hampshire ss. At the Supreme Judicial Court, begun and 
holden at Northampton, within and for the county of Hampshire, 

1 Ichabod Dexter and Seth Taylor had, the Hon. General Lincoln, dated the ISth 
perhaps, boruo arms ; they are included instant. He was then with his troops at 
amonj,^ those who were required to take Pittsfield, in the county of Berkshire, 
the oath of allegiance. His Excellency has also received a letter, 

2 Mass. Arch., cxc. 235. dated the 12th, from General Siiepard, 
8 Ibid., clxxxix. 75. I have not ascer- who, with a detachment of the army, by 

tained where Mr. Convers found refuge, another route, was then marching into 

Captain Hazeltine fled to Vermont; re- the same county. Several of the rebels, 

sided at Sandgate, and represented that and some suspected of being their abet- 

town, 1794, in the General Assembly, tors, have been apprehended; the most 

Several others, not here named, are noted are John Wheeler, late one of 

known to have absconded at about the Shays's Aids, and Matthew Clarke, said 

same time, and for a similar reason. to have been busy in organizing the rebel 

* " Last Thursday evening, His Excel- militia," &c. Independent Chronicle, Feb- 

lency the Governor received a letter from ruary 22, 1787. 



CIVIL HISTORY. ^ 137 

on the ninth day of April, in the year of our Lord seventeen hun- 
dred and eighty-seven, by adjournment to that time from the first 
Tuesday of the same, by Writ in virtue of an Act of the General 
Court, made and passed in February hist past. The Jurors of 
tlie Commonwealth of JNIassachusetts upon their oath present 
that John Wheeler of Ilardwick in the county of Worcester, 
gentleman, and Henry jNlcCullock of Pelham in the county of 
Hampshire, gentleman, together witli others named in the indict- 
ment, being members and subjects of the said Commonwealth, 
and owing allegiance to the same, not having the fear of God in 
their hearts, nor having any regard to the duty of their allegiance, 
but being moved and seduced by a lawless and rebellious spirit, 
and withdrawing from the said Commonwealth the cordial love 
and due obedience, fidelity, and allegiance, which every member 
of the same Commonwealth of right ought to bear to it, and also 
most wickedly and traitorously devising and conspiring to levy 
war against this Commonwealth, and thei-eby most wickedly and 
traitorously intending, as much as in them lay, to change and 
subvert the rule and government of this Commonwealth, duly 
and happily established under the good people the inhabitants 
and members of the same, according to the constitution and form 
of government of the same, and to reduce them to anarchy, con- 
fusion, and lawless power, upon the twenty-sixth day of Septem- 
ber in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and eighty-six, 
and on divers days and times, as well before that time as since, 
at Springfield within the county of Hampshire aforesaid, with a 
great number of rebels and traitors against the Commonwealth 
aforesaid, viz. the number of one thousand whose names are yet 
unknown to the jurors aforesaid, being armed and arrayed in a 
warlike and hostile manner, viz. with drums beating, fifes play- 
ing, and with guns, pistols, bayonets, swords, clubs, and divers 
other weapons, as well offensive as defensive, with force and arms 
did falsely and traitorously assemble and join themselves against 
this Commonwealth and the law and government of the same, as 
established by the constitution and form of government of the 
same, and then and there, with force and arms as aforesaid, did 
falsely and traitorously array and dispose themselves against the 
Commonwealth aforesaid and the due administration of justice in 
the same according to the law and authority of the same, and 
then and there with force and arms as aforesaid, in pursuance of 
such their wicked and traitorous purposes aforesaid, did falsely 
and traitorously prepare, order, wage, and levy, a public and cruel 



138 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

war against the Commonwealth aforesaid, and then and there 
with force and arms as aforesaid, wickedly and traitorously did 
assault, imprison, captivate, plunder, destroy, kill, and murder, 
divers of the liege subjects of the said Commonwealth in the 
peace of the said Commonwealth being, and lawfully and in the 
duty of their allegiance to the said Commonwealth defending 
the same from the traitorous attacks as aforesaid, all which is 
against the duty of their allegiance and the law of the Common- 
wealth aforesaid in such case made and provided and the dignity 
of the same. 

" A true Bill. Seth Murray, Foreman. R. T. Paine, Att^ 
for Repub. 

" Hampshire ss. April Term at Northampton, 1787. The 
said John Wheeler and Henry McCuUock are arraigned at the 
bar, and have this indictment read to them, and they severally 
say that thereof they are not guilty, and thereof for trial put 
themselves on God and the country. John Tucker, Clerk. 

" And now in this present term, before the Court here come 
the said John Wheeler and Henry McCullock, under custody of 
the Sheriff of said County, and being set to the bar here in their 
proper persons, and forthwith being demanded concerning the 
premises in the indictment above specified and charged upon 
them, how they will acquit themselves thereof, they severally say 
that thereof they are not guilty, and thereof for trial severally 
put themselves on God and the country (Simeon Strong and Caleb 
Strong Esquires, having been assigned by the Court as counsel 
for the prisoners) : a jur^^ is immediately impanelled, viz., Wil- 
liam Stebbins, Foreman, and Fellows, namely, Amos Baldwin, 
Jonathan Parsons, Gideon Searl, Phineas Chapin, Jr., Jonathan 
Clark, Daniel Fowler, Aaron Fisher, Simeon Chapin, Joshua Phil- 
lips, Martin Clark, and Moses Kellogg, who, being sworn to speak 
the truth of and concerning the premises, upon their oath say 
that the said John Wheeler is guilty, and that the said Henry 
McCullock is guilty. And now the Attorney General moves that 
sentence of death might be given against the said John Wheeler 
and Henry McCullock, the prisoners at the bar ; upon which it 
is demanded of them the said John Wheeler and Henry McCul- 
lock if they have or know aught to say wherefore the Justices 
here ought not, upon the premises and verdict aforesaid, to pro- 
ceed to judgment against them, who nothing further say unless 
as they before had said. Whereupon, all and singular the prem- 
ises being seen and by the said Justices here fully understood, it 



CIVIL HISTORY. 139 

is considered by the Court here, that the said John Wheeler be 
taken to the goal of the Commonwealth from whence he came, 
and from thence to the place of execution, and there be hanged 
by the neck until he be dead : — that the said Henry McCullock 
be taken to the goal of the Commonwealth from whence he came, 
and from thence to the place of execution, and there be hanged 
by the neck until he be dead. A true copy of Record. 

"Att. Jn? Tucker, Clerk." i 

There were manifestly extenuating circumstances in favor of 
]\Ir. Wheeler, for within a few days a full and free pardon was 
granted to him, and to three others who were convicted at the 
same term of the Court : ^ — 

" Commonwealth of Massachusetts. To the Sheriffs of our sev- 
eral Counties, and all others our loving and faithful subjects, to 
whom these presents shall come. Greeting. 

" Whereas, John Wheeler of Hardwick, in the county of 
Worcester, gentleman ; Daniel Luddington, of South Hampton, 
in the county of Hampshire, yeoman ; James White, of Colerain, 
in the same county, yeoman ; and Alpheus Colton, of Long- 
meadow, in the same county, laborer ; were, at our Supreme Ju- 
dicial Court, began and holden at Northampton within and for 
the county of Hampshire on the ninth day of April, in the year 
of our Lord seventeen hundred and eighty -seven, by adjournment 
to that time from the first Tuesday of the same April, in virtue 
of an Act of the General Court made in February last past, con- 
victed of Treason : — Whereupon the said John Wheeler, Daniel 
Luddington, James White, and Alpheus Colton, were by the Jus- 
tices of our said Supreme Judicial Court adjudged to suffer the 
pains of death, as by tlie records of the said Supreme Judicial 
Court manifestly appears ; — and whereas the said John Wheeler, 
Daniel Luddington, James White, and Alpheus Colton have hum- 
bly supplicated our grace and favor for remittance of the said 
sentence : — 

" We, therefore, by and with the advice of the Council, of our 
special grace do hereby remit to the said John Wheeler, Daniel 
Luddington, James White, and Alpheus Colton, a full, free, and 
ample pardon of all the pains and penalties they were liable to 
suffer and undergo by virtue of the sentence and judgment afore- 
said ; of which the Sheriff of our said county of Hampshire is in 
an especial manner to take notice. 

1 Mass. Arch., clxxxix. 262-264. one in Worcester, and one in Middlesex ; 

2 Fourteen persons in all wer ■ convict- but, at length, all were pardoned, 
ed : six in Berkshire, six in Hampshire, 



140 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

" In testimony whereof we have caused our public seal to be 
hereunto affixed. Witness, James Bowdoin, Esq., our Gov- 
ernor and Commander-in-chief, at Boston, this thirtieth day of 
April in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and 
eighty-seven, and in the eleventh year of the Independence of the 
United States of America. By his Excellency's command, with 
the advice and consent of the Council." ^ 

So " full, free, and ample " was this " pardon," that Mr. 
Wheeler was not degraded from the office of lieutenant which 
he had held for three years ; and on the first day of September, 
1789, he was commissioned by Governor Hancock as captain of 
the same company, and remained in office until the 8th of June, 
1794, when he died at the early age of 37 years. The govern- 
ment exercised similar forbearance and clemency in regard to Cap- 
tain James Paige, Jr., who was so far involved in the insurrection- 
ary movement as to be required to take the oath of allegiance, 
yet was permitted to retain his military position, and was pro- 
moted to the office of major, receiving his commission 19 De- 
cember, 1791. Indeed, a strong sympathy with this movement 
pervaded not only the community but the government itself. A 
large proportion of the representatives approved it, and resisted 
active measures for its suppression. In the spring of 1787, its 
friends and supporters obtained a substantial victory in the Com- 
monwealth, by the defeat of Governor Bowdoin, and the election 
of Governor Hancock, with a still larger proportion of the repre- 
sentatives. The authority of the government was nominally 
maintained ; but its administration was rendered difficult by this 
disturbing element. The same spirit was visible in the conven- 
tion called in 1788 to consider the pi-oposed Constitution of the 
United States, and nearly prevented its adoption on the ground 
that it granted too much power to the general government. So 
powerful and so persistent was the opposition, that even with the 
hope of certain amendments to render it less objectionable, ap- 
proval of the Constitution was secured by the meagre majority 
of nineteen, there being, on the final question, 187 yeas and 168 
nays.2 

Both before and after the collapse of the insurrection, a major- 
ity of the voters in Hardwick seem to have sjniipathized with it. 
They were officially represented in the county conventions, many 

1 Mass. Arch., clxxxix. 265. shire, 19 yeas, 33 nays; in Beiksliire, 7 

~ This opposition was especially mani- yeas, 15 nays. Among the nays appears 

fest in the western counties : there were the name of Martin Kinsley, the delegate 

in Worcester, 7 yeas, 43 nays ; in Hamp- from Hardwick. 



CIVIL HISTORY. 141 

of them took up arms, and their votes in town-meeting indicite 
their political preferences. Under a warrant for a meeting, Jan- 
uary 8, 1787, " to take into consideration a petition from a num- 
ber of the inhabitants of the town of Hardwick, praying that 
Capt. Shattuck and others lately imprisoned at Boston may be 
liberated, and that the Courts of Common Pleas and General 
Sessions may be suspended till a new election, and sundry other 
articles, and for the town to act thereon as they shall think 
proper," it was "voted to choose a committee to petition the 
General Court for the purpose expressed in the warrant, &c., and 
made choice of Major Kinsley, John Raymond, Ichabod Dexter, 
Capt. Uazeltine, and Doctor Rawson, for said committee, and 
they to make report at the adjournment of this meeting."' At 
the adjourned meeting, January 29th, " the petition that the 
aforesaid committee had prepared was publicly read before the 
town and accepted. Voted that the petition be signed by the 
Town Clerk as the doings of the town. Voted to choose a com- 
mittee to repair to General Lincoln's and Shays' army, in order 
to accommodate matters, if possible to prevent the shedding of 
blood ; and chose Capt. [Daniel] Wheeler and Capt. [Daniel] 
Egery." At the annual meeting, March 5, 1787, the same spirit 
was in the ascendant. The record is characteristic of the eccen- 
tric town clerk ; but there is no reason to doubt its literal truth- 
fulness : "• The town met and proceeded as follows : (1.) Chose 
Gen. Jonathan Warner, Moderator ; and then, after quarrelling 
the remainder of the day, voted to adjourn the meeting to Mon- 
day the 2'^ day of April next, at nine o'clock in the morning. 
Met accordingly and proceeded as follows : chose Sylvanus Wash- 
barn, Town Clerk ; Major Martin Kinsley, Town Treasurer ; 
Capt. Daniel Egery, Capt. Seth Peirce, Seth Johnson, Deac. Na- 
thaniel Paige, and Daniel Billing, Selectmen ; Sylvanus Wash- 
burn, Daniel Ruggles, and David Allen, assessors." The personal 
popularity of General Warner secured his election as moderator ; 
notwithstanding his active support of the government ; but INIajor 
Kinsley, whose sympathy and influence were manifestly on the 
other side, was elected treasurer in place of Colonel Paige, whose 
loyalty was never doubted. An entire change was made in the 
board of selectmen ; the lo3'al incumbents were superseded by 
new men, all of whom, except, perhaps, Mr. Billings, were of 
different politics. And in the next month Major Kinsley was 
elected representative. 

In Hardwick, as elsewhere, there were doubtless some dema- 



142 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

gogues and political agitatoi-s, who took advantage of the general 
distress for selfish and sinister purposes ; but most of this class 
soon left town. Of those who remained, the larger portion were, 
probably, as excusable in their resistance to the government now 
as they formerly were in resisting the authority of Great Britain. 
Goaded to desperation by the pressure of financial obligations 
which they could not cancel, they sought relief by the means 
which had previously been so effectual, namely, County Conven- 
tions, the obstruction of the Courts of Law, and at last an appeal 
to Arms. They made a sad mistake, not properly distinguishing 
between laws arbitrarily imposed on them by a foreign power, 
and laws enacted by their own representatives, and subject to 
amendment or repeal by the same authority. In subsequent 
years, they were peaceable, law-abiding citizens, trusted and hon- 
ored by their townsmen, and steadfast upholders of government; 
yet, almost without exception, they maintained through life the 
political theory that the government should be clothed with no 
more power than is indispensable to its existence. 

The proper " conclusion of the whole matter " seems to be 
this : Their financial distress furnished an excuse, approximating 
justification, to the insurgents. On the other hand, those who 
held fast their integrity in the midst of such wide-spread calam- 
ity, and supported the government in its terrible struggle to main- 
tain the supremacy of law, deserve the highest honor for their 
loyalty and true patriotism. 



CHAPTER X. 

CIVIL HISTORY. 

Boundaries. — Additions and Diminutions of Territory. — Incorporation of 
New Braintree, and of Dana. — Annexation of the Gore, now included in 
Gilhertville. — Four Bridges across Ware River. — Roads, hilly and difficult 
of Construction. — Sixth Massachusetts Turnpike. — Ware River Railroad. 
— Massachusetts Central Railroad. — Pounds. — Paupers. — Town Farm. — 
Proposal to maintain State Paupers. — Slavery. — Town House. — Bell. — 
Burial Places. — Epitaphs. 

Boundaries. — It has already been mentioned^ that the sur- 
veyor, in delineating the township, inadvertently included at the 
northeast corner four hundred acres ^ belonging to the " Braintree 
six thousand acres," and three hundred acres at the southwest 
corner, being a part of the " Equivalent Lands," which had been 
purchased by John Read, Esq. ; in consideration of which, the 
General Court, in 1733, granted to the proprietors the tract of 
land between Ware River and the " Six Thousand Acres," which 
now constitutes about one half of New Braintree. This grant, 
however, was only of temporary value. The inhabitants of that 
tract soon became weary of climbing the long hill to attend pub- 
lic worship and transact town affairs, and for this and probably 
other reasons, desired a separation. After some unsuccessful 
efforts their object was accomplished January 31, 1751, when 
that part of Plardwick which was east of the river, together with 
the *' Six Thousand Acres " and a part of Brookfield, was incor- 
porated as a separate district, which subsequently became a town, 
by the name of New Braintree. 

Half a century later, the town was again curtailed in its dimen- 
sions. The movement commenced as early as August 25, 1788, 
when the town "Voted, that they have not any objection to the 
prayer of a petition being granted, which was presented to the 
General Court of this Commonwealth, at their last session, by a 

1 Chapter iii., June, 1733. June 10, 1814. Mass. Special Laws, v. 

^ This tract was annexed to Ilardwick 10. 



144 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

number of inhabitants in the northwesterly part of this town, 
praying to be incorporated, with a part of Petersham and Green- 
wich, into a distinct town by the name of Tolland." This peti- 
tion was not granted ; but on the eighteenth day of February, 
1801, substantially the same territory was incorporated into a 
town by the name of Dana.^ 

A small gore of unincorporated land was annexed to Hard- 
wick, February 7, 1831, described as follows : " Beginning at the 
northwest corner of said Hardwick, and running N. 70° E., 5 rods, 
to the southerly corner of Petersham; thence S. 41i° E., 184 
rods, on the line of Petersham, to the southeast corner thereof ; 
and thence N. 37i° W., 186 rods, on the line of Hardwick, to the 
bound first mentioned." ^ 

This gore was included in the large tract of land annexed to 
Dana, February 4, 1842, and described as follows: ""Beginning 
at the southwest corner of Silas N. Johnson's land, on the line of 
said Hardwick and Dana ; thence running S. 49° E., 204 rods, 
to the corner of Stephen Hillman's land; thence N. 31^° E., 543 
rods, to Barre, Hardwick, and Petersham corner," ^ together with 
a part of Petersham. The portion of Hardwick thus annexed to 
Dana was estimated to be one seventy-fifth part of the whole 
town. « 

Many years ago, as indicated on the Ruggles map, several 
acres of land, measuring nearly seven-eighths of a mile in length, 
and about a quarter of a mile in width, were set off from Hard- 
wick and annexed to Greenwich. 

More important than any other, indeed more important than 
all others, was the last addition to the territory of Hardwick. 
On the east side of Ware River, between the towns of Hardwick, 
New Braintree, and Wai'e, was a tract of unincorporated land, 
called " Hardwick Gore." Though separated from Hardwick 
by the river, in many respects its inhabitants were more closely 
connected with this town than with the others ; they voted here 
for state officers, their state tax was assessed here, and here 
they buried their dead. Attempts were made, from time to 
time, for the annexation of this Gore to the town. As early as 
March 2, 1807, the town " voted to postpone the taking of a vote 
upon the petition of the people in the Gore, so called, and choose 
a committee of three to see upon what terms the petitioners are 
willing to be annexed to the town of Hardwick." The desired 

1 Mass. Special Laws, ii. 416. 3 Ibid., viii._239.J 

2 Ibid., vii. 26. 



CIVIL HISTORY. 145 

object was not accomplished until a quarter of a century later, 
when the General Court enacted, February 6, 1833, " that the 
gore of land lying at the southeasterly part of the town of Ilard- 
wick, and adjoining said town, called Hardwick Gore, containing 
about two hundred acres, and described as follows : beginning at 
a monument in the pond above Anderson's mill, at a phice where 
the westerly line of New Bi'aintree leaves Ware River, thence 
on the said westerly line of New Braintree, south, fourteen de- 
grees east, one hundred and twenty-two rods, to a stone monu- 
ment : tiience south, thirty-seven degrees west, two hundred and 
eighty-nine rods, to another stone monument, at the southwest 
corner of New Braintree and northeast corner of Ware ; thence 
north, eighty-seven degrees west, thirty-six rods, to said Ware 
River; thence on the said River, northerly, four hundred and 
twenty-one rods, to the southeast corner of Hardwick; thence 
sixt3^-one rods, to the place of beginning, — together with the 
inliabitants thereof, be and the same is hereby annexed to the 
town of Hardwick, in the county of Worcester; and said inhabit- 
ants shall be liable to the same duties and entitled to the same 
privileges as the other inhabitants of the same town." ^ 

On this annexed territory, within the last twent}'^ years, has 
grown up the larger part of the village of Gilbertville, now con- 
taining about half of the population of the whole town, and 
furnishing a convenient market for agricultural products. The 
annexation involved large disbursements by the town for schools, 
and for the construction of roads and a very expensive bridge ; 
but the advantages derived from the increased value of taxable 
property, and the incidental stimulus given to farming and other 
industrial pursuits, appear to be fully equivalent to the outlay. 
The " George H. Gilbert Manufacturing Company " deserve 
high praise, not only for erecting one of the most beautiful meet- 
ing-houses in the Commonwealth, but also for the extraordinarily 
neat and substantial character of their tenements, and generally 
for tlieir well-directed and constant efforts to beautify the village, 
and to make it a pleasant home for those whom they employ. 

Roads and Bridges. One of the earliest tasks to be per- 
formed by pioneers is the construction of roads and bridges. 
This task in Hardwick was one of more than ordinary difiicultj^ 
The largest and most expensive bridges were those across Ware 
River ; of which the earliest was that near the Old Furnace. 

1 Mass. Special Laws, vii. 291. 
10 



146 HISTORY OF IIARDWICK. 

At a meeting of the proprietors, October 30, 1733, it was ordered 
that a committee should allot certain lands on the east side of 
the river, and " agree with the settlers for a price for the same ; 
the produce of which to be laid out to build a good Cart Bridge 
over Ware River aforesaid against the highway lately laid out 
towards Brookfield ; and the said committee to agree with per- 
sons to build the bridge, and take care that it be effected." This 
bridge has been several times renewed, and is a very important 
avenue. The present iron structure was erected in 1875. The 
" highway lately laid out towards Brookfield " was the road which, 
turning to the right, about a quarter of a mile east of the bridge, 
runs southeast to Ditch Meadow in New Braintree. It is re- 
ferred to in the laying out of a highway, August 3, 1747, " from 
Eleazar Warner's,^ through land of William Ayers and Josiah 
Barrett, to the road from Ditch Meadow to the Great Bridge, 
across the bridge, along the dug-way, across Moose Brook, in 
front of Nathan Carpenter's door, up the hill to land of Caleb 
Benjamin, through land of Zechariah Haskell, John Cooper, and 
John Roberts, to the highway ^ from Cornelius Cannon's to the 
Great Meadow Brook east of Joseph Ruggles's house." 

Another bridge is here indicated. Cornelius Cannon resided 
on the east side of the river, opposite to the late residence of Mr. 
Reed S. Ruggles, marked "A. Rich" on the R. map. The town 
voted. May 14, 1744, " to build a horse-bridge over the River, 
near Cannon's." In my boyhood, vestiges of this bridge, and of 
a roadway leading to it, were visible ; but the bridge itself had dis- 
appeared. A wooden structure was placed here in 1845, which 
was succeeded by the present substantial iron bridge in 1857. 

Another bridge was early erected about half a mile above the 
crossing at Gilbertville. A reference to it is found under date 
of March 4, 17G5, when the town " voted to Mr. Isaac Thomas 
the sum of X26. 13. 4., said Thomas having engaged to build a 
sufficient bridge over Ware River, near his iron-works, at the 
most convenient place, and to the acceptance of the town, and to 
be completed at or before the first day of September next." The 

1 Eleazar Warner resided abuut a mile the Common to Gilbertville, a few rods 

east of the river, at the jimction of the east of the present residence of Captain 

roads leading to Rutland and to the Orin Trow. 

meeting-house in New Brainti-ee. The ^ fhis highway passed up the hill to 
highway described had for several years the house of Mr. George Warner, marked 
previously been a "country road," and "Mr. Bolster " on the R. map, and thence 
was that which afterwards became a northerly to its junction with what after- 
turnpike through the Furnace Village to wards became the turnpike, near Great 
its junction with the easterly road from Meadow Brook. 



CIVIL HISTORY. 147 

form of tills vote indicates tliat no bridge had been previously 
erected at that place. Mr. Thomas did not fulfil his contract, 
but sold his "iron-works'' to Abraham Savage and Joseph 
Blake. The town, May 19, 176G, " voted to Mr. Savage and 
IMr. Blake X40. 0. 0., to enable them to build a bridge over 
Ware River near their works, ... to be completed at or before 
the first day of November next." The treasurer's account for 
the same year exhibits a payment "to Lot Whitcomb, for build- 
ing the bridge over Ware River, at Messrs. Savage and Blake's 
works, £40. 0. 0." This bridge was rebuilt in 1814, and prob- 
ably again rebuilt at a later date. 

The bridge in Gilbertville was erected in 1871. It took the 
place of an ordinary structure, built a few years earlier, and was 
much more expensive than either of those before mentioned ; but 
it was so thoroughly and firmly constructed that it may be ex- 
pected to resist all the ordinary processes of decay and destruc- 
tion for many years. 

The construction and maintenance of highways in this town in- 
volved great expense from the beginning. Twenty years after 
the settlement commenced, it was represented in a petition to 
the General Court, heretofore quoted, that the inhabitants are 
" obliged to expend yearly large sums in making and repairing 
their highways, and even this year [1754] are at the expense of 
a hundred pounds, lawful money, for that purpose ; and must be 
at the expense of some thousands of pounds upon their roads be- 
fore they will be brought to be as good as most of the roads in 
the province are by nature." Not only was almost the whole 
township covered with a heavy growth of timber, but the surface 
of the ground was very uneven and hilly, thickly sprinkled with 
rocks and ledges. The hills and valleys run chiefly in a north- 
erly and southerly direction ; and the highways running across 
them from east to west are far from level. Between the Com- 
mon and Muddy Brook, on the roads leading to Enfield and 
Greenwich, and on the old road to Greenwich Village, the hills 
are both long and steep. The old road from Mandell Hill to 
Ware River is yet visible, and affords a specimen of the difficul- 
ties originally encountered. Indeed a portion of it, near the Old 
Furnace, still open but disused, was said by teamsters, half a cen- 
tury ago, to be more difficult of ascent than any other hill be- 
tween that point and Boston. This difficulty is now^ avoided by a 
comparatively new road, which, by a long detour to the north, as- 



148 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

cends the hill more gradually. Relief has been obtained also on 
the old road (or turnpike) to Greenwich Village, by opening a 
new highway between Muddy Brook and the Common, which 
both diminishes the steepness of the ascent and shortens the dis- 
tance. But notwithstanding these and other similar changes, the 
Hardwick roads generall}^ remain hilly, and their maintenance re- 
quires much care and expense ; and yet it should be said that in 
few if any towns, at the same distance from Boston, ai'e the roads 
kept in so good condition. For moi'e than a century a " highway 
tax " was annually assessed, which was " worked out " by the in- 
habitants and their teams, under the direction of "• Survej'ors of 
Highways ; " but recently all the roads are placed under tlie su- 
pervision of a single person, who employs all necessary assistance. 
Thus far, the new system has given general satisfaction. 

Shortly before the commencement of the present century, an 
effort was made to improve the great thoroughfares of public 
travel by the construction of turnpikes. The " First Massachu- 
setts Turnpike," in the towns of Palmer and Western (now War- 
ren), was chartered by the General Court, June 11, 1796, on 
petition of the veteran stage-driver Levi Pease and others. So 
popular did this movement speedily become, that at the end of 
nine years (June 15, 1805) there were sixty similar corporations 
in this Commonwealth. The corporators were required to con- 
struct and maintain good roads for the convenience and advan- 
tage of the public, and were empowered to erect gates thereon, 
and to receive toll from all who passed through them with vehi- 
cle or beast, for their individual emolument.^ Among the earliest 
was the " Sixth Massachusetts Turnpike," which passed through 
Hardwick. The indications are unmistakable that General War- 
ner ^ was the leading spirit in this enterprise ; and sixteen of 
the twenty-nine petitioners for the charter were Hardwick men. 
The petition so vividly describes the condition of the roads at 
that period that I insert it in full : — 

" To the Honorable the Senate and the Honorable House of 
Representatives in General Court assembled, May, 1798.^ The 

1 The experiment proved to be more ^ Although his name is the seventeenth 

profitable to the public than to the corpo- on the petition, yet iu the Court llecords 

rators ; and before the introduction of rail- it is styled " the petition of Jonathan 

roads, almost all the turnpikes in the Warner and others :" he is the first per- 

Commonwealth were surrendered to the son named in the charter, and was the 

towns wherein they were located, and be- first president of the corporation. 

came public hi;^'hways, by permission of ^ Probably the petition was prepared 

the General Court. too late for presentation at the summer 



CIVIL HISTORY. 149 

subscribers, inhabitants of the counties of Hampshire, Worcester, 
Middlesex, &c., humbly shew, that the road leading from Hadley, 
through Amherst, Pelham, Greenwich, Hardwick, New Braintree, 
Oakham, Rutland, Holden, and Worcester, to the great road in 
Shrewsbury, which leads from New York to Boston, are at pres- 
ent very bad, and almost impassable for carriages, not from the 
negligence and inattention of the said towns through which tliey 
pass, but from the roughness of the country which is in many 
places uneven, hilly, and very rocky, and that they can never be 
properly repaired by the aforesaid towns without distressing them 
with a very great and unreasonable bui'den ; ^ but tluit with suf- 
ficient labor and expense they are capable of being very much im- 
proved ; and that as the route from Albany to Boston is in a di- 
rect line through the aforesaid towns, by a proper improvement 
the travelling to the western part of the County [country ?] may 
be greatly facilitated, and the distance very considerably curtailed. 
Your petitioners, therefore, from the fullest conviction of the im- 
portance of the measure to the trade and agriculture of the 
County [country ?] pray that your Honors would grant to the sub- 
scribers and such as may associate with them an Act of Incorpo- 
ration, empowering them to make a good Turnpike Road from the 
town of Hadley in the county of Hampshire to the town of 
Shrewsbury in the county of Worcester, tln-ougb the aforesaid 
towns, with all such powers, rights, privileges, and tolls, as the 
subject matter and the situation of the County [country ?] may 
render necessary. And as in duty bound will ever pray ,2 Fran- 
cis Blake, Moses White, Richard Kelly, Joseph Chaddock, Jesse 
Allen, Artemas Howe, Roger West, Robert T. Field, Moses Man- 
dell,* James Paige, 2d,* Jason Mixter,* Samuel Beals,* Jonathan 
Warner, 2d,* Timothy Paige,* James Lawton,* Nathaniel Whit- 
comb, Jonathan Warner,* Stephen Rice,* Nehemiah Hinds, John 
Rinker,3 Lemuel Willis,* Seth Hinkley,* William Cutler,* Seth 
Peirce,* Jonathan Danforth,* Abner Conant,* Joel Marsh,* 
Thomas Powers, Zebina Montague." On this petition an order 
of notice was issued February 25, 1799, returnable at " the first 
session of the next General Court." ^ The charter was granted 

session of the General Court, as no action ought to be required of the inhabitants of 

was had on it until the following winter, said towns." Mass. Special Laws, ii. 

^ The preamble to the charter also sets 327. 

forth that the present highway " is rocky 2 -phe names marked with a star (*) iu- 

and mountainous, and the expense of dicate inhabitants of Hardwick. 

making and maintaining the same, so that ^ Thia name is spelled Rankiu in the 

it may be convenient for horses and car- charter, 

riages, is much greater than reasonably * Mass. Spy, April 3, 1799. 



150 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

June 22, 1799, omitting the names of some of the petitioners and 
containing several additional names. The provisions of this char- 
ter may be interesting to the younger portion of the present gener- 
ation, who do not remember the period of turnpikes. Among 
other things, and principally, the corporators were authorized to 
construct " a turnpike road from the east line of Amherst ... to 
the great road in Shrewsbury, . . . which road or turnpike shall 
not be less than four rods wide, and the path for travelling not 
less than eighteen feet wide in any place ; . . . the said corpora- 
tion may and shall be authorized to erect five turnpike gates ^ on 
the same, . . . and shall be entitled to receive of each traveller 
or passenger, at each of said gates, the following rate of toll, viz., 
for every coach, phaeton, chariot, or other four wheel carriage, 
drawn by two horses, twenty-five cents, and if drawn by more 
than two horses, an additional sum of four cents for each horse ; 
for every cart or waggon, drawn by two oxen or horses, twelve 
and a half cents, and if drawn by more thaii two oxen or horses, 
an additional sum of three cents for each horse or ox ; for every 
curricle, sixteen cents ; for every chaise, chair, or other carriage, 
drawn by one horse, twelve and a half cents ; for every man and 
horse, five cents ; for every sled or sleigh, drawn by two oxen or 
horses, nine cents, and if drawn by more than two oxen or horses, 
an additional sum of three cents for every horse or ox; for every 
sled or sleigh, drawn by one horse, six cents ; for all horses, mules, 
oxen, or neat cattle, led or driven, besides those in teams or car- 
riages, one cent each ; for all sheep or swine, at the rate of three 
cents for one dozen. . . . Provided, that nothing within this act 
shall extend to entitle the said corporation to demand or receive 
toll of any person who shall be passing with his horse or carriage 
to or from public worship, or with his horse, team, or cattle, to or 
from his common labor, or to or from any mill, or on the common 
or ordinary business of family concerns within the said town, or 
from any person or persons passing on military duty." ^ And it 
was " further enacted, that the first meeting of said corporation 
shall be holden at the house of Jonathan Warner, in Hardwick 
aforesaid, on the tenth day of September next, at ten of the clock 

1 One of these gates was to be erected very honest though somewhat eccentric 

" near the house of Zephauiah Spooner man. 

in Hardwick " (near Muddy Brook) ; but " The town of Hardwick had previous- 
it was soon afterwards placed near the ly (April 2, 1798) "voted, to let a Turn- 
Old Furnace, between Moose Brook and pike Road go through the town, if the in- 
Ware River; where toil was gathered for habitants of the said town may pass and 
many years by Mr. Ebenezer Cobb, a repass free of any expense in said town." 



CIVIL HISTORY. 151 

in the forenoon, for the purpose of choosing all snch officers and 
establishing such rules as said corporation may think proper." ^ 

The corporation, when organized, issued an "advertisement," 
describing in strong terms the advantages which would accrue 
both to the public and to the stockholders from the execution of 
their design, and soliciting subscriptions: — "The Public are 
informed that a Company has been incorporated by a late Act of 
the legislature of Massachusetts, for the purpose of making a 
Turnpike Road from Amherst in the County of Hampshire to 
Shrewsbury in the County of Worcester, and that agreeably to 
the act of incorporation the Company have proceeded to lay out 
the road and make an estimate of the probable expense. The 
object of this association is to establish a direct line of communi- 
cation from Boston to Albany, and to facilitate the travelling 
from Connecticut River to the Capital of Massachusetts. It is a 
well-known fact that the trade of this wealthy and flourishing 
part of New England has for many years past (in consequence 
of the roughness of the roads and the difficulty of communication 
with the town of Boston) been gradually diverted from our 
metropolis to Hartford and New York. To the mercantile 
interest of Boston this has become a very serious injury, and 
with their brethren in the country a subject of very serious re- 
gret. It is presumed, therefore, that an enterprise, the object of 
which is to remedy this evil, as well as to promote the conven- 
ience of the public, cannot fail to meet the approbation and 
encouragement of the citizens of Boston in particular, and the 
inhabitants of Massachusetts in general, even without the pros- 
pect of private emolument. But the proprietors, feeling them- 
selves authorized, from a due attention to the subject, to state to 
the public a rational ])rospect of individual emolument to be 
derived from an interest in this undertaking, calculate with con- 
fidence upon receiving such pecuniary aid from the patriotic and 
liberal citizens of New England as will enable them to carry into 
immediate effect the object of their association. They therefore 
inform the public that the proposed Turnpike comprehends a 
distance of about forty-three miles, beginning at Slirewsbur)^ on 
the great post road from Boston to New York, passing through 
a fertile and flourishing country in the counties of Worcester and 
Hampshire, and terminating at Amherst, on Connecticut River, 
where it will connect with a turnpike already established from 
Northampton to the line of the State of New York. It is well 
1 Mass. Special Laws, ii. 327-331. 



152 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

ascertained that this is the most direct route from Boston to 
Albany, and will embrace the travelling from the western 
country and the most flourishing settlements on Connecticut 
River, within the States of Massachusetts and Vermont. From 
the best information, the proprietors of the turnpike from North- 
ampton, with which this is to be immediately connected, have 
already realized from seven to nine per cent for their capital, and 
their income is rapidly increasing. From the difference in the 
face of the country, the proposed turnpike will be made with 
much less expense than the other, and the income of course 
proportionably greater. The expense has been estimated by a 
committee appointed for that purpose at twenty-five thousand 
five hundred and thirty dollars,^ which sum is divided into ten 
hundred and twenty-one shares, at twenty-five dollars each. 
The first assessment is five dollars, which sum is to be paid on 
the delivery of the Certificate, and the future assessments made 
known by advertisements in the public papers. It is contem- 
plated by the proprietors to engage in the business early in the 
ensuing spring, and if sufficient encouragement can be obtained 
to have the road completed in the course of the next season. 
Many wealthy and respectable inhabitants of the country are 
now earnestly engaged in the object, and solicit the co-operation 
of the commercial citizens of Boston, whose interest is so pe- 
culiarly concerned, and upon whose assistance the accomplish- 
ment of the work will perhaps ultimately depend. The shares 
ai'e now offered for sale, and any person inclining to become 
interested in an enterprise which affords a fair prospect of private 
advantage and of great public utility may receive more particular 
information, and have an opportunity of purchasing until the 
10th day of February next (at which time the sales will be 
closed), by applying to the following persons, viz. : Mr. John 
Marston, N. Patch, Boston ; Nathaniel Paine, Esq., Worcester ; 
Ebenezer Hunt, Esq., Northampton ; John Dodds, Esq., or Mr. 
Lemuel Davis, Holden ; Moses White, Esq., or Francis Blake, 
Esq., Rutland ; Doctor Spencer Field, Oakham ; Jonatiian 
Warner, Esq., Hardwick ; Thomas Powers, Esq., Greenwich; 
Major John Conkey, Pelham. Signed by order of the Corpora- 
tion. Jonathan Waeneh, President." ^ 

1 As generally happens in similar cases, in one summer; and cost about tliirtv- 

the expense far exceeded the estimate, three thousand dollars." Reed's Hist, of 

The " Road was forty-three miles and one Rutland, p. 44. 
hundred and twelve rods long; was made ^ Mass. Spy, January 1, 1800. 



CIVIL HISTORY. 153 

The corporators and stockholders were disappointed in tlieir 
hope of individual profit. The construction of the road involved 
an expense of about eight thousand dollars beyond the estimate, 
the payment of which absorbed all or nearly all tlie net income. 
By a statement signed "Jonas Reed, late Proprietors' Clerk," it 
appears that " the road being made and accepted, the Corporation 
for a little time took considerable toll ; but it was appropriated 
to the payment of outstanding debts. The proprietors were 
under the necessity of taking their own money to pay themselves. 
New roads were made, toll evaded, and the shares had the same 
destiny as the old Continental money. The Corporation relin- 
quished its Franchise, and on August 11, 1828, held its last meet- 
ing. The turnpike became a County road or common High- 
way."^ But though the proprietors thus suffered loss, the towns 
through which the turnpike passed were doubtless benefited by 
its construction. It became a more direct and practicable 
thoroughfare, and the tide of travel was attracted to it, with the 
usual profitable results. In Hardwick, the turnpike followed 
substantially the county road from the Old Furnace to Green- 
wich village, except between the Common and the house of Mr. 
John W. Paige (marked " J. Gorham " on the R. map). The 
old road from the southwesterly corner of the Common ran 
westerly up the steep hill ^ until it intersected the present road 
to Ware, and then more northerly to its junction with the turn- 
pike. Both ends of this old road, which was discontinued in 
1808, remain visible to the present day, and its whole coui'se 
may be traced with little difficulty.^ By the construction of the 
turnpike, the distance was shortened and the ascent of the hill 
rendered more easy. 

About half a century later. May 24, 1851, a charter was 
granted to Charles A. Stevens, Jason Gorham, William Mixter, 
and their associates, to construct the Ware River Railroad from 

1 Reed's Ilist. of Rutland, pp. 44, 45. the proprietors, February 21, 1732-.3, " to 

2 From a point near the middle of this set a meeting house on, and for a burial 
steep ascent, a road diverged at right place, and a training field." For this lot 
angles, and passed southerly towards another was afterwards substituted, and 
Gilbertvillo to its junction with the pres- half an acre in the northwest corner of 
ent road (which was laid out in 1808 as a the original "ten acres" was granted, 
county road), about a hundred rods north March 10, 1761, to " those people called 
of the house of Mr. Forester B. Aiken. the Separate Society in Hardwick," who 

3 The northerly section of this old erected a meeting house thereon and oc- 
road was probably the westerly boundary cupied it a few years, 

of the " ten acres " which was granted by 



154 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

Palmer to the line of New Hampshire, to be constructed within 
two years. ^ Additional time for its construction was repeatedly- 
granted by the General Court, but in vain. At length a new 
charter was granted, March 16, 1867, to George H. Gilbert, Wil- 
liam Mixter, Orrin Sage, Charles A. Stevens, George S. Hill, and 
their associates, authorizing them, for the purpose of construction, 
to divide the road into four sections, viz. : 1. From Palmer to 
Gilbei'tville ; 2. From Gilbertville to Barre ; 3. From Barre to 
Templeton ; and 4. From Templeton to the New Hampshire 
line ; and also to " receive subscriptions for the building of each 
of said sections separately." ^ The time limited for its construc- 
tion having expired, the charter was revived by the General 
Court, April 1, 1869, and the corporators were authorized. May 
22, 1869, to mortgage the road to secure the payment of bonds to 
be issued to defray the expense of construction. ^ By an act 
passed March 15, 1870, the several towns through which this 
road was to pass were authorized to subscribe for stock, not ex- 
ceeding in amount five per cent, of the assessed valuation of each 
town, by a majority of two thirds of the voters voting thereon by 
ballot.* Accordingly, at a town-meeting, June 27, 1870, it was 
voted, " That the town of Hardwick subscribe for thirty thousand 
dollars of the capital stock of the Ware River Railroad Com- 
pany, under and pursuant to the authority given by an Act of the 
Legislature of Massachusetts, at the late session thereof ; such 
amount to be applied to the construction of the second section of 
the said Ware River Railroad, from Gilbertville to Barre." On 
this question, the votes were. Yeas, 113 ; Naj's, 43. The road 
was soon afterwards constructed and put in operation.^ It proved 
unprofitable, however, to the proprietors, and the bondholders 
foreclosed the mortgage, and sold the property for a sum not ex- 
ceeding the amount of the bonds. The General Court had al- 
ready, April 21, 1873, authorized the purchasers at this sale to 
organize a new company under the old name, and to issue new 
bonds secured by mortgage.*^ The new company was duly or- 
ganized, and it is understood that the property yields a satisfac- 
tory income to the present stockholders. To the original sub- 
scribers, towns as well as individuals, the amount invested was 
entirely lost ; nevertheless, to the towns and to many individuals 

1 Mass. Special Laws, ix. 408. ^ Cars commenced riinuing to Gilbert- 

2 Ibid., xii. 202. ville in 1870 ; to Barre about 1872. 
8 Ibid., xii. 763. _ 6 Mass. Special Laws, xiii. 582. 
* Ibid., xii. 907. 



CIVIL HISTORY. 155 

the loss was full}'^ balanced by the incidental benefit derived from 
the construction of the road. Both the agricultural and manu- 
facturing interests of the town were promoted by the increased 
facilities of transportation ; and the town was enriched rather 
than impoverished by the expenditure. 

In the year 1870 the railroad fever raged violently in Hard- 
wick. Not content with one road, involving an expense of thirty 
thousand dollars, the town pledged its credit for almost as large 
a sum, to aid in the construction of another, which promised even 
greater advantages, and which, if it shall ever be completed, will 
probably redeem this promise, substantially, in spite of its failure 
to perform the stipulated conditions. On the lOtli day of INIay, 
1870, the General Court incorporated Edward Denny and others 
(among whom was Constant Southwortli of Hardwick), as the 
" Massachusetts Central Railroad Company," and authorized 
them to "locate, construct, maintain, and operate a railroad, with 
one or more tracks, commencing at some convenient point in the 
town of Williamsbuig, thence running by the most convenient 
route through the towns of Northampton, Easthampton, West- 
hampton, Hatfield, Hadley, South Hadley, Amherst, Granby, 
Ludlow, Belchertown, Enfield, Greenwich, Ware, Palmer, West 
Brookfield, New Braintree, Hardwick, Dana, Petersham, Barre, 
Phillipston, Oakham, Hubbardston, Rutland, Princeton, Holden, 
Sterling, Boylston, West Boylston, Clinton, Lancaster, Northbor- 
ough, Berlin, Bolton, Hudson, Stow, and Marlborough, or any 
of them, to Mill Village, thence over the line of the Wayland 
and Sudbury Branch Railroad Company, incorporated in the year 
18G8, to its terminus near the Stony Brook Station on the Fitch- 
burg Railroad," with authority to become consolidated with the 
said Wayland and Sudbury Railroad and the Williamsburg and 
North Adams Railroad, and to use the tracks of intersecting rail- 
roads." ^ An inspection of the map will show that as far as to 
the easterly line of the county of Worcester, this roving commis- 
sion embraced almost the entire territory between the Fitchburg 
and the Boston and Albany railroads ; and, at one time or an- 
other, a large portion of it has been surveyed, and selected as 
" the most convenient route." Hardwick had its full share of 
these surveys, selections, and changes. After many ineffectual 
attempts had been made to find a feasible route across or near the 
Common, it was determined to follow the valley of Ware River, 

1 Mass. Special Laws, xii. 736. 



156 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

either upon or parallel with the Ware River Railroad, from the 
northeast corner of tlie town to a point near Gilbertville, and 
thence to sweep around westerly and northerly almost or quite to 
Southworth's Mills in the northwest part of the town, near Green- 
wich, Upon the westerly portion of this route large sums of 
money were expended, in deep excavations of rocky hills, high 
embankments across valleys, and abutments for bridges, which 
may hereafter be a study for antiquaries ; but the work was at 
length abandoned, to the grievous disappointment of Mr. South- 
worth and others who had actively labored in behalf of the road, 
and a new route was adopted, extending down the River Valley 
to Ware Village, thus entirely avoiding the highlands in Hard- 
wick. Whether this will be the permanent location of the road, 
and how soon the proposed work may be completed, are problems 
yet unsolved. 

By the act of incorporation, the several towns on the line of the 
railroad were authorized to subscribe for its stock, to an amount 
not exceeding five per cent, of their respective taxable valuation. 
Encouraged by the hope that the several portions of the town 
would be benefited by accessible stations, at a town-meeting held 
November 8, 1870, it was " voted by one hundred and thirty-four 
(134) yes, to ninety (90) no, by ballot, that the Treasurer of the 
town of Hardwick be and he is hereby authorized and directed to 
subscribe immediately, in the name of the town of Hardwick for 
two hundred and eighty-one shares of one hundred dollars each, of 
the capital stock of the Massachusetts Central Railroad Company, 
agreeably to the terms of their charter, being 260 of the Acts of 
1869. Provided, that this subscription be made upon the follow- 
ing conditions, to wit : that the said Road shall be located, and a 
contract be made with responsible parties to construct the Railroad 
of said Company from Northampton, through and by the way of 
Greenwich and Hardwick, north of the DugaP Hill, so as to 
make a continuous line to Stony Brook Station on the Fitchburg 
Railroad ; and further provided, that the town shall not be liable 
to any amount till not less than three millions of dollars, including 
this subscription, shall have been made to the capital stock of said 
company. And provided further, that a depot for freight and pas- 
sengers be established in the vicinity of the Old Furnace, Hard- 
wick, and another in the most convenient locality between Gil- 
bertville and the centre of Hardwick. And provided further, that 
this subscription shall not be valid, unless the whole capital stock 
1 Or " McDougal," or " Bugle." 



CIVIL HISTORY. 157 

of three million dollars be subscribed by responsible parties 
within six months from the first day of January next." It is 
questionable whether any of these conditions have ever been ful- 
filled by the Railroad Company. It is certain that some of them 
have not been fulfilled, and have become impossible of perform- 
ance, unless the strange doctrine be held, that a location of the 
road north of Bugle Hill, and tiie stating of a place for a depot 
between Gilbertville and the centre of the town, was a substan- 
tial fulfilment of the conditions, notwithstanding the road was 
never constructed, and the location was utterly abandoned. Nev- 
ertheless, on the presumption that the Company would comply 
with the conditions in good faith, the town paid forty per cent, of 
its subscription, amounting to $11,240 ; but on the 5th of No- 
vember, 1872, it was " voted, that the money on the subscription 
of the town of Hardwick to the capital stock of the Massachusetts 
Central Railroad be withheld until the definite location of the de- 
pots of said Railroad in the vicinity of the Old Furnace Village, 
Hardwick, and between the Common in said Hardwick and Gil- 
bertville, and until the depot in the vicinity of the Old Furnace 
Village be located within the limits of the town of Hardwick." ^ 
During the controversy which ensued, the Railroad Company 
proposed to sell the stock belonging to the town ; whereupon at a 
town-meeting, August 3, 1878, "voted and chose Hon. William 
Mixter an agent of the town of Hardwick to agree with the Di- 
rectors of the Massachusetts Central Railroad Company, that if 
the said Company will consent not to sell the shares of the town 
in the stock of said Company, as heretofore notified, the town 
will waive all benefit of the Statute of Limitations for six months 
from this date," without prejudice to the legal rights of either 
party. A similar vote was passed, February 6, 1879, extending the 
time two years. Whether the town will hereafter be compelled 
to pay the remaining sixty per cent, of its subscription, not- 
withstanding the non-performance of the conditions, or whether, 
in consequence of such non-performance the company will be re- 
quired to refund the amount already paid, remains to be judi- 
cially determined. Meantime there is now an encouraging pros- 
pect that at least so much of the road as will shorten the distance 
between Hardwick and Boston twenty miles will be completed at 
no remote day, and that the town will thus obtain a great advan- 
tage, though less than it bargained for. 

^ The company had commenced grad- not " within the limits of the town of 
ing the road on the east side of the river, Hardwick." 
passing the Furnace Village at a point 



158 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

Pounds. One of the earliest safeguariis against the destruc- 
tion of property in the infant settlement was the establishment 
of a pound for the confinement of cattle unlawfully running at 
large. At the third meeting, after partial town privileges had 
been obtained, holden June 30, 1737, it was " voted, that George 
Abbott provide a Pound and be the pound-keeper for this year ; " 
the next year, August 8, 1738, it was " voted, that Benjamin 
Smith's yard be a Pound for the town this year ; " and at the 
first meeting after the town was fully incorporated, holden April 
3, 1739, it was " voted, that the town will build a Pound, thirty 
feet square, and that it shall be set near the meeting house, ^ and 
that Samuel Robinson be the man to build said Pound according 
to law." This inclosure served its purpose more than half a cen- 
tury ; but on the 3d of March, 1791, it was " voted, that Jonathan 
Danforth finisli the Pound before the first day of June next." 
This vote is supposed to refer to the pound on the westerly side 
of Great Meadow Brook, where it is crossed by the okl turnpike, 
near the spot where Mr. Danforth then resided, now owned and 
occupied by Captain Orin Trow. The substantial stone walls 
remain standing, and fragments of the fence, composed of sawed 
chestnut posts and rails, are still visible, after so long exposure.^ 

Paupers. The first reference to that unfortunate class, de- 
pendent on public charity and support, which appears on record, 
is under date of JNIarch 7, 1717-8, when upon an article in the 
warrant, " to see if the town will raise money to maintain Han- 
nah Maccoye, sent to this town for that intent," it was " voted 
to raise fifty pounds, old tenor, to maintain Hannah Maccoye; " 
she remained chargeable until 1765. Doubtless other persons 
had received public assistance at an earlier date ; indeed, it is 
alleged by General Ruggles, in a petition dated in 1751 and 
heretofore quoted, that " the inhabitants of said town are obliged 
to be at a great expense for the support of several poor and in- 
digent persons ; " but the aid was probably rendered from the 
general fund raised for town expenses. From the annual ac- 
counts of the town treasurer, and from other sources, the fol- 
lowing names are gathered of persons who received public aid up 
to the end of the last century ; the figures denote the date when 

1 It was on the westerly side of the my childish wonder three quarters of a 

Common, near the late residence of Mr. century ago, and whose gradual decay I 

Moses Smith. have since observed at short intervals of 

■■^ I am very confident that these are time, 
fragments of the same fence which excited 



CIVIL HISTORY. 159 

such aid was first rendered : Edmund Jordan's wife and children, 
1757 ; 1 Isaiah Glazier's children, 1761; Tempei\'\nce Pratt, 
1761; 2 Sarah Cummings, 1761 ; Widow Zerviah Pratt, 1765, 
died April 18, 1798, aged 89; Ephraim Rice's wife, 1765; 
Samuel vVbbott, " a poor child," 1766 ; Charles Thomas, " a 
poor child," in care of Asa Hatch, 1768 ; James Harwood's wife, 
1777 ; Mary Stratton, " a poor girl," 1783; Widow Mary Brad- 
shaw, 1786; John Hedge, 1786; Thomas Shaw, 1786; Paul 
Morgan,^ 1789; Widow Jemima Blackington, 1792, died May 
18, 1796, aged 70 ; Isaac Pratt, 1793, died November 27, 1808, 
aged 83 ; Hannah Aiken, 1798, died December 9, 1814, aged 
61; Anna Farr, 1799; Abraham Chamberlin and wife, 1799; 
John Hunt, and wife, and child, 1799 ; Edward Curtis, 1800, died 
October 17, 1800, aged 66 ; Roxa Elwell, 1800, temporarily. 

What method was originally adopted for furnishing the neces- 
sary assistance to paupers, does not appear ; but at the com- 
mencement of this century, and for many years afterwards, their 
maintenance was allotted to the lowest bidder, from year to 
year,"* with this qualification, however, that a preference was 
given to relatives who were willing to assume the task.^ But in 
1837 a more humane plan was adopted ; and at a town meeting, 
April 3, 1837, after appropriating the sum of $2,000 (a portion 
of the "Surplus Revenue" received by the town) to defray the 
expense of building a Town Hall, it was "voted, to apply the 
residue of said surplus to the purchase of a Farm, on which to 
support the paupers ; voted, that the present Board of Selectmen 
be a committee to purchase a Farm for the purpose of making it 
a home for our paupers ; " and on the 13th of the following No- 
vember it was " voted, to instruct the selectmen to complete the 
purchase of the Farm of Mr. John Wheeler, on the terms they 

1 Edmund Jordan died in the army, 1819, to wit: — Daniel Thomas and wife 
1756. to Ephraira Ruggles ; Molly Reed (who 

2 Temperance Pratt was an idiotic died January 22, 1822, aged 83) to Jede- 
daughter of Widow Zerviah Pratt, and re- diah Dexter ; Mrs. Hammon to Bassett 
mained a pauper for fifty years, until she Fay ; Anna Farr to David Bund ; Mrs. 
died December 17, 1814, aged 64. Hedge to Sally Hedge; Hannah Morgan 

^ Paul jNIorgan had the care of a grist- (State pauper) to Deacon Joseph Allen ; 
mill which formerly stood near the pres- Dudley F. Lawrence to Ephraim Rug- 
ent residence of Captain Orin Trow ; he gles ; Widow Freeman to Jedediah Dex- 
died in 1789; his widow Hannah, also a ter; Lucius Doolittle to Franklin Rug- 
pauper near the close of her life, died gles; Widow Newton and two children 
January 17, 1824, at the supposed age of to Samuel Freeman. 
95 years. 5 In 1811, and for several years earlier 

* On a loose paper among the archives and later, Sally Hedge was paid for sup- 
in the town clerk's office is a memoran- porting her grandmother. Deliverance 
dum of the disposition of the paupers in Hedge, who died June 4, 1819, aged 93. 



IGO HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

have reported." On this farm suitable buildings were erected 
for the convenience and comfort of the poor, who were thenceforth 
protected against an annual flitting from one family to another, 
and from the constant peril of being committed to the charge of 
such persons as would have less regard for their welfare than for 
their own personal profit. Under the judicious and tender care 
of a warden and matron, the inmates are made more comfortable 
in their old age and helplessness, without material increase of the 
expenses of the town. 

Before dismissing this subject, it may be mentioned that a 
speculation in the maintenance of State Paupers was once seri- 
ousl}^ proposed in town meeting. Who suggested the idea, or 
advocated the measure, does not appear; but the following vote 
was passed, May 9, 1791, and duly recorded : " Voted, that 
the town will receive one third part of the poor persons sup- 
ported by the Commonwealth, and they hereby offer and agree, 
on their part, to support said poor persons, with suitable lodging 
and boarding, for the term of ten years from and after the time 
of contracting, provided the Commonwealth will pay them five 
shillings per week for adults, and two shillings and sixpence per 
week for children, and their proportion of one hundred pounds 
per annum for doctoring said poor, the money to be paid quar- 
terly ; and will remove said poor from Boston at their own ex- 
pense." I find no evidence that their offer was accepted, or that 
any further action was had by the town in reference to this 
magnificent project. 

Slavery. There are very faint traces of human bondage in 
Hardwick. Among the marriages solemnized by Rev. Mr. 
White was that of " Tack and Rose, Kenelm Winslow's man and 
maid servant, April y® 8*^, 1755." Mr. Winslow not long after- 
wards removed to Petersham, and in his will, dated April 5, 
1775, gave to his wife, during her widowhood, his three negroes, 
Sai'ah, Rose, and Phillis, probably the offspring from this mar- 
riage. Rev. Mr. White also baptized, July 27, 1755, " Zebulon, 
the son of Philip and Bathsheba, man and maid servant to 
Capt. Joseph Warner," and a second Zebulon, son of the same 
parents, April 10, 1757. One more slave appears where we 
might least expect to find him, namely, in possession of a man 
who had served in the French war, on behalf of his country ; 
who had already accepted office as captain of a company of 
minute-men, ready to march, at a moment's notice in defence of 



CIVIL HISTORY. 161 

human rights against foreign domination, and did thus march, 
soon afterwards ; and who, a dozen years later, again took up 
arms and put his life in peril, when he imagined the execution 
of law would be hurtful to the poox-er class of the community. 
Moreover, he had never lived in luxury, but evidently suffered 
financial embarrassment, and seemed in no respect exposed to 
the temptation of holding a fellow-man in bondage. But the 
following advertisement shows that his practice was inconsistent 
with his avowed principles, and unsuited to his condition: 
" Fifteen Dollars Rewakd. Ran away from me, the sub- 
scriber, on Thursday, the twentieth of October instant, a Negro 
Man, named Caasar, about 26 years old, five feet four inches high ; 
had on, when he went away, a green ratteen coat, red everlasting 
jacket, white linen breeches, blue yarn stockings; he has a mark 
or scar over one of his eyes, the little finger of his left hand is a 
little crooked by the cut of a sickle ; it is suspected that some 
one assisted him, by changing cloaths, or gave him a pass ; Who- 
ever will take up said Negro and return him to me, or confine 
him to any of his Majesty's Goals, so that he may be returned to 
me, shall have the above reward and all necessary charges paid 
by Simeon Hazeltine. Hardwick, October 21, 1774." ^ Cap- 
tain Hazeltine himself became a fugitive in 1787, to escape the 
consequences of his active participation in the " Shays Rebellion." 
There is no evidence that nuiiiy negroes, bond or free, ever re- 
sided here. A census of the inhabitants twenty-one years of age 
and upwards, was taken, January 31, 1777, by the Selectmen and 
Committee of Correspondence, who certified that "we have no 
Quakers, no Indians, and no Negroes." Probably, however, 
there were some negro inhabitants under twenty-one years old ; 
for in May, 1781, a descriptive Roll of men, enlisted in the army 
for three yeai's, contains the names of Cato Boston, aged 22, 
Jupiter Lee, aged 16, and Zebulon Bassett, aged 23, all described 
as " black." The last named patriotic soldier was probably the 
same Zebulon, son of Captain Joseph Warner's servants, who 
was baptized April 10, 1757. At a later day, a few negro fami- 
lies have resided here, but never many at any one period ; and 
never at any time have they disturbed the peace of the community. 

Town House. For nearly a century after its incorporation, 
the town held its public meetings in the Congregational meeting- 
house, which was the common property of the town, — the town 

1 Boston Gazette, October 24, 1774. 
11 



162 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

and parish being substantially the same. At length a portion of 
the old parish withdrew, organized a new society, and erected a 
meeting-house at the south end of the common. A Universalist 
Society had also been formed, which held its meetings in a hall, 
and no longer contributed towards the expenses of the old parish. 
Under such circumstances, it was unreasonable that the whole 
town should make free use of a meeting-house which belonged to 
a single parish, and was to be ke23t in repair or rebuilt without 
expense to the town in its corporate capacity. Better accommo- 
dations for the transaction of public business were also needed 
and generally desired. Accordingly, at a town meeting, April 
4, 1836, " the Committee to whom was referred the subject of 
building a Town House made a report, accompanied by a plan, 
recommending to the town to build such a house, estimating the 
expense at $1,500." The report was accepted, and a committee 
was appointed to carry the recommendation into effect, and to 
" select a suitable spot for the erection of said house in the old 
burying-ground." The northwest corner of the burial-place 
was selected, August 22, 1836, on which a convenient edifice was 
constructed, two stories high, having on the lower floor rooms for 
the use of the various boards of town officers, and on the second 
floor a spacious hall for town-meetings and for other large assem- 
blies. The cost of the building was defrayed without resort to 
taxation. Fortunately the revenue of the United States had ex- 
ceeded the necessary disbursements, and a surplus had accumu- 
lated in the Treasury. This surplus was divided by Congress 
among the several States ; and the General Court of Massachu- 
setts distributed its share to the several towns, on certain condi- 
tions, one of which was that each town should refund its propor- 
tion, if it should afterwards be demanded. On the 3d of April, 
1837, it was " voted, that the town consent to receive their pro- 
portion of the Surplus Revenue, under the conditions and limita- 
tions imposed by law. . . . Voted, that two thousand dollars of 
said Surplus be appropriated to the discharge of the debt to be 
incurred by building the Town House, and to discharge the other 
debts of the town." 

Having completed the edifice and paid for it, the town mani- 
fested a willingness that it should be used for purposes other than 
strictly municipal affairs ; and while it rightly demanded com- 
pensation from those who used it, was very moderate in its ex- 
actions. Moreover, in the use of the Hall a proper distinction 
was made between the common benefit of the public and the 



CIVIL HISTORY. 163 

private advantage of a class, or of individuals. Having author- 
ized the selectmen, November 13, 1837, " to take charge of the 
Town House, to keep it in order, to let it, &c.," the town gave 
some special directions concerning its use. May 8, 1838, when it 
was " voted that the Universalist Society shall be entitled to use 
the Town Hall as a place of worship, on the second Sabbath of 
each month, at one dollar per Sabbath, and oftener at the same 
rate, if the Hall be not otherwise engaged, and said Society can 
obtain preaching ; also that said Society be entitled to the use of 
said Hall for evening Lectures, at the rate of fifty cents for each 
evening : ^ — voted, that the use of the Hall be granted to Mr. 
Goldsbury, for the purpose of keeping a High School, at the rate 
of five dollars per quarter ; damages done to the Hall by the 
school to be repaired by the school : — voted, that the Hardwick 
Lyceum be entitled to the use of the Hall without paying any- 
thing to the town: — voted, that the use of the Hall be granted 
for the purpose of singing, without any charge therefor being 
made by the town." The High School was closed in 1839, and 
about two years later the Universalist Society, having erected a 
new meeting-house (under a mutual arrangement with the Con- 
gregational Society), ceased to occupy the Hall " as a place of 
worship " ; but it continues to be used for all proper purposes, 
either gratuitously, or at a very reasonable charge. On the 24th 
of May, 1847, the town accepted a bell, as a gift from Jason 
Mixter, Esq., and ordered it to be placed on the Town House, 
bearing this appropriate inscription, — " Presented to the Town 
by Jason Mixter, Esq., A. D. 1847." 

Bueial-Places. In the " Massachusetts Spy," dated Friday, 
June 2, 1871, it was announced that, — " Last Friday, as the 
workmen on the Ware River Railroad were engaged in excavat- 
ing for the road-bed in Hardwick, near Old Furnace Village, 
they came upon an old graveyard, where they have exhumed 
some ten or twelve skeletons. The Town Records have been 
searched, and nothing can be found that gives any information 
in regard to the matter. An old lady, eighty-five years of age, 
says that her grandfather used to tell of a public burying-ground 
somewhere in that locality. At present the whole affair is a 
mystery, and there seems to be no means of obtaining any clue 
in regard to the matter." Additional particulars were mentioned 

' On the passage of this vote, which was sharply contested, there were 45 yeas 
and 34 nays. 



164 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

in the " Springfield Republican " of the same date : " Twenty- 
eight skeletons had been exhumed, up to Tuesday night, in the 
old cemetery at Furnace Village, Hardwick, brought to hght by 
the excavations for the Ware River Railroad, and there was a 
prospect of finding still more. These were all found in a space 
of fifty feet in length and twenty feet wide, being the square cut 
upon the centre line of the road-bed. It is very curious that no 
definite information in regard to so large a yard can be obtained. 
The remains that have been lately taken out have the hair more 
plainly defined than the first, and pieces of boards, used in mak- 
ing the cofiins, have been found, — in fact were attached to cof- 
fin-nails, old fashioned, wrought, about such as blacksmiths use 
for horse-shoes, now-a-days. The pieces of boards were so plainly 
defined that one could tell that the boards were split from the 
logs instead of being sawed." 

I visited the place ^ June 8, 1871, and found the skeletons de- 
scribed, then numbering thirty ; some were of persons apparently 
well advanced in life, some of middle age, and others of young 
children. The number exceeded my expectations ; but that 
several persons had been buried there, was a tradition, current 
in my boyhood, though strangely unfamiliar to the present gen- 
eration. Indeed, the greatest " mystery " in regard to this mat- 
ter is, that so few persons now living should have any knowledge 
or remembrance of that tradition ; I could find none, except the 
" old lady,2 eighty-five years old " in 1871, and her recollection 
was vague and indistinct. Among the very earliest pioneers, if 
not absolutely the first, was William Thomas, the owner and oc- 
cupant of the farm where the skeletons were found. Nearly 
three quarters of a century ago I received from my elders the 
tradition that he and several members of his family were buried 
on his own farm, and that some of his neighbors had permission 
to bury their dead in the same place. The precise spot was 
never designated to me ; but it was always described as on this 
farm, and there can be no reasonable doubt that it Avas where 
the skeletons were exhumed in 1871. Mr, Thomas died May 
22, 1747, aged probably about 60 ; his wife Patience died October 
27, 1746. In 1749 the farm passed out of the possession of the 
Thomas family, and gradually all traces of the ancient graves 
J were obliterated. 

1 This spot is about a mile and a quar- twenty rods southeasterly from the house 
ter southerly from the Furnace Village, marked " C. Paige" on the R. map. 
and nearly three miles southeasterly from ^ Daughter of Deacon James Paige, 
the Common; it is a gravelly knoll, about and mother of Deacon James N. Brown. 

Shedied June 16, 1880. 



CIVIL HISTORY. 165 

This was never a public burial-place, and no reference to it on 
the Town Records need be expected. Mr. Thomas had posses- 
sion of this farm and occupied a house thereon as early as Decem- 
ber 13, 1732, and how much earlier does not appear. Before 
the public burial-place was established, before any saw-mills were 
erected, as is indicated by some remnants of " boards, split from 
the logs instead of being sawed," and possibly before he had any 
neighbors nearer than Rutland and Brookfield, some member of 
his family may have deceased ; and in such case it was natural 
that he should use a portion of his own land as a private ceme- 
tery ; it was natural, also, that he and his family, as long as they 
retained possession of the farm, should bury their dead in the 
same place. It is a part of the tradition, and the large number 
of skeletons indicates the same fact, that some of the neighboring 
families were buried in this rural spot, so muck more easy of 
access than the public burial-place on the highlands, even after it 
was prepared for use. There may have been a special reason for 
the clustering of graves in this spot, if there be substantial truth 
in another tradition, communicated to me in 1838, by a very in- 
telligent lady,^ then ninety years old, namely, that before the 
first meeting-house was erected on the Common, meetings for re- 
ligious worship were for some time held in or near the house of 
INIr. Thomas. If this were so, it was natural that his neighbors 
should desire to bury their dead here rather than on their own 
farms.2 Except the theory mentioned in the note, I am not 
aware that any other explanation has been offered concerning 
the bones, which having rested undistui'bed for more than a cen- 
tury, until the memory of them had nearly perished from the 

1 The widow of Major-General Jona- the logs instead of being sawed ; " nor is 
than Warner. it probable that so many women and 

2 A theory gained temporary currency children were camp-followers, and died 
that these skeletons were " the relics of a in one winter, as tlie skeletons indicate, 
portion of the Shays Rebellion ; " that Moreover, there is no evidence that the 
after the attack on the arsenal at Spring- Shays army ever entered Hardvvick, after 
field in January, 1787, " the Shays party the retreat from Springfield. On the 
retreated to Hardwick where they en- contrary, all the authorities agree that 
camped and kept quiet. That winter was instead of encamping and keeping quiet, 
severe, and many died, being buried in here or elsewhere, through the winter, 
rough wooden boxes." But this tiieory the troops were utterly routed and scatr 
is incredible for several reasons : — What- tered at Petersham, February 4, 1787, 
ever may have been the scarcity when the just ten days after their abortive attempt 
first deaths occurred in the families of at Springfield. Indeed, they did not even 
Mr. Thomas and his neighbors, there was pass through Hardwick on their retreat, 
certainly no lack of saw-mills half a cen- but fled from Petersham in the opposite 
tury later, in 1787, nor any necessity to direction through Athol. 

construct coffins of boards "split from 



166 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

earth, were accidentally disinterred in 1871, to the great astonish- 
ment and bewilderment of the living inhabitants. After due 
examination, they were placed together in a box and again depos- 
ited in the earth, under the direction of the selectmen. 

The oldest public burial-place in Hardwick is in the centre of 
the town, on the east side of the Common. It is not a part of 
the " ten acres," devoted by the proprietors, February 21, 1732-3, 
to public use ; but it was probably substituted for the original 
grant, about 1741, when the second meeting-house was erected. 
How early this burial-place was used does not appear. The most 
ancient date now to be found on any head-stone, is on that of Han- 
nah, wife of Thomas Haskell, who died. May 16, 1749, aged 25. 
Deacon John White, the father of Rev. David White, was born 
at an earlier date (1663) than any other person known to have 
been buried in that ground ; he died November 13, 1750, in the 
eighty-eighth year of his age. N^xt to him in seniority of birth 
was Daniel Warner, the progenitor of almost all who now bear 
that name in Hardwick, who was born in 1666, and died March 
12, 1754, in the eighty-eighth year of his age. Both of these pa- 
triarchs were born in Hatfield. Far exceeding them in age, and 
the oldest person ever buried in, that ground, was Mercy, widow 
of Deacon William Paige, who was born at Brookfield January 
3, 1720-1, and died here February 19, 1823, having completed 
more than one hundred and two years of life. 

This burial-place has been sadly shorn of its original propor- 
tions. In 1768 the northerly line was 15^ rods in length ; the east 
erly line, 14 rods ; and the southerly line, 11 rods. The westerly 
line appears to have been a continuation of what is now the east- 
erly line of the road running northerly from the Common towards 
Petersham.^ The first mutilation was authorized by a vote 
passed May 9, 1791, when a committee consisting of sixteen 
prominent inhabitants, previously appointed " to view the Com- 
mon and the lands adjoining, and see what alterations may be 
convenient and necessary to be made ; also to inquire of the pro- 

1 These dimensions are gleaned from were several depressions in the surface of 
a deed of the meeting-house lot to the the ground on the easterly side of the 
town, executed by John Rowe, May 30, present Common, which were then re- 
1768, and another deed of the adjoining puted to be indications of ancient graves; 
premises to Daniel Ruggles, from the but whether their contents had been re- 
heirs of the same John Rowe, dated July moved to the present contracted limits of 
9, 1803. Wore. Reg. Deeds, lix. 113; the burial-place, is not certainly known, 
cliv. 126. In my school-boy days there 



CIVIL HISTORY. 167 

prietors of the lands adjoinging, to know of them on what condi- 
tions tliey will dispose of their lands, provided the committee 
shall think it expedient to enlarge the Common ; also to exam- 
ine respecting the expediency and propriety of I'emoving the 
Burying-yard wall, and laying a part of the present Burying-yard 
common," submitted a report which was accepted ; and the town 
thereupon voted to enlarge the Common by taking in a portion 
of the burying-ground on the easterly side of the Common, and 
a strip of land on the westerly side, given by General Warner on 
certain conditions to which the town assented. No further mate- 
rial encroachment seems to have been made until August 22, 
1836, when the town instructed its committee to erect a Town 
House " on the northwest corner of the old Burying-ground." 
At this time a new cemetery had been established, and an inclina- 
tion was exhibited by many, not only to discontinue their accus- 
tomed use of this place, hallowed for a century by the dust of the 
dead and the tears of the living, but to sell it outright, for 
" thirty pieces of silver," more or less, and permit it to be utterly 
perverted from its original destination.^ It was thought to be 
a desirable location for dwelling-houses, and especially for stores 
and public buildings. The Town House had covered several 

^ While this spirit of vandalism was fruitful fields and pleasant gardens, sleep 

rife, the town celebrated its centennial there. They sleep there, who labored, 

anniversary. In the address on that oc- suffered privation, and freely perilled 

casion my fellow citizens were besought their lives in contests with savage beasts 

to refrain from the proposed alienation of and more savage men, that we might en- 

this " God's acre " from the use to which joy plenty, and liberty, and peace. Of all 

it had been piously dedicated. I venture which they once possessed, they withheld 

to republish the appeal in this note : — nothing from us, but that small spot of 

" Of those who commenced the settle- ground, where, with their fellow-laborers 
ment here, not one remains. Most of those and fellow-sufferers, their wives and their 
who were active, during the first fifty children, they might rest in peace till the 
years of our history, have also departed, resurrection. Let us not grudge them 
They sleep in the grave, — all that was this scanty pittance. They gave us their 
mortal of them, — chiefly in the inclosure houses and lands ; — do not deprive them 
near this house, which was devoted as a of their graves. Let not their ashes be 
burial-place, by the proprietors of the scattered to the four winds, nor their 
township. I exceedingly regret that a few bones be thrown out, to be tram])led 
individuals have manifested a disposition under foot by the unthinking multitude, 
to appropriate it to other purposes en- Let not that spot of ground, already shorn 
tirely. I know not how some persons of its original proportions, be further des- 
may feel on this subject. But my fathers ecrated. Let it rather be neatly and sub- 
sleep in that ground ; and I would gladly stantially inclosed, and planted with trees 
preserve their remains from indignity. In and shrubbery. It will then be a pleas- 
regard to most of my fellow citizens, I ant retreat for meditation, an ornament 
may say your fathers sleep there, and it to your village, and a perpetual raonu- 
becomes you to watch over them. They ment of your respect for the memory of 
who converted a howling wilderness into your ancestors." 



168 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

graves, without disturbing their contents ; and this was regarded 
by some as a sufficient excuse for digging to any required depth 
for the construction of basements and cellars. After the project 
had been freely discussed for several months, it took definite form 
INlarch 5, 1838, when an article was inserted in the warrant for 
the annual town meeting, " to see if the town will dispose of a 
portion of the old burying-ground to Joel S. Marsh, lying be- 
tween the elm trees near the Town House, 44 feet in length, 
north and south, and 34 feet in width, for the purpose of erecting 
a store ; " to the honor of the town, I glady copy the record that 
" a motion that the town consent to sell the land to Mr. Marsh, 
as requested by him, passed in the negative." It does not ap- 
pear that a similar proposition was afterwards presented to the 
town by any individual ; but an attempt was made December 
30, 1840, to purchase a part of the burial-place for a very differ- 
ent purpose, which could be carried into effect without disturbing 
the bones of the dead. At that date, the second article in the 
warrant was " to see if the town will sell to the First Universal- 
ist Society, for a reasonable compensation, a spot of land in the 
old burying-ground, sixty feet deep and fifty feet front, lying 
directly back of two elm trees between the Town House and 
Mixter and Delano's store, for the purpose of erecting a church 
thereon. . . . The subject contained in the second article of the 
warrant was discussed at considerable length, and many objec- 
tions having been made to granting the spot referred to in said 
article, it was voted to dissolve the meeting." ^ This was equiva- 
lent to an absolute refusal to grant the request. Such decisive 
action by the town, after full discussion, settled the question for 
one generation at least, and it may be hoped for all generations, 
that neither individuals nor societies should be permitted to dis- 
turb the ashes of " the rude forefathers of the hamlet." Up to 
this time, no further attempt has been made to diminish the size 
of this old grave-yard. It has long ceased to be used for the 
burial of the recent dead, partly because it would be difficult to 
find a spot not already occupied, and partly because a more com- 
modious and more attractive cemetery has been provided ; but it 
has not been unduly neglected, nor is its appearance, as a disused 
burial-place, discreditable to the town. 

^ A similar application had been re- the northwest corner of the biirying- 

jected, May 5, 1828, when it was "voted ground, or on the southerly part of the 

not to grant the First Calvinistic Society Common." 
a spot for a meeting-house lot, either on 



CIVIL HISTORY. 169 

As early as 1804 it was found that the burying ground had 
been made too small by its recent reduction in size, and a com- 
mittee was appointed to select another place. At a town meet- 
ing, May 6, 1805, it was " voted that the committee chosen last 
year for the purpose of procuring a suitable spot for a burying- 
yard, be empowered to purchase one as central as they can find." 
No purchase was made, however, until January 11, 1815, when a 
committee reported in favor of buying one acre and a half ^ of 
the Rev. Thomas Holt, and were authorized to close the bargain 
on the proposed terms. This lot has been several times enlarged 
by the purchase of another acre on the north side, November 
12, 1849, afterwards of an adjoining tract, on the east side, of 
Mr. John Paige, and April 3, 1876, of somewhat more than two 
acres on the south side, of Mr. Joseph C. Paige. No lack of 
care or attention in regard to this cemetery is chargeable to the 
town or to individuals. It is very substantially fenced and orna- 
mented by trees. Many monuments have been erected, and the 
head-stones are generally of a good character, and preserved 
clean and erect. Altogether, it is one of the neatest, well-ordered 
cemeteries in that section of the country. The first person 
buried here was Mr. Lendall Whipple, who had a few days pre- 
viously assisted in erecting the stone inclosure, and who died 
November 21, 1817, aged nearly twent^^-two years. The oldest 
person was probably Mrs. Sibillah Dexter (successively the wife 
of Mr. Samuel Thurston, and of Captain Samuel Dexter, both 
of Hardwick), who died at New Braintree, July 13, 1849, at the 
age of one hundred years, as inscribed on her head-stone, and on 
the Town Record of New Braintree. The head-stone of Mr. 
Asahel Billings, who died July 16, 1838, represents him to have 
attained the age of one hundred years ; and the Town Record 
calls hira 99 ; both overrate his age, which probably did not ex- 
ceed 97, and was equalled or exceeded by that of three others, 
at least: Mrs. Mary, widow of Daniel Billings, who died June 
8, 1835, aged 97 ; Mrs. Hannah, widow of David Aiken, who 
died July 28, 1837, aged 97 ; and Mrs. Olive, widow of Ephraim 
Ruggles, who died August 3, 1858, aged 98. 

About the commencement of the present century, a burial- 
place was established in the southwesterly part of the town, near 
the place where the Baptist meeting-house stood. It contains 

^ Situated about a quarter of a mile of the roads leading to Petersham and to 
north of the Common, at the intersectioa Barre. 



170 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

many graves, a reasonable proportion of which are designated by 
suitable memorials. The earliest date which I observed is on the 
head-stone of Abel Burt, son of Rev. Ebenezer Burt, who died 
June 23, 1803, aged 9 months. The greatest age denoted on any 
head-stone is that of Mr. Samuel L. Robinson, who died January 
18, 1863, aged 95 ; and nearly approaching this is the age of Mr. 
Henry Higgins, who died March 15, 1837, aged 94. It is highly 
probable that Mr. Jesse Snow, who died in June, 1825, aged 96, 
was buried here, but no head-stone is found where it might be ex- 
pected to stand, near that of his wife, Mrs. Mary Snow, who 
died February 5, 1818, aged 77.^ Much credit is due to those 
who have charge of this cemetery for keeping it in so good condi- 
tion in all respects. 

In the northerly part of the town, near Barre, is a very neat 
inclosure, apparently a private burial-place belonging to the 
Taylor family. The earliest date is on the head-stone of Seth 
Taylor, who died July 7, 1811, aged QQ, and the greatest age is 
inscribed on that of Sylvanus Taylor, who died April 5, 1819, 
aged 75. 

In the old cemetery, near the Common, in addition to the 
poetical inscriptions, common to others at the same date, a few 
are found which appear to be original : — 

In memory of Capt. 
Ebenezer Cox who died 
March y« 2M768 in f 
42'^ year of his age. 

Beneath this stone a noble Captain's laid 

Which for his King and Country was displayed 

His courage that no terrors could disarm 

Nor when he fac'd ye foe his fears alarm 

But now he's conquer'd and ye silent grave 

Can boast that power ye French could never have 

Under his care his soldiers were secure 

Equal with them all hardships he'd endure 

In six campaigns intrepid trod ye field 

Nor to ye Gallic Power would ever yield 

At last he's gone we hope where Wars do cease 

To spend a whole Eternity in Peace. 

On a large head-stone, erected agreeably to a vote of the town, 
the following epitaphs are inscribed in parallel columns : — 

1 It is not unlikely that the Rev. Eben- by the side of his wife and two sons, and 
ezer Burt, who died at Athol, November near the spot where he had faithfully 
25, 1861, aged nearly 96, was buried here, preached the gospel for many years. 



CIVIL HISTORY. 



171 



Sacred to the memory of the 
Rev" David White who died 
JanJ' y" 6"' 1784 in y<= 74"^ year of 
his age. He was the first minister 
settled in the Town and faithfully 
and conscientiously performed the 
sacred functions of his office for al- 
most 50 years to the great edification 
and enlargement of his Church and 
the universal peace & tranquillity of 
the Town. 

Adieu to sickness pain and death 
Adieu to vanities and cares 
Submissive I resign my breath 
And rise to Bliss beyond the stars. 

Almighty Father hear my prayer 
And send salvation to this land 
May this my people be thy care 
And ever dwell at thy right hand. 



Sacred to the memory of Mus. 
Susanna White consort of the 
Rev° David White who died July 
ye 17th 1783, in the 69"^ year of 
her age. She lived a life of un- 
exampled Piety and Virtue and 
of the greatest Patience and Res- 
ignation under her long continued 
bodily indisposition and died in 
the firm hope of a Glorious Im- 
mortality. 

With heartfelt Joy I yield my breath 
And quit a life of pain and woe 
Rejoicing pass the scene of death 
To live where Joys forever flow. 

New transports now inspire my frame 
With joys celestial and sublime 
may you catch the heavenly flame 
And soar beyond the reach of time. 



Hail kindred spirits of the etherial skie 
We come to visit your divine abode 
To spend a long Eternity on high 
To love adore and bless our Saviour God. 



A large stone of peculiar shape stands near the centre of the 
cemetery, denoting the grave of a " beloved physician," and bear- 
ing this inscription : — 

Spb 
Salutis 
Eterne 

In memory of Doct' 
Charles Doolittle who died 
June 12'^^ 1785 in the 37"^ 
Year of his age. 

Beneath this dust in ruin lies 
A man once virtuous just and wise 
He view'd his death approaching near 
And gave his life without a tear 
Now we commit with sacred trust 
His body to the mould'ring dust 
His soul we trust has wing'd its way 
To realms of light and endless day. 

At the grave of Rosamond Winslow, who died September 
13, 1803, aged 18 (long commemorated by her contemporaries 



172 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

as a maiden of remarkable beauty and amiability), a head-stone 
bears a stanza which expresses the idea so frequently found in 
early grave-yard literature, but clothed in a form of simplicity 
and tenderness which I do not remember to have seen else- 
where : — 

Oh, my dear friend, I once like you 

Did stand such monuments to view ; 

But with me here you soon must be 

And others stand and read of thee. 



CHAPTER XI. 

ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

Meeting-house and Ministry. — Mr. Ephraim Keitli. — Church organized. — 
Rev. David White ordained. — First Meeting-house. — Sharp Controversy 
concerning the Location of the Second Meeting-house. — Unwillingness to 
contract Debts. — People seated anew in the JNleeting-house. — Deacon 
Paige absents himself from the Communion and is censured. — Ecclesiastical 
Council. — Deacon Paige resigns Office, and unites with the Church in 
Petersham. — Deacon Robinson resigns Office, and becomes a Deacon in the 
Separate Church. — Changes in the Manner of Singing and also in the 
Versions of the Psalms sung. — Deacon Allen absents himself from the 
Communion, alleging a lack of Discipline in the Church ; but is afterwards 
pacified, and returns to his Official Duty. — Third Meeting-house, a Mag- 
nificent Structure. — Abortive Attempt to settle a Colleague Pastor. — 
Death and Character of Rev. David White, and of his Wife. — Deacon 
Allen elected Moderator of the Church. — Attempts to settle a Pastor. — 
Rev. Thomas Holt ordained. — Confession of Faith and Covenant. — Rev. 
Mr. Holt appeals in vain for an Increase of Salary ; his Dismission and 
subsequent Labors. — Pastorate of Rev. William B. Wesson. — Division of 
the Original Parish. — The Congregational Society settle Rev. John M. 
JNIerrick and Rev. John Goldsbury ; afterwards unite with the Universal- 
ist Society. — New Meeting-house. — Pastors. — The Calvinistic Society 
settle Rev. Martyn Tupper. — Confession of Faith. — Meeting-houses. — 
Pastors. — Deacons. 

When the General Court, in June, 1732, granted to the pro- 
prietors of this township a little more than one third part of the 
territory which their ancestors had purchased from the Indians, 
the boon was conferred " on the conditions following, viz. : That 
they within the space of five years settle and have on the spot 
sixty families (the settlers to be none but such as are natives of 
New England), each settler to build a good and convenient 
dwelling-house of one story high, eighteen feet square, at the 
least, and clear and bring to four acres fit for improvement, and 
three acres more, well stocked with English grass, and also lay 
out three shares throughout the town, each share to be one sixty 
third part of the said town, one share for the first settled minis- 
ter, one for the ministry, and the other for the school ; and also 



174 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

build a convenient raeeting-liouse, and settle a learned and ortlio- 
dox minister within the term aforesaid." 

In conformity with these conditions, the proprietors voted 
February 21, 1732-3, "that ten acres of land be reserved, near 
the centre of said tract, to set a meeting-house on, and for a 
burial-place, and a training-field." On the next day they directed 
a committee to "lay out one hundred and eleven lots, . . . 
viz., four lots to each proprietor's share, sixty settlers, and the lots 
for the ministry, and school ; " also, " unanimously voted, that 
each settler pay into the hands of the committee, upon his draw- 
ing his lot, the sum of five pounds towards the defraying the 
charges of surveying, &c., and the further sum of ten pounds,^ 
each for the building a meeting-house within the space of three 
years after his being admitted." It was also voted, December 
27, 1733, " That the proprietors pay the sum of forty-eight 
pounds, which is to be raised equally out of each whole share, to 
help pay a minister for preaching the gospel amongst the in- 
habitants there, for one year next after the 2d day of May 
next. Also voted that the settlers, both resident and non- 
resident, pay fifteen shillings each, as their part and proportion 
of a further encouragement for a minister to preach ; and that 
Mr. Timothy Ruggles be desired to procure some suitable person 
to serve them for the same." 

The first person employed, under this arrangement, was ap- 
parently Mr. Ephraim Keith, who probably commenced his 
labors at the time specified, May 2, 1734, and continued through 
the year. At a meeting of the proprietors, September 10, 1735, 
it was " voted, that the parcel of land lying between Draper's 
lot, No. 1, and Esq. Willis's lot. No. 2, about fifty or sixty 
acres, be granted to the Rev. Mr. Ephraim Keith, for his preach- 
ing to the people at a place called Lambstown last year, in full 
discharge of his due from said proprietors, his accepting the 
same, and likewise a note of fifteen pounds ten shillings of Mr. 
Joseph Haskell, of Rochester, and he to have full power to 
receive the same." Whether he continued to preach here for a 
longer period does not appear. He was at Petersham a few 
Sabbaths in 1736,^ but soon abandoned the ministry, having 

1 Ten pounds each for "sixty settlers," was afterwards styled the "three hundred 

amounted to six hundred pounds, one pounds," or the " ten pounds," until the 

half of which sum was expended before matter was fully settled, March 7, 1747-8. 

September 7, 1738, and the remainder, ^^ " The first preaching in this place was 

which was a fruitful source of diflSculty probably in the month of May, 1736. 

between the settlers and the proprietors, On the 16"^ of June, of that year, Mr. 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 175 

never been ordained. He was son of Joseph, and grandson of 
Rev. James Keith of Bridgewater, born in 1707, grad. H. C. 
1729, and, after a brief service in the pulpit, returned to his 
native town, and devoted himself to agriculture. He was ap- 
pointed justice of the peace in 1762, and died about 1781. 

Rev. David White seems to have commenced preaching as a 
candidate for settlement about July, 1736. At a meeting April 
4, 1737, it was " voted that the sum of twenty-eight pounds and 
sixteen shillings be raised, to pay Mr. David White for his ser- 
vice in the ministry, for his victualling and horse-keeping, for the 
quarter of a year before his ordination ; " also " that the year 
wherein Mr. White's salary be paid begin the first of October." 
Also voted, " that the sum of fifty pounds be raised for the Rev. 
Mr. White, for his half year salary, beginning October the first 
Anno Dom. 1736." A permanent arrangement of the salary 
was made March 6, 1737-8, when it was voted " that the town 
give the Rev. Mr. David White for his yearly salary one 
hundred pounds per year, for five years successively, beginning 
at the first of Oct. Anno Domini 1736 ; and a further sum and 
sums from year to year for ten years next coming, namely, one 
hundred and five pounds to be paid at the expiration of the [ ^ ] 
year, from the aforesaid first of Oct. 1736 ; and to increase the 
said sum, five pounds a year, yearly, until his yearly and stated 
salary shall come to one hundred and fifty pounds : and that 
sum, namely, one hundred and fifty pounds to be paid him yearly 
during his continuance in the work of the Gospel ministry in this 
place ; and the said sum of money to be paid in the common 
currency of this Province, at the rate and in the proportion that 
Bills of Credit are now valued with silver money, namely, reckon- 
ing twenty-seven ^ shillings in Bills equal to one ounce of silver." 

Soon after the commencement of Mr. White's labors, a church 
was organized in Hard wick (then called Lambstown), and on 
the same day he was ordained to the work of the ministry. These 
solemnities, together with the preliminary proceedings, are duly 
entered upon " The Church Record ; " to wit : — 

" Lambstown, Oct. 20, 1736. The members of other churches, 
living in Lambstown, met together and concluded upon the fol- 
lowing particulars respecting Church Government, viz : 

Ephraira Keith was paid fifty shillings a 22, 1746, when it was " voted to allow Mr. 

day for three days preaching past." Will- David White's salary to be at thirty-six 

son's Address at Petersham, July 4, 1854, shillings per ounce for the present year." 

p. 29. At a later day the salary was reduced to 

^ Record mutilated. one hundred pounds per annum, exclusive 

^ A modification was made September of the income of the ministerial land. 



176 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

" 1. That there should be no relation required of those that 
are received into the church. 

" 2. That after the minister has taken an account of the 
knowledge and faith of those that have a desire to come into the 
church, and is well satisfied therewith, that they shall be received 
into full communion in the church upon their making a public 
confession of their faith. 

" 3. That the power of calling church meetings lay in the 
power of the minister. 

" 4. That jNIessi, Christopher Paige and George Abbot should 
sign letters missive to the Pastor and Delegates of several 
churches, to gather a church in Lambstown and ordain Mr. David 
White Pastor thereof. 

" November y° 17**^ 1736. A Church was gathered and im- 
bodied in Lambstown, and the members of the church publicly 
invited and chose Mr. David White to be their pastor. Accord- 
ingly, the same day, the said Mr. David White was ordained 
Pastor of the Church of Christ in Lambstown ^ by prayer and 
laying on of hands of the Presbytery. 

" The names of the men that solemnly entered into a church 
state in Lambstown, that before were members of other churches : 
— Christopher Paige, George Abbot, Thomas Perry, Joseph 
Allen, John Wells, John Kidder, Richard Church. The names 
of the men that entered into a chui'ch in Lambstown, which 
before were not members in full communion in other churches, 
but were then received into the church: — Eleazar Warner, 
Nathan Carpenter, Experience Johnson, Samuel Robinson, 
Samuel Gillet.^ 

" Dec. y'^ 3^ 1736. The Church of Christ in Lambstown met 
together, and after a unanimous vote to choose two men to the 
ottice of Deacons in said church, Mr. Christopher Paige and 
Mr. Joseph Allen were chosen to the office of Deacons, by a 
majority of the votes of the church. 

1 The names of the Ordaining Council pears by the moderator, Mr. William 

are not recorded ; but the moderator was Williams), to him his heirs and assigns 

Rev. William Williams, probably pastor forever." 

of the church in Hatfield, where Mr. 2 Whether it were the usual custom, at 
White was born. The Proprietors voted, that period, to exchule females from par- 
June 29, 1737, "that the two hundred ticipating in the organization of a church, 
acres of land, laid out by Mr. Timothy or not, it is certain that several women 
Kuggles and Mr. Christopher Paige to were here at tliis time, who did not be- 
the first settled minister, be settled on come members until two or three months 
and recorded to the Reverend Mr. David later, although they were members of 
White, now their settled minister (as ap- other churches, in good standing. 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 177 

" Oct. y^ 9''^ 1737. The Church voted, that no person living 
in Lambstown, formerly belonging to another church, shall have 
liberty to partake of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper without 
a letter of recommendation, after they have had a sufficient time 
to get one, without a good and sufficient reason why they have 
not done it." ^ 

Having organized a church, and settled a pastor with a fixed 
salary, it became necessary to devise ways and means for the 
regular payment of that salary. By a vote of the Proprietors, 
February 22, 1732-3, each settler was bound to pay fifteen 
shillings per year, " to help pay a minister for preaching the 
gospel," and each of the twelve proprietors was pledged to con- 
tribute four pounds for the same purpose. But these several 
sums, namely : forty-eight pounds by the proprietors, and forty- 
five pounds by the sixty settlers, amounted to no more than 
ninety-three pounds, while the salary promised was one hundred 
pounds, with a prospective increase to one hundred and fifty 
pounds. At the present time, such a small deficiency may seem 
scarcely worthy of notice ; but in the " day of small things," it 
was a matter of great importance to the pioneers. The settlers, 
not yet fully incorporated as a town, had no power to tax the 
unimproved lands, and the proprietors did not impose such a 
tax. Indeed, it would seem that they discontinued their annual 
contribution of forty-eight pounds, after partial town privileges 
were granted to the inhabitants.^ The burden was heavy, and 
an appeal was made to the General Court for authority to tax all 
the land in the township, whether imj)roved or not, and whether 
owned by resident or non-resident proprietors; also for incorpo- 
ration as a town, with full authority to raise money for all lawful 
purposes, by taxation. The Court records do not indicate 
whether the petition for liberty to impose a tax was granted, or 
rejected ; but it is certain that the proprietors secured a delay of 
incorporation for one year. The inhabitants became impatient ; 
and at two meetings, October 19, and November 2, 1738, resolved 
on another effort for incorporation, and liberty to tax the lands 
of all proprietors. Their agent, Mr. Christopher Paige, presented 
their petition December 8, 1738. A committee of the proprie- 
tors remonstrated. But on the 15th day of the same month the 

1 Thus far, I have copied the Church with the committee which was empowered 

Record in full. to sell land for the payment of the three 

■•^ The town appointed a committee, forty-eight pounds towards the support o^ 

November 6, 1741, "to adjust accounts the minister in this town." 
12 



178 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

petition was granted ; a tax of three half pence per acre on all 
the land in the township was authorized to be assessed annually 
for three years, to be applied " one half thereof to the Reverend 
Minister there for his better encouragement and more comfort- 
able support, the residue for building and finishing a handsome 
Meeting-house, for the better accommodating the inhabitants in 
attending the public worship of God;" and the agent was em- 
powered to bring in a bill for the incorporation of the township. 
This bill, having passed both Houses, received the Governor's 
approval, January 10, 1739. 

It does not appear from the Records when the first meeting- 
house was erected ; but the inhabitants held a meeting in it 
February 9, 1736-7. It was probably not vei'y large or elegant. 
The bills allowed for materials and labor appear to have been 
less than fifty pounds. It was not entirely finished until after 
August 8, 1738, when it was " voted that the town will finish 
shingling the old meeting-house, and finish the seats, and make 
forms as shall be needed, and build the minister's pew." ^ Its 
size and value may be estimated by the fact that the town voted, 
March 1, 1742-8, to dispose of it " at a vendue, and accordingly 
sold it to James Robinson for sixteen pounds, old tenor." This 
first meeting-house was erected on the " ten acres " originally 
devoted to public use, and probably stood on the easterly side of 
the old road, long ago discontinued, running southerly from the 
present residence of Mr. John W. Paige, nearly parallel with the 
turnpike, to the road to Ware. It is not unlikely that the pre- 
cise spot was about midway between the two points last indicated, 
at the northwest corner of the "ten acres," the spot which was 
afterwards given by the proprietors, for a similar use, to " those 
people called the separate Society in Hardwick." ^ 

Wherever this house stood, like those generally ei'ected by 

1 The town had voted, January 16, tion I do not remember. I consulted 
1737-8, to " build a new meeiing-house; " several of the " oldest inhabitants," more 
but the controversy concerning its loca- than forty years ago, and gathered from 
tion was so sharp, that it was not erected them much traditional lore ; but in this 
until more than three years after that case I was misinformed. The town voted 
date. July 29, 1740, to "set the meeting-house 

2 In my address at the Centennial on the ten acres, on which the old meet- 
Celebration in 18.38, it was stated that ing-house stands." But the present Com- 
this meeting-house " stood on the Com- mon was not a part of the " ten acres " 
mon, about midway between the two as has already been stated. The old 
present meeting-houses;" and that the meeting-house, therefore, did not stand on 
new house, erected in 1741, was " placed the present Common, but probably about 
within ten feet of the old one," pp. 19- half a mile northwesterly from it, near 
21. From whom I received this tradi- the summit of the hill. 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 179 

pioneers it was small and inconvenient, designed only for tempo- 
rary use ; moreover its location was unsatisfactory. Accordingly 
it was voted, January 16, 1737-8, " that the town will build a 
new meeting-house : that said meeting-house be built fifty feet 
long, and forty feet wide, and twenty-two feet between joints, 
and set two feet from the ground : that Joseph Allen, John 
Wells, Christopher Paige, Benjamin Smith, and Benjamin Rug- 
gles, be a committee to see to the building or letting out said 
frame, and finish the outside, and glaze the same with square 
glass set in wood, according to their discretion." A week later, 
under a warrant " to see whether the town will choose a man to 
go down to the Proprietors' Committee to see whether they have 
power to dispose of the three hundred pounds that was voted to 
build the meeting-house," and for other purposes, it was voted 
January 23, 1737-8, " that Deacon Christopher Paige be chosen 
to carry a letter to the Proprietors' Committee, and to bring an 
answer back : — that the new meeting-house be raised by the 
first of July next, provided the three hundred pounds come from 
the Proprietors : — that the meeting-house be set on " Gamblin's 
Lot,^ on the east side of the Great Meadow Brook." At the 
next meeting of the Proprietors, September 7, 1738, it was 
" Voted, that the Proprietors are willing that a new meeting- 
house be built, provided it be set on the spot of land already 
agreed upon by the Proprietors and settlers:^ and that a com- 
mittee be chosen out of the Proprietors to join with the committee 
that the settlers shall choose, to agree upon the dimensions of the 
house, and otiier things necessary in order to effect the building 
a convenient house for the public worship of God there : and 
that the remaining part of the six hundred pounds, which is three 
hundred, formerly agi'eed upon by the Proprietors, to be for the 
building a meeting-house, be applied to that use and no other 
whatsoever." The town appointed a committee, October 2, 1738, 
"to join with the Proprietors' committee, to agree upon the di- 
mensions of the meeting-house," etc., and another committee 

1 " Gambliu's Lot," on the easterly pect in every direction, and was a more 
road to Gilbertville, about a mile south- eligible site for a meeting-house than that 
easterly from the Common and marked which was finally selected, except that it 
"J. Marsh" on the R. map, was after- was not so near the centre of the town- 
wards the homestead of Timothy Paige, ship. 

Esq., and is now owned by Mr. E. L. B. 2 What action was had by the proprie- 

Wesson. Like the northwesterly corner tors in the subsequent controversy does 

of the "ten acres," where the first meet- not appear, as their records from Septcm- 

ing-house probably stood, on the brow of ber 7, 1738, to April 6, 1743, have beea 

a hill, it commanded an extensive pros- destroyed. 



180 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

November 2, 1738, " to agree with the Proprietors' committee 
upon things necessary in order to effect the building of a conven- 
ient meeting-house in Lambstown ; and that the said committee 
may give to the Proprietors a discharge from building said meet- 
ing-house, upon their giving good security to the town of Lambs- 
town for the payment of the three hundred pounds appropriated 
for the building of the aforesaid meeting-house." 

The vote, adopted January 23, 1737-8, "that the meeting- 
house be set on Gamblin's Lot," occasioned a sharp controversy 
between the east and the west sections of the town, which con- 
tinued two years and a half, until a compromise was effected by 
abandoning both the "ten acres " and the Gamblin Lot, and 
placing the house on the present Common. The violence of the 
contest, and the extreme measures adopted by one of the parties 
for the accomplishment of its favorite purpose, distinctly appears 
in the proceedings of a town-meeting, held in June 1739, under 
a warrant, " (1.) To see whether the town is willing and ready 
to set off the west part of the town, beginning at Rutland ^ Corner, 
and so to run a straight line to Muddy Brook, where the road 
runs over said Brook to go to Quoben ;^ — and then to run by 
said Brook to the south line of the town ; and said land to be 
laid to Quoben. (2.) To see whether the town will choose a 
committee to go down to Boston, to treat with Quoben Com- 
mittee on the affair," — it was " Voted, That the town is willing 
and ready to set off the land on the west side of Muddy Brook, 
and said land to be laid to Quoben: — that Benjamin Smith, 
Constant Merrick, Cornelius Cannon be a committee chosen to 
go down to Boston, to treat with Quoben Committee, or the Rev. 
Mr. Timothy Ruggles and John Foster Esq., on the affair : that 
the committee shall have but one man's pay for going to Boston 
aforesaid. Note. That Samuel Robinson hath entered his detest 
against the first and second articles in the warrant. Note. That 
David Sabin hath entered his detest against the first and second 
articles in the warrant. Note. That John Wells hath entered 
his detest against sending a committee to Boston. Note. That 
Experience Johnson hath entered his detest against sending a 
committee to Boston. Note. That Phinehas Powers hath en- 
tered his detest against sending down a committee to Boston." 
The proposition to " set off the west joart of the town " to Quo- 
ben was persistently opposed and finally defeated. After wrang- 
ling for somewhat more than a year longer, the former decision 

1 Rutland "West Wing, now Barre. 2 Or Quol)biu, now Greenwich. 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 181 

was reversed, and the majority voted, July 29, 1740, " that they 
will set the meeting-house ou the ten acres on which the old 
meeting-house stands : — that whereas this town have stated a 
place to set the new meeting-house on, which will accommodate 
that part of the town next to Quoben as well as other parts of 
the town, that the vote that was passed in this town the last 
year, whereby they signified that they were ready and willing to 
have a part of this town set off to Quoben, be void and of none 
effect." 

But this did not end the difficulty. The inhabitants of the 
east part of the town, though temporarily in the minority, made 
such a sturdy and formidable resistance, that it was not consid- 
ered prudent to carry the last vote into execution. Accordingly 
another meeting was held, December 15, 1740, when it was voted 
" that they will choose a committee ^ to state a place where the 
meeting-house shall be set in this town, and that their judgement 
be a final determination of the affair: — Chose Capt. Josiah Con- 
vers, Mr. Elisha Rice, Mr. Noah Ashley, committee : — that all 
former committees about building the meeting-house in this town 
be dismissed : — chose Capt. Joseph Allen, Mr. Constant Mer- 
rick, John Foster, a committee : — that the committee last chosen 
shall have the care of building a meeting-house in this town, or 
to join with the original Proprietors' committee on the affair ; 
and to purchase or otherwise provide land to set said meeting- 
house on ; and that they forthwith proceed to get timber cut and 
lined, and proceed to have said house framed, and raised, and as 
far finished as the money will go that the settlers is to pay, and 
all the money raised or to be raised by the land tax, and to let it 
out if they shall think best : . . . Chose Mr. Eleazar Warner, 
Mr. John Wells,^ to wait on the committee to state a place to set 
a meeting-house on, and to go or send to them, to desire them to 
come to state a place to set the meeting-house on." The commit- 
tee seem to have selected a spot near the centre of the present 
Common, instead of the " ten acres " otherwise disposed of, by 
the sale of nine and a half acres, and the gift of half an acre to 
the " Separate Society." The erection of the long desired edifice 
during the ensuing year is indicated by a vote, November 23, 
1741, to pay Samuel Robinson for rum and other refreshments, 
furnished at the " raising of the new meeting-house." The house 
was not finished, however, until several years later, though it was 

^ " Not belongin<^ to this town," as ex- - " Two men, one at each end of the 
pressed in the warrant. town," as stated in the warrant. 



182 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

made habitable. The proprietors did not promptly enforce the 
payment of the " three hundred pounds," and it was not easy to 
raise the funds necessary to complete the work.^ When the town 
was ready to abandon and sell the old house, and did sell it, 
March 1, 1742-3, the third article in the warrant, " to see if the 
town will raise money ... to build the pulpit and minister's 
pew, and body of seats," was passed over without action. The 
house seems to have been merely a shell at that time. Three 
years later, February 25, 1745-6, a settlement was made with 
the committee, by which it appeared that they had thus far ex- 
pended £409. 9. 3. in the erection of the house ; they had re- 
ceived of " money raised by the land-tax, £110. 1. 2. ; and of 
the ten pounds they have received £243. 0. 0. ; " in all £353. 1. 2. 
To meet the deficiency of £56. 8. 1., there was an uncollected 
balance of the land-tax £54. 18. 10., and of the ten pounds not 
yet gathered £57. 0. 0., in all £111. 18. 10, The account was 
not fully settled until December 23, 1747. Even then the house 
remained in an unfinished state ; for two years later, December 
25, 1749, it was " voted that the town will finish the meeting- 
house : — voted that they will finish it by plastering it ; " and 
£300. 0. 0. was granted to Christopher Paige and Joseph Allen, 
to finish the inside of the house. This work seems to have been 
accomplished before August 29, 1750, when it was voted to seat 
the people anew, " the highest payers in the highest seats, having 
respect to age and other qualifications, except such as have pews 
in the meeting-house." The house contained a few pews ; but 
the larger part of it, as was then customary, was occu[)ied by 
long seats, called " the body of seats," for males on one side of the 
centre aisle, and for females on the other. Besides these, it seems 
several chairs were used ; for it was voted, March 4, 1750-1, 
" that the chairs standing in the alleys be ordered into the place 
left behind the women seats, and to stand nowhere else." One 
more notice closes my account of this meeting-house : it was 
voted, IMarch 4, 1754, " that the town refuse to let the young 

1 It had not yet become fashionable to manifest in their action at a town meeting 

contract enormous debts for the erection August 14, 1741, "during Mr. White's 

of meeting-houses, and tlie pioneers wise- indisposition," when it was " Voted, to 

ly avoided that folly. Indeed they sub- hire a minister to preach in this town for 

mitted to great discomfort, occupying un- two months, if the town shall need so 

finished houses which furnished scant long : — voted to choose a man to go to 

protection in inclement weather, in jjref- Mr. Friuk, and see if he can hire him for 

ereuce to assuming an indebtedness a reasonable price : and if not, to hire an- 

which might prove burdensome. Their othei-, — the best he can and cheapest." 
perhaps extreme caution in this regard is 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 183 

men that have built n, seat in the women's side galleries to have 
it there: voted, that the same persons have liberty to build their 
seat on the men's side gallery." 

This long controversy in regard to the place of ])ublic worship 
must have grieved the heart of Rev. Mr. White, Avho was emi- 
nently a man of peace ; but he probably lamented even more 
bitterly certain dissensions in the church itself, which sadly dis- 
turbed its harmony and prosperity, and which culminated in the 
resignation of two of its deacons in 1749. " The Church of Christ 
in Hardwick met together," September 9, 1747, " to hear and 
consider Deacon Christopher Paige's reasons for absenting him- 
self from the public worship and ordinances of God." After due 
consideration, the church voted that his reasons did not furnish 
a satisfactory excuse, and accordingly laid hira " under censure," 
and suspended him " from the sacrament of the Lord's Supper." 
Unwilling to cast off utterly a brother, who was not only their 
first elected deacon, but also one of the most active and honored 
citizens of the town, before proceeding to extremities the church 
voted. May 24, 1748, " that the Rev. Mr. Edwards, of Northamp- 
ton, Mr. Billings, of Coldspring,i Mr. Abercrombie, of Pelliam, 
Mr. Whitney, of Nitchawagg,^ be applied to, to come to Hard- 
wick and give their advice in the case that is between the church 
and Deacon Paige." The council assembled and gave advice ; 
but the proceedings do not appear on record. " At a church 
meeting in Hardwick, December y*' 20"\ 1748, voted, that the 
church comply and fall in with the advice of the Rev. Ministers 
on the 29^^^ day of June last, in the case depending between the 
church and Deacon Christopher Paige. Upon which it was pro- 
posed to Deacon Paige whether he would comply with the said 
advice, and he declared that he would not comply with the sub- 
stance of it. Upon which declaration, the church voted, that 
Deacon Christopher Paige be proceeded with, by giving him the 
second admonition." Nothing further in regard to this case ap- 
pears on record until April 13, 1749, when "Deacon Paige's desire 
of laying down the office of deacon was mentioned to the church, 
and the major part thereof complied with and gratified him in 
his desire, and dismissed him from said office of deacon." 

The cause of this controversy between the church and its 
senior deacon does not appear on record, nor has it been pre- 
served even by tradition. On the one hand, we cannot well sup- 
pose it to have been of a trivial character, as it involved such 
1 Now Belchertown. 2 Kqw Petersham. 



184 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

serious results. On the other, there is no evidence of aggravated 
guilt on either side. The council which met June 29, 1748, 
either exonerated the church from blame, or administered so 
slight a rebuke and required so little concession, that it was voted, 
December 28, 1748, "that the church comply and fall in with 
the advice of the Rev. Ministers." And although Deacon Paige 
" declared that he would not comply with the substance of it," 
he evidently had not forfeited his good name as a Christian and as 
a trustworthy citizen : — at the first town-meeting after the deci- 
sion of the council he was elected moderator, selectman, and as- 
sessor, to which offices he was reelected the next year, after he 
had resigned the office of deacon ; and the church in Petersham, 
whose pastor had been a member of the advising council and 
fully understood the merits or demerits of the whole case, admit- 
ted him to fellowship in full communion. Whereupon, " At a 
church meeting in Hard wick, May y^ 20^^^, 1752, Voted (1.) To 
send to the church in Nichawaug, to signify to them that we look 
upon their conduct in receiving Deacon Christopher Paige into 
their church to be irregular, and matter of just offence, and to 
desire a brotherly conference with them, to make up the differ- 
ence. (2.) Voted, that Mr. White, Deacon Freeman, Deacon 
Allen, Deacon Cooper, Nathaniel Whitcomb, Lieut. Merrick, 
and Ensign Warner, undertake this business as a committee. 
The said committee are empowered by the church to make up the 
whole difference with the church at Nichawaug respecting their 
receiving Deacon Paige, if they can agree ; if not, to propose to 
them to join with us in the choice of a council to advise in the 
matter." What response was made by the Petersham church 
does not appear. So far as the Hardwick records show, the whole 
matter rested for nearly twent}' years, until June 21, 1770, when 
it was voted "that this church do overlook what the church of 
Christ in Petersham formerly did relative to Deacon Christopher 
Paige, and are now in charitj^ with said church." This was a 
substantial acknowledgment that no good reason existed why he 
should be debarred from Christian privileges. 

Troubles seldom come singly. " At a church meeting in Hard- 
wick March y« 2^ 1748 (1748-9) Deacon Samuel Robinson de- 
sired the church that he might lay down his office of deacon in 
said church ; which desire the church complied with." ^ Like 

1 No record is found of any election to March 1, 1746-7, he was called simply 

fill the vacancy occasioned by the resig- "John Cooper;" but when his wife was 

nation of two deacons ; but the election of admitted, July 9, 1751, she was styled 

John Cooper is distinctly indicated by the " wife of Deacon John Cooper." 
fact that, on his admission to the church, 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 185 

his senior in office, Deacon Robinson was an active and energetic 
leader in public affairs, and his secession tended to weaken the 
church, through its effect on many of its members. He lield 
office a short time. " April y*' 30"\ 1746. At a church meeting 
in Hardwick, Samuel Robinson was chosen to the office of a dea- 
con in said church, by a majority of the members ; which office 
he afterwards accepted." His delay, if not actual hesitancy, in 
accepting the office probably foreshadowed his reason for resign- 
ing it so soon. About this time an extraordinary wave of relig- 
ious excitement passed over New England and engulfed many 
churches. The controversy waxed so sharp and bitter that many 
withdrew from the established churches, and were thenceforth 
styled " New Lights," or more generally " Separates," of whom 
more will be said in another place. In this movement Deacon 
Robinson was early interested, and became a prominent leader. 
He felt constrained, therefore, to " lay down his office." It does 
not appear that there was any other cause for his resignation. 
The church afterwards called him and several of his associates to 
account, and censured them for withdrawing " from the public 
worship of God at the meeting-house in Hardwick ; " but there is 
no evidence that any of them were excommunicated from the 
church for that offence.^ 

For the next thirty years the records indicate almost uninter- 
rupted peace and harmony in the church. Few cases of disci- 
pline are mentioned, and these of such a nature that the offend- 
ers were forgiven, and " admitted to former privileges." 

A change was made in regard to the psalms and hymns proper 
to be sung, and to the manner of singing them. " March 10, 
1765. It being moved to the church after public exercise on the 
Sabbath, whether Messieurs Tate and Brady's version of the 
Psalms should be sung in the public worship of God, — voted in 
the affirmative." ^ " At a church meeting held in Hardwick at 
the meeting-house, June 21, 1770, voted, with respect to the pres- 
ent method of singing in public woi'ship, that one half of the por- 
tion that shall be sung shall be read, line by line, as has been the 
former practice in this Congregation, sung in some old tune ; that 

^ There is no record of excommunica- March 7, 1791, "that Doct. Watts' Psalms 

tion, for any cause whatever, during Mr. and Hymns be introduced to be sung in 

White's ministry. this town, in the room of Tate's and Era- 

2 President Dunster's revision of the dy's; and that they are to begin to be 

Bay Psalm Book had probably been in sung in the congregation within three 

use up to this time. Tate and Brady's months." Various changes have been 

version was used, until the town voted, made more recently. 



186 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

tlie other half shall be sung without being thus read in some new 
tune ; that the psalm or hymn that shall be appointed to be sung 
at the Communion Table shall be read, line by line, and sung in 
some old tune, so called." The change, thus partially made, be- 
came entire at a later period ; but it was exceedingly disagreeable 
to many, and of some it is said they would leave the meeting- 
house while psalms or hymns were sung without having been 
read, line by line, and return after this offensive exercise was con- 
cluded.^ 

About this time two deacons were elected : November 9, 1769, 
" Capt. William Paige was chosen to the office of deacon, by a 
great majority of votes," probably in the place of Deacon John 
Cooper, who seems to have died, or removed a few months previ- 
ously ; and April 28, 1774, " Mr. John Bradish was chosen to be 
a deacon in said church, by a majority of votes." Soon aftei'- 
wards, however, danger of losing an important officer appeared 
in an unexpected quai'ter. The senior surviving deacon was so 
much exercised in spirit by the shortcomings of his brethren, that 
he absented himself from the Lord's Supper, and in rendering 
reasons for so doing, preferred grave charges against the church 
in general, and one of its members in particular. The proceed- 
ings are recorded under date of February 1, 1779 : " Deacon Jo- 
seph Allen having withdrew himself from the sacrament of the 
Lord's Supper, he gave in his reasons in writing to the Reverend 
Pastor, Mr. White, which are these : (L) The young people 
walking disorderly on the Sabbath, both in time of public wor- 
ship and in the intermission season. (2.) The youth frequently 
gathering in set frolics at a public house, and carrying them on 
with music and dancing, both males and females, and many of 
them using profane language. (3.) That he suspected that there 
were some in this town that had owned the baptismal covenant, 
and promised publicly that they would perform the duties of it, 
yet that they w^alked disorderly, and neglected family prayer. 
(4.) That there were some in full communion in this church, that 
absented themselves from the sacrament of the Lord's Supper, 

1 While I would not williugly return the sanctuary during an exhibition of 

to the old method of alternate reading vocal gymnastics, when fashionable opera- 

and singing of hymns, " line by line," yet music, dramatically rendered by profes- 

I confess my deep sympathy with these sional artists, was substituted for the un- 

old saints in what many will regai'd as ostentatious singing of " psalms, and 

their unreasonable prejudice as to the hymns, and spiritual songs," by a volun- 

manner of conducting jjublic worship. I tary choir or by a Christian congrega- 

have often been sorely tempted to leave tion. 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 187 

and also neglected public worship, and yet were not called to 
give the reasons of their neglect of these ordinances. (5.) The 
special reason why he withdrew at that time was the conduct of 
a Brother, viz., Thomas Robinson, at the last church meeting and 
the town-meeting following, which appeared to him not of a piece, 
not in the simplicity of the gospel, not agreeable to the Scripture. 
" The church were regularly called and assembled together to 
hear Deacon Allen's reasons, at the meeting-honse in Hard wick, 
on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 1779, and after a consideration of the 
abovementioned matters of grievance, came into the following 
resolves : — Article 1. Young people walking disorderly on the 
Sabbath ; resolved, that the March meeting being near at hand, 
when tyding-men ^ and wardens are to be chosen for the year, 
whose special business it is to inspect and prevent all disorder on 
the Sabbath, this affair is submitted to and left with them, as 
their proper business. Article 2. As to young people gathering 
together in set frolics, especially at a public house, resolved, that 
we will every one of us here present, that are heads of families, 
take all proper care that the youth under our care and charge, to 
prevent them from running into these frolics, and acting any part 
in them. Article 3. As to those persons that are called half- 
members ^ &c., resolved, that we will keep a watch over them, ac- 
cording to our solemn promise when we received [them] into 
their present standing in the church ; that we will reprove them 
when we see them walk disorderly, and encourage them to the 
practice of virtue and piety by our counsels and our good practice. 
Article 4. That there were some persons in full communion in 
this church that absented themselves from the public worship of 
God and the sacrament of the Lord's Supper ; two persons were 
named in particular ; resolved, that (these persons not being 
present) the Rev. Mr. White shall send to them, to know their 
reasons of their neglect of these holy ordinances, and when ob- 
tained of them he lay them before the church to consider 
whether [the] reasons are a sufficient excuse or not. Article 5. 
The special reason given why he withdrew himself at that time 
was the conduct of a Brother, viz., Thomas Robinson, &c. The 
church having considered and weighed this matter, some few of 
the church voted that said Robinson his chano-iniT the side that 
be first held with was an evidence that he had changed his mind ; 

1 Tything-men. to participate in the Lord's Supper ; or 

2 Those who had taken the " half-way such as the record describes as " received 
covenant," in order that their children into the covenant, and under the watch 
might be baptized, but were not qualified and government of the church." 



188 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

but the majority of the church thought that the matter did not 
belong to them to determine, and therefore declined voting any- 
way ; and tlins the matter was left respecting Deacon Allen and 
Thomas Robinson, and no farther determination or [illegible] 
upon it." ^ 

It would seem that the meeting-house erected about 1741 
proved unsatisfactory, and in little more than a quarter of a 
century, preparations were made for the erection of a new one, 
equal if not superior in size and magnificence to any church edi- 
fice in the county. September 7, 1767, "Voted that the town will 
build a meeting-house in Hardwick for public worship. Voted, 
that they will set said house (if they can purchase the land) in 
the field at the north end of the burying place, occupied by Mr. 
Asa Hatch." This field contained somewhat more than one acre 
and three quarters of land, and was owned by John Rowe, Esq., 
of Boston, who conveyed it to the town for <£6. 13. 4. by deed 
dated May 30, 1768.^ Without waiting for the execution of the 
deed, the town proceeded at once to make arrangements for the 
erection of the house, and on the 21st of October accepted the 
report of a committee previously appointed: "The committee 
have heard the proposals of Deac. Joseph Allen and Mr. Joseph 
Safford, who are willing and ready to undertake the building of 
said house, and finish it in a workmanlike manner, only for the 
benefit of the money they can raise by the sale of the pews agree- 
able to a plan herewith humbly laid before the town for their 
consideration. Tim" Ruggles, in the name of the committee." 
"Voted that the town will choose a committee to contract with 
Deac. Joseph Allen and Mr. Joseph Safford to build a meeting- 
house, as mentioned in the report of the former committee.^ 
Voted that Mr. Daniel Oliver, Brig' Ruggles, Capt. Mandell, 
Deac. Fay,^ and Capt. Paige, be the committee. Voted, to build 
a steeple to said house, and that the town pay what said steeple 
shall cost more than a convenient porch for stairs into the galler- 
ies." May 16, 1768, " Voted the sum of £66. 13. 4. to the un- 

1 I have somewhat anticipated the reg- turning at right angles, and running east- 

ular succession of events, in order to erly 13 rods; there turning at right an- 

group together all the recorded difficulties gles, and running southerly 22 rods ; there 

between the church and its deacons dur- turning at right angles, and running 

ing Mr. White's pastorate. westerly, by the burying place, 13 rods to 

- The description is "one acre, three the bounds first mentioned." Worcester 

quarters, and six rods of land, lying in Deeds, lix. 113. 

said Hardwick, adjoining to the public ^ The " undertakers" are said to have 

burying-place there, bounded as followeth : lost money. 

beginning at the northerly corner of said * James Fay was deacon of the " Sepa- 

burying-place, and from thence running rate Church " until it removed bodily to 

northerly, by the road, 22 rods; then Bennington, Vt., in 1761. 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 189 

derttikers of the meeting-house, to enable them to proceed in 
building a steeple to said house." May 18, 1769, " Voted to 
raise £120 lawful money, to enable the undertakers to finish the 
steeple, besides what has already been voted," and " to choose a 
committee to treat with the undertakers, in oi'der that they be 
obliged to finish the steeple for the above price." October 19, 
1769, under a warrant " to see if the town will allow the un- 
dertakers of the meeting-house to build a pew in the steeple 
above the west gallery," it was " voted, to shut up the place in 
the steeple, over the west gallery, which was proposed for a pew." 
October 27, 1769, "Voted to grant the undertakers of the meet- 
ing-house the privilege of building a pew over the west gallery, 
providing they make it tight and close ; and the town reserved 
the privilege of having an officer to set in the pew, to oversee the 
boys."^ The house was finished probably not long before De- 
cember 31, 1770, at which date it was " voted to choose a com- 
mittee to seat the meeting-house ^ and that said committee con- 
sist of five persons ; and made choice of Capt. William Paige, 
Lieut. Roland Sears, Deac. Joseph Allen, Capt. Constant My- 
rick, and Paul Mandell for said committee; and they to seat each 
person according to age and pay to the last year's valuation or 
invoice. Voted, that the front seats in the gallery be appropri- 
ated to the use of the men. The question was put, whether the 
town would grant the seats on the side galleries next the front 
gallery for the use of the men and women singers, and it passed 
in the negative.^ Voted, that the town will purchase the pew, 
the west side the pulpit stairs, for the use of the minister's fam- 
ily for the time being, viz., to be kept by the town as a ministry 

^ The apprehensions expressed in this for the singers, and what room necessary 

vote were not altogether uufonnded. The for that purpose, rei)orted as follows: 

pew was so high above the general level that they thought it would be proper to 

that its occupants were screened from ob- appropriate the west division of the front 

servation. According to my recollection, seat and the first and second seats in the 

seventy years ago, an officer to "oversee division of the side gallery next adjoining, 

the boys " was more needed there than in for said purpose ; and the town accepted 

any other part of the house. of the above report." Subsequently the 

'^ A " Body of Scats " was originally east division of the front seat and the ad- 

coustructed, seven on each side of the joining side gallery were substituted, and 

centre aisle, for the use respectively of the became a permanent location ; and dur- 

meu and women, who were not otherwise ing the first quarter of the present cen- 

provided for, and who were " seated " by tury, it may be doubted whether better 

committees duly appointed. church music, both vocal and instrumen- 

* The " method of singing in public tal, was heard in the county, than that 

worship " had not then been changed. A which was rendered by the voluntary 

convenient place was assigned February choir who entered into that court with 

1, 1779: " Tlie committee appointed to thanksgiving, 
consider what seats would be convenient 



190 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

pew, at X26. 13. 4., being the sum set on the same b^'^ Deac. Jo- 
seph Allen and Joseph Safford, undertakers for building the 
meeting-house." August 19, 1771, under a warrant, " to see if 
the town would purchase the pew adjoining the pulpit, there 
not appearing persons as was proposed to purchase the same," it 
was voted, to buy the pew adjoining the pulpit,^ and to keep it 
for their own use. " Voted, to give the undertakers of the meet- 
ing-house X20. lawful money, for said pew." As a proper adjunct 
to the temple for worship, the town voted. May 18, 1772, " to al- 
low Deac. Joseph Allen 10- 8'^ for making the stocks." 

Having completed the house, of which our ancestors were 
justly proud (for it was then one of the most elegant in the 
county), they took some measures for its preservation, which 
their less hardy descendants might not altogether approve. They 
voted, March 2, 1772, " that there be no stows carried into the 
new Meeting-house ^ with fire in them." How long this pro- 
hibition was enforced, I know not. It is certain, however, that 
foot-stoves were generally used in the house more than seventy 
years ago. But the larger stoves, designed to make the whole 
house comfortable, were not introduced until within the last fifty 
or sixty years. At the present day, it would be regarded as a 
painful sacrifice of bodily comfort, to sit in the midst of winter, 
without any fire in the house, to listen to a sermon one or two 
hours long, and other services of corresponding length ; but 
the men who were preparing, and prepared, to march barefooted 
in the snow, and lodge on the cold ground, in defence of their 
liberties, could easily undergo such a slight inconvenience. 

These were apparently the golden days of Mr. White ; but 
they were soon overshadowed. The political excitement preced- 
ing and during the Revolutionary War so entirely engrossed 
public attention, that the church became comparatively inactive. 
For several years before 1779, scarcely any action directly affect- 
ing the interests of the church can be gleaned from the records 
of either the church or the town, in addition to what has al- 
ready been mentioned. In 1779 the bodily infirmities of Mr. 

^ Tliis pew was in front of the pulpit, tion of the Lord's Supper. It was also 

and behind the deacon's seat. Several occupied by the moderator, selectmen, 

aged men occupied it, within my recollec- and town clerk, at town-meetings, un- 

tion, supposing they could hear the til the town house was erected, 

preacher more distinctly there than else- ^ The old meeting-house was sold, 

where ; and hence probably it derived its March 2, 1772, at auction, for £44, to be 

amiliar name of " Deaf Pew." It was removed within three months, 
used by the pastor, during the celebra- 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 191 

White, indicated by the employment of an assistant for two 
months, in 1741, before mentioned, seem to have increased to 
such an extent that the settlement of a colleague was consid- 
ered desirable. Contraiy to the usual custom, the town took the 
lead, and at a regular meeting, January 25, 1779, requested the 
church to unite with the town in giving a call to Mr. Joel Fos- 
ter.^ "Feb. 1,1779. The church . . . being regularly called and 
assembled together at the meeting-house, to know the minds of 
the members of the church respecting giving a call to Mr. Joel 
Foster, to settle in the work of the ministry in said town, as 
a colleague with the Rev. Mr. White ; the vote being put, there 
appeared thirteen members that were desirous of giving Mr. 
Joel Foster a call as above, and sixteen appeared against." 
The town was unwilling to yield the point entirely, and on the 
same day (February 1, 1779), voted, " to appl}' to Mr. Joel 
Foster, to preach the gospel in this town for a number of 
Sabbaths, and chose a committee for that purpose, viz., Joiiathan 
Warner, Timothy Paige, Timothy Newton." The effort to 
obtain this manifestly favorite preacher was in vain, and he was 
soon ordained at New Salem. After this date, only two votes of 
the church appear on record during the ministry of Mr. White, 
the former of which, by the indefiniteness of its conclusion, in- 
dicates some failure of his mental energy : " July 5, 1781. The 
church regularly called and met at the meeting-house ; this thing 
was proposed : (1) Whether it be the mind of the church that 
all baptized are visible members of the church, and under the 
special cai-e and watch of it ; voted in the affirmative : (2) If it 
be the mind of this church that the baptized persons under the 
care of this church, that are arrived to years of discretion, be 
called upon to see whether they own their baptismal vow or not ; 
voted in the affirmative. Agreeable to the above vote, in a con- 
venient time, it was moved in the congregation that all that was 
willing to comply with the above vote, by owning their baptismal 
vows, would show their consent by standing up ; and a great 
number did, — too many to set down their names." The last 

^ Eev. Joel Foster, son of Nathan talents, and was specially gifted in 
Foster, was born at Stafford, Conn., prayer." 2 Mass. Hist. Coll., iv- 62. He 
April 8, 1755, grad. D. C. 1777, was or- was brother to Eev. Daniel Foster, who 
dallied at New Salem, June 9, 1779, dis- was born at Stafford, in 1751, grad. 
missed for lack of competent support, D. C. 1777, was ordained at New Brain- 
January 21, 1802, and installed at P:ast tree, October 29, 1778, as colleague with 
Sudbury (now Wayland), September 7, Rev. Benjamin Rugglcs, and died in 
1803, where he died in office, September office, September 4, 1795. 
25, 1812. " He possessed excellent pulpit 



192 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

vote recorded by Mr. White bad reference to the employment of 
an assistant in his labor : " May 13, 1782. At a church meeting 
regularly called and met in the meeting-house, it was put to vote 
whether they would invite Mr. Josiah Spaulden ^ to preach any 
more with us ; and it passed in the affirmative by a very great 
majority." Although the ministry of Mr. Spalding did not re- 
sult in his permanent settlement, it did produce a profound im- 
pression on the church and congregation. It does not appear at 
what precise date he commenced or ended his labor here ; ^ but 
he was actively engaged May 13, 1782, and was then desired to 
continue ; and the records show that during the eight months 
from December 30, 1781 to August 25, 1782, ninety-one persons 
were admitted to the church by profession, — a larger number 
than had been thus admitted during the preceding twenty years.^ 
Rev. David White, son of Deacon John and Mrs. Hannah 
(Wells) White, was born at Hatfield, July 1, 1710 (see Gene- 
alogies). He grad. Y. C. 1730, was ordained pastor of the first 
church in Hardwick on the day of its organization, November 
17, 1736, and after a faithful ministry of more than forty-eight 
years died in office, January 6, 1784. His salary was small, and 
probably was never so much as three hundred dollars per annum, 
in silver money, though nominally more in paper currency. Yet 
on this sum, together with presents, and the fruits of his own 
industry, he managed to support his family, and to give both his 
sons a public education. His talents were respectable, but by 
no means brilliant. His success in giving satisfaction to his 
people depended not so much on the energy of his mind, as on 
the meekness, simplicity, and purity of his heart. He lived in a 
troublesome period, both political and ecclesiastical. Near the 

1 llev. Josiah S[)alding was born in of Worcester Co., -p. 127 ; Hist, of Western 

Connecticut, grad. Y. C. 1778, was or- Afass., ii. 325. 

dained at Uxbridge, September 11, 1783 ; 2 Hq ^^g j^e^e June 15, 1782, wlien he 
dismissed October 23, 1787 ; installed at preached "A Sermon on the Nature and 
Worthington, August 21, 1788; dis- Criminality of Man's Inability to serve 
missed in 1794; installed at Buckland, the Lord," which was printed, and which 
October 15, 1794; and died in office, forcibly exhibits the author's "peculiar- 
May 8, 1823, aged 72. Of him and his ity " of opinion, and his power as a 
predecessor at Uxbridge, Mr. Whitney revival preacher. 

says : they " were dismissed more on ^ During the pastorate of Mr. White 

account of the peculiarity of their re- there were added to the original twelve 

ligious sentiments than anything beside." founders of the church, two hundred and 

I suppose this "peculiarity" was what was eighty-six members by profession, and 

denominated liopkinsianism, or Hojjkiu- one hundred and thirteen by letter, in 

tonianism, about a hundred years ago. all, three hundred and ninety-nine, being 

"He was one of the best men and one of an average of a fraction more than eight 

the best ministers in the county." Hist, per annum. The baptisms were 1,275, in- 
cluding adults. 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 193 

close of his life the Revolution occurred ; and he shared the 
trials and distresses of his people. But he lived to witness the 
conclusion of hostilities, and the independence of his country. 
At a much earlier period, the elements of the ecclesiastical world 
were violently agitated. About the year 1740 a " new light," 
as it was called, was discovered. Parties were formed in various 
churches, who bitterly contended with each other, freely bandy- 
ing the epithets of fanaticism, on the one hand, and formality, or 
legal righteousness, on the other. Some churches were rent 
asunder. And this church did not entirely escape the ravages 
of the storm which swept through the land. A portion of its 
members withdrew, and were styled " New Lights," or more 
generally " Separates." They erected a meeting-house, and es- 
tablished a regular meeting. Mr. White and his church mani- 
fested much forbearance, laboring with their dissatisfied, separat- 
ing brethren, but never using the rod of excommunication. The 
effect of such measures was favorable. The separate party, as 
such, became extinct ; some of its members removed from the 
town, and others were reconciled to the church ; their meeting- 
house was demolished, and Mr. White had the happiness to behold 
again a state of harmony and peace in his parish. Thus, though 
he encountered storms during the journey of life, the evening of his 
days was calm and serene, and his sun went down in a clear sky. 
His wife (who was a niece of Thomas Wells, Esq., of Deerfield), 
had closed her pilgrimage about six montlis previously, July 17, 
1783.^ Their virtues are commemorated on their head-stone in 
the old burying-place, which was erected agreeably to a vote of 
the town, March 1, 1784, " to be at the cost of setting up grave- 
stones at Mr. White's grave, and also at Mrs. White's." A 
committee reported, May 8, 1786, that the grave-stones had 
been procured, at an expense of £7. 18. 0. ; the bill of " Mr. 
Sikes," the stone-cutter, being X4. 10. 0., and bills for incidental 
expenses, paid to Captain Warner, David Allen, Benjamin 
Convers, Widow Doolittle, and Joseph Perry, amounting to 
£3. 8. 0. 

The church met January 9, 1784, three days after the decease 
of Mr. White, " and made choice of Deac. Joseph Allen as their 
Moderator while destitute of a minister. Also voted to give the 
ministers who were bearers at the Rev. Mr. White's funeral, 

1 In the early part of this century, the able not only for her lady-like and Chris- 
uniform testimony of those who remem- tian deportment, but also for her intellect- 
bered Mrs. White was, that she was one ual power, in which she was far superior 
of the excellent of the earth, and remark- to her husband. 
13 



194 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

each of them gloves." Prompt measures were taken to fill the 
vacancy occasioned by the death of Mr. White, but for a long 
time they were unsuccessful. The church appointed a meeting 
January 22, 1784, " in order to give Mr. Jedson ^ a call to settle 
in the work of the gospel ministry with us." The town con- 
curred, February 10, 1784, by a vote of "45 for it, and 19 
against it, the majority 26." At an adjourned meeting, Febru- 
ary 16, 1784, it was proposed to reconsider this vote, "and there 
appeared 30 for it and 80 against it." The church then voted, 
June 3, 1784, " to give Mr. Medad Rogers a call to settle with 
us as a gospel minister in this place, by a number of fifty-three 
members present." The town concurred June 4, 1784 (12 aff. 
1 neg,), and agreed to give Mr. Rogers £200 settlement, and 
.£80 per annum while able to perform pastoral duty, and <£40 
per annum afterwards; or XlOO per annum, and no settlement. 
At a church meeting, September 2, 1784, " then voted and ap- 
pointed Wednesday the thirteenth day of October next to ordain 
Mr. Medad Rogers, Pastor over this church and congregation," 
and selected the members of tlie ordaining council. In this 
action of the church, the town also concurred on the next day, 
September 3, 1784. But for some reason, not stated in the 
record, the ordination was not accomplished. During these 
negotiations, the church met July 1, 1784, " to consult whether 
the practice of baptizing the children of those that own the 
covenant, as it is called, is warranted in scripture or not ; after 
debating the matter calmly it was proposed to adjourn the meet- 
ing for further consideration. Then voted and adjourned said 
meeting to the 22'^ day of July instant, having first voted that 
Mr. Rogers be desired to preach a sermon on said subject before 
the congregation. According to adjournment, the church met, 
and being opened by prayer, proceeded on the affair above 
named, and after further debating the matter, it was proposed 
to adjourn the meeting to Thursday the twelfth of August next, 

1 Rev. Adoniram Judson, born at tion, Jan. 23, 1787." He was dismissed 
Woodbury, Conn., June 25, 1751, grad. Y. in 1791 ; was installed at Wenham De- 
C. 1775, was first settled in the ministry cember 26, 1792; dismissed October 22, 
at Maiden. "On the third of July, 1786, 1799; installed at Plymouth May 12, 
their call devolved on Rev. Adoniram 1802; became a Baptist, and was dis- 
Judson, on which occasion, Capt. John missed in August, 1817. He died No- 
Dexter entered his protest upon the vember 25, 1826. See Bicentennial Book 
church records against 'settling a minis- of 3Ialden,Tp.l&6. The Hardwick church 
ter of the Bade Hopkintonian Prineipels.' in 1784 was decidedly Hopkintouian in 
After calling four councils he was or- sentiment, 
dained at last, amid a tempest of opposi- 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 195 

at three of clock afternoon : also voted, that those persons that 
have been heretofore admitted as half-way members,^ as called, 
are desired to meet with the church at the same time, to hear 
their debates on the subject in hand. August twelfth : Ac- 
cording to adjournment the church met, and opened by praj^er ; 
and after debating the case above named a suitable time it then 
was put to vote that the church would not admit any more to 
own the covenant, in order to baptize their children for the 
future." Thus, Avhile destitute of a pastor, but witli due de- 
liberation, and probably under the lead of Deacon Allen, the 
church discontinued a custom which had existed in the New 
England churches for more than a century, and which had often 
been the cause of contention and heart-burnings. It continued 
in use, for the next half century, in some other churches, but has 
at last, it is supposed, been entirely abandoned. 

At a church meeting, October, 1784, it was " put to vote to 
see if the church thinks it expedient to give Mr. Medad Rogers a 
call, a second time, to settle with us in the work of the gospel 
ministry in this place, and it passed in the affirmative by a num- 
ber of voters, in favor 40, dissenters 7." The town concurred 
January 11, 1785, by a vote of 68 affirmative, 40 negative. This 
effort was fruitless, and the church voted. May 19, 1785, to give 
Mr. Judson a second call to become its pastor ; the vote " passed 
in the affirmative by upwards of forty members." The town 
concurred, June 2, 1785, by a vote of 57 affirmative, 19 negative. 
This effort also failed, and a majority of the church, JNIarch 9, 
1786, voted " to give Mr. Thomas Crafts a call to settle with us 
as a gospel minister ; " but another meeting was held, March 
23, 1786, " to reconsider the call given by this church, 9"' in- 

1 " It was felt that the children of bap- children are members of the same church 
tized persons should have a different with their parents, and when grown up 
position from Indians and other pagans are under the care of that church. But 
who might hear the word of God. It was this does not of itself admit them to full 
held by many, that if baptized parents, communion. Yet when they understand 
even if not regenerate, were willing to and publicly profess the faith, and are 
renew the baptismal covenant, and be- upright in life, and own the covenant, 
come subject to church discipline, their and submit themselves to the government 
children could properly be baptized, of the church, their children are to be 
This feeling and practice were growing baptized. . . . This decision in regard to 
up in the churches, when a synod of the baptism is known as the Half-way Cove- 
elders and messengers of the churches nant, iuasmucli as it granted bai)tism to 
was called. This was held in Boston in the children of certain persons who were 
the spring of 1662. ... In regard to the not qualified for admission to the Lord's 
matter of baptism, the result was sub- Table." McKcnyAa's Ilistori/ of the First 
Btantially that the members of the visible Church of Cambridge, pp. 110, 111. 
church are subjects of baptism, and that 



196 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

stant, to Mr. Thomas Crafts, to settle in this place as a gospel 
minister ; then put to vote to recall as above, and it passed in the 
affirmative." ^ At a town-meeting, May 7, 1787, on the question 
of giving a call to Mr. Elijah Kellogg, probably in concurrence 
with the church, there were " one hundred in favor of it and 
none against it." 

It would seem, from Mr. Holt's letter of acceptance and Dr. 
Trumbull's sermon at his ordination, that there was great dis- 
agreement and contention in both town and church, so that for 
almost two years they could not agree upon a candidate for the 
pastorship. The clouds, however, at last dispersed, and the town, 
April 6, 1789, unanimously concurred with the church in extend- 
ing an invitation to Mr. Thomas Holt, of Wallingford, Conn., to 
become their pastor ; which invitation he accepted in a letter so 
characteristic of his habit of amplification, that it is here inserted, 
as entered on the records of both the church and the town : — 

" To the Church of Christ and other Inhabitants of the Town 
of Hardwick. — Friends and Brethren : The affection and re- 
spect which you have manifested towards me are highly worthy 
of my attention, gratitude, and warmest acknowledgments. The 
idea of a church destitute of a pastor, and a numerous people 
without a teacher, — the spirited altercations and unhappy di- 
visions ^ which have appeared imminently to threaten the cause 
of religion and very existence of Christianity in this place, the 
present perfect unanimity and affection of this church and people, 
— and the unhappy consequences which would probably follow, 
should I manifest an excusing disposition, — are considerations 
very solemn and irapoi-tant. Your present respect and entire 
union among yourselves exhibits an event which by no means 
corresponds with my previous expectations, especially your choice 
of me for your Pastor and Teacher ; this, doubtless, is the Lord's 
doing, and ought to be marvellous in our eyes. But ' who is 
sufficient for these things ? ' sufficient to stem the torrent of vice, 
mixed with delusion, which at the present day appears greatly to 
threaten the cause of religion. Who among men or angels is 

1 Probably, to reconsider, or to recall Zion hath been covered with a cloud, and 

the invitation previously given. The con- experienced unhappy years of controversy 

tinuation of the Church Records, after and division, he hath visited you in 

this date, until the settlement of Rev. mercy, healed your divisions, and given 

Thomas Holt, more than three years you uncommon unanimity and peace." 

later, are not known to exist ; they dis- Ordination Sermon, at Hardwick, June 

appeared more than forty years ago. 25, 1789, by Benjamin Trumbull, A. M., 

^ " We have occasion of abundant joy of North Haven, pp. 34, 35. 
and thanksgiving to God, that after this 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 197 

sufficient against temptations, internal and external, against the 
infernal stratagems of the grand apostate, to watch for souls as 
one who must give an account ? The office of a Bishop is a good, 
though a painful, trying, and laborious work. Since I received 
an invitation to assume the office and work of a Gospel Bishop 
or Minister in this place, I have attempted to consider j'our situa- 
tion with mature deliberation. A repl}^ to your unanimous in- 
vitation is considered as solemnly important to the church and 
people in this place and to myself. My Fathers and Brethren in 
the ministry have been consulted, as from experience they know 
the cares, the trials, and labors of a minister. A consciousness of 
my self-deficiency, and apparently inadequate ability, excites 
emotions not the most pleasing ; and might I not depend upon 
divine support and assistance, self-diffidence, discouragement, and 
despondency, would appear formidable obstacles. 

" But let us come to the important decision. My friends and 
brethren ; the manifestations of your benevolence and affection 
towards me, in treating my character and youth with esteem, re- 
spect and tenderness, while I have labored among you in word 
and doctrine, must necessarily excite sensations of peculiar en- 
dearment towards you, and presage future exhibitions of the 
same if not increasing and reciprocal affection. I hope and trust 
that with humility, dependence, and prayerf ulness, I have looked 
to the great Head of the Church, for his guidance and direction. 
Your respect, esteem, and affection, manifested as I have already 
observed, your unexpected, happy and perfect unanimitj^ in giv- 
ing me an invitation to take the charge of this church and people, 
under Jesus Christ the Captain of our salvation, — the pleasing 
prospect arising from your union and affection of answering the 
great end of preaching the gospel, of being a happy instrument 
of building up the kingdom of the Great Redeemer in this 
place, and in promoting, if not the temporal, yet the highest, the 
immortal interests of this church and people, — these considera- 
tions are powerful arguments and inducements to excite and 
support a belief that yours is a Call from God ; that it is the 
design of the Great Head of the church that he whom you have 
unanimously chosen should be constituted Pastor of the church 
and Minister among the people in Hardwick. Trusting not by 
constraint, but of a ready mind, this public declaration is made, 
that I comply with your unanimous invitation. I consent, if 
it should be the divine pleasure, to spend my life and strength 
in this place, for the cause of Christ, and the interest and im- 



198 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

mortal happiness of this church and people. Since an inspired 
apostle hath said, ' If any provide not for his own, and espe- 
cially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith and is 
"worse than an infidel,' it would doubtless be improper and sinful 
for any one to deny the faith or gospel, which he is to preach, 
by neglecting a decent support. Again he saith, ' No man that 
warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life, that he 
may please him who hath chosen liim to be a soldier ; ' and ' even 
so hath the Lord ordained, that they which preach the gospel 
should live of the gospel.' While I may dispense to you the 
mysteries of the kingdom of God, and preach the unsearchable 
riches of Christ, — while I spend the remainder of my days, and 
wear out my life and strength in the cause of the Redeemer, for 
the purpose of promoting your highest interest, your everlasting 
peace, — while I sow unto you spiritual things, — is it a great 
thing if I should reap some of your carnal things ? As it would 
doubtless contribute greatly to your advantage, and my own 
peace, happiness, and usefulness among you, could I give myself 
wholly to these things, or the work of the gospel ministry, with 
full confidence, under the disposal of a wise and beneficent 
Providence, I must rely upon your generosity and affection, to 
afford that comfortable and honorable support which I trust 
comports with your present intention. 

" Permit me to acknowledge with thankfulness the peculiar af- 
fection, kindness, and generosity, of numbers, manifested by sub- 
scription, for the purpose of furnishing a great domestic conven- 
ience and defence against the uncomfortable effects of inclement 
seasons. 

" Men, Brethren, and Fathers, I request an interest in your 
prayers, that I may be furnished abundantly to the great and im- 
portant work of the evangelical ministry ; that I may be made a 
faithful, zealous, and successful minister of the gospel ; that I 
may be made an eminent and lasting blessing to this church and 
people ; that I may be a son of consolation to the humble broken- 
hearted penitent, and a son of thunder to the careless impenitent 
sinner ; that my ministration may become a savour of life unto 
life to immortal souls, and not a savour of death unto death ; and 
that many souls may be given to me for my crown of rejoicing 
in the day of Jesus Christ. ' Let brotherly love continue. Let 
us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and 
things wherewith one may edify another.' Let peace, harmony, 
unanimity, and affection, abound among you. ' Finally, breth- 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 199 

ron, be perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace, 
and the God of love and peace shall be with you.' I am, friends 
and brethren, yours in the Gospel of Christ. Thomas IIolt, 
Hardwick, May 23^ 1789." 

Rev. Mr. Holt was ordained ^ June 25, 1789, and for several 
years the church had peace. Up to this time the records of the 
church had been kept on loose sheets of paper, so folded that 
each sheet would make sixteen pages, the larger part of which, 
though never bound, remain until the present time, but some- 
what mutilated. Immediately after Mr. White's decease, the 
church met, January 15, 1784, and " chose a committee to search 
the Church Records, viz., Joseph Allen, William Paige, and 
Nathaniel Paige ; also voted, to purchase a church bound book 
containing two quire of paper." The book was bought but not 
used until ]\Ir. Holt became pastor of the church. From the old 
loose records he transferred into the new volume what related to 
the gathering of the church and the ordination of Mr. White, 
and entered at full length his own letter of acceptance of his call 
to the pastorship. Then he inserted, in his remarkably distinct 
and legible chirography, " The Church's Confession of Faith " and 
" Covenant." Whether these had been in use from the time 
when the church was organized, or whether they had been 
adopted at a more recent period, I am unable to determine ; but 
as they exhibit the form of doctrine professed by the church in 
1789, I insert them in full : — 

" THE church's COISIFESSION OF FAITH. 

" We believe that there is one true and living God, who is over 
all blessed forever, who is the Creator, Preserver, and Governor 
of the Universe. We believe that in the unity of the Godhead 
there are three distinct Persons, the Father, the Son, and the 
Holy Ghost, each possessed of all divine perfections. We believe 
that God made Adam, the first man, in his own holy image, con- 
sisting in knowledge and true holiness, giving him a law for a 
rule of his obedience, and entering into a covenant with him, 

1 The services at Mr. Holt's ordination IMass. ; concluding prayer, Rev. Joseph 

were as follows : Introductory prayer^ Appleton, Brookfield, Mass. 
Rev. Charles Backus, Somers, Conn. ; Rev. Daniel Tomlinson, Oakham, 

sermon, Rev. Benjamin TrumLull, North Mass., Rev. John Willard, Jr., ]Meriden, 

Haven, Conn.; consecrating prayer. Rev. Conn., and Rev. Joseph Blodgett, Green- 

Josiah Dana, Barre, Ma^s. ; charge, Rev. wich, Mass., were also members of the 

Nathan Fiske, Brookfield, Mass. ; fellow- ordaining council. Rev. Mr. Fiske was 

ship, Rev. Daniel Foster, New Braintree, moderator, and Rev. Mr. Foster, scribe. 



200 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

promising life to him and all his posterity in case of perfect obe- 
dience, but threatening death in case of disobedience ; that Adam 
broke covenant with God by eating the forbidden fruit, and sub- 
jected himself and all his posterity to the wrath and curse of 
God ; so that every man comes into the world in a state of entire 
alienation from God. We believe that from all eternity God 
designed to glorify the riches of his grace in the salvation of an 
elect number of the fallen children of Adam, through the media- 
tion of Jesus Christ. To effect this purpose, we believe that the 
Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal Son of God, became man, and offered 
himself a sacrifice on the cross, to reconcile the Elect to God ; and as 
he was delivered for their offences, so he was raised for their justi- 
fication, and ascended into heaven to make intercession for them. 
We believe that it is the peculiar office of the Holy Spirit to ap- 
ply the benefits of Christ's Redemption to the souls of men, and 
that he does this by working faith in them, and thereby uniting 
thfem to Christ in their effectual calling. We believe that fallen 
man has lost all power to do that which is spiritually good, and 
is not able to convert and turn himself to God ; and therefore 
that effectual calling is the special and almighty work of the 
Spirit of God in and upon the hearts of sinners, whereby, if un- 
willing, they are made willing in the day of his power to go to 
Christ for life. We believe that those who are effectually called 
are justified through the righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ, 
imputed to them, and received by faith alone. We believe that 
those who are justified are also sanctified ; and that the work of 
sanctification will be carried on, and they will be enabled to per- 
severe in grace and holiness to the end of their lives. We believe 
that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are a Revela- 
tion from God, that they are a plain, perfect, and unerring rule 
of life, and that we ought to believe all their doctrines and obey 
all their precepts. We believe that God has appointed his ordi- 
nances for the spiritual good of his people, for the improvement 
of grace and holiness in them. We believe that at death the 
souls of the righteous are made perfect in holiness, and do imme- 
diately pass into glory and happiness, but the souls of the wicked 
into torment and misery. We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ 
will come a second time, to raise the dead and judge the world ; 
then shall the wicked, in their raised bodies, go away into a state 
of endless misery ; but the righteous into life eternal. 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 201 



" THE COVENANT. 

" And now, in a serious and humble sense of our indispensable 
duty to answei^ the call of Christ in the gospel, who, notwith- 
standing our miserable and lost condition by nature and practice, 
is still inviting us to partake of all the blessings of the Covenant 
of Grace, as we have obtained help, we do now, in the presence 
of God, angels, and this assembly, avouch the Lord Jehovah, the 
only true and living God, to be our God, giving up ourselves to 
God, the Father, as our Creator, to God, the Son, as our Re- 
deemer, to God, the Holy Ghost, as our Sanctifier, in the way 
and on the terms of the Covenant of Grace, and in our place, we 
do engage to bear witness against sin, and, by the assistance of 
divine grace, to walk in a holy obedience to all the laws and 
ordinances of Christ, upholding the worship of God in this place, 
and submitting ourselves to the discipline of Christ, according to 
his word, contained in the Scriptures of the Old and New Testa- 
ments, which we I'eceive as the only Rule of Faith and Manners." 

In the interregnum preceding Mr. Holt's ordination, the church 
met, May 12, 1785, and elected two additional deacons, — 
Ebenezer Willis and Nathaniel Paige ; ^ so that there were then 
four officers of that grade. But the number was soon diminished. 
Deacon Joseph Allen died August 18, 1793, aged 84, after 
active service as a church officer for the extraordinary period of 
more than fifty-six years; during the larger portion of which 
time, according to ancient tradition, he was the leading spirit in 
the church. He was also the last survivor of those who organ- 
ized the church in 1736, ^ Some of his manuscripts, both in 
prose and rhyme, were published at Brookfield, 1795, in a 
pamphlet containing 51 pages, octavo, entitled, " The Last Ad- 
vice and Farewell of Deacon Joseph Allen to the Church and 
Congregation of Hardwick." 

The pastorate of Mr. Holt was uneventful. He zealously 

^ Nathaniel Paige was son of Christo- I mentioned in the year 1781, there were 
pher Paige, the first deacon of the church, two males and three females living, who 
and brother of William Paige, who was were members of the church when first 
elected deacon November 9, 1769, and gathered. I would now observe that 
died February U, 1790. The two broth- since the beginning of 1789, there has 
ers were colleagues in office nearly five none survived except myself ." Last Ad- 
years, vice, etc., p. 19. 

^ "July, 1791. It may be remembered 



202 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

preached that form of Calvinism which was then styled Hopkin- 
sianism, as set forth in the " System of Doctrines " arranged by 
Samuel Hopkins, D. D., and insisted on the most rigid observ- 
ance of all the forms and ceremonies prescribed by the Puritan 
Church. Perhaps the same lack of variety in his discourses 
which afterwards caused dissatisfaction at Essex, may have pre- 
vented any signal success here. For some reason no extraordi- 
nary interest or activity was developed in the church or congrega- 
tion. The additions to the church averaged only a fraction more 
than four per annum, namely, forty-six by profession, and nine- 
teen by letter, sixty-five in all, during the sixteen years of his 
ministry ; being less than half the average number admitted by 
his predecessor, the Rev. Mr. White. Few cases of discipline 
occurred in the church, at this period, and none which resulted in 
excommunication.^ Gradually the tie which united the pastor 
and people was weakened, until at length it was sundered, ap- 
parently on account of his inability to subsist upon his salary and 
their unwillingness to increase it ; but there must have been 
some other reason on their part ; for immediately after his dis- 
mission, they readily granted a much larger salary to his suc- 
cessor. Mr. Holt's salary was three hundred dollars. Finding 
this sum, and the income of a small farm which he owned and 
cultivated, insufficient to supply his wants, after previous in- 
effectual appeals for relief, he presented to the town a character- 
istic address at a meeting held March 4, 1805, " to hear a 
statement or proposition from the Rev. Thomas Holt, and to act 
thereon as they in their wisdom shall think fit or proper." I 
quote the record in full : — 

" The Rev. Mr. Holt attended and made the following com- 
munication. — The inhabitants of the town of Hardwick, as- 
sembled in town-meeting, March the 4"\ A. D. 1805: Gentle- 
men, The committee appointed by the town, the last spring, to 
confer with the undersigned, appeared fully sensible, after 
conference, that his salary was by no means competent to meet 
his necessary annual expenditures. Through tlie medium of the 
same committee, by their advice, he made a communication to 
the town. May the 30*^, A. d. 1801, respecting the incompetency 

1 The record of one such case exhibits the name of God upon a fellow-creature." 

the pastor's formality of speech and skill Probably the " profane curse " contained 

in amplification. The charge, entered on three short words. The culprit made a 

the church record, was that the offending satisfactory explanation, and was for- 

member was guilty of " uttering a pro- given, 
fane curse, in imprecating damnation in 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 203 

of his salary. He has never been informed that the town, 
generally speaking, are not fully sensible that his salary was as 
inadequate as he represented ; yet no means of relief was granted. 
This inadequacy is not considered as arising from a defect in the 
sum stipulated in the original contract, but from a depreciation 
in the comparative value of the cii'culating medium with the 
necessaries of life, since : — which, for several years has been esti- 
mated, it is conceived, at one third. The following statement 
of the prices current of some of the principal articles of support 
about the year 1789, and the present prices current of the same 
articles, may show the justness of the estimation above suggested, 
and illustrate the great diminution of the present salary of the 
undersigned, and its consequent inadequacy for a support. 

" 12 Bushels of Wheat, at 6^ pr. B. §12.00 



25 B. 


of Rye, 


at 4" pr. B. 


16.67 




50 B. 


of Indian Corn, 


at 3^ pr. B. 


25.00 




600 wt. 


of Beef, 


at 20^ pr. Ct. 


20.00 




500 wt. 


of Pork, 


at 25^ pr. Ct. 


20.83 




300 wt. 


of Cheese, 


at 5*^ pr. lb. 


20.83 




100 wt. 


of Butter, 


at 8'' pr. lb. 


11.11 




A man's 


labor 6 months, 




40.00:= 


166.44 




Add 


one third, 




83.22 



249.66 
Prices of the same articles current in the years 1804 and 1805 



" 12 Bushels 


i of Wheat, 


at 10' pr. B. 


$20.00 




25 B. 




of Rye, 


at 6' pr. B. 


25.00 




50 B. 




of Indian Corn 


, at 5' pr. B. 


41.67 




600 wt. 




of Beef, 


at 30' pr. Ct. 


30.00 




500 wt. 




of Pork, 


at 36^ pr. Ct. 


30.00 




300 wt. 




of Cheese, 


at 54' pr. Ct. 


27.00 




100 wt. 




of Butter, 


at 20 cents pr. lb. 


20.00 




A man's 


labor 6 months, 




74.00 = 


: 267.67 






Compare the old prices, ^ added, 




249.66 



Reduced $18.01 more than one third, 18.01 

" The above statement is the result of consulting men of good 
information, and examining merchant's books, with reference to 
the different periods above stated ; and it is believed that the dif- 
ference in the prices current of the articles above specified is not 
exaggerated. From this it appears that the sum stipulated as a 
salary for the undersigned will procure scarcely so much, by one 



204 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

third, of the articles essential to a support as it would in the year 
in which he was ordained. The estimate is made on the princi- 
pal articles from which the inhabitants procure the means of pay- 
ing their minister's salary. The consequence then appears to be 
that the nominal sum stipulated for a salary does not at present 
require hardly two thirds so much propert}^ in value as it did in 
the year 1789, when the contract was established ; the whole of 
the depreciation in the value of the circulating medium must con- 
sequently fall on the undersigned, and render his salary greatly 
below a competency for a support. Hence he cannot suppose it 
beyond what was mutually expected from the contracting parties 
at the time of forming the contract, for the town to grant a pe- 
cuniarj'^ consideration sufficient to make his salary competent for 
a support. 

" It is his request, therefore, that they would grant him a con- 
sideration adequate to this purpose. But if the town should 
judge it unreasonable to grant such pecuniary consideration, yet 
they surely will not suppose it reasonable that he should be con- 
fined to labor in their employment, the remainder of his life, for 
a stipend so materially inadequate to his necessary expenditures, 
and so much less in value than what his contract appears orig- 
inally to have comprised; and it may be added so much less than 
what has universally been judged no more than adequate to a 
minister's support in all those towns in this vicinity, nay in the 
Commonwealth, where ministers have been ordained within six 
or eight years, and numbers of others where people have 
granted their ministers a consideration for the present deprecia- 
tion in the value of their stipulated salaries. Although it is the 
heart's desire of the undersigned not to leave the town, but to 
live and die with the people of his charge, with whom he has been 
connected by a solemn and responsible relation for almost sixteen 
years, yet the inconveniences necessarily resulting from a salary 
so much diminished from its original value, and so incompetent to 
a decent support, compel him, if the town should not alleviate his 
burdens, to seek a degree of relief by a regular dismission. If the 
town then prefer a dissolution of the existing connection to a 
grant of a consideration for the present reduced state of his sal- 
ary, then his request is that they would by vote give their con- 
sent that he may take a dismission in the common form, by the 
advice and consent of an Ecclesiastical Council to be called for 
that purpose by the Pastor and Church. — Gentlemen, with due 
consideration, yours in the Gospel of Christ, Thomas Holt. 
Hardwick, March 4:'\ 1805. 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 205 

" The town took the foregoing communication into considera- 
tion, and on motion, — will the town grant any additional sum to 
the Rev. Thomas Holt for his support? it passed in tlie negative : 
on motion, — will the town consent that the church join with 
their Rev. Pastor in calling an Ecclesiastical Council, for his reg- 
ular dismission ? it passed in the affirmative." ^ The Council 
granted an honorable dismission March 27, 1805. 

April 1, 1805. " Voted, to make a present of seventy-five dol- 
lars to the Rev. Thomas Holt. Voted, that the Rev. Mr. Holt be 
requested to preach to us on the approaching Fast-day ; Mr. Holt 
consented to supply the pulpit on said day, by himself or an- 
other." 

After his dismission, Mr. Holt preached occasionally, as oppor- 
tunity offered, until January 25, 1809, when he was installed as 
pastor of the church in that part of Ipswich which afterwards be- 
came the town of Essex. This new home was not permanent. 
He " was esteemed a sound, scriptural preacher ; but after hear- 
ing him two ortlu'ee years, his parishioners began to complain of 
a sufiicient variety in his discourses, which they first imputed to 
his not writing them. They therefore chose a committee to wait 
on him and request him to write his sermons. With this he com- 
plied ; but as the evil, in their judgment, was not removed, they 
respectfully requested him to resign. With this also he complied, 
and on the 20th of April, 1813, he was honorably dismissed by a 
Council. The parish gave him a hundred dollars to defray the 
expense of his removal, and he returned to his farm in Hard- 
wick." ^ 

During the remainder of his life, Mr. Holt cultivated his farm 
and preached occasionally. He had no other pastorate, but 
performed some missionary labor, of which he preserved an exact 
account from day to day, and tlie sum total at the end of each 
engagement, in what he styled his " Missionary Journal." I 
have three of those Journals before me, describing labors at 
Paris, Me., from July 26, 1816, to February 26, 1817 ; at Lovell 
and Albany, Me., from March 5 to September 3, 1819; and at 
Springfield, Wendell, and Goshen, N. H., from November 25, 
1819, to June 5, 1820. The summary of his services in the first 

^ It was a tradition in my younger suit was utterly unexpected by Mr. Holt, 
days that both of these votes passed with- and that he subsequently expressed re- 
out opposition, so that Mr. Holt united gret that he had presented the alternative 
the whole town twice, — both his call and to the town. 

his dismission being determined by unan- ^ Crowell's Ilislory of Essex, p. 269. 
imouB vote. It was also said that this re- 



206 HISl-ORY OF HARDWICK. 

of tliese missions may serve as a fair specimen of the wliole : — 
" During seven months of missionary labor, I have made 10 
school-visits ; ^ 18 visits to the sick and afflicted ; attended one 
funeral ; admitted, by vote of churches, 10 persons as members 
in full communion ; baptized 20 adults and children ; adminis- 
tered the Lord's Supper 4 times ; preached 145 sermons ; and 
made 434 family visits." 

Rev. Thomas Holt, son of Daniel and Mary Holt, was born at 
Meriden, Conn., November 9, 1762, grad. Y. C. 1784, married 
Sarah, daughter of Rev. Ebenezer Chaplin of Sutton, May 5, 
1796, had seven children, named in the Genealogies, and died 
February 21, 1836. He was buried in that part of the new 
cemetery which was formerly a portion of his homestead. Dur- 
ing his ministry here, he admitted 65 persons into the church, 
baptized 191, including adults, and married 177 couples. 

The successor of Mr. Ilolt was Rev. William Brigham Wesson, 
who was born in Hopkinton, May 29, 1777, but in early life 
was carried to Athol by his parents, William and Mary Wesson. 
Chiefly if not entirely by his own exertions, he defrayed the 
expense of a liberal education at Williams College, and graduated 
in 1802, thus early displaying that energy of character which 
distinguished him through life. The town concurred with the 
church, August 7, 1805, in calling him to become their pastor, 
and voted to fix his salary at five hundred dollars per annum ; 
but added a proviso, apparently designed to guard against a 
repetition of embarrassments previously encountered : — " Pro- 
vided, nevertheless, that if three fourths of the qualified voters in 
the Society should think proper, at any time, to dismiss the said 
Mr. Wesson, it shall be in their power ; and also the said Mr. 
Wesson shall be at liberty to dismiss himself when he thinks 
proper. Either party is to give one year's previous notice. . . . 
Chose Capt. Daniel Warner, Doct. William Cutler, and Timothy 
Paige, Esq., a committee to wait on Mr. Wesson, and inform him 
of the doings of the town." Without unnecessary delay, Mr. 
Wesson gave an answer, characteristically different from that of 
his predecessor, before quoted : — 

" To the church and congregation of the town of Hardwick. — 
Brethren and Friends : The time has come at which you have 

1 His "school-visits " were not a mere order; heard the children and youth spell 

forna, as is manifest from his Journal and read, inspected their writing and 

under date of December 31, 1816: arithmetic, heard a grammar-class parse, 

" Visited a school ; found it in decent addressed the school, and prayed." 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 207 

I'eason to expect an answer to the call which you have presented 
me, to settle with you in the work of the gospel ministry. Hav- 
ing had the subject under serious and prayerful consideration I 
have come to the following conclusion, — to answer in the affirm- 
ative. Sincerely wishing grace, mercy, and peace, througli our 
common Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, may be multiplied, 
William B, Wesson. — To Messrs. Warner, Cutler, and Paige, 
Committee in behalf of said church and congregation. Hard- 
wick, Sep. 21, 1805." 

Mr. Wesson was ordained October 20, 1805,^ and for several 
years the harmony between the pastor and the flock was undis- 
turbed. In the pulpit, his stately form and magnilicent voice 
gave full eiTect to his discourses ; while in private life, his affa- 
bility of manners and buoyancy of spirit attracted a multitude of 
friends. In 1810, sixty-five persons became members of the 
church, precisely the same number which were admitted by his 
predecessor, during his entire pastorate ; and in 1820 there was 
a further addition of one hundred and fourteen members ; a 
larger number than were ever before or since admitted in any 
one year. So far, his ministry must be regarded as successful. 
But about the year 1815 the Trinitarian and Unitarian contro- 
versy became public, and it was prosecuted very vigorously, not 
to say furiousl}^ until it resulted iu a widespread breaking up of 
churches and parishes. Mr. Wesson did not become an active 
partisan on either side. Avoiding this exciting topic in his pub- 
lic discourses, and discussing chiefly such subjects as might pro- 
mote peace and mutual edification, he preserved comparative 
harmony in the parish, and secured the rich harvest of 1820 to 
the church. Unfortunately for him, however, Hardwick was em- 
braced within the limits of the Brookfield Association,^ which was 
largely composed of stern and resolute champions of Trinitarian- 
ism, who could not endure opposition, or even neutrality, on the 

^ At Mr. Wesson's ordination the ser- (now Phillipston), Rev. John Fiske, New 

vices were as follows : — Brain tree, and Rev. Thomas Snell, 

Introductory prayer, Rev. Daniel Tom- Brookfield, were aljio members of the 

linson, Oakham, Mass. ; sermon, Rev. ordaining council. Rev. Mr. Ward was 

Joseph Lee, Royalston, Mass. ; conse- moderator, and Rev. Mr. Snell, scribe, 

crating prayer. Rev. Joseph Pope, Spen- - Had his lot been cast in the adjoining 

cer, Mass. ; charge, Rev. Ephraim Ward, Association, which contained some of his 

Brookfield, Mass. ; fellowshij), Rev. most intimate clerical associates, such as 

Thomas Mason, Northfield, Mass.; con- Rev. Messrs. James Thompson, of Barre; 

eluding prayer. Rev. Joseph Blodgett, Festus Foster, of Petersham ; Kzektel L. 

Greenwich, Mass. Bascom, of Phillipston ; and Alpheus 

Rev. Joshua Crosby, Greenwich, (now Harding, of New Salem ; the result might 

Enfield), Rev. Ezekiel L. Bascom, Gerry, have been very different. 



208 HISTORY OF HARDWICK- 

part of their associates. Suspecting Mr. Wesson's soundness in 
the faith, after ineffectual attempts to enhst him under their own 
banner, they assumed a hostile attitude, and persevered until 
they succeeded in alienating from him the confidence and Chris- 
tian sympathy of a majority of his church. A majority of the 
parish adhered to him, and at a meeting, May 26, 1823, " to see 
whether the Congregational Society in Hardwick are acquainted 
with any facts relating to the previous conduct of the Rev. Wil- 
liam B. Wesson, which would induce them to desire his dismis- 
sion," it was " voted, to choose a committee of three to request 
the Rev. William B. Wesson to come and read the communica- 
tion from the Brookfield Association ; Voted, and chose Elijah 
Amidon, Samuel Billings, and Stephen K. Wardwell, a com- 
mittee for that purpose ; Voted, to divide the house, and it was 
counted ; there was one hundred and five in favor of the Rev. 
William B. Wesson, and none against him." During the next 
year, the condition of affairs " bettered nothing, but rather grew 
worse." Apparently despairing of a restoration of peace and 
harmony, Mr. Wesson at length addressed to the selectmen a 
communication which is preserved in the Hardwick Archives : 
" To the Selectmen of the town of Hardwick. — Gentlemen, 
Having had occasion to notice, within a few days, that the ' fire ' 
of opposition ' is not quenched,' and having come to the con- 
clusion that my continuance in the ministry will neither promote 
my own happiness, nor, under existing circumstances, be so use- 
ful to the people as I could wish, I have therefore thought 
proper to request you to issue your warrant to notify a legal 
meeting of the inhabitants of Hardwick, and especially those 
belonging to the Congregational Society in said town, to meet in 
town-meeting, to act on the following question, to wit : — whether 
they will consent that the contract existing between us be dis- 
solved at my request. By complying with this request you will 
confer a favor on your friend and Pastor, WiLLlAM B. Wesson. 
Hardwick, May 29, 1824." A meeting was accordingly held 
June 11, 1824, at which it was " voted unanimously, that the 
contract existing between the Rev. William B. Wesson and said 
Society be dissolved at his request." These proceedings were 
ratified and confirmed by an Ecclesiastical Council, June 30, 
1824.^ During his ministry Mr. Wesson admitted 232 persons 

1 It is indicated in the record of a tive members, in their crusade against 
town -meeting, May 26, 1823, that the Mr. Wesson, not only pronounced him to 
Brookfield Association, or some of its ac- be unsound in the faith, but impeached 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 2o9 

into the church (an average of somewhat more than twelve per 
annum), baptized 395 adults and children, and attended 463 
funerals. After his dismission he engaged temporarily in mer- 
cantile business, but chiefly devoted his attention to the cultiva- 
tion of his farm, which is now in possession of his eldest son. 
He died May 9, 1836, aged nearly 59 years, and was buried in 
the new cemetery. Some account of his family is inserted in 
the Genealogical department.^ 

Several ineffectual attempts were made to fill the vacant pul- 
pit. A large majority of the church were Trinitarians ; a minor- 
ity of the church and a decided majority of the congregation were 
Anti-Trinitarians, composed of Unitarians, Universalists, and 
others ; and on this rock the original parish was wrecked. The 
church invited Rev. Wales Tileston, October 14, 1824, to become 
their pastor, by a vote of 33 aff. to 5 neg. The town non-con- 
curred November 1, 1824, by a vote of 45 atf. against 79 neg. 
April 14, 1825, the church invited Rev. Henry H. F. Sweet by 
unanimous vote ; the town concurred May 16, 1825, by a vote of 
68 aft", to 44 neg., "on condition that he avow a willingness, on 
his part, to make exchanges and hold ministerial intercourse and 
fellowship with Unitarian clergymen as well as others." He was 
not ordained ; probably he declined making the required avowal. 
By unanimous vote, December 12, 1825, the church extended a 
call to Rev. John Wilder, Jr. ; the town concurred, 70 aff., 41 
neg., in the invitation to this candidate, " who has avowed a wil- 
lingness to hold ministerial intercourse with the denomination of 
Christians called Unitarians." This call was declined. August 
28, 1826. The town refused to call Rev. Eliphalet P. Crafts, 
42 aff., 49 neg. December 18, 1826. The church refused to in- 
vite Rev. Nathaniel Gage, 3 aft"., 27 neg. ; the town voted, January 
1, 1827, to " concur with a minority of the church in giving Mr. 
Nathaniel Gage a call to settle," &c., 107 aff., 37 neg. This was 
the last joint effort of the two parties to agree upon a candidate 

his moral character or "conduct." By mentioning names or any further par- 
advice of friends, he commenced a snit at ticulars in connection with this unliappy 
law against some of the ])rincipal offend- controversy. 

ers; and although one of them is said to ^ My personal recollections of Mr. 

have insisted that he had always heen Wesson are very pleasant. He gave me 

particularly cautious to avoid saying any- my first lessons in Latin, and encouraged 

thing "actionable," the jury pronounced me in my studies generally ; and through 

them guilty, and assessed damages. Al- the whole period of youth, from time to 

though more than half a century has time, imparted very useful advice, 
elapsed, it seems proper to refrain from 
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210 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

for the pastorate ; and this also was unsuccessful. As a last re- 
sort, the town, or Congregational Society, as it had for some time 
been called, held a meeting, October 1, 1827, " to see if they will 
grant the orthodox party the privilege of drawing their propor- 
tionable part of the money already raised and not expended, for 
such preaching as they shall choose, and also the use of the naeet- 
ing-house their proportion of the time." The meeting was ad- 
journed to October 9, and was then dissolved, without any defi- 
nite action upon the subject. 

At length, in 1827, the " orthodox party," embracing a major- 
ity of the church and holding the church records, seceded from 
the original parish and organized a separate society : and thence- 
forth those who remained were styled the Congregational Society, 
embracing a minority of the church, and holding the church and 
parish property, as legal representatives of the original organiza- 
tion. In what follows I shall notice the two divisions separately, 
— the old society first, and the new society afterwards. 

CONGEEGATIONAL SOCIETY. In the official records, under 
date of February, 1828, it is stated that " The minority withdrew 
from said society, and formed a new religious society called The 
First Calvinistic Society in Hardwick." To induce the seceders 
to refrain from erecting a new meeting-house, and to return to 
their old home, the Congregational Society made a proposition. 
May 5, 1828, which certainly appears very generous, especially 
when it is considered as an offering from a majority to a minor- 
ity : — " That the Calvinistic Society have the use of the meet- 
ing-house forty-six Sabbaths in a year, on condition their min- 
ister, Mr. Tupper, will exchange with Mr. Thompson, of Barre, 
Mr. Wilson, of Petersham, and Mr. Harding, of New Salem, as 
with other ministers, not less than once a year with each of 
them." This conciliatory ofl:er was rejected by the Calvinistic 
Society, as involving at least the countenancing of Unitarianism. 
Thereupon the Congregational Society with a minority of the 
church, extended to Rev. John M. Merrick an invitation to be- 
come their pastor, and he was ordained August 27, 1828. On 
the first day of November, 1829, " at a regular meeting of the 
church the following resolution was passed : — Whereas, by the 
secession of a part of this church from the Congregational Society, 
the records and covenant of the church have passed into other 
hands, and are not now to be had by us, we agree to offer the 
following profession of faith to those who may present themselves 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 211 

for admission into this church : — Impressed with a sense of duty, 
you offer yourself for admission to this Christian church. You 
regard this transaction as a profession of your behef in the one 
only living and true God ; as a testimony of your faith in Jesus 
Christ as the Son of God and the Saviour of the world ; and as 
an acknowledgment of the sacred scriptures as containing a reve- 
lation from God to man and a perfect rule of faith and duty. 
You design to commemorate the Author and Finisher of our 
Faith in the way that he hath appointed, resolving, by the divine 
favor, to live in obedience to the divine commandments, and 
hoping, through the mercy of God to obtain everlasting life. In 
a humble and grateful reliance upon God for the pardon of sin 
and for assistance in duty, you now enter upon the Christian pro- 
fession ; and you intend to walk with this church in Christian 
oi'dinances and in the exercise of Christian affection." March 5, 
1832. The society voted " to accede to the request of Rev. John 
M. Merrick, that his pastoral relation to said Society shall be 
dissolved." Mr. Merrick was subsequently for many years pas- 
tor of the Unitarian Church in Walpole, Mass., and was also a 
Senator in the General Court, 1857, 1858. On the first of April, 
1869, he became pastor of the church in Charlestown, N. H., 
where he died March 20, 1871, aged nearly 67 years. 

The successor of Mr. Merrick was Rev. John Goldsbury, who 
" was born in Warwick, Mass., Feb. 11, 1795 ; fitted for college 
at different schools, and academies, and under private instruc- 
tion ; graduated at Brown University in 1820 ; commenced 
the study of divinity at Harvard College in 1821, under Pro- 
fessors Ware, Norton, and Willard ; taught in Taunton 
Academy several years ; was ordained in North Bridge water, 
Wednesday June 6, 1827, where he remained till Sept. 4, 
1831." 1 He was unanimously invited, June 11, 1832, to become 
pastor of the Congregational Church and Society in Hardwick, 
and was installed July 4, 1832. In connection with his parish 
work, he established and instructed a High School. He labored 
faithfully, both as pastor and teacher, until June, 1839, when, 
at his own request, he was dismissed, removed to Cambridge, and 
was master of the High School there about five years. He after- 
wards returned to Warwick, where he still survives in a ripe old 
age, honored and respected. 

For nearly three years afterwards, the society had no settled 
^ Kingman's Hist, of North Bridgewater, p. 48. 



212 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

pastor, but hired occasional supplies. Their number had become 
small, by the formation of otlito societies, and it was difficult to 
pay a sufficient salary. At length an arrangement was made 
with the Universalist Society (then worshipping in the Town 
Hall, under the ministry of Rev. Rufus b". ^ope), to build a new 
meeting-house, and unite their strength for the maintenance of 
public worship. The details of this arrangement are entered on 
the records of the Society. After other ineffectual negotiations, 
it was voted May 17, 1841, " That this Society will proceed to 
take down the old meeting-house, and will unite with the 
Universalist Society in rebuilding a meeting-house on the same 
ground. Voted, to choose a committee, to fix on terms of agree- 
ment between the Congregational and Universalist Societies, in 
relation to the rebuilding of the meeting-house." May 24, 1841. 
The committee submitted a report, recommending that the 
materials of the old house, so far as practicable, might be used 
in the construction of the new edifice, with certain reservations ; 
and it was provided, that " The above recommendation take 
effect when the Universalist Society shall agree, as an offset or 
consideration for the use of the materials above specified, and 
for the benefit they are to receive by the joint occupancy of the 
spot on which the old meeting-house now stands, that they, the 
said Universalist Society, will furnish all the funds required to 
pay the expense of taking down the old meeting-house, and also 
funds to pay the owners of pews in said old meeting-house, the 
sums at which the respective pews shall be appraised ; ^ and 
said Universalist Society also agree that said Congregational 
Society shall have the right to supply the desk in said new meet- 
ing-house, whenever it is not occupied by a minister procured 
by said Universalist Society. And said Universalist Society are 
further to agree that whenever the owners of pews in said new 
meeting-house, or any of them, shall express a desire to have the 
desk occupied a part of the time by a Unitarian preacher, such 
pew-owners shall be entitled to that privilege for such a portion 
of the time as the original cost of their pews bears to the original 
cost of the whole number of pews in the house." Tiiis report 
was accepted (aff. 17, neg. 10), and the agreement was confirmed 
by both societies. To prevent any possible doubt concerning its 
legality, a town-meeting was held June 15, 1841, " to see if the 
town will permit the First Universalist Society in Hardwick to 
erect a meeting-house on the site now occupied by the old meet- 

1 The sum total of the appraisal was $817.88. 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 213 

ing-house, to be used as a union meeting-house by the Congrega- 
tional and Universalist Societies in such proportion of time as 
said Societies shall agree." Permission was granted, by a vote of 
9.2 aff., 44 neg. 

No time was lost in carrying the foregoing agreement into 
effect ; within twentj^-fovir liours after permission was granted by 
the town, the work was commenced. On the parish records is 
this memorandum : " Note. The work of taking down the old 
meeting-house was commenced June 16"', 1841." The new house 
was erected with commendable dispatch, and was dedicated 
January 25, 1842. It was by no means equal to the former edi- 
fice in size and general magnificence ; but sufficiently capacious to 
accommodate the congregation which remained after the Calvin- 
istic Society was formed, together with the Universalists, who 
had hitherto worshipped in the Town Hall, but had now taken 
possession of the new house. Instead of claiming the use of the 
house a portion of the time, for the employment of a " Unitarian 
preacher," this society wisely preferred to make a temporary 
union with the Universalists, and to employ one pastor for both 
societies. They accordingly voted, April 4, 1842, that " preachers 
should be obtained as far as practicable, for terms not less than 
one year ; and that we coincide in the propriety and expediency 
of endeavoring to retain the services of Rev. R. S. Pope for the 
ensuing year." They also voted to add the amount of their sub- 
scriptions to the funds of the Universalist Societ}^, provided that 
the same should be repaid if the Congregational Society should 
be obliged to furnish a preacher for the United Society. 

Upon the removal of Mr. Pope, at the close of his engagement, 
the Rev. Norwood Damon, a Unitarian preacher, was employed 
as acting pastor. At a meeting, November 27,1843, it appeared 
that the Congregational Society had raised about 8300, and yet 
lacked about 8200 of enough to pay " Mr. Damon for his services 
one year." A communication from the clerk of the Universalist 
Society was read, stating that after repaying to this society the 
sum which it advanced last year, there remained in their treasury 
about 8140, which they would loan " to this Society, to be re- 
placed hereafter ; " which offer was accepted. Mr. Damon re- 
mained here about tw^o j^ears, and was succeeded by Rev. Benton 
Smith, a Universalist, who was ordained July 2, 1845. The two 
societies acted together for a considerable length of time, as a 
united body, though I have found no record of a formal union. I 
do find, however, that this society voted, April 30, 1847, " that 



214 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

the sum we pay for the supply of the desk be paid to the treas- 
urer of the Union Society for the present year;" and a similar 
vote was passed in 1848 and 1849. Mr. Smith remained pastor 
until 1850, when he removed to Shirley Village, and afterwards 
to South Reading, 1854; Chatham, 1859 ; and Waltham, 1865. 
He was the State Missionary for several years. In 1879 he re- 
moved to South Newmarket, N. H., but subsequently returned to 
Waltham. 

For some years after the departure of Mr. Smith, the desk was 
supplied by occasional preaching. A formal union of the two so- 
cieties seemed necessary to their mutual prosperity. The Uni- 
versalists were more numerous and had more financial strength 
than the Unitarians ; but as the Congregational Society had cer- 
tain corporate rights which it was important to preserve, the Uni- 
versalists allowed their own organization to slumber, and became 
members of the Congregational Society, which was thenceforth 
substantially a Universalist Society, in fellowship with the State 
Convention, though retaining the original name, and inheriting 
the rights and immunities of the original parish. In November, 
1855, Rev. George J. Sanger, who was ordained at Sippican, 
September 8, 1847, and removed to Sandwich, 1849, and to 
Gloucester, 1851, was invited to take charge of this society, which 
invitation he accepted, and was installed May 7, 1856. His min- 
istry was very acceptable, and continued for eight years, except a 
slight intermission in 1862, when he accepted a commission as 
lieutenant in the army of the Union (which was afterwards ex- 
changed for another as chaplain), and offered a resignation of his 
pastorate. At a meeting, September 25, 1862, it was voted, 
" that the Society request Mr. Sanger to continue his connection 
with this Society as their pastor ; and after leave of absence for 
the term of nine months in his Country's service, hope that he 
will be able to resume all the pastoral duties of said Society." 
He performed his military duty, was taken prisoner at Galves- 
ton, and " endured hardness as a good soldier." He resumed his 
labor after his return, but resigned June 1, 1864, and removed to 
Webster ; he removed again, in 1869, to Danvers, where he still 
resides, devoting a portion of his time to secular affairs. 

The successor of Mr. Sanger was Rev. John Harvey Moore, 
who was ordained at Warren May 23, 1844, removed to South 
Reading, 1849 ; Concord, N. H., 1855 ; and returned to Warren, 
1862. He commenced preaching here in 1864, continuing to re- 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 215 

side in Warren, where he preached in the afternoon, after sup- 
plying the desk here in the forenoon. This arrangement contin- 
ued until 1874, after which he ceased preaching in Hardwick, and 
became pastor of the society in Webster. In 1878 he removed 
to Newark, N. Y., where he now resides. 

Rev. Henry Jewell was ordained at Salem, N. H., August 24, 
1836, and removed to South Reading, 1838 ; Lynn, 1840 ; Cin- 
cinnati, O., 1847 ; Stoneham, 1852; Lynn again, 1855 ; Canton, 
1858 ; Terre Haute, Ind., 1866 ; Manchester, Iowa, 1868; Rome, 
N. Y., 1870 ; Bristol, N. Y., 1872. In 1875 he removed to 
Hardwick, and remained pastor of this society until April 1, 
1878, when he resigned, and removed to Maiden. In 1881 he re- 
moved to Merrimac, and became pastor of tlie society in that 
town. 

Rev. Lucan S. Crosley of Waterloo, P. Q., graduated at the 
St. Lawrence Theological School in 1874, and preached at Plain- 
field, Vt., 1875, and Weymouth, 1876, 1877. He commenced his 
ministry here in September, 1878 ; was ordained November 13, 
1879 ; resigned in September, 1880, and removed to Woodstock 
Vt. 

The present pastor is Rev. Benjamin V. Stevenson, who was 
ordained in Boston, June, 1844, and preached in Barre six years, 
from April 1, 1844, to 1850 ; he was afterwards settled in Win- 
chester, N. H., 1850 ; at South Hingham, 1851 ; at New Bed- 
ford, 1854 ; at Chicopee, eleven years, from 1857 ; at Shelburne 
Falls, six years, from 1868 ; and at Southbridge, seven years, 
from 1874. Having thus labored constantly for the long period 
of thirty-eight years, he took charge of this ancient parish, in 
connection with a society at Ware, April 1, 1882. 

Calvinistic Society. A minority of the congregation, with 
a large majority of the church, withdrew from the original parish, 
and on the 13th of November, 1827, organized the first " Calvin- 
istic Society in Hardwick." Rejecting an offer of a joint occu- 
pancy of the old meeting-house, although the " lion's share " was 
tendered to them, they proceeded without delay to erect a new 
house at the south end of the Common. The corner-stone was 
laid in September, 1828, when an address was delivered by Rev. 
Parsons Cooke of Ware, setting forth the reasons for separation 
from the parent stock. A year afterwards, September 9, 1829, 
the house was dedicated ; ^ and the sermon on that occasion, by 

^ This meeting-house was taken down in 1860, and a more commodious edifice 
erected on the same place. 



216 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

Rev. John Wilder, Jr., of Charlton, was devoted to a considera- 
tion of " the present prospects of evangelical religion," which was 
thus defined : " The doctrine of the Triune Deity ; the doctrine 
of the divine inspiration of the Sacred Scriptures; the doctrine 
of the entire native sinfulness of the human heart ; the doc- 
trine of redemption by the Blood of Christ ; the necessity of re- 
generation by the influences of the Holy Spirit, i. e., repentance 
and faith in Christ in this life, essential to the obtaining of God's 
favor ; the doctrine of the sovereign Purposes of God ; the doc- 
trine of the perseverance of the Saints unto eternal life ; and the 
doctrine of an Endless Retributive State beyond the grave. 
These are, summarily, the Evangelical Faith." Both this ser- 
mon and the previous address were published. 

Before the erection of the meeting-house a unanimous invitation 
was given to Rev. Martyn Tupper to become pastor of the church 
and new society, which he accepted, and was ordained April 16, 
1828.^ He was a diligent and zealous workman, and his labors 
were rewarded by forty-six admissions to his church in 1831, 
this being the last extraordinary harvest enjoyed by that body. 
Soon after this religious awakening, the church was for some 
reason induced to adopt a modified creed, or confession of faith, 
which is here inserted : — 

" The Confession of Faith and Covenant adopted by the Con- 
gregational Church 2 in this place, March 2*^, 1832. (1.) We 
believe that there is one God, the Creator and rightful disposer of 
all things, existing as Father, Son, and Holy Ghost; and that to 
these three persons, as the one God, all divine perfections are to 
be equally ascribed. (2.) We believe that the Bible was given 
by inspiration of God, as the only unerring rule of faith and 
practice. (3.) We believe that mankind are fallen from their 
original rectitude, and are, while in a state of nature, wholly des- 
titute of that holiness which is required by the divine law. 
(4.) We believe that Jesus Christ, the eternal Word, became 
man, and by his obedience, sufferings and death, made an atone- 
ment for the sins of the world. (5.) We believe that they, and 
they only, will be saved, in consequence of the merits of Christ, 
who repent of sin, and believe in him. (6.) We believe that, 
although the invitations of the gospel are such that all, who will, 
may come and take of the water of life freely, yet the wickedness 

1 A further notice of Mr. Tupper is in- majority of the members, they claimed to 
serted at the close of his second pastorate be the "Congregational Church," tlie le- 
here. gitimate successors of the original found- 

2 Retaining the deacons, records, and a ers. 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 217 

of the human lieart is sucli that none will come, unless drawn by 
the special influences of the Holy Spirit. (7.) We believe that 
the sacraments of the New Testament are Baptism and the Lord's 
Supper, — Baptism to be administered only to believers and their 
households, and the Supper only to believers in regular church 
standing. (8.) We believe that God has appointed a day in 
which he will judge the world, when there will be a resurrection 
of the dead, and when the righteous will enter on eternal happi- 
ness, and the wicked will be sentenced to eternal misery." ^ 

The successor of Mr. Tupper, who resigned April 29, 1835, 
was Rev. Edward J. Fuller, who was born at Plainfield, Conn., 
January 5, 180G, grad. at A. C. 1828, and at Andover 1831, was 
ordained at Chelsea, January 11, 1832, and dismissed in 1835. He 
was installed in Hardwick November 3, 1835, and dismissed 
March 21, 1837. His ministry here was short and uneventful. 
For the next three years I do not trace him distinctly ; but from 
1810 to 1845, he was lecturer for the Western Anti-vSlavery So- 
ciet3\ In 1845, repeated attacks of epilepsy compelled him to 
retire from active mental labor. He died of apoplexy at Brigh- 
ton, O., March 12, 1876. See " Obituary Record of Grad. of 
Amherst College," 1876. 

Rev. William Eaton was the next pastor. He grad. at W. 0. 
1810, and at Andover 1813 ; was ordained at Fitchburg, August 
30, 1815, and dismissed June 4, 1823 ; installed at Middlebor- 
ough March 10, 1824, and dismissed April 10, 1834. He was 
at Charlotte, Vt., about two years, after which he was installed 
here September 6, 1837. The connection between pastor and 
people seems to have been very pleasant ; but the failure of his 
health compelled him to cease from his labors. He resigned 
March 26, 1840, and before a council could assemble to dissolve 
the connection, he died at West Brookfield, April 15, 1840, aged 
56 years. 

The successor of Mr. Eaton was Rev. Barnabas M. Fay, who 
was born at Berlin, July 27, 1806, and grad. Y. C. 1833. He 
was a professor in the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, New York city, 
from 1833 to 1836 ; studied in the Union Theological Seminary, 
1837 and 1838 ; was ordained in Hardwick May 20, 1840, and 
was dismissed August 23, 1843 ; was- a teacher in Durham, 
Conn., 1843, 1844; pastor at Wilmington, 1845 to 1850; profes- 

1 Substantially the same confession is cessity of a change of heart, and that this 
now in use by the church, with one addi- change is wrought by the Holy Spirit." 
tional article : " We believe in the ne- 



218 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

sor at the Blind Asylum, Indianapolis, Ind., 1850 to 1854 ; pro- 
fessor at the Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Flint, Mich., 1854 to 
1864 ; a banker at Saginaw, Mich., 1864 to 1869 ; without 
charge, Saratoga Springs, 1869 — . See " Gen. Catalogue Union 
Theol. Sem. 1876." 

Mr. Fay was succeeded by Rev. Asa Mann, who was born at 
Randolph, Vt., April 9, 1816, grad. at A. C. 1838, and at Ando- 
ver, 1842. He was ordained in Hardwick June 19, 1844, and 
resigned October 14, 1851 ; after which he was pastor at Exeter, 
N. H., 1851 to 1858; stated supply at Wellfleet, 1862, at Gran- 
ville, 1863, at Springfield, Vt., 1864, 1865, and Bath, N. H., 
1866 ; pastor at Bath, 1867 to 1872 ; at Raynhara, 1873, 1874 ; 
at Carlisle, 1875, 1876 ; stated supply at South Plymouth, 1878, 
1879, and at Hardwick again, 1880 to 1881. 

Rev. Martyn Tupper, the successor of Mr. Mann, was born in 
West Stafford, Conn., January 6, 1800, grad. Nassau Hall, 1826, 
was ordained here April 16, 1828, and resigned April 29, 1835, 
as before mentioned. He was next installed at East Long- 
meadow in October, 1835, dismissed in September, 1849, soon 
afterwards installed at Lanesboro, and dismissed May 19, 1852. 
He was reinstalled in Hardwick June 23, 1852, and after a peace- 
ful ministry of more than eighteen years, resigned, September 1, 
1870, and removed to Waverly, 111. His wife died there July 
27, 1871. About a year afterwards Mr. Tupper conveyed her 
remains to Hardwick, where two daughters had previously been 
buried. Having accomplished this pious task, he visited his 
friends at West Stafford, where he sickened and died July 31, 
1872, and was buried in his family lot in the new cemetery. 

Rev. Elbridge W. Merritt succeeded Mr. Tupper. He took 
a partial course at Union College, and also at the Union Theo- 
logical Seminary (then in Connecticut, now in New York). He 
was ordained in 1866, preached at Stafford, Conn., 1867, at 
Charleston, S. C, 1868, at Williamsburg, 1869, 1870, and be- 
came a stated supply in Hardwick, October, 1870, acting pastor, 
April 1871, and was installed as pastor June 5, 1873. He re- 
signed October 1, 1876, and after laboring for a time at the 
West, returned and settled in Dana, supplying also a parish in 
Petersham. 

Rev. Augustus C. Swain was ordained in 1873, preached at 
Needham 1873, 1874, at West Warren 1875, and at Hardwick 
from February, 1877 to July, 1879, when he removed to Hyde 
Park. He was not installed here. 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 



219 



The present pastor of the church is the Rev. Gilbert B. Rich- 
ardson, who graduated at A. C. 1853, and at the Bangor Theol. 
Seminary, 1856. He was first settled in Douglass, Mass. ; after- 
wards at Bath, Me., from 1860 to 1874, and at Alstead, N. IL, 
from 1874 to 1881. He commenced preaching here 17th July, 
1881, and was installed 7th December, 1881. 

Deacons. 





Elected. 




Held Office until 


Age. 


/Christopher Paige . . 


Dec. 3, 1736. 


Resigned. 


Apr. 13, 1749. 




Joseph Allen 


Dec. 3, 1736. 


Died. 


Aug. 18, 1793. 


84 


Samuel Robinson . . . 


Ap. 30, 1746. 


Resigned. 


Mar. 2, 1749. 




John Cooper 


1749. 


Removed. 


1769. 




William Paige 


Nov. 9, 1769. 


Died. 


Feb. 14, 1770. 


66 


John Bradish 


Ap. 28, 1774. 


Removed. 


1778. 




Ebenezer Willis. . . . 


May 12, 1785. 


Died. 


Feb. 5, 1813. 


78 


Nathaniel Paige . . . 


May 12, 1785. 


Removed. 


About 1812. 




Joseph Allen 


Aug. 16,1810. 


Died. 


Nov. 11,1822. 


73 


James Paige 


Aug. 10, 1812. 


Died. 


Feb. 18, 1818. 


70 


Benjamin W. Childs . 


Aug. 10, 1812. 


Removed. 


About 1819. 




Henry Fish 


Ap. 18, 1819. 


Resigned. 


May 20, 1830. 




Josiah C. Chandler . . 


Ap. 18,1819. 


Removed. 


About 1816. 




Elijah Amidon .... 


Mar. 10, 1824. 


Removed. 


About 1830. 




Anson Winchester . . 


Mar. 10, 1824. 


Removed. 


About 1830. 





The portion of the church which remained with the Congre- 
gational Society, elected to the office of Deacon : — 



Joseph Stone . 
Ichabod Dexter 



Elected. 



Nov. 19, 1830. 
Nov. 19, 1830. 



Died. 
Died. 



Held Office until 



June 27, 1849. 
Mav 11,1851, 



59 
76 



The other branch of the church, in addition to Deacons Fish, 
Amidon, and Winchester, elected : — 



220 



HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 





Elected. 




Held Office until 


Age. 


Mark Haskell 


May 20, 1830. 


Resigned. 


Mar. 5, 1841. 




Jason Carpenter .... 


Sep. 2, 1836. 


Resigned. 


Ap. 4, 1851. 




Joseph Whipple . . . 


Sep. 2, 1836. 


Resigned. 


Ap. 10, 1842. 




Emery B. Foster . . . 


A^). 30, 1841. 


Resigned. 


About 1849. 




Philander Chandler . . 


Sep. 7, 1849. 


Removed. 


About 1864. 




Reuben Tyler 


Sep. 7, 1849. 


Died. 


Nov. 21, 1859. 


51 


William A. Warner, Jr. 


Dec. 31, 1864. 








James N. Brown . . . 


Dec. 31, 1864. 


Resigned. 


1878. 




Charles L. Warner . . 


Mar. 15, 1878. 








Henry G. Towne ^ . . 


Mar. 15, 1878. 


Term expired. 


1882. 




Charles A. Wheeler . 


Mar. 1881. 




• 





1 Agreeably to a recent arrangement, the deacons are elected for a limited term 
of years. 



CHAPTER XII. 

ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 

Separate Church. — Reasons for Separation. — Early Separatists. — Cove- 
nant. — List of Members. — Removal to Bennington. — The Original Sepa- 
rate Church in Hardwick becomes the First Congregational Church in 
Vermont. — Baptist Society. — Early Members. — Corporators. — Meet- 
ing-houses. — Pastors. — Deacons. — Universalist Society. — Petition for 
Incorporation. — Corporators. — Pastors. — Deacons, — Amalgamation with 
the Congregational Society. — Methodist Society. — Meeting-house. — 
Trinitarian Congregational Church. — Munificent Benefactors. — Pastors. 
— Deacons. — Meeting-house. — Catholic Church. — Meeting-house. — 
Priest. 

Separate Chuech. About the year 1740 occurred what 
was then called the "Great Awakening," which extended 
throughout New England. It was occasioned, or at least greatly 
encouraged, by the labors of the celebrated Rev. George White- 
field.^ One of its results was the rending asunder of many 
churches, those who seceded being styled *' New Lights," and 
afterwards " Separatists " or " Separates." Terms of obloquy 
were freely interchanged between the two parties. The New 
Lights were denounced as enthusiastic and unscrupulous disorgan- 
izers, and they, in their turn, stigmatized the Old Lights, or 
established churches, both clergy and laity, as cold, lifeless, and 
dead, utterly unworthy the name of Christians. One of their 
preachers, Rev. Ebenezer Frothingham, of Weathersfield, Conn., 
published a Discourse, in 1750, entitled, " The Articles of Faith 
and Practice, with the Covenant, that is confessed by the Separate 
Churches of Christ in general in this Land. Also a Discouese, 
holding forth the great privileges of the Church of Jesus Christ, 

^J- Rev. Dr. Wigglesworth, in his Dis- who followed him in this uninstituted and 
courses, November 12 and 19, 1754, very disorderly and pernicious practice, 
"after the Rev. Mr. Whitefield's preach- twelve or thirteen years ago, wo may 
ing at Cambridge," in regard to itinerant ascribe all the separations from our 
preachers and laymen " thrusting them- churches, and most if not all the en- 
selves into other men's labors," says, thusiasm, error, contention, and confu- 
" To the encouragement given to the sion, with which we have been perplexed 
same person (Mr. Whitefield) and those ever since." P. 34. 



222 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

and the same privileges vindicated from the Sacred Scriptures ; 
and some points of practice in the Church of Christ, that are in 
great dispute between the learned and unlearned, fairly settled 
in a line of Divine Truth. — Written by Ebenezer Frothing- 
ham." In this Discourse the author devotes one chapter " to 
answer some objections that is made against the present great 
and misterious work that God is a doing in New England." He 
mentions seven objections, which probably embody the most 
material : — " We cannot think that this is a good work in 
the land, or a work of God's Spirit, that inclines persons to 
separate and rend away from the churches of Christ that are 
established by the laws of this colony and land, and to leave the 
house of God, and set up a worship contrary to the gospel, as 
has been the practice of some of late in the land." pp. 338, 339. 
" We cannot believe that this is a work of God in the land, 
which the Separates hold to be God's work, because none of our 
learned and good ministers own it. They say it is delusions and 
a false religion." p. 344. " We cannot believe that the Sepa- 
rates are right ; for God is a God of Order, and their practice is 
Disorder and Confusion. When they separate from us, they go 
off, one by one, and do not unite in a body, and then get a 
regular dismission ; but they rend away, some at one time, and 
some at another. And when there are a number that is suffi- 
cient for to set up public worship, then they are all of them 
preachers, women as well as men ; and this we know is contrary 
to the will of God." pp. 352, 353. " We cannot think that this 
present work is of God, which the Separates hold to be of God, 
for it makes divisions and disorders, and breaks the peace of 
churches and families ; therefore it cannot be a work of God, for 
Christ's Kingdom is a peaceful Kingdom ; and the promoters of 
this work are censorious, judging persons, who speak evil of our 
ministers and rulers, which is contrary to the word of God." p. 
363. " We don't believe that the Separates are right, or that 
God is with them, because that there are such divisions and jars 
amongst themselves ; for if God is with them, surely they would 
be agreed and have fellowship together, as they profess the saints 
of God have in a high degree ; but they are contending one with 
another, as is manifest to all ; and that religion and power 
amongst them, which they call the power of God, is a false re- 
ligicfti, nothing but a mere noise and an empty sound." pp. 373, 
374. " Notwithstanding all that the Separates pretend to, we 
think that they are them false prophets that Christ speaks of in 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 223 

the 24 of Matt. — ' that if it were possible they shall deceive the 
very elect.' " p. 392. " Notwithstanding all that the Separates 
say, or preach, or write, yet they do not convince us that they 
are right, or that God is with them ; and surely if God was with 
them, as they contend, they would be able to convince us, either 
by scripture, or sound reason, or they would be able to work a 
miracle, to show some undeniable sign, that we might believe." 
p. 398. 

To each of these objections Mr. Frothinghara makes a formal 
reply ; of which the first may serve as a fair specimen. He de- 
nies that the established churches from which so many had sepa- 
rated were true churches of Christ for the following reasons : 
" The Churches that we have separated from generally hold that 
external morality is the door into the church, and that the Lord's 
Supper is a converting ordinance ; or that all have a right to join 
with the church, that will make an outward public profession of 
Christianity, although they be unconverted." p. 340. " In the 
churches that we have left, there are many that are hardened and 
believe not, but speak evil of the ways, work, and power of God, 
and are awful mockers at the Spirit of God and the saints that 
are under the influence of the same Spirit ; and these persons are 
indulged in the churches ; therefore we have a just right and 
warrant in the word of God to separate from them. Acts xix. 
9." p. 341. " Again, the Churches that we have left, have dwin- 
dled away into a dead, dry, lifeless form of godliness, and have 
denyed the power and life of godliness, and from such we are to 
turn away. See 2 Timo. iii. 5." pp. 341, 342. " Again, the 
Churches that we have left, are stuffed full of hypocrites or dis- 
semblers ; for they professedly take in the unconverted, and when 
they are in the church, they profess themselves saints, and are 
counted and treated as such ; which is manifest hypocrisy in the 
sight of God and his saints." p. 342. This language manifests 
the same spirit which was exhibited by Whitefield, as quoted by 
Dr. Wigglesworth, in his Discourses heretofore referred to : One 
" unretracted error of Mr. Whitefield " is " what we find in his 
Journal when at Boston, in the year 1740, Thursday October 9"', 
where, after he hath told us ' that he saw a great number of min- 
isters sitting around and before him, and that the Lord enabled 
him to open his mouth boldly against unconverted ministers ; for 
he was verily persuaded the generality of ministers talk of an un- 
known and unfelt Christ,' he adds, ' and the reason why congrega- 
tions have been so dead is because they have had dead men preach- 



224 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

ing to them.' ... I believe many a stupid sinner hath read with 
secret pleasure, and thanked him in his heart, for thus transfer- 
ring the blame to his minister, and so far excusing him for his un- 
profitableness under the sound preaching of the gospel of Christ." 
p. 32. 

One more specimen may be pardoned, in which the author 
manifests some keenness of thought, though expressed in his cus- 
tomary uncouth style. In reference to the third objection, he 
says, " The fourth and last thing held forth in the objection is, 
Women's speaking in the Church, 1 Cor. xiv. 34, 35. This text 
no ways forbideth a woman's speaking, or breathing forth the ar- 
dent desire of her soul after God ; and when she is placed at 
Christ's feet with Mary, Luke x. 39, in true humility and brok- 
enness of soul by faith, beholding the divine excellencies and glo- 
ries of the Godhead shining forth in that spotless and innocent 
Lamb of God. When the case is thus with any woman or child, 
they have a just right from Christ, who gives them these discov- 
eries, when sweetly constrained thereto by the Spirit of God, to 
speak openly in the Church of the beauties and excellencies they 
see in their beloved ; Cant. iii. 4, 5 ; and chap. v. 10, 16. But to 
take the scripture aforementioned in this sense, — that a woman 
shall not speak at all in a public assembly, — will contradict the 
examples of the following scriptures : Luke xi. 27, 28. ' And it 
came to pass as he spake these things, a certain woman of the 
company lift up her voice and said unto him, Blessed is the womb 
that bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked. But he 
said. Yea, rather blessed are they which hear the word of God 
and keep it.' Here is an example one would think sufficient to 
stop the mouths of all creatures who oppose a woman's speaking 
in a public assembly, in a proper season ; for if a woman ever 
ought to be silent in a public assembly, surely it should be when 
the Son of God was personally a preaching with his own blessed 
mouth ; but yet at this very time ' a certain woman of the com- 
pany lift up her voice,' &c. No doubt but the carping Pharisees, 
who love a smooth form of worship, were highly offended at this 
woman's speaking and especially because she lifted up her voice so 
loud, and broke in upon Christ in his discourse, like a disordei-ly 
woman ; and had it been so that them Pharisee hearers, who stood 
much for an even form, had been acquainted with Paul's Epistles 
(which were not then written), no doubt they would have (as our 
Pharisees do now), pick out them texts that say a woman shall 
not speak in the church (not considering what speaking Paul had 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 225 

reference to), and so accused her therewith, and have told her that 
she had broken the commands of God, and gone contrary to his 
word, &c. But let us consider, — Doth Christ, who is the great 
Head of the Church, say. Woman, be silent, and not disturb the 
public worship of God, by speaking with such a loud voice whilst 
I am a preaching ; you are disorderly ; you have broken the 
commands of God and the civil law : Constable, take her out of 
the assembly, and let her be fined, or cast into prison, 'till she is 
more regular, and learns not to disturb the public worship ? Was 
this Christ's reply to the woman ? Surely no ! but the contrary. 
Christ shows his approbation of her speaking by taking an occa- 
sion further to teach her and all the assembly, from what she 
said, that true blessedness did not lie merely in being in human 
relation to him, but rather in being united to his divinity by a di- 
vine principle of grace implanted in the soul, which will lead a 
person both to hear the word of God and keep it." pp. 357-360. 
Other scriptures are then quoted to the same effect. 

The first notice found on record concerning this separate 
movement in Hardwick is under date of July 25, 1749, when it 
was " Voted, that the church make choice of, and send to the 
Rev. Mr. Edwards, Hall, and Eaton, to come and give their 
advice about the dissatisfied brethren in our church, viz., Samuel 
Robinson, James Fay, Benjamin Harwood, Silas Pratt, and 
George Abbott, jr., whether they will advise the church to dis- 
miss them, or proceed to censure them as irregular, disorderly 
members : — which council also came and gave their advice, 
as may be seen under their hands." " Sept. 20, 1749. At a 
church meeting in Hardwick, voted, that the church comply and 
fall in with the advice that the Rev. council gave. Silas Pratt, 
one of the dissatisfied brethren, complied with the council's 
advice. James Fay, Benjamin Harwood, and John Roberts ^ de- 
clared their non-compliance." At a later period, December 18, 
1751, Silas Pratt and Jacob Abbott ^ were called to account; and 
February 4, 1752, it was " voted, that the reasons that George 
Abbott and Silas Pratt gave for their absenting themselves 
from the public worship of God at the meeting-house in Hard- 
wick are not sufficient to justify their conduct. Voted, that 

1 John Koberts was not before named as ^ From what follows, it seems probable 

one of the " dissatisfied brethren"; but that this name should be George Abbott, 

he was among the most prominent ; and Similar mistakes are not unfrequent in 

Samuel Robinson, who was named, is Mr. White's records, 
here omitted from the list. 
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226 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

George Abbott and Silas Pratt be suspended from the sacrament 
of the Lord's Supper until they acknowledge their fault and 
amend." Again : " At a church meeting in Hardwick, Nov. 14, 
1753, voted that Experience Johnson, Ichabod Stratton, Ezekiel 
Pratt, Elisha Higgins and his wife, and Oliver Rice, be called 
to give the reasons why they absent themselves from the sacra- 
ment of the Lord's Supper in this place, and that Edward Allen 
be also called to give his reasons why he refuses to partake of the 
Lord's Supper in any church whatever." Also, " that a com- 
mittee be chosen to meet with the members that have separated 
from this church, and to propose some reconciling methods to 
them : Deacon Allen, Deacon Cooper, Lieut. Mirick, John Brad- 
ish, Ichabod Stratton, Jr., and Benjamin Whipple, were chosen 
for this committee." The result of this labor does not appear 
on record, except that, March 3, 1757, Experience Johnson was 
" censured by the church for his absentiug himself from the 
sacrament of the Lord's Sapper for several years ; " and, May 
26, 1763, " Ichabod Stratton confessed his fault in separating 
from the Church of Christ in Hardwick, was forgiven by the 
church, and admitted to former privileges." ^ 

Meanwhile, the Separates had organized a church, and had 
probably erected a meeting-house on the northwest corner of 
the " ten acres " devoted to a public use, which was subsequently 
confirmed to them by the proprietors. The original Covenant 
is still in existence, and was manifestly written by an uneducated 
sci'ibe, of which the following is a literal copy, made in 1877, the 
spelling and punctuation only being revised : 

" The Covenant. 

"We whose names are under written, apprehending ourselves 
called of God into church state of the gospel, do first of all con- 
fess ourselves unworthy to be so highly favored of the Lord, and 
admire that rich and full grace of his, which triumphs over so 
great unworthiness ; and then, with a humble reliance on the 

1 The only action of the town in regard gether for religious worship by them- 

to the Separates, which I find, is under selves, and are generally called Separates, 

date of May 9, 1754, and May 16, 1757; after considering the matter respecting 

at the first date, when met " to see if the freeing the Separates, as expressed in the 

town will release a number of the in- last article in the warrant, it being put to 

habitants of the town from paying to- vote, it passed in the negative." The 

wards the support of the settled minister second trial had a similar result. 
in said town, who assemble and meet to 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 227 

aids of grace therein promised for them, in a sense of their in- 
ability to do any good thing, do humbly wait on him for all ; and 
we now thankfully lay hold on his covenant, and would choose 
the things that please him. 

" We declare our serious belief of the Christian Religion, as 
contained in the Sacred Scriptures, and with such a view thereof 
as the Confession of Faith and Rule of Discipline in Cambridge 
Platform has exhibited, — heartily resolving to conform our lives 
unto the rules of that holy religion as long as we live in the 
world. We give ourselves unto the Lord Jehovah, who is the 
Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and avouch him this 
day to be our God, our Father, our Saviour, and our Leader ; 
and receive him as our portion forever. We give, up ourselves 
unto the blessed Jesus, who is the Lord Jehovah, and adhere to 
him as the head of his people in the covenant of grace, and 
rely on him as our Priest, and our Prophet, and our King, to 
bring us unto eternal blessedness. We acknowledge our everlast- 
ing and indispensable obligation to glorify our God in all the 
duties of a godly, a sober, and a righteous hfe, and very par- 
ticularly in the duties of a church state, and a body of people 
associated together for an obedience to him in all the ordinances 
of the gospel ; and we herein depend upon his gracious assistance 
for our faithful discharge of the duties thus incumbent on us. 
We desire, and intend (with dependence upon his powerful 
grace), we engage to walk together as a church of the Lord 
Jesus Christ, in the faith and order of the gospel, so far as we 
shall have the same revealed to us, conscientiously attending the 
public worship of God, the sacraments of his New Testament, 
the discipline of his kingdom, and all his holy institutions, in 
communion with one another, and watchfully avoiding all sinful 
stumbling-blocks and contention, as become a people whom the 
Lord hath bound up together in the bundle of life. At the same 
time also we do present our offspring with us to the Lord, 
purposing with his help to do our parts in the methods of a 
religious education, that they may be the Lord's. And all this we 
do, flying to the blood of the everlasting covenant for the pardon 
of our many errors, and praying that the glorious Lord, who is 
the great Shepherd, would prepare and strengthen us for every 
good work, to do his will, working in us that which will be 
well pleasing : — to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen." 

This original covenant was written on the first page of a folio 
sheet of paper, which is still preserved by the First Church in 



228 



HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 



Bennington, Vt. On the second page the earliest signatures are 
arranged in two columns, as follows : — 



John Roberts,^ 
Samuel Robinson,-^ 
James Fay,^ 
Benjamin Harwood,^ 
George Abbott,^ 
Jacob Fisk,^ 
George Abbott, Jr.,^ 
Jedediah Rice,^ 
James Breckenridge,^ 
Oliver Rice,-^ 
James Fay, Jr.,^ 
David Doaue,^ 
John Fassett,^ 
Daniel Fay,^ 
Ichabod Stratton, Jr.,^ 
William Breckenridge,^ 
Benjamin Whipple,^ 
Eleazar Harwood,^ 
Samuel Pratt.^ 



Jonathan Scott, 
Elisha Field, 
Samuel Montague, 
Elizabeth Scott, 
Experience Richardson. 



Rebekah Abbott, 
Lydia Fay, 
Marcy Robinson, 
Baty Pratt, 
Bridget Harwood, 
Elizabeth Roberts, 
Elizabeth Fisk, 
Elizabeth Pratt, 
Peace Atwood, 
Prudence Whipple, 
Martha Abbott, 
Mehi table Fay, 
Hannah Rice, 
Elizabeth Fay, 
Marcy Newton, 
Hepzibah Whipple. 

Joseph Safford, 
Ann Safford, 
Stephen Story, 
Bethia Burnham, 
Eleanor Smith. 

Aaron Leonard, 
John Wood, 
Zachariah Harwood, 
Philippa Wood, 
Mareit Harwood. 



This Separate Church was organized in Hardwick about the 
5'ear 1750.^ Its deacons were Samuel Robinson and James Fay; 
perhaps, also, John Fassett. There is no known evidence that it 
ever had a settled pastor while it remained here.^ So many of 



1 Removed to Bennington, Vt., in or 
about 17C1. 

2 Did not remove to Bennington. 

^ The Breckenridges were of Ware. 
James removed to Bennington, but Wil- 
liam remained at Ware. 

* Probably removed to Amherst about 
1756, and thence to Bennington in 1761. 

6 It must have been formed as early as 
1750, for one of its members, Mrs. Eliza- 



beth Roberts, died before the end of that 
year. 

c There was a tradition, haK a century 
ago, that the church had a pastor, whose 
name was Roberts. Perhaps it had this 
foundation : Mr. John Roberts whose 
name heads the list of subscribers to the 
Covenant, may have ordinarily officiated 
as a lay-preacher, or exhorter, which 
would account for his taking precedence 
of Samuel Robinson in the list. 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 229 

its members removed to Bennington in 1761, that the Church, as 
an organized body, together with its covenant and records, was 
transferred to that town. It formed a union, December 3, 1762, 
witli a much smaller representation of a similar Church which had 
removed from Sunderland to Bennington, and on the same day 
admitted five persons who had formerly been members of a Sepa- 
rate Church in Newint (a parish in Norwich), Conn., and thus 
was organized the First Church in the territory now embraced in 
the State of Vermont. 

The particular method of this union of churches is recited by 
Rev. Isaac Jennings, the present pastor of the united church, in 
his " Memorials of a Century," pp. 31-33. That the covenant un- 
der which the union was consummated was not originally pre- 
pared for that occasion, but was the old covenant adopted at 
Hardwick about twelve years previously, and already bearing 
thirty-five signatures, is manifest for several reasons: (1.) The 
only reference to a covenant to be found in the articles of union 
is this: "It is agreed upon and voted by the Church of Christ 
in Bennington, that they make an exception in the fourth para- 
graph in the eleventh chapter in Cambridge Platform, in respect 
of using the civil law to support the gospel ; and also the ninth 
paragraph in the seventeenth chapter, in respect of the civil mag- 
istrate's coercive power." The Hardwick covenant accepted the 
Cambridge Platform without qualification. In renewing or re- 
adopting that, it was natural to make exceptions, if desirable ; 
but altogether unnatural to make such exceptions to the provi- 
sions of a new covenant at that time prepared as a basis of eccle- 
siastical union. (2.) Of the first thirty-five signatures to this 
covenant, all are recognized as Hardwick names except the two 
Breckenridges, who resided in the adjoining town of Ware ; but 
there is sufficient evidence on the town records, that four of 
them, to wit. Deacon James Fay and his sons James Jr. and 
Daniel, and William Breckenridge, never removed to Benning- 
ton. (3.) Another reason is of itself conclusive: The signa- 
tures of the first nineteen males are autographs ; but at least 
three of them had deceased before the union of the churches ; 
namely, Dr. Jedediah Rice, who died at Hardwick April 4, 1756 ; 
Benjamin Harwood, who removed to Amherst and died August 
19, 1758 ; and George Abbott, Jr., who had died, and the inven- 
tory of his estate was rendered August 16, 1761. Also, of the 
sixteen females whose names stand first in the second column, 
three had died, and three had changed their names by marriage, 



230 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

before the date of the union ; namely, Elizabeth, wife of John 
Roberts, who died November 4, 1750 ; Elizabeth Fay, who died 
November 24, 1756 ; and Lydia, wife of Deacon James Faj^, who, 
died before September 13, 1760, when he was published to his 
second wife ; Betty Pratt, who married Elisha Field of Sunder- 
land, January 11, 1753 ; Prudence Whipple, who was published 
to Deacon James Fay, September 13, 1760 ; and Mehitable Fay, 
who married Benjamin Rogers September 10, 1760. There can 
be no possible doubt that all these names were subscribed to the 
covenant before the union was formed December ?, 1762 ; after 
which new names were added to the list of subscribers on the 
same paper. The signatures to the covenant may with perfect 
confidence be classed thus : the names in both columns, above the 
first cross lines, indicate the members of the Hard wick church ; 
those below the line in the first column, the members of the Sun- 
derland church ; those between the cross lines in the second col- 
umn, the Newint members admitted at the time of the union ; 
and those below the second cross line, the new members after- 
wards admitted. The conclusion of the whole matter is, that 
this ancient document, providentially preserved, funiishes incon- 
testable evidence that the Separate Church, formed in Hardwick 
about 1750, together with the associates admitted December 3, 
1762, became not only the first Congregational Church in Ben- 
nington, but also the first Congregational Church in the State of 
Vermont, retaining its original Covenant, with a single modifica- 
tion. 

Baptist Society. The earliest notice of Baptists in Hard- 
wick, which I have seen, is under date of March 31, 1777, when 
Ephraim Pratt, Ebenezer Lawrence, Abiathar Babbitt, William 
Perkins, Nathaniel Haskell, Jeremiah Sibley, Ephraim Cleve- 
land, Jr., and Zebadiah Johnson, were so named, and their tax for 
the support of the ministry was remitted. In the Hardwick Ar- 
chives is preserved a certificate, to wit : " The names of those that 
formed a Baptist Society in the southwest part of Hardwick : 
Moses Winchester, Seth Tucker, Jeremiah Hathaway, Joshua 
Tucker, David Elwell, Samuel Bowen, Henry Higgins, Seth 
Willis, Samuel L. Robinson, Aaron Chamberlin, Jesse Snow, 
ApoUos Snow. — Apollos Snow, Clerk. Hardwick, April 12, 
1799." It is observable that this list does not contain a single 
name which was mentioned twenty-two years earlier, and when 
the society was legally incorporated seventeen years later, Febru- 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 231 

ary 3, 1816,^ another almost total change appears : David Elwell 
and Seth Willis being the only names which occur in either of 
the former lists. Before its incorporation, this society erected a 
meeting-house in 1801. In 1832, a new and commodious edifice 
was constructed ; but this was sold to Mr. Daniel S. Collins, and 
converted into a barn, in 1846, when the society established its 
place of worship at Ware. The society was organized November 
16, 1797. The church in connection with it was instituted Sep- 
tember 16, 1801. The first pastor was Rev. Ebenezer Burt, who 
was ordained June 20, 1798. After a faithful and devoted min- 
istry of nearly thirty years, he was dismissed November 19, 1827.^ 
He subsequently resided several years in Ware, and then removed 
to Athol, where he died November 25, 1861, aged nearly 96. He 
continued to preach, occasionally, until extreme old age disabled 
him. 

The successor of Mr. Burt was Rev. Joseph Glazier, who was 
installed August 2, 1831. From the number gathered by him 
into the church,^ his ministry seems to have been successful ; but 
it continued somewhat less than four years, and ended in April 
1835. 

Rev. Nelson B. Jones became pastor of this church in May, 
1837, and sustained that office about two years. I have not been 
able to trace his subsequent pastoral labors ; but in 1881 he was 

^ The corporators were John Raymond, Lydia (Tippen) Burt, who were among 
Elisha Sturtevant, Seth Willis, Enos tlie early inhabitants of Norton. When 
Newland, Masa Newland, Benjamin Ri- fourteen years old he joined the old Bap- 
der, Timothy Hathaway, John Croff, tist ciiurch. Aug. 29, 1794, he was li- 
Lemuel Wheeler, David Elwell, Judah Si- censed to preach by the Baptist church of 
monds, Judah Marsh, Gamaliel Collins, Dighton, and preached in this vicinity till 
Asa Sturtevant, John Wetherell, Jcre- Nov. 2, 1796, when he removed to Ilard- 
miah Newland, Daniel Barrows, Aquilla wick, and gathered a society in the south- 
Collins, Jonah Collins, Cary Howard, west part of that town, where he was or- 
Jeremiah Campbell, Jeremiah Campbell, dained as an evangelist (standing upon a 
Jr., Lemuel Gilbert, Aaron Marsh, Zenas great rock), June 20, 1797. A church was 
Marsh, Cary Howard, Jr., Isaac Barlow, organized in 1806, and he was installed 
Mass. Spec. Laws, v. 87. the pastor, which position he held till 

2 Some of these facts and dates were November, 1846, when he preached his 

communicated to me in 1838, by Rev. Nel- half-century Sermon." He may have 

son B. Jones, then pastor of the church, preached such a sermon ; but he certainly 

and are presumed to be correct. A some- was dismissed long before that date, and 

what different account is found in Clark's had had at least two successors. 

History of Norton, p. 503, which I insert 3 The whole number of baptisms in this 

on account of some details: Ebenezer church, up to November, 1838, was 214: 

Burt, "born Mar. 9, 1766, was the son of viz., by Mr. Burt, 134; by Mr. Glazier, 

Deacon Ebenezer and Abigail (Bassett), 42 ; by Mr. Jones, 7 ; by other persons, 

grandson of Ebenezer and Naomi (Camp- 31. 
bell), and great-grandson of Ebenezer and 



232 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

residing in Prescott, without official charge, but continuing to 
preach as opportunity offered. 

After the dismission of Mr. Jones, the pulpit was supplied one 
year by Rev. William Brown. About 1840, Rev. Joseph Glazier 
was recalled, and remained pastor of the church until April 1, 
1846, when he resigned, and the place of public worship was 
transferred to Ware. He was not again settled in the ministry, 
but resided in Ware until his death, which occurred September 
1, 1860. 

The deacons of this church, while it remained in Hardwick, 
were as follows : — 

Daniel Lamsou, elected 1801, dismissed 1806. 

Seth Willis, elected 1801, dismissed 1811. 

Benjamin Rider, elected 1806, dismissed 1814. 

Eseck Brown, elected 1811, dismissed 1812. 

Enos Newland, elected 1812, dismissed 1814. 

Henry Higgins, elected 1817, dismissed 1833. 

Joseph Metcalf, elected 1817, dismissed 1829. 

John Pepper, elected 1829. 
John Chamberlain, elected 1833. 

Uniyeesalist Society. At a quite early date there were in 
Hardwick several believers in the doctrine of Universal Salvation. 
Before 1790, Rev. Caleb Rich, Rev. Zephaniah Lathe, and per- 
haps other itinerant ministers, had preached here, in private 
houses or elsewhere, as opportunity offered. In 1796, Rev. Hosea 
Ballon was engaged to preach, once a month, in that section of 
the town which was afterwards incorporated as a part of Dana. 
He resided there, doing the manifold work of a pastor at home, 
and of an itinerant or missionary abroad, until February, 1803, 
when he removed to Barnard, Vt.^ He afterwards removed to 
Portsmouth, N. H., in 1809, to Salem in 1815, and to Boston in 
1817, where he died June 7, 1852, aged 81, having accomplished 
a work such as has been allotted to few mortals. He was one of 
the most remarkable men of this age. He has been not inaptly 
described as " an uneducated man, but a born theologian, a man 
endowed with the simplicity of a child and the intellect of a 

1 During Mr. Ballou's ministry, the Gen- Haskell, George Paige, Eobert Dean, Seth 

eral Convention of Universalists held its Dean, Elijah Aiken, Solomon Aiken, Jr., 

annual session here in September, 1798. Aaron Fay, Eliakim Fay, and Moses 

On his removal to Barnard, he found Fay. They may have been in.strumental 

among his hearers several Hardwick emi- in his removal, having heard him preach 

grants, such as Nathaniel Haskell, Prince when visiting their friends in Hardvrick. 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 233 

giant." His biography, in four volumes, by his friend and disci- 
ple, Rev. Thomas Whittemore, was published not long after his 
decease. 

Before Mr. Ballon removed to Barnard, the town of Dana was 
incorporated, including within its limits that portion of Hard- 
wick in which he and many of his hearers resided. Those who 
dwelt in the present town of Hardwick did not, for several 
years, organize a legal society, or maintain constant preacliing. 
Some continued to worship at Dana, where Rev. Joshua Flagg ^ 
had succeeded Mr. Ballon ; and others employed such other 
preachers as could be had, generally meeting in the hall of the 
Ruggles Hotel until the Town House was erected. Among those 
who thus occasionally ministered at the altar, the most prominent 
in all respects was the Rev. John Bisbe, who was born at Plymp- 
ton, grad. B. U. 1814, studied law for a considerable time with 
Hon. Marcus Morton, then prepared for the ministry, and was 
ordained at Brookfield, November 14, 1821. From Brookfield 
he removed to Hartford, Conn., where he was installed August 
19, 1824, and thence to Portland, Me., was installed there in 
August, 1827, and died March 8, 1828, at the early age of 36 
years. He was regarded as a remarkably eloquent and powerful 
preacher, and as an exemplary Christian. During his residence 
in Brookfield he preached frequently in Hardwick ; and under 
his influence, as it would seem, a petition for tlie incorporation 
of a Universalist Society was presented to the General Court, 
which was granted June 12, 1824.^ A copy of the petition re- 
mains on file in the Town Archives, sufficiently characteristic to 
justify its insertion : — 

" To the Hon. the Senate, and the Hon. House of Representa- 

1 Mr. Flagg was settled in several towns won general regard, and the clergy of his 

in the course of his long life ; but I am town generally attended his funeral and 

not able to construct an accurate list, paid due tribute of respect to his mem- 

His decease was mentioned in the Uni- ory." 

versalist Register for 1861, then edited by ^ Mass. Spec. Laws, vi. 215. The coi'- 
Rev. Aaron B. Grosh, with an appre- porators were Dauiel Tluggles, Constant 
ciative obituary : " Rev. Joshua Flagg Ruggles, Ezra Ruggles, Samuel Weston, 
died in Dana, Nov. 10, 18.59, aged 86 Ira Ruggles, Samuel Granger, Gardner 
years, 6 months, and 20 days, — after a Ruggles, Anson Ruggles, Franklin Rug- 
ministry of more than sixty years, and gles, Oighton Ruggles, Moses Mau- 
the oldest Universalist minister in the dell, Ebenezer Cobb, Simeon Crosby, 
State. Though of rude vigor and con- Daniel B. Hiukley, Nathan Perry, James 
troversial spirit in his early days, when Sturtevaut, William P. Jordan, Seth 
persecution and violent opposition were Hinkley, Stephen W. Paige, Ebenezer 
met on every side, yet his devotional Perry, and Noah Beach, 
spirit and earnest sincerity in later years 



234 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

tives in General Court assembled. The petition of the sub- 
scribers, inhabitants of the town of Hardwick, humbly sheweth: 
That we, being deeply impressed with a sense of the duty as 
well as the privilege of worshi]3ping the Supreme Being agreeable 
to the dictates of conscience, and as we believe in the restitution 
of all things spoken of by the mouth of all God's holy prophets 
since the world began, and tliat God will have all men to be 
saved and come to the knowledge of the truth, and believing 
that the knowledge of this truth will have the most powerful in- 
fluence to produce order, morality, and rational happiness, and 
as faith comes by hearing, and as we cannot hear without a 
preacher, — the prayer of your petitioners therefore is that we, 
together with others that may join us, may be incorporated into 
a society by the name of the First Universalist Society in the 
Town of Hardwick, in order that we may be enabled to com- 
mand our own resources for the purpose of procuring and sup- 
porting a preacher of this great and common salvation, and other 
necessary concerns of said Societ3^ And your petitioners, as in 
duty bound, will ever pray." 

Little use of the act of incorporation seems to have been 
made for several years. Occasional preaching ^ was had from 
time to time, but regular services were not established until 
1837, when Rev. John Pierce, a young man who had recently 
entered the ministry, was employed, and was ordained Septem- 
ber 27, 1837. He remained iiere about a year ; and subsequently 
preached in Dana and Lunenburg in 1838, and in Lunenburg 
and Shirley Village, 1839, during which year he also gathered a 
society in Townsend. " In the spring of 1840, he engaged to 
labor with the two societies in Lunenburg and Townsend." But 
he was soon prostrated by disease of the hings, and died at 
Lunenburg, his native place, August 31, 1840, at the immature 
age of 26 years. He was a young man of fair mental endow- 
ment, and of great earnestness and zeal. His interest in the 
cause which he had espoused was manifested by the legacy of all 
his earthly possessions to the society in Lunenburg, the income 
to be devoted to the maintenance of religious worship, on con- 
dition that the society should raise a prescribed amount annually, 
for the same purpose. ^ 

Tiie successor of Mr. Pierce was Rev. Gilman Noyes, who was 

1 One of the occasional preachers was ^ Memoir of Rev. John Pierce, pp. 39, 
Eev. John H. Willis, who labored faith- 68. 
fully in many fields, and died on College 
Hill, October 9, 1877, aged 70 years. 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 235 

born at Atkinson, N. H., in 1804, and grad. D. C. 1830. He 
was settled at Charlton in June, 1831, having charge also of the 
parish in Brookfield. He removed to Spencer in 1838, and 
thence to Hyannis in 1839. While residing in Spencer, he 
preached in Hardwick regularly once a month. About 1843 he 
removed to Brimfield, where he devoted a portion of his time 
to agricultural pursuits, and where he died October 18, 1863, 
aged 59. 

Rev. Rufus S. Pope, born in Stoughton, April 2, 1809, was 
ordained during the session of the Boston Association at 
Gloucester, December 4, 1833. He had commenced preaching 
in the previous August, at South Dedliam (now Norwood), 
where he i-emained three years, dividing his services a portion of 
the time between that parish and Milford. In 1836 he removed 
to Sterling, and had charge of that parish until April, 1840, 
when he came to Hardwick. While here, his ministry was very 
successful. A church of twenty-seven members was organized. 
A new meeting-house was erected, under an arrangement with 
the Congregational Society, in 1841, and for the next year the 
two societies united in one congregation. In April, 1843, he re- 
moved to Hyannis, whei-e he died June 5, 1882. He was a rep- 
resentative in the General Court, in 1855 ; register of probate 
in Barnstable County, from 1855 to 1857 ; and postmaster in 
Hyannis from 1862 to 1870. 

The subsequent history of the Universalist Societ}^ embracing 
its substantial consolidation with the Congregational Society, and 
its succession of pastors, — Rev. Messrs. Smith, Sanger, Moore, 
Jewell, Crosley, and Stevenson, — has already been narrated, 
and need not be repeated. The deacons elected by the Uni- 
versalist Church, at its organization December 24, 1842, were : 

Constant Ruggles, died April 28, 1846, aged 79. 
Joseph Burgess, died July 20, 1879, aged 79. 
Constant Southvvortb, died December 5, 1877, aged 63. 

Methodist Society. Many years ago a Methodist Society 
was organized at the Furnace Village, and erected a neat and 
commodious meeting-house on the west side of Moose Brook 
about the year 1845. Though not lacking in zeal, it was never 
strong in membership and wealth. It has generally been classed 
with Barre by the Conference, the same preacher having charge 
of both societies. I would be glad to record the names of the 
several preachers from the beginning, but all my efforts to ob- 



236 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

tain an accurate list have been unavailing. And equally unsuc- 
cessful have I been in seeking from both preachers and laj^men 
such information as would enable me to give a satisfactory ac- 
count of the fortunes of this society, whether prosperous or ad- 
verse. 

Trinitarian Congregational Church. Almost all the 
facts here related concerning this church are gleaned from its 
Manual, and from a Decennuil Sermon by its pastor, the Rev. 
Willard D. Brown. " The very first words in the records of the 
Church are these : ' From the commencement of the present 
manufacturing village of Gilbertville in 1860, the proprietors 
have felt much interest in the moral welfare of the place, and 
have spared no pains to secure the improvement of its popula- 
tion.' " ^ The princely munificence of Mr. George H. Gilbert, 
of his family, and of the manufacturing corporation bearing 
his name, richly deserves this recognition by the beneficiaries. 
" The Gilbertville Hall was dedicated December 27, 1863, and 
was used as a place of worship until the completion and dedica- 
tion, on September 10, 1874, of the house of worship now occupied 
by the church and society. From December, 1863, until August, 
1865 (except during a portion of the winter of 1864-65), there 
was preaching Sunday afternoons by Rev. Messrs. Perkins, Tut- 
tle, Gordon, and Merrill, of Ware, Tupper, of Hardwick, and 
Gurney, of New Braintree. From that time till March, 1866, 
Rev. William H. Beecher, of North Brookfield, preached as a 
stated supply, and he was succeeded by Rev. R. P. Wells, from 
Tennessee, who became acting pastor of the church, and re- 
mained with it until January, 1869." ^ The Rev. Rufus P. 
Wells grad. A. C. 1842, and took a partial course at the Theol. 
Inst, in Connecticut in the class of 1845. After a successful 
ministry at Gilbertville, he preached at Southampton, 1869- 
1874, and at Mason, N. H., 1874-1877. He died at Norton, 
May 25, 1877, aged 59. 

The successor of Mr. Wells was Rev. Willard D. Brown, who 
grad. at Middlebury Coll., 1868, and at Andover, 1869. He 
became acting pastor of the church in September, 1869, and was 
ordained and installed December 6, 1870. The church " was 
organized March 7, 1867, and was composed of thirty-eight 
members, twenty-three of whom were received by letter, and 
fifteen on profession of faith. There were connected with it, 

1 Sermon, p. 5. 2 Manual. 



ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY. 237 

k 

during its first year, forty-eight members. There have been 
connected with it, up to the present time (1878), one hundred 
and thirty-three members, forty of whom were males and ninety- 
three females ; forty-four have been received by letter, and 
eighty-nine on confession of faith." ^ 

Deacons. 

Isaac H. Hoyt, elected February 14, 1868, resigned 1868. 
Warner H. Joslyn, elected February 14, 1868, resigned 1869. 
Wales T. Wilder, elected March 10, 1869. 
Melzar Lamberton, elected March 1, 1877. 

The meeting-house occupied by this church and society deserves 
special notice. Constructed of granite, " from foundation to top 
of spire," it is a perfect gem of architecture, and is the crowning 
ornament of the most beautiful and neatly-kept manufacturing 
village in the Commonwealth. For its erection, Mr. George H. 
Gilbert, who died May 6, 1869, aged 63, devised by his will the 
sum of $20,000 ; the manufacturing corporation which bears his 
name contributed $20,000 in cash, and in addition gave a spacious 
lot of land suitably graded and inclosed, and also put in the 
foundation of the edifice; his widow gave an organ, and his 
children the furniture, together with a memorial window in 
memory of a deceased sister. The whole amount of this mag- 
nificent gift is estimated at not less than fifty thousand dollars. 

Catholic Church. The building up of a large manufactur- 
ing establishment at Gilbertville naturally attracted a numerous 
foreign population, most of which consisted of Catholics. Hav- 
ing worshipped for several years at Ware, they are understood 
to have been organized into a separate parish at Gilbertville. A 
spacious brick church was erected in 1872, on the west side of 
the river, in the northerly part of the village. Mass is celebrated 
in the forenoon of every Sabbath, with Sunday-school exercises 
at two o'clock, and Vespers at three o'clock in the afternoon. 
The congregation is larger than any other in the whole town, 
embracing about eight hundred souls, including children. The 
pastor in 1883 is Rev. John T. Sheehan, who resides in Ware. 
I am unable to give a more particular account of the parish. 

1 Manual. 



CHAPTER XIII. 

LITEKABY HISTORY. 

Graduates. — Clergymen. — Lawyers. — Physicians. — Poets. — Poetry. — 
Schools. — Early Teachers. — Appropriations. — School-Houses. — High 
School. — Social Library. — Early Proprietors. — Catalogue of Books. — 
Mount Zion Lodge. — Original Members. — Removal to Barre. — Masters. 
— Post- Offices and Postmasters. — Post Riders and Mail Carriers. — Cen- 
tennial Celebration. 



Geaduates. The number of native-born sons of Hardwick 
who have received a liberal education and collegiate honors is not 
large. The following list is probably imperfect, but it approxi- 
mates the truth. Two graduates, Lemuel Hedge and Sanford 
Lawton, though born elsewhere, are included, because they were 
brought here in their infancy, were of Hardwick stock, and were 
trained in our schools. Further notice of all these graduates, 
and also of the lawyers and physicians named, may be found in 
the Genealogical Register contained in this volume. 



Luther E. Barnes . 


A. C. 


1871. 


Andrew J. Bartholomew 


. Y. C. 


1856. 


Barnabas Billings . 


B. U. 


1791. 


Joseph Blake .... 


. H. C. 


1786. 


George Blake 


H. C. 


1789. 


Charles E. Bruce 


. A. C. 


1845. 


Henry James Bruce 


A. C. 


1859. 


John Field .... 


. W. C. 


1807. 


Horace Gleason 


W. C. 


1828. 


Matthew W. Haskell . 


. A. C. 


1853. 


Lemuel Hedge . . . . 


H. C. 


1759. 


Abiathar Hopkins 


. D. C. 


1806. 


John Lawton 


Mid. C. 


1805. 


Sanford Lawton 


. Y. C. 


1825. 


William A. Mandell 


A. C. 


1838. 


Daniel W. Mandell . 


Mid. C. 


1850. 


William Mixter . . 


H. C. 


1829. 


George Mixter .... 


. Y.C. 


1836. 



LITERARY HISTORY. 



239 



H. C. 


1863. 


H. C. 


1879. 


Y. C. 


1845. 


D. C. 


1784. 


D. C. 


1786. 


W. C. 


1807., 


B. U. 


1828.^ 


H. C. 


1850. 


T. C. 


1861. 


Y. C. 


1803. 


Y. C. 


1789. 


D. C. 


1790. 


W. C. 


1812. 


U. C. 


1830. 


H.C. 


1759. 


H. C.2 


1765. 



George Mixter 

Samuel J. Mixter ^ 

James Monroe 

Christopher Paige 

Reed Paige 

John Keyes Paige 

Winslow Paige (honorary) 

Lucius R. Paige (honorary) 

Charles G. Pope 

Thomas Rice 

Moses Robinson (honorary) 

Jonathan Robinson (honorary) 

Alfred Stearns 

Squire Whipple . 

Thomas Wells White 

John White 



Clergymen. The several clergymen who have had pastoral 
charge in Hardwick have already been mentioned under the 
ecclesiastical head, which may suffice. 

Lawyers. Timothy Ruggles, H. C. 1732, came here in 
1754, and was soon appointed justice, and subsequently chief 
justice, of the Court of Common Pleas. He left Hardwick in 
1774, at the commencement of the Revolution, and died at Wil- 
mot, near Annapolis, N. S., August 4, 1795, aged nearly 84. 

Daniel Oliver, H. C. 1762, commenced practice here early 
in 1767. He was one of the very few barristers at law in the 
Province, and apparently popular and successful. He left town 
with General Ruggles in 1774, and died at Ashstead, England, 
May 6, 1826, aged 82. 

Seth Paddleford, Y. C. 1770, soon commenced practice 
here. He removed to Taunton about 1778, was judge of pro- 
bate for Bristol County, received the degree of LL.D. from B. U., 
1798, and died January 7, 1810, aged 58. 

Pelatiah Hitchcock, H. C. 1785, commenced practice here 
before 1791. He removed to West Brookfield, where he dfed 
April 25, 1851, aged 86. 

Luke Brown, H. C. 1794, commenced practice here before 

1 Educated at the Mass. Inst, of Tech- D. C. — Dartmouth College. H. C. — 
nology, and at the Harvard Medical Harvard College. Mid. C. — Middlebury 
School. College. T. C — Tufts College. U. C. 

2 Contractions. A. C. — Amherst — Union College. W. C. — Williams 
College. B. U. — Brown University. College. Y. C. — Yale College. 



240 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

1799. He removed about 1807, and died at Enfield in 1835, 
aged about 60. 

Elisha p. Cutler, W. C 1798, commenced practice here. 
In 1805 " be removed to North Yarmouth, Me., and died there 
Aug. 29, 1813, aged 32. He was a man of much promise." " Wil- 
liams Biog. Annals," p. 214. 

Samuel Eastman, D. C. 1802, commenced practice here in 
1807. He remained longer than any of his predecessors, but at 
length removed to Springfield. He died at Amherst, April 11, 
1864, aged 81. 

Joseph Knox was here before 1831. He removed in 1837 to 
Rock Island, 111., where he died August 6, 1881, 

Joel W. Fletcher, A. C. 1838, came here in 1841, and re- 
moved to Leominster in 1843. About 1865 he removed to 
Cambridge, abandoned the practice of the law, and became an 
insurance agent. In 1879 he went to Chicago, where he died 
February 15, 1880, aged 62. 

Since 1843, no lawyer has established himself in Hardwick. 
It is much to the credit of the town, as a peaceable and law-abid- 
ing community, that it has never required professional aid in its 
transaction of business, and its settlement of differences, to such 
an extent as to induce any lawyer to make this his permanent 
residence through life. 

Physicians. No trace has been discovered of any physician 
in Hardwick earlie. than 1749 ; since which time, however, the 
town has never been destitute of at least one medical adviser. 

Jedediah Rice was here as early as April 11, 1749. He 
had scarcely sufficient time to make full proof of his skill and use- 
fulness, as he died April 4, 1756, before he was thirty years old. 
He was one of the earliest members of the Separate Church. 

Joel Carpenter commenced practice here as early as March 
25, 1752. He remained certainly until March 1, 1764; but how 
much longer does not appear. 

Challis Safford was here in 1755. He died in 1771, aged 
38, and left the reputation of a skilful physician. 

Jonas Fay commenced practice soon after 1760. He ranked 
high as a physician, and still higher as a politician and a patriot. 
He removed to Bennington about 1768, and closed his active life 
March 6, 1818, aged 82. 

Isaac Robinson was born here in 1747. After a short prac- 
tice here, he removed to Chesterfield about 1771, and later to 
Stamford, Vt. 



LITERARY HISTORY. 241 

Jedediah Fay was born here in 1755. lie is said by tradition 
to have practised in this town for many years ; but precisely how 
long, and whether he died here, is not ascertained. 

John Paddleford, Y, C. 1768, commenced practice here. 
He was authorized to establish an " inoculating hospital " in 1776. 
About 1778 he entered the navy as a surgeon, was taken pris- 
oner, and died in 1779, aged about 31. 

Chaeles Doolittle was here as early as 1771. He was 
highly esteemed as a skilful physician and a useful citizen. He 
died June 12, 1785, aged 36. 

Lucius Doolittle was here in 1783, with his brother 
Charles, and succeeded him in practice. After a few years he 
removed to Lynd'on, Vt., but afterwards returned, and died here 
December 1, 1831, aged 70. 

Arthur Rawson was here in 1785. Like several of his pred- 
ecessors, he was cut off in early life. He died December 25, 
1796, aged 38. 

Cyrus Washburn was born here in 1771. After practising 
medicine in Hardwick a few years, he removed in 1803 to Ver- 
non, Vt., where he died March 2, 1860, aged 85. 

Elias Penniman came here about 1793. He became insane, 
and died February 9, 1830, aged 81. 

William Cutler came here in 1795. He was for many 
years the only apothecary in town, but refrained from medical 
practice. He died February 9, 1832, aged 78. 

Convers Cutler came here in 1796. He died November 1, 
1831, aged 76. 

Joseph White bought the homestead of Martin Kinsley, 
January 7, 1796, and practised here for a few years. He was 
published, June 30, 1799, to Beersheba Jenney of New Bedford, 
to which place it is supposed he soon afterwards removed. 

Elliott Beckwith probably commenced practice here in 
early life. When he died, March 6, 1814, aged 58, there was a 
general lamentation. 

David Billings was born here in 1771. He practised 
through life, chiefly in the westerly section of the town and in 
Ware; he died October 15, 1833, aged 62. 

Joseph Stone commenced practice here immediately after 
the death of Dr. Beckwith in 1814. He was skilful and success- 
ful as a physician, and rendered various important services to the 
town which are not yet forgotten. He died June 27, 1849, aged 
59. 

16 



242 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

Stephen K. Wardwell also commenced practice here im- 
mediately after the death of Dr. Beckwith in 1814. He was 
specially distinguished as a surgeon, and had an extensive prac- 
tice in the neighboring towns. He died October 8, 1844, aged 
55. 

William H. Willis was here in 1842, but removed to North 
Reading before November 14, 1843, when he was recommended to 
the church in that place. 

Lafayette Ranney, D. C. 1842, and M. D. at the same Col- 
lege, 1845. He commenced practice here, but removed to New 
York city about 1852. 

Isaac G. Cutler was here for a time after the death of Dr. 
Wardwell, but soon removed. 

Charles Field also practised here for a short season after 
the death of Dr. Wardwell. 

Almon M. Orcutt was the recognized successor of Dr. Stone, 
in 1849, and entered at once into a successful practice, which he 
still retains. 

George Chamberlain was here about 1850, but soon re- 
moved to Brimfield. 

James P. Lynde practised here a few years, but soon after 
1855 removed to Athol, where he still resides. 

.Tubal C. Gleason was the first settled physician in Gilbert- 
ville. He came from Hubbardston to that village in 1867, and 
removed to Rockland in 1870. 

WiLLARD H. Stowe came from Vermont to Gilbertville about 
1870, and removed to Palmer in 1876. 

WiLLARD C. Haven, son of Rev. John Haven of Charlton, 
commenced practice in Gilbertville in 1877, and removed to 
Brookfield in 1878. 

Wesley E. Brown came from Paxton to Gilbertville about 
1878, and is still a pi-actising physician in that part of the town. 

Mrs. Maria Ruggles (wife of Moses Ruggles), though not a 
member of the Massachusetts Medical Society, has practised med- 
icine in Hardwick for several years, and generally secured the 
confidence and approbation of her patients. 

Poets. Many sons of Hardwick, whether residing here or 
elsewhere, have been eminently useful to the community in the 
various learned ^jrofessions, as well as in the ordinary affairs 
of life ; but very few have been publicly known as authors, 
either in prose or poetry. Of those few, in addition to brief no- 



LITERARY HISTORY. 243 

tices in the Genealogies, I may be pardoned for mentioning two, 
— the one a permanent resident, and the other native-born. 

Deacon Joseph Allen, who spent almost the whole of his active 
life here, and died August 18, 1793, aged 84, together with an 
absorbing interest in the straightest theology of his day, had also 
a passion for rhyming. During his life, especially in old age, he 
was accustomed to commit to writing his opinions and arguments 
on theological subjects, with exhortations to his brethren to stand 
fast in the faith, evidently with the hope that what he had writ- 
ten might at some time be published. He also expressed many 
of his thoughts in homely verses. After his decease, some friend 
caused at least a portion of his manuscripts to be printed in a 
pamphlet entitled "The Last Advice and Farewell of Deacon 
Joseph Allen to the Church and Congregation of Hardwick," pp. 
51, octavo, Brookfield, 1795. The prose articles I omit entirely, 
but give space to two specimens of history " done into rhyme." 
The first ^ is entitled — 

" SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE TOWN OF HARDWICK, IN THE 
EARLY STAGES OF IT. 

" When I look back, and take a view 
Of that which now has been, 
There then was found but very few 
Which did this Town begin. 

" In thirty-six I came into 
This then a wilderness; 
Great hardships we did undergo ; 
Our wants did daily press. 

" Near thirty miles, without a road, 
We were obliged to go, 
Through woods, and streams, and depth of snow, 
To fetch our daily food. 

" The families were twenty-three 
That then did here belong ; 
They all did hardships bear with me, 
But now are dead and gone. 

*■*■ My wife and I are left alone 
Of all that married were ; 

1 Written apparently in 1789. 



244 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

And we remain their loss to mourn 
Of whom we loved so dear. 

" Of single men, there are but two, 
And both advanced in age ; 
And all the rest, though but a few, 
Are gone from off the stage. 

" A Church was gathered the same year 
A Minister ordained ; 
His call it was perfectly clear ; 
Great blessings he obtained. 

" For more than forty-seven years 
He did with us remain ; 
His doctrines were both sound and clear, 
All of a gospel strain. 

" Five years ago, he took his leave, 
And bid us all farewell ; 
The loss, so great, we can't conceive, 
'Tis hard for us to tell. 

" So long we have been destitute ; 
How long we so must dwell ; 
For it is known without dispute 
That none of us can tell. 

" Yet must not do as some here say, 
But constant use the means, 
And wait for the appointed day 
Till God shall change the scene. 

" The greater part that here was born 
Have early took their flight 
Into a state that's most forlorn, 
Or to a world of light." 



The next has reference to the extraordinarily cold winter of 
1779-80,^ during which, I have heard my elders say, for many 

1 The following article was republished " COLD WEATHER IN OLD TIMES, 
in the Boston Evening Transcript, J a,n- " New York, December 28, 1872. 

uary 1, 1873 : — "To the Editors of the Evening Post : — 

The present winter, thus far, has proved 



LITERARY HISTORY. 245 

weeks the snow did not melt on the south side of the house-tops ; 
the pubHc roads became so blocked that locomotion was accom- 
plished almost exclusively on snow-shoes, and burdens were moved 
on hand-sleds. It is entitled — 

"ON THE SEVERE COLD WINTER IN 1779. 

" Full seventy years I 've seen, and more, 
Since I my breath did draw ; 
But never knew such cold before 
As lately here I saw. 

" From twenty-sixth of November, 
Till ten weeks had an end, 
A time we all shall well remember 
How wood and hay did spend. 

" The cold increased for seventy days. 
With multitude of storms, 
Till snow had clogged up all the ways, 
For few of them were worn. 

" The snow came down like fleecy wool 
At times for forty days, 

to be the most severe known for some January 17, 1780, 17 deg. above, 
years, and I thought the following ex- 
tracts from an old journal might be of in- 
terest to some of your readers. 

" The winter of 1779-80 was, in Amer- 
ica, the severest that had been known 
since 1741. From November 25 to the 
middle of March the cold was severe and 
almost uninterrupted. The following was 
the state of the thermometer (Fahren- 
heit) at Hartford, Conn. : 



' 1, 


178C 


», 2 


deg. 


above. 


2, 


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7 




below. 


3, 


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4, 


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" Mean temperature for January at sun- 
rise, 4 degrees ; almost 20 degrees below 
the temperature of the same month in or- 
dinary winters. . . . 
" Very respectfully, 

" Your obedient servant, 
" Coleman Benedict." 



246 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

Both at the change and at the full, 
Which puts us to amaze. 

" But little rain did then come down 
To mix among the snow, 
To wet the dry and thirsty ground, 
Till springs were very low. 

" But at the last, for thirty days, 
No storm of any kind, 
But only squalls, the wind did rise 
And left keen cold behind. 

" The freezing cold did waste the springs, 
Till they were almost dry ; 
"We hardly could, by any means, 
Get ground our corn and rye. 

" We could obtain but little meal, 
To make for us our bread. 
While we the keenest cold did feel, 
Both up, and in our bed. . 

" The cattle too could hardly get, 

From springs that used to burst. 
The watery element, to wet. 
To quench their daily thirst. 

" This is thy hand. Oh mighty God, 
Who orders seasons all. 
And makes us feel thy smarting rod. 
To make us prostrate fall. 

" It is most fit that we endure 
Thy sore chastising hand. 
For our bold crimes they did procure 
These judgments on our land. 

" Have mercy. Lord, for mercy's sake, 
Give us thy sheltering wing ; 
And cause the winter soon to break, 
And hasten on the spring." 



Timothy Paige, Jr., Esq., native born, left town when young, 



LITERARY HISTORY. 247 

and, after residing a few years in Georgia, settled in South- 
bridge, where he died November 14, 1822, aged 34. He pub- 
lished several poetical articles, generally with the signature of 
" Jaques," in the " Massachusetts Spy" and other journals, which 
were well received, though most of them had a tinge of sadness, 
the result, perhaps, of a discouraging lack of health. I select the 
last verses which he prepared for publication (printed in the 
" Spy " December 25, 1822), together with editorial remarks : — 

[With emotions which we cannot easily define, we publish, 
this week, the " Farewell to Summer," the " saddest and the 
latest lay " of one who (as is known to many of our readers), 

" His finest chords by death unstrung, 
Has yielded life's expiring sigh." 

The " Farewell " derives additional interest from the fact 
that, although it has just reached us, it is altogether, even its 
superscription, in the handwriting of Jaques. It comes to us 
like the breathings of a disembodied spirit, like a strain from the 
chambers of the dead. Jaques was no stranger to us ; in years 
long gone by we were inmates of the same dwelling. His spirit 
was too gentle, his chords too finely strung, to encounter the 
harsh realities of life; and he finally sunk under a sensibility too 
exquisite to endure the " ills which flesh is heir to." .... Ed. 

"FAREWELL TO SUMMER. 

" Farewell, glowing Sunamer, thy last sun is beaming 
His glow on thy cheek, and his light on thine eye ; 
To-morrow shall come, and his mellow beams, streaming, 
Shall chequer the clouds of an autumnal sky. 

" The foliage and flowers thou so fondly hast cherished, 
The embryo hope and tlie wreck of the Spring, 
Deprived of thy warm beams, ere long shall have perished 
In the chill blast and shadow of Autumn's dark wing. 

" Yet, welcome the change. — He who fashion'd creation 
lu wisdom such changes saw fit to ordain ; 
By contrast, life's joys have their just graduation ; 

Spring owes half its charms to stern Winter's dark reign. 

" The sun, o'er his rising when gloomy clouds lower, 
Like shadows that darken the light of the breast, 



248 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

More brightly his beams sheds o'er streamlet and flower, 
As in cloudless effulgence he sinks in the west. 

" To the Spring let youth's jocund heart pay its devotion, 
Contentment still revel on bright Summer cheer ; 
But misfortune's eye gazes, with deeper emotion, 
On Autumn's dark landscape and foliage sere. 

'' And Winter, to warm hearts so chilling and cheerless, — 
I remember the season when I too was gay ; 
When my heart was as light, and mine eyes were as tearless; — 
But the flowers of that Summer have withered away. 

" The cold blasts of Winter that sweep o'er the mountain, 
His ice-fettered streams, and his wild waste of snow, 
Add.no chill to man's feelings, when pleasure's pure fountain 
Has ceased in his bosom forever to flow. 

" Man's Winter is death. In the cold grave shall slumber 
The mortal ; in mercy Heaven fixed the decree ; 
Pain, disease, disappointment, life's ills without number, 
Return to the earth ; yet his spirit is free. 

" From that Winter of death, yet a bright Spring ensuing 
Shall flourish thenceforth in perennial bloom ; 
Earth hath change, from the Spring-flower to Winter's dark ruin ; 
Existence unchangeable wakes from the tomb. 
^^ August ol, IS'22. Jaques." 

Schools. — For the first ten years after the settlement of the 
town I find no trace of public schools.^ But at a town-meeting, 
April 2, 1744, it was "voted to get a school-master for the town, 
to begin in the first of September, and to continue eight months, 
and to remove four times." The first scliool-master was William 
Thomas.^ At the close of his first engagement, under a warrant, 

1 Theeducation of the young, however, Marlborouf^h in 1725, and was educated 

was not wholly neglected, as is manifest in the common schools of that town, and 

from the fact that a large proportion of of Shrewsbury. " Being of a studious 

those who were then children appear to turn of mind and fond of reading, he 

have been able, in mature life, both to purchased many books and soon became 

read and to write. quite a scholar for those days. In the 

'^ Father of Robert B. Thomas, the year 1744 he commenced school-keeping 

original "Author and Editor of the at Brookfield, at the age of nineteen 

Farmers' Almanac," who, in a "Concise years, which he followed, winters, more 

Memoir " of himself, published in the or less, for upwards of forty years. The 

almanacs for 1833 and 1834, says his same year commenced in Hard wick, being 

father, William Thomas, was born at the first school-master in that town." 



LITERARY HISTORY. 249 

" to see if tlie town will agree with the school-master for a longer 
time," the town, May 13, 1745, " agreed and voted to have Mr. 
William Thomas to be our school-master for the space of nine 
months ; he is to begin to keep school the first of September, and 
keep nine months next ensuing ; and for his so doing, he is to have 
eight pounds, old tenor, for each month he finds his own board- 
ing." In the previous January, the town appointed a " Committee 
to divide the town into five parts for the school to be kept in"; 
and the teacher, probably, removed five times, instead of four 
times, as required by a former order. At a town-meeting. May 
16, 1748, the town raised one hundred and fifty pounds, old tenor, 
for schools, to be divided equally between the five districts. This 
rule of division prevailed for several years ; but it was voted, 
December 28, 1761, " that the Quarter in the middle of the town 
shall have three pounds out of the money raised to defray the 
necessary charges, for the use of the school, more than their equal 
part of the money raised before for the use of the school, by reason 
of other Quarters sending so many children into it." 

The town voted, September 22, 1746, " that the Selectmen 
shall provide a school-master to keep school thirteen months." 
Under this vote, it appears that Thomas Ruggles,^ of Rochester, 
was employed. Payments " for keeping the schoolmaster Thomas 
Ruggles " were made, October 19,1747, to Captain Benjamin 
Ruggles (for "four weeks and a half "), £4 10s. Od. ; and to 
Constant Merrick (for four weeks), £4. O.s. Od. ; also, March 6, 
1748-9, to Matthew Barr (for four weeks), £4 Os. Od. The 
names of several early school-masters are gleaned from the treas- 
urer's accounts ; but the materials for a perfect list have not been 
discovered. It may be observed that almost the whole number 
were inhabitants of the town, and that Lemuel Hedge, Thomas 
Wells White, John White, Reed Paige, and, pi-obably, Alexander 
McDowell, were either students in college, or had already grad- 
uated.^ 

1 Son of Rev. Timothy Rufrgles. He 1756-7; John Bradish, 1757; Lemuel 

subsequently returned to liis native town, Hedge, 1757; Thomas Wells White, 1 759- 

was a physician, and died before May 6, 60, 1763, 1772, 1774; Dr. Jonas Fay, 

1776. 1761-3; Alexander McDowell, 1765; 

- The earliest teachers were : William Christopher Paige, Jr., 1766; William 

Thomas, 1745-6; Thomas Ruggles, 1747; /Oliver, 1766; Philip Jordan, 1766-7; 

Deacon John Freeman, 1748-57; Hum- 'John White, 1770, 1785 ; Ebenezer Wash- 

phrey Peirce, 1749-50; Deacon John burn, 1771-2; Barnabas Sears, 1772; 

Cooper, 1751-9, 1766; Deacon Joseph Nathan Wheeler, 1782; Reed Paige, 

Allen, 1751; Joseph Safford, 1753; Dr. 1785; Nathan Merrick, 1785, 1789; John 

Joel Carpenter, 1753; Stephen Fisk, Rice, 1787. 



250 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

The Court of Sessions exercised a strict supervision over the 
towns in regard to schools. In February, 1746-7, apparently 
before Thomas Ruggles commenced his term of service, this town 
narrowly escaped presentment, or indictment, for neglect, and 
voted to pay ten shillings to "Lieut. Eleazar Warner for prevent- 
ing the town from being presented for want of a school ; " prob- 
ably by showing that the town had already passed a vote to 
" provide a school-master, to keep school thirteen months." In 
August, 1758, Hardwick was presented for lack of a grammar 
school ; but the record states that " the said town, being now 
provided with a school, plead that they would not contend with 
the king, but put themselves upon his grace ; whereupon the said 
town was dismissed, paying costs." ^ In January, 1767, a fine of 
<£8 6s. 8^. was actually imposed on Hardwick for delinquency 
in duty ; whereupon it was voted, March 2, 1767, " to provide a 
grammar school-master for the year ensuing." At a later period, 
March 7, 1785, it was " voted to raise .£80 for schooling, and to 
have the grammar school kept in four parts of the town so long 
as will clear the town of a fine, an equal proportion in each part, 
viz., at Edward Ruggles',^ Colonel Timothy Paige's,^ David 
Allen's,* and John Paige's,^ on condition of their finding a suit- 
able room and firewood for said school, free of cost from the 
town." If this vote seem to savor of parsimony, it should be re- 
membered that it was passed at a time when the people, not only 
of this town, but throughout the Commonwealth, were groaning 
under the pressure of obligations, both public and private, so 
intolerable that a year later they were driven to utter despera- 
tion, and took up arms to prevent the collection of debts by 
process of law ; so that the appropriation was as large as could 
be reasonably expected in such a state of financial distress. 
Generally, through the whole period of its corporate existence, 

Among the more recent teachers were i Worcester County Records. 

Colonel Samuel Mixter, of New Brain- ^ On Ruggles Hill, at the phice marked 

tree, in the centre district, for five sue- "A. Ruggles," on the R. Map. 

cessive winters, before and after 1810, ^ On the easterly road to Gilbertville, 

who was afterwards representative, sena- at the place marked "A. Warner," on the 

tor, and councillor. Another was Hon. R. Map. 

Henry O. Houghton, now of Cambridge * On the road to Petersham, at the 

(of which city he has been mayor), who place marked " D. Allen," on the R. 

graduated at the University of Vermont, Map. 

1846, taught in the northeasterly district ^ On the old road to Greenwich, at the 

during the succeeding winter, and has place marked " Wid. Paige," on the 

since acquired an enviable reputation as R. Map. 
a publisher, printer, and manager of the 
" Riverside Press." 



LITERARY HISTORY. 251 

this town has made a generous provision for the education of the 
young ; but it has never been anxious to obtain notoriety by a 
competition with other towns in extravagant and unnecessary 
expenditures. Some of the early appropriations have been men- 
tioned. From 1798 to 1821, the amount annually raised by taxa- 
tion was five hundred dollars, each district receiving from the 
treasury the same sum which was assessed on its inhabitants. In 
1821, it was ordered that seven of the districts should receive 
additional sums, amounting in all to eighty dollars ; and thence- 
forth, until 1829, five hundred and eighty dollars was assessed. 
Since that time, in addition to voluntary subscriptions, and the 
amount received from the School Fund and from the Dog Tax, 
the sum annually raised by taxation is exhibited in the following 
table : — 



1830, 1 


$600. 


1854, 


$1,300. 


1874,5, 


$3,000. 


1832, 


800. 


1855-61, 


1,500. 


1876, 


2,600. 


1833, 


700. 


1862, 


1,300. 


1877, 


2,000. 


1834-6, 


800. 


1863, 4, 


1,500. 


1878, 


2,500. 


1837-44, 


1,000. 


1865, 6, 


1,800. 


1879, 


2,000. 


1845-50, 


1,200. 


1867, 8, 


2,500. 


1880, 


2,300. 


1851, 2, 


1,300. 


1869-71, 


3,000. 


1881, 


2,500. 


1853, 


1,500. 


1872, 3, 


2,500. 


1882, 


3,500, 



In 1745, the town was divided into five districts : the number 
was subsequently increased, from time to time, and has been as 
high as eleven ; there are now ten districts, embracing fourteen 
schools. For many years each district managed its own finan- 
cial affairs, and employed its own school-teachers, — subject, how- 
ever, to their approval by the School Committee as competent 
and duly qualified to teach. This system has been abandoned, 
and the whole power is now vested in the School Committee, one 
of whom acts as the general Superintendent of Schools. 

The first notice which I find on record concerning public 
school-houses is under date of April 5, 1790, when it was " voted 
to raise £500, for the purpose of building school-houses." The 
several districts were required to keep these houses in repair, and 
to rebuild in case of loss. Three quarters of a century later, the 
town assumed the whole charge and expense, and in a code of 
by-laws, adopted April 1, 1867, provided that all the school- 
houses be under the charge of one oflficer, to be styled Superin- 
tendent of School-houses. 



252 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

Soon after his settlement as pastor of the Congregational 
Church, in 1832, Rev. John Goldsbury established a High 
School, which he conducted successfully until 1839, when he re- 
moved to Cambridge, to take charge of a similar institution. 
This school was attended chiefly by Hardwick students, and was 
maintained at private expense. After the erection of the Town 
House, the town voted, May 8, 1838, '' that the use of the Hall 
be granted to Mr. Goldsbury for the purpose of keeping a High 
School." 

LiBEAEY. At the commencement of the present century two 
associations were organized in Hardwick, from both of which I 
derived so much personal benefit that I cannot forbear some 
notice of them. One of these was a Library Association. Under 
date of September 16, 1802, an agreement was made as follows : 
" That a Social Library may be purchased for our mutual 
benefit, we, the subscribers, do severally agree to the following 
articles, viz., 1. That as soon as a sufficient number of subscrib- 
ers shall be obtained, we will each pay a sum not exceeding 
two dollars and fifty cents, and pay annually a sum not exceeding 
fifty cents for the term of seven years from the first payment. 2. 
That no person shall dispose of his right in said Library to any 
individual until he shall first give the proprietors an opportunity 
to purchase it at such a price as the proprietors shall annually 
agree upon. 3. We do further agree that when a suQicient 
number of subscribers shall be obtained, we will form ourselves 
into a Society agreeably to the laws of the Commonwealth." 

The Society was duly organized at a meeting held in the 
" Centre School-house," December 13, 1802, when officers were 
elected, to wit : Thomas Holt, Moderator ; Elisha P. Cutler, 
Clerk ; Timothy Paige, Job Dexter, and Samuel Hinkley, Pro- 
prietors' Committee; Elisha P. Cutler, Librarian and Treasurer; 
Cyrus Washburn, Collector ; and " It was voted to accept the 
rules and regulations drawn up by a committee appointed for 
that purpose, as the Constitution and Laws of the Library Pro- 
prietary. ... It was voted that the subscription paper for said 
Library should be recorded in the Book containing the Laws and 
Constitution." 

The subscription paper was recorded as directed ; but the 
names of the subscribers are omitted. There is on record, how- 
ever, " a list of the names of the Proprietors of the First Social 
Library in Hardwick, November the 12"', 1805, with the number 



LITERARY HISTORY. 253 

of their shares," which probably corresponds very nearly with 
the list of subscribers : — 

1. John Hastings, Esq., 15. Timothy Fay, 

2. Timothy Paige, Esq., 16. Elijah Carpenter, 

3. Col. Stephen Rice, 17. Josiah Newton, 

4. Seth Hinkley, 18. Elliott Beckwith, 

5. David Richards, 19. James Perkins, 

6. Samuel Hinkley, 20. John Gorham, 

7. Thomas Egery, 21. Lemuel Ruggles, 

8. Livy Lawton, 22. Prince Nye, 

9. Seth Peirce, 23. Silas Newton, 

10. Job Dexter, 24. John Jenney, 

11. Israel Trow, 25. Thomas Wheeler, 

12. Nathaniel Paige, 26. Elijah B. Harmon, 

13. Daniel Warner, 27. Josiah C. Chandler, 

14. Ashbel Rice, 28. Jeduthun Spooner. ^ 

To these should be added the names of six original subscribers, 
whose shares had been assumed or purchased by the society 
before the date of this list, viz.: Samuel Beals, December 13, 
1802 ; Cyrus Washburn, Ebenezer Ayer, and James Lawton, 
November 14, 1803 ; Elisha P. Cutler, August 1, 1805 ; and 
Thomas Holt, November 11, 1805. 

At the meeting for organization, December 13, 1802, " it was 
voted, to receive certain Books formerly belonging to the old 
Library, to constitute a part of the new." ^ 

Elisha P. Cutler remained in office as librarian until August 1, 
1805, when being about to remove to Maine, he resigned, and 
Jeduthun Spooner succeeded him for the remainder of the year. 
At the annual meeting, in November, 1805, Elijah B. Harmon 
was elected librarian, and held the office for eight years. Sam- 
uel Eastman was elected in 1813, Timothy Fay in 1815, William 
B. Wesson in 1816, and Samuel Hinkley in 1817, who was re- 
elected from year to year until November 12, 1827, at which 
date the record abruptly ends. In the Book of Records a loose 
sheet is preserved, containing a memorandum of another annual 
meeting, without date, at which Joseph Stone was elected libra- 
rian ; and it was " voted that the Librarian have permission to 

^ I have found no other trace whatever their contents, remains vividly imprinted 

of this " old Library ; " but of " the new " on my memory in my old age. Tlieir pe- 

I made abundant use in my young days, rusal stimulated a taste for historical and 

and the general appearance of the books, biographical studies which lias not yet 

as well as the fascinating character of entirely deserted me. 



254 



HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 



agree with Messrs. Hammond & Mixter to keep the Library at 
their Store." A " Catalogue of Books belonging to the Social Li- 
brary Proprietary in Hardwick, and in possession of the Libra- 
rian, May 31®', 1831," was made, and Hammond & Mixter gave 
to the librarian a receipt for the same, which remains on file. An 
inspection of the Catalogue will afford proof that the books, 
though few in number, were of the most instructive and useful 
character ; and it may surprise the readers of this generation, that 
among the whole number there was only one work of pure fiction, 
viz., the " Vicar of Wakefield." 



CATALOGUE, ETC. 

Belkuap's History of New Hampshire 

Hutchinson's History of Massachusetts . 

Biography of Naval Heroes 

American Biography .... 

Robertson's Charles V, . . . 

Buffon's Natural History 

Ramsay's American Revolution 

Hume's History of England . 

Park's Travels ..... 

History of Vermont .... 

Apostolical Fathers .... 

Spanish America ..... 

Life of Josiah Quincy, Jr. . 

Ramsay's United States 

Adams' Defence of American Constitutions 

Hubbard's History of New England 

Millot's Elements of History 

Historical Transactions . 

Marshall's Life of Washington 

Flavins Josephus . 

Smellie's Philosophy 

Robertson's Scotland 

Minot's Continuation 

Life of Charles XII. 

Smith's Lectures 

History of Greece . 

Bruce's Travels 

Life of General Putnam 

Hall's Journal . 

Life of Franklin 

Jackson's Morocco 

Clark's Travels 



Vols 

3 
2 
1 
2 
3 
2 
2 
8 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
3 
3 
1 
5 
1 
5 
3 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
2 
1 
1 
1 



LITERARY HISTORY. 255 





Vols. 


Discourse on Meekness ..... 


. 1 


Plutarch's Lives ...... 


8 


Rambler ........ 


. 4 


Dodd on Death ...... 


1 


Junius' Letters . ..... 


. 1 


Beauties of Spectators, etc. .... 
RoUin's Ancient History ..... 


2 

. 8 


Forsyth's Italy 

Life of SouvarofF ...... 


1 
. 1 


Watson's Apology ..... 
Vicar of Wakefield 


1 
. 1 


Dodd's Tlioughts in Prison .... 


1 


Paley's Evidences ...... 

Doddridge's Sermons ..... 


. 1 
1 


British Spy ....... 

Letter on the Genius, etc. of French Government 


. 1 

pamphlet. 


Mr. Webster's Plymouth Discourse 


pamphlet. 



Unfortunately these books were scattered or lost, and the so- 
ciety ceased to exist. A new and much more extensive library 
has recently been established, under the patronage of the ladies. 
May the enterprise be crowned with abundant success and pros- 
perity. 

Mount Zion Lodge. The other association for intellectual 
and moral improvement, organized at the commencement of this 
century, was a society of Freemasons, bearing the name of Mount 
Zion Lodge. Its charter from the Grand Lodge bears date March 
11, 1800, and its original members were Calvin Eaton, William 
Stone, James Lawton, John Shaw, 2d, Abijah Powers, Clark 
Powers, Asaph Newcomb, Rufus King, Roger West, Bradford 
Newcomb, James Stone, Thomas Powers, Jr., Seth Hinkley, 
Daniel Ruggles, Daniel Billings, Jr., Luke Brown, Nathan Free- 
man, Edward Ruggles, Peter Blackmer, Jr., Sylvanus Thompson, 
Samuel Beals, Daniel Thomas, 2d, Samuel French, Thomas 
Wheeler, Jr., and Elias Hall. About one half of these persons 
resided in Hardwick, and nearly all the others in Greenwich, in- 
cluding what is now Enfield. For the first quarter of the cen- 
tury the Lodge prospered, and embraced among its members 
many of the most eminent citizens of the before-named towns, 
and also of Brookfield (especially that portion which is now 
West Brookfield), New Braintree, Barre, and Dana. Its first 
place of meeting was in a spacious hall in the Willis Tavern, on 



256 HISTORY OF PIARDWICK. 

the turnpike, marked " Dr. Wardwell " on the R. Map. In 1809, 
Daniel Rnggles erected a new tavern in the centre of the town, 
in which he fitted a hall for masonic purposes, and the Lodge was 
removed thither on the 18th day of October in that year. A 
procession was formed at the old hall at ten o'clock A, M., and 
proceeded to the meeting-house, where a discourse was delivered 
by Rev. James Thompson, of Barre, and the officers of the Lodge 
were publicly installed. The procession was then again formed 
and pi'oceeded to the new hall, which was duly dedicated, and 
was thenceforth the masonic home of the Lodge, until, by per- 
mission of the Grand Lodge, it was removed to Barre, March 14, 
1855. 

In 1826, an anti-masonic tornado originated in Western New 
York, and rapidly gathering strength, swept furiously over the 
Northern States, carrying devastation and ruin in its path. Not 
only Masonic Lodges were destroyed, but the Churches of Christ 
were rent asunder, and many of them utterly ruined. Mount 
Zion Lodge was not seriously affected by this tempest until about 
1832. It was not then absolutely destroyed, but for the next 
ten years was in a disorganized condition, and had scarcely more 
than a name to live. After its revival in 1842, its return to 
prosperity was very slow. Many of its former most active 
members had either deceased or had become disheartened, and 
retired from participation in its labors ; and of those who had 
become of lawful age during the period of furious excitement, 
many had imbibed prejudices against the institution, which it was 
very difficult to overcome ; and hence the accession of new mem- 
bers was hindered. Gradually, however, and notably since its 
removal to Barre, it has renewed its activity, and its prospect of 
permanent prosperity is highly encouraging. 

I append a list of the successive Masters of the Lodge, with 
their respective residences, so far as ascertained. 

1800-1802,^ Calvin Eaton, Greenwich. 

1803, James Lawton/ Hardwick. 
1804 (Feb.), Samuel Beals, Hardwick. 

1804, Asaph Newcomb, Greenwich. 

1805, Calvin Eaton, Greenwich. 
180G, Asa AValker, Barre. 
1807-1809, Argalus Thomas, Brookfield. 

1 The annual meeting was in June Major Beals was elected for the unexpired 
until 1807 ; afterwards, in September. term. 

2 James Lawton died in ofBce, and 



LITERARY HISTORY. 



257 



1810, 




Joseph W. Hamilton, 


Brookfield. 


1811, 




Joseph W. Jenkins, 


Barre. 


1812, 




Benjamin Jenkins, 


Hardvvick. 


1813, 




Argalus Tliomas,^ 


Brookfield. 


1814, 




Peleg AUlrich, 


Prescott. 


1815, 


1816, 


Samuel Mixter, 


New Braintree. 


1817, 




Warren V. Wing, 


Greenwich. 


1818, 




Luther Spalding. 


Greenwich. 


1819, 


1820, 


Apollos Johnson, 


Dana. 


1821, 


1822, 


John Warner, 


Greenwich. 


1823, 


1824, 


Gardner liuggles. 


Barre. 


1825, 




Samuel Lee, 


Barre. 


1826, 




Lucius R. Paige, 


Hardvvick. 


1827, 




Gardnei- Ruggles, 


Barre. 


1828, 




James Thompson, 


Barre. 


1829, 




Gardner Ruggles, 


Barre. 


1830, 


1831, 


Denison A. Robinson, 


Barre. 


1832- 


-1841, 


Few meetings held, and 
election of officers. 


apparently no 


1842, 


1843, 


Gardner Ruggles,' 


Hard wick. 


1844, 




Denison A. Robinson, 


Barre. 


1845, 




Gardner Ruggles, 


Hardwick. 


1846, 


1847, 


George Washburn. 




1848, 


1849, 


Gardner Ruggles, 


Hardwick. 


1850, 




Joshua Flagg, 


Dana. 


1851- 


-1853, 


No record found. 




1854, 




John Winslow, 


Barre. 


1855, 




William A Fuller, 


Barre. 


1856- 


■1858, 


George J. Sanger, 


Hardwick. 


1859- 


1862, 


James Holland, 


Barre. 


1863, 




Chauucy C. Hemenway, 


Barre. 


1864, 




James Holland, 


Barre. 


1865, 




George M. Buttrick, 


Barre. 


1866- 


1868, 


Joseph F. Snow, 


Barre. 


1869, 




John W. Rice, 


Barre. 



1 Captain Thomas afterwards removed 
to Worcester, and kept a popular hotel 
on Main Street, opjjosite to the Court 
House. In 1821, his name was changed 
to Samuel B. Thomas, by Act of the 
General Court. 

2 It was chiefly through the exertions 
of Major Ruggles (who had returned 
from Barre to Hardwick) that any vi- 
tality in the Lodge was preserved. For 
many years the Grand Lodge constituted 

17 



him a " special agent " to conserve the 
interests of Freemasonry in Worcester 
County and all that part of the State 
lying west of it. On the first day of 
January, 1842, he reorganized Mount 
Zion Lodge, and, as its Master, nursed 
it judiciously for the next three years. 
This was the first-fruits of renewed ma- 
sonic prosperity in Western Massachu- 
setts. 



258 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

1870, Joseph F. Snow, Barre. 

1871,1872, Sewell Underwood, Barre. 

1873, Charles E. Newton, Barre. 

1874, John W. Rice, Barre. 

1875, George L. Brown, Barre. 

1876, Henry W. Hubbard, Barre. 

1877, Joseph D. Wadsworth, Barre. 

1878, 1879, Willie H. Osgood, Barre. 
1880, 1881, William W. Stacey, Barre. 
1882, I. T. Hinkley, Barre. 

Post-Offices, Mail-Carriers, and Post-Riders. At the 
commencement of the present century there was no post-office in 
Harclvvick, nor indeed in this part of the county of Worcester. 
Letters addressed to our inhabitants were left at the post-office 
in Worcester, advertised occasionally, and at length obtained per- 
sonally or by private conveyance. Some were probably conveyed 
by the post-riders, who distributed newspapers weekly through 
the county. The Worcester postmaster advertised letters remain- 
ing in his office, December 26, 1801, for persons residing in Gard- 
ner, Hardwick, Hubbardston, Oxford, Sutton, and Westbor- 
oush : and the same towns are mentioned in an advertisement 
dated April 5, 1802, with the addition of New Salem and South 
Brimfield. 

About the year 1805, a post-office was established here, and Dr. 
William Cutler was appointed postmaster, who was succeeded 
by his son, Samuel Fiske Cutler ; together they held tlie office 
about thirty years, until 1836, when Frederick W. Delano was 
appointed, and the office was removed from its former location 
(where William Paige now resides) to the " Mixter Store." In 
1850, Albert E. Knight was appointed, and is still in office after 
the lapse of more than thirty years. At a comparatively recent 
period, two more post-offices have been established here, one 
at Gilbertville, April 1, 1863, Lewis N. Gilbert, postmaster 
(Charles F. Hitchcock, assistant) ; and the other at the Furnace, 
April 1, 1875, Benjamin F. Paige, postmaster. The long-con- 
tinued service of these several officers indicates faithfulness on 
their part and the approbation of their fellow-citizens. 

For several years before the establishment of the post-office, 
newspapers, and very probably letters occasionally, had been 
brought into the town by post-riders, who resided here, and trav- 
elled, on horseback, once a week, to Worcester and back, and 
also to Northampton and back again, — each trip occupying two 



LITERARY HISTORY. 259 

days. The earliest of these, whose name I have ascertained, was 
Eleazar Barrows, Avhose family resided in New Salem, though he 
died here, April 15, 1803, aged 58.-' He announced his retire- 
ment from business, April 24, 1799, in the " Massachusetts Spy " : 
" Eleazar Barrows informs his friends and customers that he has 
disposed of his route to Abraham White of Hardwick, who he is 
confident will be punctual in his business, and that the terms will 
be as usual. Said Barrows, sensible of the liberal support he has 
had from many of his customers, returns them his warmest 
thanks. And those who have been in arrears and still remain 
80, he flatters iiimself that this warning (being the last that will 
lay in his power to give them) will rouse them to a sense of their 
duty : for why will ye be sued ? O, ye delinquent ones," I find 
no further trace of "Abraham White of Hardwick." But in 
Januarj^ 1803, George W. Webb, also of Hardwick, commenced 
his service in the same capacity, and six months later addressed 
to his customers a moving exhortation : " George W. Webb, 
news-carrier from Worcester to Northampton, informs his cus- 
tomers, that it is now six months since he began to supply them 
with news. He hopes he has given satisfaction to all, in the line 
of his business. He wishes those who are indebted to him to 
make an immediate settlement ; they must remember that with- 
out the refreshing showers from heaven, the corn must wither on 
the stalk." 2 

Soon after this date the post-office was established ; but 
whether Mr. Webb became the first mail-carrier, I know not. I 
do remember, however, that for several years the mail was car- 
ried by the post-rider, and that the service was performed on 
horseback. Afterwards, until 1818, a wagon, drawn by one 
horse, was used, affording opportunity to accommodate a single 
passenger. One of the latest professional post-riders was Nathan 
Reed, Jr., who left the service under a cloud, and who was the 
only one suspected of dishonesty, so far as my knowledge ex- 
tends. He advertised, June 16, 1816, that he " will have rode 
six months as Post on the 26th instant, up to which time he re- 
quests pajanent." ^ 

In 1818, Cyrus Stockwell made a vast improvement in the 
mail service. He had advertised, February 25, 1818,'* that six 
months' service as post-rider would expire on the 11th of March ; 

-"Died at Hardwick, Eleazar Bar- '^ Mass. Spy, June 29, 1803. 
rows, formerly Post-rider from this office." ^ Ibid., June 26, 181G. 
Mass. Sjjy, April 27, 1803. * Mass. Spy. 



260 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

and on the 26th of May he gave notice ^ that he would immedi- 
ately commence running a Mail Stage from Worcester, through 
Hardwick, to Northampton, once a week ; to leave Worcester 
every Wednesday, at 9 o'clock A. M., and arrive at Hardwick 
the same day and at Northampton every Thursday afternoon ; to 
leave Northampton every Friday at 8 A. M., and arrive at Hard- 
wick on the same day ; and to leave Hardwick every Tuesday at 
8 A. M., and arrive at Worcester on the same day. In other 
words, the mail stage was to run from Hardwick to Worcester 
every Tuesday, and return on Wednesday, and to Northampton 
every Thursday, and return on Friday. 

The next material improvement was made after the present 
Boston and Albany Railroad was opened as far as West Brook- 
field. The mail was then carried for several years from West 
Brookfield to Hardwick by Mr. William C. Wesson, who ran a 
two-horse mail-coach between tlie two towns, daily, from July 1, 
1845, to April 12, 1858. He was succeeded by others, until the 
cars commenced running on the Ware River Railroad, from 
Palmer to Gilbertville, in 1870. Since that time the mails have 
been brought into Hardwick by steam power, and each of the 
three post-offices receives at least a daily mail. 

Centennial Celebeation. At a town meeting, April 2, 
1838, it was " Voted to celebrate the Centennial Anniversary 
of the incorporation of the town ; Voted, that the selectmen be 
a Board of Managers to conduct and manage said celebration ; 
Voted, that the selectmen be requested to fix on a day for said 
celebration as near the date of said anniversary as can con- 
veniently be done." The Board of Managers selected November 
15, 1838, as the appropriate day for the celebration ; but for 
what reason I know not. The anniversary of the incorporation 
did not occur until January 10 (or, allowing eleven days for 
change of style, January 21), 1839. Perhaps it was anticipated 
that the weather would be more propitious in November than in 
January ; but the event proved otherwise. On the day of the 
celebration I think more rain fell than on any other day during 
that year. Despite this inclemency, however, a goodly number 
assembled, and, omitting the intended preliminary ceremonies, 
made their way, as best they could, to the old meeting-house, 
where for the next four hours they exhibited the most praise- 
worthy patience and forbearance. An account of the celebra- 

1 3Iass. Spy. 



LITERARY HISTORY. 261 

tion, written by Dr. Joseph Stone, was published in the " Barre 
Gazette," November 23, 1838. A commendable local pride and a 
generous friendship to the orator of the day may have imparted 
a somewhat roseate tint to the picture ; but I venture to insert it, 
as the only contemporaneous description of the Centennial Cele- 
bration which is known to exist : — 

"Centennial Celebration at Hardwick. 

" The day assigned for this celebration, Thursday, the IS**' 
instant, was peculiarly unfavorable. With the exception of a 
short period, from ten to eleven o'clock A. M., the rain fell copi- 
ously through the day. In consequence of this, many were pre- 
vented from attending, and many of the previous arrangements 
could not be carried into effect. 

" A procession of citizens only was formed at the Brick 
Church, and, attended by a fine band of music, the members of 
which were mostly from Barre, proceeded to the old meeting- 
house, where the following exercises were attended to : — 

*' 1^'. Music ; the 100"' of Watts' Psalms. Tune, Denmark. 

" 2**. Introductory Prayer, and reading selections from the 
Scriptures, by Rev. John Goldsbury. 

" 3''. Music ; the 408"' Hymn of Greenwood's collection. 
Tune, St. Martin's. Read in beautiful style, line by line, by 
Deacon Josiah C. Chandler, and sung in that manner by the 
choir. 

" 4'^ Prayer, by Rev. Mr. Goldsbury. 

" 5"'. Music ; Hymn by Flint, the 555"' of Greenwood's collec- 
tion. 

u gth_ Address, by Rev. Lucius R. Paige. 

"7"'. Concluding Prayer, by Rev. Nelson B. Jones, of the 
Baptist Church in Hardwick. 

" 8"'. Music ; Anthem, ' O, come, let us sing unto the Lord.' 

" 9'^. Benediction. 

" Notwithstanding the unpleasant state of the weather, the 
large meeting-house was well filled by an attentive and gratified 
auditory. 

" After the services about one hundred citizens and ladies sat 
down to an excellent repast furnished by Mr. S. A. Smith. A 
gentleman from Hampden County, who was probably unused to 
the style in which such things are done in this vicinity, assured 
the writer of this article that he considered the entertainment 
superior to any he had ever before witnessed. 



262 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

" The people of Hardwick are mucli indebted to the ef- 
forts of Mr. Moses Mandell, a native of that town, but now a 
resident in Barre, for the excellence of the musical performances 
by the choir. 

" The devotional exercises, and especially the introductory 
prayer, were peculiarly appropriate and impressive. 

" In delivering his address, Mr. Paige occupied two hours and 
fifty minutes. Perhaps higher praise cannot be given it than by 
saying that a large and promiscuous audience, going without 
their dinners to a late hour in the afternoon, and with a prospect, 
which was fully realized, of a dark and stormy night to travel 
home in, were nevertheless so highly entertained as to show no 
marks of impatience, but continued in rapt and undivided atten- 
tion to the close. He described the purchase of the township 
from the Indians, and disclosed all that could now be known of 
the early history of the town, from the time when its northern- 
most inhabitant had no white settler between him and Canada to 
the time of the incorporation of the town, and gave a hasty 
sketch of the most prominent particulars in its history from that 
period to the present ; and closed with an eloquent appeal to the 
inhabitants in behalf of their shorn and neglected centre burying 
ground. Arrangements have been made for printing the address; 
and its appearance from the press will be anxiously looked for 
by many, both of those who heard, as well as those who did not 
hear it. 

" It is believed that the people separated with the conviction 
impressed on their minds, that the contemplation of the hard- 
ships and the sufferings, of the piety and the patriotism, of their 
excellent forefathers, was a much purer and nobler employment, 
and left much more pleasing emotion on the mind, than could 
result from either successful or unsuccessful electioneering efforts. 

At the request of the hearers, the Address was published with 
an appendix, in a pamphlet of 76 pnges, octavo. It was prepared 
under serious disadvantages, — a principal one of which was a 
lack of time to verify certain traditions received from the "oldest 
inhabitants," and to examine the original authorities for currently 
reported facts. For this and other reasons, several errors occurred 
in the printed copy, the more important of which are corrected 
in this volume. 



CHAPTER XIV. 

MILITARY HISTORY. 

French War. — Brigadier Ruggles. — Muster Rolls. — Revolutionary War. — 
Minute-Men. — General Warner. — Lieutenant-Colonels Rice and Sears. — 
Muster Rolls. — Descriptive Rolls. — Petition of Shearjasliub Goodspeed. — 
War of 1812. — Abortive Attempt to enlist Volunteers. — Political Celebra- 
tion of Independence. — Oration. — Toasts. — War of the Rebellion. — 
Hardwick Soldiers. — Officers of Militia. 

The political action of the town in seasons of warfare has been 
described heretofore. It remains that the personal service of in- 
dividuals should be mentioned. Except the sanguinai'y struggle 
at Winnimisset, in 1675, and the hand-to-hand conflict near the 
same spot, about half a century later, brief! 3' related in Chapter 
I., the inhabitants of this territory were not engaged in actual 
hostilities until what is sometimes denominated the " old French 
War," commenced in 1744.^ In this war, Hardwick contributed 
one victim, Samuel Abbott, who was killed at Fort Massachu- 
setts, August 2, 1748. He was a member of CsqDtain Ephraim 
Williams' company. 

In the " French War " which followed, commencing in 1753, 
though not formally declared until 1756, Hardwick furnished its 
ii\\\ quota of officers and privates. The most conspicuous officer 
hailing from this town was Timothy Ruggles,^ who having al- 
ready been commissioned colonel of the regiment of militia which 
embraced this town within its limits, entered the army as a 
colonel in 1755, was promoted to the office of brigadier-general, 

1 A military force, however, liad been Warner. Moreover, the commander of 
constantly employed, since " Queen the regiment to which Hardwick be- 
Anne's War," to protect the frontiers longed resided here : Brigadier Riiggles, 
against the incursions of the Indians, in- as the custom then was, retained the com- 
stigated and encouraged by the French. maud of his regiment ; Lieutenant-Colo- 

2 It is worthy of remark, that in the nel Stephen Rice, who was elected April 
French War, the Revolutionary War, and 10, 1776, was the commander, after the 
the Shays Rebellion, the military com- resignation of Colonel Converse in 1778, 
mander, highest in rank in this county, until 1781, when Colonel Timothy Paige 
resided in Hardwick, namely, Brigadier- was elected, who remained in office dur- 
Gen ral Ruggles and Major - General ing the Shays Insurrection. 



264 



HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 



and served faithfully until the close of the war.^ Among his 
staff officers, inhabitants of Hardwick, were Samuel Robinson, 
Jr., adjutant, 1757; Challis Safford, surgeon, 1757; and Challis 
Safford and Joel Carpenter, surgeons' mates, 1759. 

Next to Brigadier Ruggles in prominence among Hardwick of- 
ficers was Captain Samuel Robinson, who commanded a company 
in every campaign from 1755 to 1759 inclusive, with perhaps a 
single exception. His muster-roll from March 27 to December 
26, 1755, includes thirty-eight Hardwick names, to wit : — 



Samuel Robinson, Captain. 
William Paige, Lieutenant. 
Eleazar Rice, Ensign. 
John Blunt, Sergeant. 
David Doane, Sergeant. 
Ebenezer Whipple, Sergeant. 
Richard Ellis, Clerk. 
William Wood, Corporal. 
Edward Blair, Corporal. 
Isaac Gibbs, Corporal. 
Thomas Barnes, Corporal. 
Philip Safford, Drummer.^ 
David Aiken. 
Simeon Bacon. 
Jason Badcock. 
Nathan Billings. 
Oliver Cobleigh. 
Jonas Fay. 
Joseph Gilbert.* 



/ 



John Green. 
Larkin Green. 
Thomas Johnson. 
Edmund Jordan. 
John Jordan. 
Jacob Kn owl ton. 
Phinehas Powers. 
Moses Seaver, 
Job Smith. 
Nathaniel Sprout. 
Daniel Stearns.* 
Thomas Stevens. 
Elkanah Stewart. 
Seth Stewart. 
William Stone. 
Bartholomew Taylor. 
James Taylor. 
Pelatiah Ware. 
James Whipple. 



This compan}^ was engaged in the sanguinary battle near Lake 
George, on the 8th of September, 1755, and Sergeants Blunt and 
Whipple, Corporal Gibbs, and privates John Green and Bartholo- 



1 The value of his service was recog- 
nized both by the provincial and by the 
royal government. By an act ot the Gen- 
eral Court, January 6, 1764, a farm in 
Princeton was " granted to the Honour- 
able Timothy Ruggles, Esq., his heirs and 
assigns forever, in testimony of the grate- 
ful sense this Court has of the important 
services the Grantee rendered his Country 
in the late war ; more particularly while 
Commander-in-Chief of the Troops of this 
Province, furnished for the reduction of 
Canada." A few years later he received 
from the British government an ofiSce, 



probably designed in part as a reward for 
the same service. " We hear there are 
new appointments for Surveyors of his 
Majesty's Woods in North America. . . . 
Hon. Brigadier Ruggles for this Province 
and the northern parts of Nova Scotia, 
. . . with salaries of £300 sterling, per 
annum, each." Boston News Letter, Octo- 
ber 11, 1770. 

2 Philip Safford was drum-major in 
1757, and lieutenant in 1759. 

^ Died November 4, 1755. 

* Daniel Stearns died in service, No- 
vember 4, 1755. 



MILITARY HISTORY. 



265 



mew Taylor, were killed ; on the next day, Corporals Wood and 
Blair were promoted to the rank of sergeants, and Edmund Jor- 
dan, Jacob Knovvlton, and James Whipple were made corporals, 
to supply vacancies caused by death and promotion. 

In the campaign from February 18 to December 24, 1756, 
Captain Robinson commanded a company in which were Hard- 
wick men (with their ages indicated by the figures in parentheses), 
as follows : — 

Samuel Robinson, Captain (48). 

Ezekiel Pratt, Ensign (37). 

Jonas Fay, Clerk (20). 

Philip SafFord, Drummer (20). 

Benjamin Whipple, Sergeant (30). 

Jacob Knowlton, Sergeant (27). 



David Gitchell, Sergeant (21). 
Samuel Atvvood (30). 
Daniel Billings (28). 
Samuel Church (40).^ 
Samuel Dexter (21). 
James Doane (26). 



Joshua Fan- (21).'^ 
Benjamin Goddard (19). 
Dudley Jordan (20). « 
Edmund Jordan (45).^ 
Amos Marsh (22). 
Joseph Nichols (18). 
Isaiah Pratt (35).^ 
Samuel Robinson, Jr. (17). 
Samuel Stewart (18).® 
Seth Stewart (20).^ 
Nathaniel Winslow (23). 
Seth Winslow, Jr. (20). 



It does not appear that Captain Robinson performed regular 
service in the field during the campaign of 1757 ; but he was not 
idle. The records of the Council show that provision was made 
to pay " to Captain Samuel Robinson the sum of £245, for 
ninety-eight men, and the sum of <£9 15. 6. for his expenses in en- 
listing said men." ^ And in the pay-roll of Colonel Timothy 
Ruggles, in the expedition for the relief of Fort William Henry, 
is found the name of Samuel Robinson, captain.^ 

The regular muster-roll of Captain Robinson's company for the 
campaign from March 13 to December 1, 1758, is not found ; but 
a descriptive roll, omitting the oflScers, contains eighteen Hard- 
wick names : — 



David Allen. 
Oliver Cobleigh. 
Samuel Dexter. 
Daniel Fay, 

1 Died in service. 

2 Died October 2, 1756. 

3 Died December 6, 1756. 

* Died November 18, 1756. 

* Died October 26, 1756. 

•^ Died November 18, 1756. 
^ Died November 6, 1756. 



James Fay. 
Jonas Fay. 
Watson Freeman. 
David Gitchell. 



See 



^ Council Records, April 19, 1758. 
next note. 

9 No allowance was made to Captain 
Robinson for travel, indicating that his 
service was rendered near home, jjrobably 
in enlisting the " ninety-eight men " for 
the relief of Fort William Henry in Au- 
gust, 1757. 



266 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

David Glazier. John Roberts. 

Isaiah Glazier. James Robinson, Jr. 

Stephen Gorham. Samuel Robinson, Jr. 

Daniel Hastings. Philip Safford. 

Jacob Hastings. James Whipple. 

For this military duty in 1758, the Council made provision to 
pay " to Capt. Samuel Robinson and Company the sum of <£14:22 
3s. Id..) for their service on the intended expedition against 
Canada, under the command of General Abercromby, to dis- 
charge the Muster Roll, beginning the IS*"" day of March 1758, 
and ending the 1*' day of December following." ^ 

There is similar proof of similar service in 1759, but the Muster 
Roll has disappeared. The Council passed an order to pay " to 
Capt. Samuel Robinson and Company for their service in the 
expedition against Canada under General Amherst the sum of 
<£908 10s. 6d., to discharge their Muster Roll beginning the 31^* 
day of May 1759, and ending the 21*'' day of December fol- 
lowing." 2 

Captain WiUiam Paige, who had served as lieutenant of Cap- 
tain Robinson's company in 1755, commanded a company, from 
May 31 to December 24, 1759,^ composed of oihcers and sol- 
diers belonging to several towns. The commissioned officers 
were : — 

William Paige, of Hardwick, Captain. 

Cornelius Stowell, of Worcester, First Lieutenant. 

James Henderson, of Rutland, Second Lieutenant. 

William Ward, of Worcester, Ensign. 

The following Hardwick names are found : — 

Elisha Cobb, Corporal. Lemuel Cobb. 

Samuel Billings. Zurishaddai Doty. 

Joseph Chamberlain. Jonas Paige. 

John Cobb. Shubael Wiuslow. 

From March 11 to December 29, 1760, Captain Paige com- 
manded a company, composed, like the other, of officers and 
men residing in several towns, and including seven Hardwick 
names : — 

1 Council Records, January 31, 1' 59. commanded a company at an earlier 

2 Ibid., February 26, 1760. date; but no muster roll of such service 

3 Captain Paige is supposed to have is found. 



MILITARY HISTORY. 



267 



William Paige, Captain. 
Samuel Hedge, Corporal.^ 
Edward Foster. 
David Glazier. 



Isaiah Glazier. 
Jonas Paige. 
David Weeks. 



Captain Ebenezer Cox, of Wrentham, commanded a company 
during the campaigns of 1758, 1759, 1760, and, probably, in 
1761.2 He then removed to Hardwick, and from March 4, to 
December 19, 1762, commanded a company, in which were Hard- 
wick men, to wit : — 



Ebenezer Cox, Captain. 
Daniel Hastings, Corporal. 
David Aiken. 
Samuel Billings. 
John Cobb. 
Lemuel Cobb. 
Thomas Freeman. 
Stephen Gorham. 



John Haskell. 
John McSwain. 
Caleb Nye. 
Benjamin Raymond. 
John Raymond. 
Joel Simonds. 
Nathaniel Whitcomb. 
James Winslow. 



To the foregoing persons should be added regimental staff- 
oflBcers, namely : — 

Samuel Robinson, Jr., Adjutant. Challis Safford, Surgeon. 
Elisha Hedge, Commissary. Joel Carpenter, Surgeon's Mate. 

Besides these were others who performed similar service under 
captains who did not reside in Hardwick, to wit : — 



Stephen Fay, Sergeant. 

Ebenezer SafFord, Sergeant. 

Samuel Winslow, Sergeant. 

Isaac Clark, Corporal. 

Ebenezer Lyscomb, Corporal. 

Timothy Abbott. 

Abel Benjamin. 

Elisha Church. 

Richard Church. 

Dan (a negro). 

Ichabod Dexter. 

Joshua El well. 

Caleb Green. 

Zachariah Haskell. 



Richard Hatch. 
Simeon Ilazeltiue. 
Samuel Hunt. 
Ebenezer Lawrence. 
Benjamin Mann. 
William Merrick. 
Peter Ott. 
Joseph Petrell. 
Timothy Sauge (or Sogg). 
John Traill. 
Holland Weeks. 
Paul Whipple. 
James Whitcomb.^ 



" In six campaigns intrepid trod the field, 
Nor to the Gallic Power would ever yield. 



1 Samuel Hedge died September 11, 
1760. 

^ Captain Cox, probably, rendered ser- ^ James Wliitcomb, ajjed 23, was ia 
vice before 1758, perhaps in a subordinate General Winslow's army, in the Eastern 
station. His epitaph asserts that he Expedition, and was killed in July, 1755, 



268 



HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 



All the persons before-mentioned are enrolled as officers and 
soldiers in the regular army for one or more campaigns. In addi- 
tion to these, two whole companies were in the field, for shorter 
periods, on special occasions. One of these companies was in the 
Crown Point Expedition, from September 20 to December 5, 
1756, namely : — 



Paul Mandell, Captain. 
Nathan Stone, Lieutenant. 
Noah Mandell, Ensign.^ 
Timothy Newton, Clerk. 
James Fay, Sergeant. 
Solomon Aiken, Sergeant. 
Silas Bowker, Sergeant. 
Samuel Steele, Corporal. 
Nathaniel Merrick, Corporal. 
Joseph Higgins, Corporal. 
Henry Chase, Corporal. 
Eliphalet Ayers. 
James Bacon. 
David Barr. 
Abel Benjamin. 
Edward Blair. 
Jotham Bruce. 
Jonas Butterfield. 
Isaiah Carpenter. 
Lemuel Cobb. 
Ebenezer Cummings. 
Elijah Cummings. 
Ebenezer Curtis. 



Watson Freeman. 
Solomon Gilbert. 
Samuel Harrington. 
Zachariah Haskell. 
Jacob Hastings. 
Elisha Hedge, Jr. 
Joseph Hinds. 
Seth Hinkley. 
Sylvanus Howe. 
David Marble. 
Nathan Marble. 
Benjamin Negus. 
Daniel Parkhurst. 
John Paige. 
Jonas Paige. 
Ephraim Rice. 
Oliver Rice. 
Whiting Ruggles. 
Timothy Sauge. 
James Whipple. 
Asa Whitcbmb. 
Nathaniel Whitcomb, Jr. 
Thomas White. 



John Fay. 

Another company marched, August 9, 1757, as far as Kinder- 
hook, for the relief of Fort William Henry. 



Joseph Warner, Captain. 
Joseph Ruggles, Lieutenant. 
Ezra Leonard, Ensign. 
Silas Newton, Clerk. 
Stephen Fay, Sergeant. 

as mentioned in the manuscript diary of 
Surgeon John Thomas: "July y° 25, 
A. D. 1775. I lod<,'ed at Fort Lawrance. 
Lieut. Willson came from Gauspereau, 
bringing an account that one of Capt. 
Cobb's men were killed, passing from y" 
foart to y° vilige on his hors ; he and his 



John Aiken, Sergeant. 
Jonathan Farr, Sergeant. 
Elisha Billings, Sergeant. 
Solomon Aiken, Corporal. 
Samuel Bridge. 

hors ware both killed ; his name was 
Whitcum ; he came from Hardwicke. 
Colonel Munckton ordered Major Bourn 
out with 200 men to Gauspereau, to 
inquire into the affair." 

1 Noah Mandell was promoted to the 
ofBce of lieutenant, October 29, 1756. 



MILITARY HISTORY. 



269 



Joseph Chamberlin. 
Richard Church. 
Timothy Church. 
Silas Dean. 
Thomas Elwell. 
John Fay. 
Jonas Fay. 
Aaron Forbush. 
Joseph Higgins. 
Thomas Johnson. 
John Paige. 
John Paige, Jr. 



Timothy Pike. 
Abraham Powers. 
William Powers. 
Oliver Rice. 
Solomon Rice. 
Leonard Robinson. 
Daniel Warner. 
Elijah Warner. 
Thomas Weeks. 
Asa Whitcomb. 
Shubael Win slow. 



Dui-ing the Revolutionary War, Hardwick furnished its full 
quota of officers and soldiers. In anticipation of its commence- 
ment, as heretofore related, the whole military force was organ- 
ized under officers elected by the town, including a company of 
" minute men," of whom the first captain was Jonathan War- 
ner; he was immediately elected colonel, and became brigadier- 
general February 13, 1776, and major-general June 28, 1781, 
in which office he served his country faithfully until the end of 
the war, and during the Shays Insurrection. The company of 
" minute men," under a new captain, promptly reported for 
duty at Cambridge immediately after the memorable 19tli day 
of April, 1775. The members of this company who responded 
to the call were : — 



Simeon Hazeltiue, Captain. 
Josiali Locke, Lieutenant. 
Ebenezer Wasliburn, Lieutenant. 
Barnabas Sears, Sergeant. 
Deuison Robinson, Sergeant. 
Stephen Gorliam, Sergeant. 
Moses Whitcomb, Sergeant. 
John Raymond, Corporal. 
Adnah Bangs. 
Nathan Bangs. 
John Butler. 
Nathan Carpenter. 
Edward Chaloner. 
Isaac Clark. 
Uriah Converse. 
Jabez Cobb. 
Paul Dean. 
Samuel Dexter. 



John Dunsmore. 
Simon Fletcher. 
Edmund Freeman. 
Stephen Fuller. 
Shearjashub Goodspeed. 
Jonathan Hastings. , 
John Hedge. 
Edmund Hodges. 
Aaron Hudson. 
Solomon Johnson. 
Philip Jordan. 
John Kinney. 
Ebenezer Lawrence. 
James Lawton. 
Nathan Leonard. 
Moses Mandell. 
Caleb Nye. 
Joseph Nye. 



270 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

Prince Nye. Edward Ruggles. 

James Paige, 2d. Nathaniel Ruggles. 

Jesse Paige. Samuel Ruggles, 

Timothy Paige, Thomas Ruggles. 

"William Paige, Jr. Steward Southgate. 

Josiah Perkins. Daniel Thomas. 

Elisha Pike. Ephraim Titus. 

Samuel Pike. Joseph Washburn. 

Edmund Rawson. Joseph Weeks. 

Isaac Rice. Judah Weeks. 

Henry Rixford. John AVheeler. 

Josiah Roberts. Adam Willis. 

Joseph Robinson. David Witt. 

Thomas Robinson, Jr. James Wright. 

Benjamin Ruggles. Thomas Marthi Wright. 

Of these sixty-four persons, twenty-one immediately enlisted 
in the " Continental Army ; " and of the forty-three others, at 
least thirty rendered service, sooner or later, in the same army. 
Captain Hazeltine was among the first to organize a company, 
consisting chiefly of Worcester County men, to serve three 
months from May 1, 1775. The roll, exhibited at Roxbury, 
June 10, containing fifty-nine names, included thirteen belonging 
to Hard wick, namely : — 

Simeon Hazeltine, Captain. Joseph Nye. 

John Raymond, Sergeant. Josiah Perkins. 

Prince Haskell, Drummer. Daniel Rice. 

Seth Babbitt. Ebenezer Sprout. 

John Butler. Nathaniel Sprout. 

Edmund Freeman. Ephraim Titus. 
Ebenezer Luce. 

It has already been mentioned that in reorganizing the militia 
with reference to the impending outbreak of hostilities, the town 
elected Samuel Billings, Jr., as captain " for the south side of the 
town," November 21, 1774. When the first blow was struck on 
the memorable nineteenth day of April, he immediately enlisted 
a company consisting of fifty-nine persons, fifty-seven of whom 
were Hardwick men, to serve eight months from May 4, 1775, 
to wit : — 

Samuel Billings, Jr., Captain. John Hanmer, Sergeant. 

Barnabas Sears, Lieutenant. Steward Southgate, Sergeant. 

Stephen Gorham, Ensign. Abraham Chamberlin, Sergeant. 



MILITARY HISTORY. 



271 



Caleb Nye, Sergeant. 
Adnah IJangs, Corporal. 
Aaron Hudson, Corporal, 
i/^oseph Weeks, Corporal. 

Thomas M. Wright, Corporal. 

Shubael Wilder, Drummer. 

Moses Doty, Fifer. 

Solomon Aiken. 

Jedediah Bassett. 

John Batchelder. 

Joshua Boyden. 

Nathan Carpenter. 

Moses Chamberlin. 

Edward Church. 

James Crossman. 

Daniel Evans. 

Aaron Fay. 

Simon Fletcher. 

Philip Freiker. 

John Giffin. 

Benjamin Glazier. 

Sliearjashub Goodspeed. 

Jonathan Hastings. 

Elisha Hedge, Jr. 

Henry Higgins. 

Antipas Howe. 



Philip Jordan. 
Joseph Loring. 
Marshall Miller. 
William Merrick. 
Reuben Ned. 
Stephen Newton. 
Timothy Newton. 
Isaac Otis. 
Joseph Pike. 
John Plant. 
Levi Pratt. 
Stephen Pratt. 
Moses Rice. 
Josiah Roberts. 
Jesse Safford. 
Reuben Snow. 
Thomas Spooner. 
Zephaniah Spooner. 
Robert Sprout. 
Ephraim Thayer. 
Daniel Thomas. 
Ephraim Tucker. 
David Weeks. 
Edmund AVillis. 
Job Winslow. 



Samuel Dexter, a member of the company of " minute-men," 
having enlisted a company at a later day, was commissioned 
captain December 10, 1775. " A Muster Roll of Capt. Samuel 
Dexter's Militia Company in Col. Learned's Regiment, from 
Hardwick, New Braintree, and Oakham, for their travel from 
and to home, at one penny a mile, — Roxbury Camp, January, 
A. D. 1776," contains the following Hardwick names: — 



Samuel Dexter, Captain. 

Thomas Robinson, Jr., Sergeant. 

Samuel French, Corporal. 

Atwood Aiken. 

John Aiken. 

Nathaniel Aiken. 

Jonathan Childs. 

Uriah Converse. 

Natlian Crosby. 

Paul Crowell. 



Thomas Crowell. 
Seth Dean. 
Daniel Fay, .Jr. 
Alexander Forbush. 
Jonathan Ghizier. 
Thomas Haskell. 
Asa Hedge. 
Moses Hunt. 
Jesse Kenney. 
Moses Mandell. 



272 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

George Paige, Jr. Thomas Ruggles. 

Jesse Paige. John Wheeler. 

Timothy Paige, Jr. Jacob Whipple. 
Lemuel Ruggles. 

Barnabas Sears, sergeant of minute-men, and lieutenant under 
Captain Billings, was captain in February, 1776, was elected 
major June 26, 1776,^ and was styled Lieutenant-Colonel Com- 
mandant in a roll of field officers dated 1781. The roll of his 
company, at the Dorchester Camp, February 15, 1776, contained 
fourteen Hard wick names, to wit : — 

Barnabas Sears, Captain. Israel Lawton. 

Consider Eddy. John Lawton. 

Nathan Foster, Jr. William Merrick. 

John Gorham. Reuben Ned. 

Andrew Haskell. Nathaniel Paige. 

Moses Haskell. Daniel Ruggles. 

Solomon Hedge. Zephaniah Spoouer. 

In June, 1777, General Warner was appointed to command an 
expedition to St. John's River, N. S. His acceptance exhibits 
both his patriotism and his modesty : " May it please your 
Honors. By the direction of your Honors, the Secretary has 
acquainted me of my appointment as Brigadier General to com- 
mand the Forces destined to St. Johns in Nova Scotia, and re- 
quires my immediate answer. I could wish a person of more 
experience had been made choice of, as your Honors must be 
sensible that military knovs^ledge and experience is highly neces- 
sary in an undertaking of this importance, and the little op- 
portunity I have had to qualify myself for so important an 
affair. But since it has pleased your Honors to appoint me to 
command in this Expedition, I will exert my poor abilities, and 
endeavor to deserve the honor conferred on your Honors' most 
obedient humble servant. JoN\ VVabnee. Boston, June 25*^, 
1777. To the Honorable Board." 2 

1 " The House made choice by ballot " Barnabas Sears, Major. 

of the following Gentlemen as Field Offi- " In Council, Read and Concurred." 

cers for the Battalion to be raised in the This battalion was destined to serve in 

County of Worcester for the continental New York; and the proportion allotted 

service, agreeable to a Resolve which to Hardwick was thirty-eight. See Gen- 

passed the House yesterday, viz : eral Court Records, June 26, 1776. 

" Jonathan Holman, Colo. 2 Mass. Archives, cxcvii. 198. 

" Paul Raymond, Lt. Cola. 



MILITARY HISTORY. 273 

Before this expedition was fully organized, however, the ad- 
vance of General Burgoyne on the northern frontier created 
widespread alarm, and urgent appeals for aid were issued by the 
civil and military authorities. Among these was a letter from 
Colonel Seth Warner, still on file in the Mass. Archives, cxcvii., ' 
321. On its receipt, General Warner forwarded it by express 
to the Council of this State : — " To the Hon^'^ Council of the 
State of the Massachusetts Bay : Gentlemen, I have this minute 
received an express from Col°. Warner which I thought it my 
duty to forward to your Honors immediately. Accordingly T 
thought it expedient to issue out orders for every sixth man in 
my Brigade to march to the assistance of Col**. Warner, by the 
way of Bennington, and desire your Honors would give direction 
in the matter as you shall think proper. As I have orders to 
march on an expedition to St. John's River, in Nova Scotia, your 
Honors will determine what is most expedient in the present 
distressing circumstances of affairs.^ I am your Honors' most 
obedient humble servant, JoN\ WarnePw Hardwick, July 22, 
1777, at 11 o'clock at night." 

The detachment from General Warner's brigade marched 
within a few days, one company of which was commanded by 
Captain Edmund Hodges, one of the " minute-men," who had al- 
ready become captain of militia. He was detached, with a por- 
tion of his company, to which were added officers and soldiers 
from other towns. The company, thus formed, was attached to 
the regiment of Colonel Job Cushing,^ and served in the North- 
ern Army from July 27 to August 29, 1777. The muster roll 
included twenty-nine Hardwick names : — 

Edmund Hodges, Captain. Atwood Aiken, Corporal. 

Solomon Aiken, Sergeant. Oliver Bailey, Corporal. 

P^benezer Lyscom, Sergeant. Abraham Ciiamberlin. 

Stephen Newton, Sergeant. William Chainberlin. 

Daniel Fay, Jr., Corporal. Aaron Forbush. 

^ The Council directed Geueral War- on the Alarm to Benuinnton," contains 

ner,Auj;ust 8, 1777, to disband the troops the names of Colonel Job Ciishin^--, of 

designed for the expedition to St. John's Shrewsbury ; Lieutenant Colonel Stephen 

River, and on the next day appointed Eice, of Hardwick ; Major John Hand, 

him to take command, as brigadier- of Westminster ; Major Joseph Bowman, 

general, of all the militia which had been of New Braintree. They continued in 

detached for the reinforcement of the service from July 25 until November 30, 

Northern Army. and assisted in the ca))ture of Burgoyue's 

2 "APay Abstract of the Staff Officers entire army, November 1".), 1777. See 

of Col. Job Cushing's Regiment of Mass. Muster Rolls, xxvi. 8, 10. 
Bay Militia in Gen. Warner's Brigade, 
18 



274 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

Nathan Freeman. Benjamin Ruggles. 

George Haskell. Ephraim Ruggles. 

Solomon Hedge. Seth Ruggles. 

Ephraim Hodges. Lewis Sweeting. 

Moses Hunt. Gardner "Wait. 

Prince Jenuey. Daniel Warner, 

Philip Jordan. Elijah Washburn. 

Ezra Leonard, Jr. David Whipple. 

Joslyn Munroe. Moses Whitcomb. 
Timothy Newton. 

"A Pay Roll of Capt. Timothy Paige's Company, for going 
to Bennington in an Alarm," and remaining in service from Au- 
gust 21 to August 31, 1777.1 

Timothy Paige, Captain. Lemuel Gilbert. 

John Dunsmore, First Lieutenant. Shearjashub Goodspeed. 

Job Dexter, Second Lieutenant. John Gorham. 

Thomas Robinson, Sergeant. Uriah Higgius. 

John Raymond, Sergeant. John Jenney. 

Samuel Beals, Sergeant.^ Lemuel Johnson. 

Jonathan Hastings, Corporal. Seth Johnson. 

Thomas Ruggles, Corporal. Gideon Newton. 

Ephraim Thayer, Corporal. Prince Nye. 

Prince Haskell, Drummer. William Nye. 

George Paige, Jr., Fifer. Jesse Paige. 

Captain William Paige, Cadet. David Pratt. 

Captain Simeon Hazeltine, Cadet. Freeman Sears. 

Lieutenant Elisha Billings, Cadet. Abijah Sibley. 
Lieutenant Ebenezer Washburn, Cadet. Elisha Sibley. 

Seth Babbitt. Jesse Snow. 

William Bassett. Jeduthun Spooner. — 

Daniel Billings. Zei^haniah Spooner. 

Elijah Carpenter. Joel Stratton. 

Thomas Crowell. Nathaniel Swift. 

Isaac Cummings. Daniel Thomas. 

Barnabas Cushman. Ephraim Tucker. 

Silas Dean. Robert Tucker. 

Jedediah Fay. Edmund Willis. 

George Field. Silas Willis. 
John Giffin, 

Before the arrival of this company at Bennington, the party 

1 Muster Rolls, xxii. 64. and deputy quartermaster general in 1787, 

2 Samuel Beals was lieutenant in 1781, with the rank of major. 



MILITARY HISTORY. 275 

detached by General Burgoyne liad been defeated by the troops 
under General Stark, at .the famous Bennington Battle, August 
16, 1777, and the danger of serious disaster had been averted. 
But the main army of Burgoyne was still advancing. The vol- 
unteers had made no preparation for long service, and soon re- 
turned home. In this emergency, fresh levies of troops were 
necessary for the public defence. The order of General Warner 
to the commander of a regiment in his brigade has escaped de- 
struction, and remains on file in the Massachusetts Archives, 
excviii. 127 : — 

" Bennington, August 25, 1777. Sir, With grateful acknowl- 
edgments of your forwardness in turning out men for the assist- 
ance of the Army in the late alarming crisis, wherein we have 
been favored with a surprising victory, but as the enemy are re- 
pulsed, and the men who came on the alarm cannot be prevailed 
with to tarry till the last of November, I am to direct you to see 
that every sixth man in your Regiment, agreeable to the Resolves 
of the General Court, be detailed and with all possible despatch 
marched to join my Brigade in the Northern Army, now stationed 
at this place, as those that turned out as volunteers are not pre- 
pared to tarry so long, and it is very necessary that the General 
Officers should know what number of men they have to depend 
on, in order to plan proper measures for the further repelling of 
the enemy. Therefore said Order of Court must be immediately 
complied with. I am. Sir, yours &c., JoNf Warner, B. G. 
You will form the men detached from your Regiment into Com- 
panies, as near as may be to Order of Court, and appoint proper 
Officers to command the same, and order them to march with all 
possible despatch. To Col. Abijah Stearns." 

Nathan Leonard, one of the " minute-men," commanded a com- 
pany composed of Worcester County men, through the campaign 
from January 18, 1778 to January 1, 1779. The Hardwick 
names were : — 

Nathan Leonard, Captain. John Thayer. 

John Harris, Sergeant. Samuel Thayer. 

Josiah Green. Moses Winchester. 
Andrew Haskell. 

Daniel Shays, afterwards so conspicuous in the Insurrection in 
1786, commanded a company during the campaign of 1778. 
Although he was not a resident in Hardwick,^ I give him a place 

^ At this time Captain Shays resided in Shutesbury ; he afterwards removed to 
Pelham. 



276 



HISTORY OF HARDWICK, 



here, as the influence which he gained over his men at this time 
may account for the adherence of some of them to him after- 
wards. His muster roll, dated Albany, Februai-y 9, 1778, con- 
tains eigh^ Hardwick names : — , 



. Daniel Shays, Captain. 

Edward Chaloner, Ensign. 
j John Wheeler, Sergeant.-' 

John Plant, Corporal. 

Shubael Wilder, Drummer. 



Moses Doty, Fifer. 
Joseph Hunt. 
Elisha Pike. 
Henry Rixford. 



" A Pay Roll of Capt. Timothy Paige's Company, in Col? John 
Rand's Regiment of Massachusetts Militia, raised for the defence 
of the United States, agreeable to a Resolve of the Great and 
General Court, bearing date June 22, 1780 ; raised for three 
months, and did duty at West Point in the State of New York." 
This compau}^, which commenced service July 5, 1780, consisted 
of one hundred and two men, of whom thirty were residents in 
Hardwick : — 



Timothy Paige, Captain. 
Israel Law ton, Sergeant. 
Israel Aiken. 
John Aiken. 
Ebenezer Barlow. 
Joseph Barlow. 
James By ram. 
David Chamberlin. 
Solomon Dennis. 
John Earl. 
John Gilbert. 
Stephen Gorham. 
Timothy Hathaway. 
Job Hinkley. 
John Hunt. 



Elnathan Jenuey. 
Lemuel Johnson. 
Gideon Newton. 
Samuel Pike. 
Peter Rice. 
James Robinson. 
Ephraim Ruggles. 
Zephaniah Spooner. 
James Sturtevant. 
Jacob Terry. 
John Thayer. 
Samuel Thayer. 
Isaiah Tower. 
Abel Warner. 
Silas Willis. 



Many of the before-named soldiers served at other times, under 
other commanders ; but I forbear the repetition of their names. 
Besides these were others, who performed one or more terms of 
service, under captains who were not resident in Hardwick, to 
wit: — 



1 John Wheeler was promoted to the the close of the campaign, and in 1786 
office of quartermaster-sergeant before was aide-de-camp to General Shays. 



MILITARY HISTORY. 



277 



Abraham Knowlton, Lieutenant. 

Lemuel Leach, Ensign. 

John Cobb, Sergeant. 

Eli Freeman, Sergeant. 

Silas Wright, Sergeant. 

Jabez Elwell, Corporal. 

Abisha Packard, Fifer. 

Philip Amidon. 

Jonathan Belding. 

Phiiiehas Blood. 

Joseph Boynton. 

Joseph Byam. 

Nathaniel Crowell. 

Abijah Edson, 

Thomas Edson. 

Stephen Forbush. 

Christopher Foreland. 

Thomas Gilmore. 

Bial Harrington. 

John Hatch. 

Samuel Hayford. 

Samuel Hinkley. 

Seth Hinkley. 

Philemon Holden. 

Sylvanus Hopkins. 

David Hunt. 

Samuel Huxford. 

Stephen Johnson. 

Thomas June. 



Moses Lawrence. 
Experience Luce. 
Amos Mandell. 
Calvin Marble. 
Edward McMuIlen. 
Constant Merrick. 
Daniel IMunden. 
Ebenezer Nye. 
Elias Nye. 
Isaac Nye. 
John Nye. 
James Peirce. 
William Raymond. 
John Walker Robinson. 
Cornelius Ryan. 
Dennis Ryan. 
John Ryan. 
Roland Sears. 
John Sellon. 
Samuel Spooner. 
Lemuel Swift. 
Silas Town. 
Thomas Tupper. 
Jabez Upham. 
Stephen Wait. 
Ammiel Weeks. 
Samuel Whipple. 
Thomas W. White. 
Thomas Winslow. 



The following descriptive rolls, containing many names which 
have already been mentioned, and some which I have not found 
on the muster rolls, seem to be of sufficient interest to have place 
here. They are dated in 1778, 1779, 1780, and 1781 : — 



May and June, 1778. 


Age. 




H 


eight. 




Complexion. 


Israel Aiken . . . 


. 18 


5 feet. 


9 inches. 


Dark. 


Gideon Billings . 


. 19 


5 


a 


6 




Light. 


Jonathan Childs . 


22 


6 


a 







Dark. 


Aaron Fay . . . . 


. 19 


5 


i( 


G 




u 


Jedediah Fay . . 


. 23 


5 


a 


6 




Light. 


Elnathan Jenney . 


. 16 


5 


a 


6 




Dark. 


Samuel Johnson . 


. . 22 


5 


a 


6 




Light. 


Benjamin Ruggles . 


. 23 


5 


a 


9 




11 


Levi Wellman 


. 19 


5 


(( 


9 




n 


Seth Winslow 


. . 42 


5 


(( 


8 




u 



278 



HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 



June, 1779. 


Age. 




Height. 




Complexion 


Joseph Marapin . 


. 17 


5 feet 


, 5 inches. 


Dark. 


Gideon Newton . 


. . 19 


5 


t( 


9 


(( 


Light. 


Foster Paige . . 


. . 17 


5 


(( 


6 


a 


(( 


Nathan Paige . . 


. . 17 


5 


(( 


9 


a 


Dark. 


Abner Perkins 


. 18 


5 


(( 


8 


a 


a 


Stephen Pratt . . 


. 26 


5 


(( 


10 


a 


(( 


Charles Spooner . . 


. 16 


5 


it 





ii 


Light. 


Robert Sprout , . 


. 25 


5 


u 


11 


a 


u 


Jonathan Warner . 


. 16 


5 


a 


3 


a 


Dark. 


December, 1779. 














James Fay . . . 


. . 45 


6 


u 





ii 


Light. 


John Gorham . 


. 20 


5 


u 


9 


a 


(( 


Josiah Gorham . 


. 18 


5 


a 


6 


(( 


a 


July, 1780. 














Joseph Barnard . 


. 30 


5 


(( 


5 


a 


Fresh. 


Joseph Burgess . . 


. 19 


5 


a 


11 


a 


Light. 


David Chamberlin 


. 19 


5 


(I 


5 


li 


" 


Luther Conant . 


. 22 


5 


a 


7 


a 


it 


Shiverick Crowell 


. . 18 


5 


a 


10 


li 


It 


Ezra Doty . • 


. 19 


5 


u 


8 


ii 


(I 


Mark Elwell . . 


. 17 


5 


a 


9 


(( 


Dark. 


Solomon Farr 


. 17 


5 


a 


5 


(( 


Ruddy. 


John Giffin . . 


. 32 


5 


(( 


4 


(( 


Light. 


Nathaniel Haskell 


. . 18 


5 


u 


8 


it 


(( 


"^ Samuel Haskins . 


. . 21 


5 


li 


9 


(i 


Dark. 


Noah Hatch . . 


. 20 


5 


li 


10 


u 


Ruddy. 


Asa Hedge . . 


. . 24 


5 


ii 


7 


it 


Light. 


John Hedge . . 


. . 28 


5 


n 


9 


(( 


Dark. 


Ezra Hodges . . 


. 18 


5 


a 


4 


11 


Light. 


Benjamin Lemoine 


. 19 


5 


a 


5 


u 


Dark. 


Ezra Leonard, Jr. 


. 22 


5 


a 


8 


(( 


(( 


.John Marsh . . 


. 19 


5 


i( 


6 


« 


Fresh. 


Josiah Roberts . 


. 26 


5 


(( 


10 


(( 


Dark. 


Nathan Sprout . 


. . 17 


5 


it 


10 


(( 


Light. 


Samuel Sprout . 


. . 20 


5 


n 


11 


(( 


li 


Jonathan Stan wood 


. . 39 


5 


(( 


7 


u 


Dark. 


Heman Swift . . 


. . 19 


5 


(( 


10 


a 


Light. 


Ebenezer Washburn 


. 46 


6 


li 


1 


it 


(( 


May, 1781. 














James Bailey . . 


. 18 


5 


a 


2 


i( 


Dark. 


Zebulon Bassett . 


. . 23 


5 


a 


5 


u 


Black. 


Daniel Billings . 


. . 16 


5 


a 


3 


(( 


Light. 



MILITARY HISTORY. 279 

May, 1781. Age. Height. Complexion. 

Cato Boston .... 22 5 feet, 7 inches. Black. 

Luther Burgess ... 37 5 " 6 " Dark. 

Zimri Dean .... 18 5 " 5 " Light. 

Asa Doty 16 5 " " " 

Moses Fay .... 18 5 " 7 " " 

Silas Gorham ... 17 5 " 8 " " 

Jupiter Lee .... 16 5 " " Black. 

Jonathan Nye ... 22 5 " 11 " Light. 

vJ'acob Terry .... 30 5 " 8 " " 

Joseph Thomas ... 31 5 " 8 " Dark. 

Nathan Weeks ... 17 5 " 4 " Light. 

To these may not improperly be added the names of Sylvanus 
Brimhall, Jeremiah Campbell, Adonijah Dennis, Theophilus Hast- 
ings, and Captain Zenas Phinney, who rendered service while 
residing elsewhere, and afterwards removed to Hardwiek, where, 
in their old age, they were enrolled as pensioners. Captain 
Daniel Egerj?^, of Dartmouth, and Captain Israel Trow, of Nor- 
ton, eacli commanded a company during one or more campaigns, 
but spent their last days here. 

Among the large number of soldiers furnished by this town, 
it must be supposed that some were killed, and that others lost 
their health, or suffered other casualties. But the Muster Rolls, 
unlike those of the French War, are almost entirely destitute of 
information in this regard. There is preserved, however, in the 
Massachusetts Archives, clxxxiii. 405, a petition in regard to 
a minor casualty, which may deserve insertion, as it exhibits the 
character of a private soldier's outfit : — 

" To the Hon. the Council and House of Representatives of 
the State of the jMassachusetts Bay. The petition of the sub- 
scriber humbly slieweth, that your petitioner, being a soldier in 
Capt. Warner's Company in Col. flolman's Regiment, when our 
troops retreated out of New York, A. D. 1776, and being on 
guard when the retreat began, your petitioner lost his pack, con- 
taining the following articles, viz. : — 

One knapsack, @ 4s. One straight bodied all wool "> 

coat, @ 60s. j ^'''' ^' ^• 

One jacket of broadcloth, lined with shalloon, @ 40s. 
One pair of long woollen trowsers, @ 8s. 
One blanket, @ 20s. 2 pair stockings, @ 6s. 
One pair checked woollen shirts, @ 22s. 

Total, £8. 6. 0. 



2. 


0. 


0. 


0. 


8. 


0. 


1. 


12. 


0. 


1. 


o_ 


0. 



280 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

These are, therefore, to pray the Honorable Court that the above 
account may be allowed, and your petitioner, as in duty bound, 
will ever pray. Shearjashub Goodspeed. 

" Hardwicke, Feb. 9, 1778." 

A large majority of the inhabitants of Hardwick were po- 
litically opposed to the War of 1812, and no action in its favor 
by the town is found on record. Personally, I remember that in 
consequence of a military requisition, there was an assembly of 
the militia in the spacious meeting-house, at which Major Thomas 
Wheeler presided. I was one of the excited group of boys who 
occupied the gallery, and witnessed the proceedings with intense 
interest. Although opposed to the war, Major Wheeler, as a 
good soldier, obeyed orders, and earnestly exhorted the soldiers to 
volunteer for the public service. At the close of his speech, he 
ordered a drummer to pass through the aisles, and invited volun- 
teers to " fall in." But, according to the best of my recollection, 
only one soldier responded. Con vers Cutler, Jr., followed the 
drummer on his noisy march round and round the house many 
times, but in vain. The attempt to procure volunteers was 
abandoned, and resort was had to the draft. Of those thus com- 
pelled to enter the army I remember only one, Jonathan Warner, 
Jr., son of my father's nearest neighbor. He returned safely 
after a short service, and subsequently removed to Hardwick, 
Vt., where he died in a good old age. Among the Hardwick 
soldiers in that war should be included Jacob D. Rand, a native 
of Chai-lestown, who resided here several years about the com- 
mencement of this century. Before the war, he enlisted as a 
soldier in the United States army, in which capacity he served 
until the surrender of General Hull, at Detroit, which act he al- 
ways regarded as cowardly, if not treacherous, and could never 
speak of it except in language of indignation. After he was lib- 
erated, either by exchange or parole, he returned here, resumed 
business as a cabinet maker, and died October 8, 1840, aged 63. 

A few weeks after the declaration of war, the Fourth of July 
was celebrated here by an oration in the densely-packed meeting- 
house, and a dinner and toasts under a bower on the Common. 
The orator was the Rev. Festus Foster, of Petersham, who 
sharply arraigned the Democratic party, represented by its great 
leader, Jefferson, and his successor, Madison, as responsible for the 
quarrel with England, which had resulted in war, — as he alleged 
under the influence and for the special interest of France. After 



MILITARY HISTORY. 281 

extolling the administration of Washington and Adams, the ora- 
tor proceeded to denounce the measures adopted by the oppos- 
ing party : — ^ _ 

" Mr. Jefferson's accession to the Presidency formed a new era 
in our political history. . . . That sj'-stem of policy under which 
our nation had enjoyed unparalleled prosperity was discarded for 
the abortive experiments of a visionary philosophy. The internal 
taxes, which were laid to augment our naval establishment, were 
suddenly repealed, and our ships dismantled and abandoned. For 
our new philosophers considered a navy worse than useless ; and 
a full treasury, lest it should tempt the cupidity of foreign na- 
tions, and involve us in war. . . . European nations smiled at 
our folly, and seized our defenceless commerce. Our merchants 
petitioned to government for protection ; our government re- 
monstrated to the belligerents, who knew our weakness, and were 
insulted. Under the pretext of avenging our wrongs and insults, 
our whole commerce was suddenly annihilated ; man}"^ of our 
merchants made bankrupts ; our seamen made to beg their bread 
or flee their countr}^ ; and the whole community made poor in the 
midst of plenty. That a measure, which injured us more than 
all other nations, should be adopted and persevered in by our 
government, against the loud remonstrances of half the nation, 
is a m^'stery which yet remains to be explained, unless the hand 
of Napoleon was there. . . . The Embargo was not only ap- 
proved by France after it was laid, but it was known in Paris 
that such a measure was about to be adopted, before Mr. Jeffer- 
son recommended it to Congress. Can any one who impartially 
views these facts doubt for a moment who originated and imposed 
upon us that destructive system ? Do you wish to know who has 
annihilated neutral commerce, and barred you from the ocean ? 
Ask France. Do you wish to know why the importation of 
British goods into these United States has been prohibited by 
law ? Ask Fi'ance. Do you wish to know why and by whom 
you have been driven into a war with England ? Ask France. 
Her continental system has become the basis of our maritime 
law. The Embargo, under which we so long groaned and now 
groan, is her offspring. She dictates to us with whom we shall 
make peace, with whom war. We bow submissively to her im- 
perious mandates, and yet contend that we are free." 

The toasts, which followed the dinner, exhibit a similar parti- 
san spirit : ^ — 

1 None of them, however, are quite so spicy as one which is said to have been 



282 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

" The day we celebrate : It dissolved our union with Britain ; 
may it never witness our alliance with France. — The memory 
of Washington : Had not our rulers set at nought his counsels, 
we had been at peace. — James Madison : It is not the most dis- 
tinguishing trait in his character, that he does wrong by design, 
but that he should never do right by mistake. — His late Excel- 
lency Elbridge Gerry : Charity hopeth all things ; we therefore say 
to the proscriptions and outrages of his last year's administration, 
his poverty, and not his will, consented. — His Excellency Caleb 
Strong : At the call of his countrymen, he comes like Cincinna- 
tus, from the sweets of retirement to correct the abuses of a mal- 
administration, and restore to the people their equal rights. — 
The Hon. Timothy Pickering: A real patriot, ever faithful in 
declaring those stubborn facts which Democrats dread to hear. 
— Massachusetts : The first to resist the encroachments of foreign 
despotism, — may she be the last to submit to the usurpation of 
a domestic faction. — Thomas Jefferson : He found our govern- 
ment ' in the full tide of successful experiment ; ' he left it ebb- 
ing to the common vortex of Republics. . . . The projected con- 
quest of Canada : The feats of Don Quixote shall no longer 
excite laughter, nor his character want a parallel. . . . JModern 
Democracy : it has bruised our heel ; let the next presidential 
election break its head. — The United States of America: may 
they remember from whence they have fallen, repent, and do 
their first works." One volunteer toast may properly be ap- 
pended, concerning the " projected conquest of Canada," which, 
if not strictly decorous, was at least pointed and suggestive: 
President Madison : With both his feet in one stocking, and a 
Canada thistle in his small-clothes." 

Such is only a faint reflection of the intense political heat 
which was manifested by both Federalists and Democrats, before 
and during the War of 1812. Within the next ten years it sub- 
sided entirely, and was succeeded by what was styled " The Era 
of Good Feeling." 

Far different was the public sentiment at the commencement 
of the War of the Rebellion in 1861, and during its continuance 
until 1865. With scarcely any exceptions, the inhabitants of 
Hard wick, without distinction of party, ralUed to the support of 

offered by a zealous Democrat, in a and if God has n't a better opinion of 

neighboring town, on a similar occasion : them than I liave, he won't call them up 

— ' The Federalists.' May they die and then." 
be buried, and sleep till the resurrection ; 



MILITARY HISTORY. 283 

the government, and promptly responded to all requisitions for 
men and money. Side by side, and with equal patriotic ardor, 
Republicans and Democrats marched to the frontiers, where they 
rendered faithful service, and some of them sacrificed their lives 
on their country's altar. The following list, gathered from tlie 
Adjutant General's official " Record of the Massachusetts Volun- 
teers," probably embi-aces the names of nearly all the soldiers fur- 
nished by this town in the Massachusetts Line. 

\2th Regiment Infantry {three years), 18G1. 
Names. Age. Date of Muster. Date of Discharge. 

George H. Rolston .... 28 Sept. 22, 1862. 

Ibth Regiment Infantry {three years), 1861. 

Sanforth Botham .... 18 July 31, 1861. Dec. 17, 1862. 
George W. Davis .... 18 Aug. 5, 1862. July 28, 1864. 

Silas D. Marsh 1 .... 26 July 12, 1861. Sept. 17, 1862. 

\^th Regiment Infantry {three years), 1861. 
George W. CampbelP . . 21 Aug. 24, 1861. Jan. 25, 1862. 

\%th Regiment Infantry {three years), 1861. 

Edward Dunn 3 18 Jan. 9, 1865. Jan. 31, 1865. 

August Ernst * 28 Jan. 9, 1865. March 28, 1865. 

Heury Lewis 24 March 22, 1864. 

John O'Brien 26 March 22, 1864. 

Joseph Patrick 21 March 22, 1864. June 30, 1865. 

Carl Rammelsburg .... 26 May 13, 1864. June 30, 1865. 

Thomas M. Stanton ... 27 March 22, 1864. 

20th Regiment Infantry {three years), 1861. 
Henry J. Coburn .... 20 July 5, 1864. July 16, 1865. 

2\st Regiment Infantry {three years), 1861. 

George F. Lawrence ^ ... 21 July 19, 1861. Aug. 30, 1864. 
Augustus T. Barnes •= ... 24 July 19, 1861. July 12, 1865. 
Lauriston Barnes ^ .... 22 Feb. 25, 1864. May 15, 1864. 

1 Silas D. Marsh died at Antietam, ^ George F. Lawrence, promoted, sec- 
Md., September 17, 1862. end lieutenant, September 26, 1862 ; first 

2 George W. Campbell died at Hall's lieutenant, March 6, 1863. 

Hill, Va., January 25, 1862. •> Augustus T. Barnes, transferred to 

^ Edward Dunn died in the regimental 36th Regiment Infantry, January 2, 1864. 

hospital, January 31, 1865. "^ Lauriston Barnes, died of wounds, 

* August Ernst deserted, March 28, May 15, 1864, at Spottsylvania,Va. 

1865, 



284 



HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 



Names. 
Barnes Brigbam ^ . . 
William li. Cleveland ^ 
Marcus A. Emmons ^ . 
Clark Hill .... 
Benjamin F. Pease . . 
Henry M. Sherman 
Oramel F. Thresher ^ . 
Gilman E. Warner ^ . 
Thomas Winn «... 
Hiram A. Wyman . . 



Age. Date 

24 July 

21 July 

21 July 
31 Aug. 
43 July 
18 July 

18 July 

22 July 

19 July 
22 July 



of Muster. 
19, 1861. 
19,1861. 
19, 1861. 
19, 1861. 
19,1861. 
19, 1861. 
19, 1861. 
19, 1861. 
19, 1861. 
19, 1861. 



Date of Discharge. 
Dec. 15, 1864. 
Aug. 19, 1863. 
June 2, 1864. 
Deserted. 
May 8, 1862. 
Jan. 2, 1864. 
May 26, 1862. 
Dec. 13, 1863. 
July 12, 1865. 
Aug. 30, 1864. 



22d Regiment Infantry {three years), 1861. 

John Banti 22 June 23, 1864. 

William Brown 29 June 23, 1864. 

Francis Kenna 23 June 27, 1864. 

Thomas McGinnis .... 22 June 27, 1864. 

Michael Muldoon ^ .... 42 June 27, 1864. June 29, 1865. 

David Pichitte 19 June 23, 1864. 

Philip Wagner 22 June 22, 1864. 



Hiram V. Moultou 
Adin P. AVetherbee 



2bth Regiment Infantry {three year's), 1861, 

Jan. 2, 1864. 
Nov. 28, 1864. 



32 Oct. 12, 1861. 
31 Sept. 21, 1861. 



2Qth Regiment Infantry {three years), 1861. 
Charles Edraands .... 22 Jan. 10, 1865. 



2%th Regiment Infantry {three years), 1861. 



Henry Bigelow 22 March 25, 1864. 

Thomas Hunt 22 March 25, 1864. 

Edward Lunt 8 19 March 25, 1864. 

Malcolm McGregor ... 21 March 25, 1864. 



June 30, 1865. 
June 20, 1865. 
April 23, 1864. 
June 22, 1865. 



Thomas Shannon 



23 March 25, 1864. 



30</« Regiment Infantry {three years), 1861. 
Edwin W. Hammond ... 25 Sept. 26, 1861. July 5, 1866. 



1 Barnes Brigham transferred to 36th 
Regiment Infantry, January 2, 1864. 

2 William H. Cleveland died at Wash- 
ington, D. C, August 19, 1863. 

8 Marcus A. Emmons killed in battle at 
Bethesda Church, Va., June 2, 1864. 

* Oramel F. Thresher died May 26, 
1862. 



•5 Gilman E. Warner died at Camp 
Nelson, Ivy., December 13, 1863. 

® Thomas Winn transferred to 36th 
Eegiment, January 2, 1864. 

■^ Michael Muldoon transferred to 32d 
Regiment Infantry, October 26, 1864. 

8 Edward Lunt transferred to the 
Navy. 



MILITARY HISTORY. 



285 



31st Regiment Infantry {three years), 1862. 



Names. 
Frank S. Kuight, Sergeant ^ 
David D. Rogers, Corporal 
Newell A. Bacon . . 
Alonzo P. Brewer . . 
Charles H. Chandler 
John Devlin .... 
Ebenezer W. Gleason - 
James H. Gleason^ . . 
John L. Gore .... 
Charles E, Mahar . . 
John W. Parker " . . 
Alden Ilawson . . . 
George \y. Richardson . 
Joseph D. Richmond 
George W. Robinson ^ . 
Alfred D. Ruofgles '^ . . 
Eugene South worth 
Francis Spooner . . . 
James B. T. Tapper'^ . 



Age. Date of Muster. 

25 Nov. 20, 18G1. 

30 Feb. 9,18G4. 

44 Dec. 15, 18G1. 

18 Nov. 20, 1861. 

21 Nov. 20, 1861. 

25 Aug. 26, 1864. 
43 Nov. 20, 1861. 
36 Dec. 2, 1861. 

26 Jan. 20, 1862. 
18 Aug. 25, 1864. 
18 Nov. 20, 1861. 
18 Aug. 10, 1864. 
24 Nov. 20, 1861. 

21 Nov. 20, 1861. 

22 Dec. 10, 1861. 
21 Nov. 20, 1861. 

21 Nov. 20, 1861. 
18 Nov. 20, 1861. 

22 Nov. 20, 1861. 



Date of Discharge. 
Jan. 10, 1863. 
Sept. 9, 1865. 
March 11, 1864. 
July 22, 1865. 
Sept. 2, 1862. 
Sept. 9, 1865. 
Aug. 2, 1864. 
Feb. 8, 1864. 
Aug. 4, 1865. 
Sept. 9, 1864. 
Jan. 8, 1863. 
Sept. 9, 1865. 
Aug. 27, 1863. 
Sept. 9, 1865. 
April 22, 1864. 
April 16, 1862. 
Nov. 19, 1864. 
Sept. 9, 1865. 
June 30, 1863. 



32c? Regiment Infantry (three years), 1862. 

Frederick L. Taylor ^ ... 20 July 18, 1863. May 27, 1864. 
Michael Muldoon .... 42 June 27, 1864. June 29, 1865. 

33o? Regiment Infantry (three years), 1862. 
Calvin C. Deane, Sergeant^ . 25 Jan. 7, 1865. 

34^^ Regiment Infantry (three years), 1862. 

William H. Tucker, Corporal 22 July 31, 1862. June 16, 1865. 
Dwight Cleveland .... 18 July 31, 1862. July 16, 1865. 
Samuel D. Peck 1° .... 25 July 31, 1862. Feb. 11, 1864. 

ZQith Regiment Infantry (three years), 1862. 
Barnes Brigbam, Sergeant . 26 Jan. 2, 1864. Dec. 15, 1864. 



^ Frank S. Knight died at New Or- 
leans, January 10, 1863. 

2 Ebenezer W. Gleason died at Baton 
Rouge, La., August 2, 1863. 

3 James H. Gleason transferred to 
Veteran Reserve Corps. 

* John W. Parker, died at Fort Jack- 
son, La., January 8, 1863. 

^ George W. Robinson died at New eran Reserve Corps 
Orleans, April 22, 1864. 



« Alfred D. Ruggles died at Ship Isl- 
and, Miss., April 16, 1862. 

^ James B. T. Tupper joined the Navy. 

8 Frederick L. Taylor died JMay 27, 
1864. 

3 Calvin C. Deane " never joined Reg- 
iment." 

1" Samuel D. Peck transferred to Vet- 



286 



HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 



Names. 
Thomas Winn, Corporal ^ 
Auo-ustus T. Barnes ^ . 



Age. Date of Muster. 
21 Jan. 2, 1864. 
26 Jan. 2, 1864. 



Date of Discharge. 
June 8, 1 865. 
June 8, 1865. 



A2d Regiment Infantry (tiine months), 1862. 

George J. Sanger, 1st Lieut.^ 36 Oct. 14, 1862. Aug. 

William A. Perry, Sergeant . 41 Oct. 14, 1862. Aug. 

Harmon C. Spooner, Sergeant 34 Oct. 14, 1862. Aug, 

William F. Allien, Corporal . 32 Oct. 14, 1862. Aug. 

Henry A. Spooner, Corporal. 24 Oct. 14, 1862. Aug. 

Charles J. Wood, Hosp. Stew. 33 Oct. 14, 1862. Aug. 

Lauriston Barnes 21 Oct. 14, 1862. Aug. 

Warren J. Barnes .... 31 Oct. 14, 1862. Aug. 

Wilder U. Barnes .... 22 Oct. 14, 1862. Aug. 

Frederick W. Burgess ... 20 Sept. 30, 1862. Aug. 

Frederick A. Cobb .... 39 Oct. 14, 1862. Aug. 

Samuel S. Dennis .... 29 Oct. 14, 1862. Aug. 

Hiram B. Douglass .... 35 Oct. 14, 1862. Aug. 

Chiron J. Elwell .... 19 Oct. 14, 1862. Aug. 

Rodolphus W. Homer ... 18 Oct. 14, 1862. Aug. 

Samuel Johnson 29 Oct. 14, 1862. Aug. 

Samuel King 44 Oct. 14, 1862. Aug. 

Samuel W. Knight ^ ... 28 Oct. 14, 1862. May 

Sardius J. Sibley 33 Oct. 14, 1862. Aug. 

James M. Smith ..'... 28 Oct. 14, 1862. Aug. 

Joseph P. Snow 34 Oct. 14, 1862. Aug. 

Stuart M. Stafford .... 31 Oct. 14, 1862. Aug. 

Albert S. Sturtevant ... 19 Oct. 14, 1862. Aug. 

Andrew J. Thayer .... 29 Oct. 14, 1862. Aug. 

Elmer M. Thayer .... 20 Oct. 14, 1862. Aug. 

Samuel E. Thayer .... 22 Oct. 14, 1862. Aug. 

Josiah W. Witt 20 Oct. 14, 1862. Aug. 

A.2d Regiment Infantry (100 days), 1864. 

Frederick A. Cobb, Sergeant 40 July 16, 1864. Nov. 11, 1864. 

Henry P. Aiken 19 July 22, 1864. Nov. 11, 1864. 

Frank H. Cleveland ... 19 July 22, 1864. Nov. 11, 1864. 

-James B. Conkey .... 18 July 16, 1864. Nov. 11, 1864. 

John Harper 18 July 16, 1864. Nov. 11, 1863. 

51s^ Regiment Infantry (nine months), 1862. 

Franklin Nye 22 Sept. 25, 1862. July 27, 1863. 



20, 1863. 
20, 1863. 
20, 1863. 
20, 1863. 
20, 1863. 
20, 1863. 
20, 1863. 
20, 1863. 
20, 1863. 
20, 1863. 
20, 1863. 
20, 1863. 
20, 1863. 
20, 1863. 
20, 1863. 
20, 1863. 
20, 1863. 
24, 1863. 
20, 1863. 
20, 1863. 
20, 1863. 
20, 1863. 
20, 1863. 
20, 1863. 
20, 1863. 
20, 1863. 
20, 1863. 



1 Thomas Winn transferred to 56th 
Regiment Infantry, June 8, 1865. 

2 Augustus T. Barnes transferred to 
56th Regiment Infantry, June 8, 1865. 



3 Rev. George J. Sanger was appointed 
chaplain, November 6, 1862. 

4 Samuel W. Knight died at Brashear 
City, La., May 24, 1863. 



MILITARY HISTORY. 



287 



5Qth Regiment Infantry (three years), 18G3. 



Names. 


Age. 


Date of Muster. 


Date of Discharge. 


Thomas Winn, Corporal . 


. 21 


Jan. 2, 1864. 


July 12, 1865. 


Augustus T. Barnes . . . 


. 26 


Jan. 2, 1864. 


July 12, 1865. 


Thomas Penny .... 


. 23 


March 10, 1864. 


June 27, 1865. 



61s< Regiment Infantry {one year), 1864. 

George C Howe, Musician . 17 Jan. 9, 1865. June 16, 1865. 

Jan. 7, 1865. July 16, 1865. 
Jan. 9, 1865. June 19, 1865. 



Bernard McHeough .... 22 
Richard Roland 21 



3c? Battalion Riflemen (lliree months), 1861. 
John Wheeler, 2d .... 31 May 19, 1861. Aug. 3, 1861. 

6i/i Battery Light Artillery {three years), 1862. 
William H. Hunter! ... 25 Dec. 18, 1861. Dec. 13, 1862. 

^th Battery Light Artillery {six months), 1862. 
Chas. G. Bartholomew, Corp. 19 June 3, 1862. Nov. 29, 1862. 



lOth Battery Light Artillery {three years), 1862 
Henry H. Granger, 1 st Lieut.^ 



47 

Asa F. Richardson, Corporal . 28 

Norman H. Butterfield ... 22 

Harmon Newton^ .... 31 

George W. Parks .... 18 

Leverett Pierce 26 

Waldo Pierce * 24 

John M. Ramsdell .... 29 

Timothy G. RedEeld^ ... 34 

Alvah F. Southworth ... 19 

James L. W. Thayer ... 25 



Aug. 
Sept. 
Sept. 
Sept 
Sept. 
Sept, 
Sept. 
Sept. 
Sept. 
Sept. 
Sept. 



20, 1862. 
9, 1862. 
9, 1862. 
9, 1862. 
9, 1862. 
9, 1862. 
9, 1862. 
9, 1862. 
9, 1862. 
9, 1862. 
9, 1862. 



Oct. 30, 1864. 
June 9, 1865. 
June 9, 1865. 
Sept. 18, 1864. 
June 9, 1865. 
June 9, 1865. 
Jan. 1, 1865. 
June 9, 1865. 
Aug. 25, 1864. 
June 9, 1865. 
June 9, 1865. 



\4:th Battery Light Artillery {three years), 1864. 
Joseph Atwood 43 Feb. 27, 1864. June 15, 1865. 



1 William H. Hunter died at New Or- 
leans, Dtcember 13, 1862. 

2 Lieutenant Granger was wounded at 
Hatcher's Run, October 27, 1864, and 
died three days afterwards at City Point, 
Va. His body was brought home, and 
the town, November 8, 1864, adopted 
appropriate resolutions and ordered a 
public funeral. The Adjutant General's 



Record represents Lieutenant Granger to 
have been brevetted Lieutenant-Colonel. 

8 Harmon Newton died at Washing- 
ton, D. C, September 18, 1864. 

* Waldo Pierce transferred to Veteran 
Reserve Corps, January 1, 1865. 

^ Timothy G. Redfield "missing in 
action," August 25, 1864. 



288 



HISTORY OF HARDWICK, 



16th Battery Light Artillery {tliree years), 1864. 
Names. -^.'/e. Date of Muster. Date ofDisclum/e. 

Ansou S. Comee, Sergeant^ . 21 March 11,1864. April 3, 1865. 



2d Regiment Heavy Artillery {three years), 1863. 

James Iliggius 19 July 29, 1863. Sept. 3, 1865. 

... 37 July 18, 1864. Sept. 3, 1865. 



William M. Smith 



2d Regiment Cavalry (three years), 186:^ 



Michael Cameron ' 



25 Jan. 26, 1863. Feb. 6, 1863. 



Aith Regiment Cavalry (three years), 1863. 

Robert W. Davis, Sergeant^ . 23 March 1, 1864. 

Peter Grib, Sergeant* . . . 23 March 1, 1864. May 14, 1864. 

James B. Wade, Q. M. Serg.^ 21 March 1, 1864. Aug. 12, 1864. 

Henry C. Hack, Corporal . . 34 March 1, 1864. Nov. 14, 1865. 

Robert Bailey 21 March 1, 1864. Nov. 14, 1865. 

William Hickey 21 March 1, 1864. Nov. 14, 1865. 



James O. Mahoney' 



Dennis Murphy . . 
William H. Mayhugh 
Albert S. Sturtevant 
John Watts . . 
Stephen Wickizen . 



21 March 1, 1864. May 1, 1865. 



Regular Army. 

22 Sept. 10, 1864. 
33 Aug. 26, 1864. 
21 Jan. 31, 1865. 

23 Aug. 11, 1864. 
21 Sept. 8, 1864. 



1st Artillery. 
2d Artillery. 
3d Artillery. 
11th Infantry. 
11th Infantry. 



Head-stones are erected in the cemetery in memor}^ of other 
soldiers, namely : — 

Edgar J. Cummings, aged 20, died at Newbern, N. C, Jan. 14, 1863. 
Henry C. Granger, aged 22, killed at Williamsburg, Va., May 5, 1862. 
Asa G. Sturtevant, aged 27, died at New York, October 28, 1862. 
Dexter Z. Tinney, aged 33, killed at the Wilderness, May 6, 1864. 

And the Town Records show that — 

Orin C. Trow, aged 34, died at Washington, D. C, October 27, 1864. 

There was an early organization of militia in Hardwick, first 
in a single company, afterwards in two, and during the Revolu- 
tionary period in three companies. About 1794 the number was 

1 Anson S. Comee deserted, April 3, * Peter Grib deserted, May 14, 18G4. 
1865. s James B. Wade died in hosi)ital, 

2 Michael Cameron deserted, February August 12, 1864. 

6, 1863. 6 James O. Mahoney deserted, May 1, 

3 llobert W. Davis was commissioned 1865. 
second lieutenant August 6, 1864. 



MILITARY HISTORY. 289 

reduced to two, styled the South (or First) and North (or Sec- 
ond) Companies, divided by the road which afterwards became 
a turnpike. Before 1781 I have not found any record of election 
of officers, except by the town in 1774 ; but from other sources 
it is ascertained that the following persons held the office of 
captain as early as the dates affixed to their respective names : 
Joseph Allen, 1740 ; Benjamin Ruggles, 1747 ; Timothy Rug- 
gles,i 1754 ; Constant Merrick, 1755 ; Samuel Robinson, 1755 ; 
V^ Paul Mandell,2 1755 ; Joseph Warner, 1758 ; William Paige, 
1759 ; Ebenezer Cox, 1762 ; John Ruggles, 1771 ; Daniel 
Wheeler, 1771 ; Jonathan Warner,^ 1774 ; Samuel Billings,* 
1774 ; Simeon Hazeltine, 1774 ; Stephen Rice,^ 1775 ; Thomas 
Robinson, 1775 ; Timothy Paige,^ 1776 ; Barnabas Sears,'^ 1776 ; 
Samuel Dexter, 1776 ; Daniel Warner, 1776 ; Josiah Locke, 
1776 ; Edmund Hodges, 1777 ; Denison Robinson, 1778 ; Nathan 
Leonard, 1778. 

In 1781, after the adoption of the Constitution of Massachu- 
setts, the militia was reorganized, and a roster of officers was 
commenced ; from which it appears that Jonathan Warner was 
commissioned as one of the three major-generals in the Com- 
monwealth, June 28, 1781 ; and Timothy Paige as colonel of 
the Fourth Regiment in Worcester County, July 1, 1781 ; and, 
also, the following named officers of their respective com- 
panies : — 

1 Timothy Ruggles was a captain long (Barre), Pequaog (Athol), Petersham, 

before he removed to Hardwick in 1754. New Braintree, Western (Warren), and 

He enlisted a company in 1740 for service Brooivlield. Under date of "Rutland, 

in the West Indies, consisting almost en- April 10, 1759," Lieutenant-Colonel John 

tirely of Indians, as appears by the muster Murray certified that several soldiers of 

roll still preserved in the Massachusetts Colonel Ruggles' regiment, in each of 

Archives. He was duly commissioned these towns, had enlisted for service in 

captain; but his company was disbanded the Invasion of Canada. Mass. Arch., 

because a laj.'ger number of companies xcvii. 111. 

had been organized than the exigency re- -Brigade major, March 13, 1778;^ 

quired, and thus escaped the destruction styled colonel, November 17, 1774. 
which befel almost all who embarked on '^ Colonel, 1774; brigadier-general, Feb- 

the expedition. It is not certainly known ruary 13, 1776; major-general, June 28, 

whether he commanded a company of 1781. 
militia in Hardwick ; but it appears that * Afterwards major. 
he was not only colonel and brigadier- * Lieutenant-colonel, April 10, 1776. 
general in the army, but that he also ^ Colonel, July 1, 1781. 
commanded the regiment which embraced "< Major and lieutenant-colonel in the 

Hardwick, Rutland, Rutland District regular army. 
19 



290 



HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 



Names. 


2d Lieutenant. 


1st Lieutenant. 


Captain. 


James Paige . . . 





__ 


July 1, 1781. 


Isaac Fay . . . 


- 


July 1, 1781. 


- 


Samuel Beals ^ . . 


July 1, 1781. 


- 


- 


John Hastings . . 


- 


- 


July 1,1781. 


Edward Riiggles . 


- 


July 1, 1781. 


Jan. 17, 1784. 


Benjamin Ruggles . 


July 1, 1781. 


- 


- 


Ephraim Pratt . . 


- 


- 


July 1, 1781. 


Joel Johnson . . 


- 


July 1, 1781. 


- 


Earl Flagg . . . 


July 1, 1781. 


- 


- 


Elijah Warner . . 


- 


- 


May 23, 1783. 


Antipas Rice . . 


- 


May 23, 1783. 


- 


James Paige, Jr.^ . 


May 23, 1783. 


- 


Jan. 17, 1784. 


Jabez Cobb . . . 


— 


Jan. 17, 1784. 


- 


Timothy Paige, Jr. 


Jan. 17, 1784. 


- 


May 30, 1788. 


John Wheeler . . 


- 


Jan. 17, 1784. 


Sept. 1, 1789, 


Samuel Whipple . 


Jan. 17, 1784. 


- 


- 


James Lavvton . . 


— 


Oct. 15, 1786.^ 


— 



Names. 


Ensign. 


Lieutenant. 


Captain. 


John Raymond . . 


_ 


Sept. 16,1788. 


July 2, 1792. 


John Jenney . . . 


Sept. 16, 1788. 


July 2, 1792. 


- 


Daniel Ruggles . . 


- 


Sept. 1, 1789. 


- 


Seth Hinkley, Jr.® . 


Sept. 1, 1789. 


Sept. 18, 1792. 


July 24, 1794. 


Moses Hunt . . . 


- 


July 2, 1792. 


- 


Isaac Stowell . . 


July 2, 1792. 


- 


- 


David Pratt . . . 


July 2, 1792. 


- 


- 


Nathan Freeman . 


— 


July 24, 1794. 


June 14, 1800. 


Francis Jenks . 


July 24, 1794. 


- 


- 


John Campbell . . 


- 


- 


Sept. 24, 1794. 


Charles Paige . . 


- 


Sei5t. 24, 1794. 


— 


James Paige, 3d 


Sept. 24, 1794. 


- 


- 


Timothy Billings ^ . 


Aug. 20, 1795. 


June 14,1800. 


May 5, 1801. 


Daniel Billings, Jr. . 


— 


- 


Sept. 25, 1795. 


Jonathan Warner . 


Sept. 25, 1795. 


_ 


- 


Samuel Dexter, Jr. . 


June 14, 1800. 


May 5, 1801. 


Aug. 26, 1806. 


Barnabas Hinkley . 


May 5, 1801. 


- 


- 


Thomas Wheeler, Jr.^ 


_ 


— 


Aug. 3, 1801. 


William Walker . 


- 


Aug. 3, 1801. 


- 



1 Deputy quartermaster-general, with 
rank of major, November 2, 1787. 

2 Major, December 19, 1791. 

8 Captain of Cadets ; see forward. 
* Commissioned as adjutant. 



s Adjutant, September 18, 1792; major, 
June 16, 1800. 

6 Major, August 13, 1806. 

" Major, May 8, 1811 ; lieutenant-col- 
onel commandant, July 12, 1813. 



MILITARY HISTORY. 



291 



t Names. 


Ensign. 


Lieutenant. 


Captain. 


Uel Thayer . . . 


June 7, 1803. 








Thomas Egery . 


- 


Aug. 26, 1806. 


April 4, 1809. 


Moses Allen . . . 


May 5, 1807. 


April 4, 1809. 


Jan. 7, 1813. 


Benjamin Paige 


- 


July 6, 1807. 


June 3, 1811. 


Daniel Mandell . . 


Mar. 17, 1808. 


June 3, 1811. 


_ 


Luther Paige . . 


April 4, 1809. 


Jan. 7, 1813. 


- 


Samuel Billings^ . 


June 3, 1811. 


— 


May 4,1813. 


Ezra Ruggles 


Jan. 7, 1813. 


May 3, 1814. 


May 18, 1815. 


Benjamin Jenkins . 


- 


May 4, 1813. 


— 


Mason Mandell . . 


May 4, 1813. 


May 3, 1814. 


— 


Apollos Luce . . 


May 3, 1814. 


May 18, 1815. 


- 


Jonathan "Webb . . 


May 3, 1814. 


— 


Sept. 24,1816. 


Daniel Wheeler 


May 18, 1815, 


— 


— 


Brigham Ruggles . 


- 


Aug. 21, 1815.2 


- 


Elbridge Cuder ^ . 


- 


Aug. 23,1816. 


Feb. 5, 1818. 


Joseph Allen, 3d . 


Sept. 16,1816. 


Feb. 26, 1817. 


— 


Kathan Perry . . 


Sept. 16,1816. 


— 


_ 


Zeuas Phinney • 


Feb. 26, 1817. 


- 


- 


James Danforth* . 


- 


Feb. 5, 1818. 


Aug. 28, 1820. 


Charles Lee . . . 


May 15, 1818. 


- 


— 


John Gilbert . . 


May 4, 1819. 


May 12, 1821. 


July 10, 1824. 


Moses Whipple, Jr. . 


May 4, 1819. 


Aug. 28, 1820. 


— 


Martin Mandell. . 


- 


— 


Aug. 28, 1820. 


Timothy Fay, Jr. . 


Aug. 28, 1820. 


- 


- 


Crighton Ruggles . 


May 12,1821. 


July 26, 1824. 


April 5, 1826. 


Calvin Jenney . . 


July 10, 1824. 


April 5, 1826. 


June 28, 1827. 


John Raymond . . 


April 5, 1826. 


June 28, 1827. 


Aug. 6, 1829. 


AVillard Allen . . 


July 11, 1827. 


Aug. 21, 1829. 


April 5, 1833. 


David Aiken, Jr. . 


Aug. 8, 1829. 


Apr. 5, 1833. 


May 6, 1834. 


Joseph Knox . . 


- 


Apr. 17, 1830.5 


- 


Benjamin J. Cobb . 


April 5,1833. 


May 6, 1834. 


May 5, 1835. 


David C. Paige . . 


May 6, 1834. 


- 


_ 


Sylvester Bowen . 


- 


May 5, 1835. 


_ 


Thos. P. Anderson . 


Aug. 13, 1835. 


_ 


_ 


Elmer B. Miles . . 


— 


Mar. 6, 1837." 


- 



The old North (or Second) Company was disbanded February 
18, 1824, and a company of riflemen was organized. Oflficers 
were elected as follows : — 



1 Major, August 27, 1816; lieutenant- * See Riflemen, 
colonel commaudant, April 9, 1817. ^ Adjutant. 

2 Commissioned as adjutaut. ^ Adjutant. 
' Major, May 30, 1820; lieutenant- 
colonel commandant, May 2, 1821. 



292 



HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 



Names. 


Ensign. 


Lieutenant. 


Captain. 


James Danforth ^ . 


_ 





May 15,1824. 


Waher Mandell 


— 


May 15, 1824. 


Aug. 11,1825. 


Luke Earl . . . 


May 15, 1824. 


Aug. 11, 1825. 


May 5, 1829. 


Joseph Burgess, 2d. 


Aug. 11, 1825. 


May 5, 1829. 


- 


Joseph Whipple ^ . 


May 5, 1829. 


- 


Feb. 24, 1830. 


\ Apollos Rich ^ . . 
^ Jason liaskins . . 


Feb. 24, 1830. 


May 4, 1830. 


June 29, 1833. 


May 4, 1830. 


- 


- 


Oriu Trow . . . 


Aug. 24, 1831. 


June 29, 1833. 


Sep. 20, 1833. 


Z. F. Shumway 


June 29, 1833. 


Sep. 20, 1833. 


May 2, 1837. 


William C. Wesson 


Sep. 20, 1833. 


May 2, 1837. 


- 


Rufus P. Chase 


May 2, 1837. 


— 


— 



Soon after the reorganization of militia in 1781, a company of 
cavalry was formed in the regiment, which then included the 
present towns of Hardwick, New Braintree, Oakham, North 
Brookfield, Brookfield, West Brookfield, and Warren. Its Hard- 
wick officers were as follows : — 



Names. 


Cornet. 


Lieutenant. 


Captain. 


Joseph Bruce . . 
Joshua Lawrence . 
Stephen W. Paige . 
John Lawton . . 
Joseph Robinson * . 
Warren Smith . 


Aug. 26, 1806. 

Feb. 19, 1816. 
May 11, 1819. 


May 5, 1807. 
June 12, 1809. 

Sep. 20, 1819. 
Aug. 16,1825. 


Aug. 22, 1812. 
Jan. 23, 1819. 
July 12, 1823. 
May 1, 1828. 



After the suppression of the Shays Insurrection in 1787 (in 
which the Hardwick militia were sadly divided in opinion and 
action), the staunch friends of government seem to have felt the 
necessity of organizing an independent company, which could be 
relied upon to act unanimously, in case of emergency, and which 
might be a body-guard to the major-general. The Council 
Records, under date of May 30, 1788, show that " His Excellency 
communicated to the Council a letter from Major General War- 
recommending the establishment of a Company of Cadets in 



ner. 



1 Major, June 10, 1825. 

2 Colonel, May 24, 1833. 

s Major, August 26, 1833; lieutenant- 
colonel, August 14, 1835. 



* Lieutenant-colonel, June 13, 1825; 
colonel, June 27, 1827. 



MILITARY HISTORY. 293 

the Seventh Division under his command, and asked the advice 
of Council. The Council advised that His Excellency issue his 
orders for the establishment of said Company." On the same 
day the necessary orders were issued, the company established, 
and officers commissioned, to wit : — 

Timothy Paige, Jr., of Hardwick, Captain, . . May 30, 1788. 

Samuel French, " " First Lieutenant, May 30, 1788. 

Jeduthun Spooner, " " Ensign, . . May 30, 1788. 

Wymau lioyt, of New Braintree, Second Lieutenant, June 25, 1788. 

To this company, and to the company of cavalry before men- 
tioned, a complimentary reference was made in the " Massachu- 
setts Spy," October 14, 1790 : " On Tuesday, the fifth instant, 
the Fifth [Fourth ?] Regiment of the First Brigade, under Col- 
onel Paige, with Captain Felton's Cavalry, and Captain Paige's 
Cadets, paraded at Brookfield. They were favored with fine 
weather, and every officer and soldier was fired with extraordi- 
nary military ardor, and the troops exhibited a variety of mili- 
tary movements greatly to their honor." 



CHAPTER XV. 

STATISTICS. 

Population. — Tax in 1776. — Valuation. — Manufactures and Agricultural 
Products. — George H. Gilbert Manufactm-ing Company. — Furnaces. — 
Forge. — Paper Mills. 

Population. The General Court, on the 9th of December, 
1776, passed a Resolve, requiring a census to be taken of all 
males, sixteen years old and upwards, distinguishing such as were 
Quakers, Indians, Negroes, or Mulattoes. The following return 
was made on the back of the broadside upon which the resolve 
was printed : " In obedience to the within Order, we have num- 
bered the male inhabitants of the town of Hardwick, as within 
directed, and find the number to be three hundred and forty-six 
white or English inhabitants, and one mulatto man. We have 
no Quakers, no Indians, and no Negroes. 
" Haedwick, ) t^ Thomas Robinson, Selectman. 

Jan. 31, 1777. ) Samuel Dexter, ) Committee of 

David Allen, ) Correspondeyice. 

"Worcester, ss. Jan. 31, 1777. Capt. Thomas Robinson, 
Capt. Samuel Dexter, and Ensign David Allen, made oath, that 
in executing the within order of the Great and General Court, 
they have acted uprightly, faithfully, and impartially, according 
to the best of their knowledge. Before me, Paul Mandell, 
Justice of the Peace." ^ 

The special object of this census manifestly was to ascertain 
the military strength of the State, and to furnish a basis for re- 
quiring a fair proportion of soldiers from each town during the 
war of the Revolution. Other enumerations have been made 
periodically for more general purposes. The population of this 
town gradually increased during the first century after its settle- 
ment, then decreased until manufacturing was established at 
Gilbertville ; since which time, although the agricultural com- 

1 Mass. Archives, clxi. 132, 133. 



STATISTICS. 



296 



raunity has probably diminished, the manufacturers have more 
than supplied the deficiency ; so that the sum total, as exhibited 
by the last census, exceeds that at any former period. 



1765, 


1,010. 


1830, 


1,888. 


1860, 


1,521. 


1776, 


1,393. 


1837, 


1,818. 


1865, 


1,967. 


1790, 


1,725. 


1840, 


1,789. 


1S70, 


2,219. 


1800, 


1,727. 


1850, 


1,631. 


1875, 


1,992. 


1810, 


1,657.1 


1855, 


1,523. 


1880, 


2,237.2 


1820, 


1,836. 











Tax in 1776. — The original assessment of a tax dated 
January 80, 1776, is preserved in the archives of the town. The 
polls were rated at 2s. 6tZ. each. The rate of taxation on 
property is not mentioned ; but the sum total of the tax, after 
deducting the amount assessed on the polls, exhibits the relative 
liability of the tax-payers to bear the public burdens at the 
commencement of the Revolutionary War. The "North Side" 
and tlie " South Side " were separated by the county road 
(afterwards a turnpike) from the Old Furnace to Greenwich 
Village. 

NORTH SroE. 



Joseph Allen . . 
David xVllen . . 
Joseph Allen, Jr. 
John Aminidown ^ 
Philip Ammidown 
Zaccheus Atwood 
John Bradish 
Seth Banp;s 
Daniel Billincr . 
Abiathar Babbit . 
John Bradish, Jr. 
"William Bassett 
Adna Bangs . . 
Jedediah Bassett 
Seth Blanchard . 
Joseph Bowman . 
John Bachelor . 
Edward Clark . 
Benjamin Cox . 



£ s. 



10 
17 
9 
10 
7 
5 
8 
5 
15 
12 
8 








2 
11 
6 



9 

5 
11 
11 

5 

4 

6 
10 

2 1 

10 1 

11 2 
9 

4 



Gideon Carpenter 
Nathan Carpenter 
Ephraim Cleavelanc 
Edward Chaloner 
Ebenezer Chipman 
Gardner Chandler 
Uriah Couvers . 
John Canady 
Samuel Dexter . 
Wid" Mary Dean 
Panl Dean . . . 
Charles Doolittle 
Job Dexter . . 
Znrishaddai Doty 
Jonathan Danforth 
Stephen Forbes . 
Daniel Fay . . 
John Freeman . 
Eli Freeman . , 



Jr. 



£ s. (I. qr. 



10 
3 
8 
2 
2 
7 
3 
2 
14 
1 
9 
7 
8 
12 
17 
0, 14 
1.5 
2 
1 I 4 



I 
3 


1 



3 

3 
2 2 
6 2 

2 1 

3 2 



1 In 1801, the town parted with a con- 
siderable portion of its territory and in- 
habitants, at the incorporation of Dana. 

2 In consequence of the great increase 
of business at Gilbertville since 1880, the 
population of the whole town is probably 



now about 3,000. Gilbertville alone is 
supposed to contain about 1,500 iuhabi 
ants. 

2 The mode of spelling the names 
preserved : also the order in which they 
are inserted. 



296 



HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 





(5 


£ 


5. 


d gr. 






£ 


s. 


d. qr. 


Watson Freeman . . . 







4 


9 


2 


William Perkins . . . 


1 





4 


10 3 


Reuben Fay . . . 






1 





6 


4 


1 


Capt. Benjamin Ruggles . 


2 





16 


5 2 


Earl Flatrg . . . 











5 


10 





James Robinson .... 








9 


7 


Daniel Fay, Jr. . . 











2 


6 





James Rogers .... 


1 





5 


2 2 


Stephen Gorham 






2 





7 


7 


1 


Benjamin Ruggles, Jr. . 


2 





13 


6 2 


Jonathan Glazier . 











2 


8 


2 


Benjamin Rugbies, 3d 


1 





6 


6 3 


Shearjashnb Goodspee 


[1 









2 


8 


2 


Thomas Ruggles . . . 


1 





3 


9 


Simeon Hazeltine . 











6 


11 


3 


Joseph Ruggles .... 


1 





6 


9 1 


Andrew Haskell . 











7 


8 


2 


Edward Ruggles . . . 


2 





13 


9 


Elisha Hedge . . . 











3 


2 


3 


Joseph Ruggles, Jr. . . 


1 





2 


8 2 


Edmund Hodges 






2 





14 


9 


2 


Nathaniel Ruggles . . . 


1 





2 


6 


Nehemiah Howard . 






2 





8 


7 


3 


Edward Ruggles, Jr. . . 


1 





7 


4 3 


John Hastings . . 






2 





11 


5 


2 


Whiting Ruggles . . . 


1 





8 


1 2 


Jonathan Hastings . 






1 





2 


8 


2 


Denison Robinson . . . 


1 





7 


9 3 


Thomas Haskell . 






.3 





15 


5 





Wid'' Susanna Rice . . 








5 


1 1 


Moses Haskell , . . 






2 





9 


5 


3 


Stephen Rice 


1 





12 


3 2 


John Haskell . . . 






1 





10 


5 





Joseph Robinson . . . 


1 





8 


9 


Nathaniel Haskell . 






2 





12 


7 


1 


William Shaw .... 


1 





6 


6 3 


Seth Hinkley . . . 






3 





16 


3 





Roland Sears .... 


1 





9 


7 


John Haskell, Jr. . 






1 





3 


6 


2 


Freeman Sears .... 


1 





9 


3 1 


Ephraim Haskell . 






1 





9 





3 


Barnabas Sears .... 


1 





9 


2 1 


Stephen Hastings . 






1 





2 


8 


2 


Steward Southgate . . . 


1 





2 


6 


John Hedge . . . 






1 





2 


6 





Joseph SafFord .... 


2 





7 


3 2 


Nathaniel Johnson , 






1 





12 


8 


2 


Jeremiah Sibley .... 


3 





13 


6 2 


Zebadiah Johnson . 






2 





13 


9 





Samuel Sibley .... 


I 





3 


4 


Dudley Jordan . . 






1 





3 


11 


2 


Amaziah Spooner . . , 


1 





8 


1 2 


Philip Jordan . . . 






1 





6 


5 


2 


Thomas Spooner . . . 


1 





2 


6 


Solomon Johnson , 






1 





4 


9 


2 


Zephaniah Spooner . . 


1 





2 


6 


Joel Johnson . . . 






1 





5 


10 





Elkanah Steward . . . 


1 





7 


7 1 


Silas Johnson . . 






1 





5 


5 





Edward Smith .... 


1 





9 


4 2 


Stephen Johnson . 






1 





3 


5 


1 


John Sellon 


2 





10 


7 2 


Abraham Knowlton 






1 





7 


2 


1 


Reuben Snow .... 


1 





7 


4 3 


Jesse Kinney . . 






1 





2 


6 





Nathaniel Sprout . . . 


2 





5 





John Keith .... 






1 





9 





3 


Nathaniel Sprout, Jr. , . 


1 





8 


1 2 


Clark Lawton . . 






1 





6 


4 


1 


Jonathan Stanwood . . 


1 





2 


6 


Lemuel Leach . . 






1 





5 


8 


3 


E]3hraim Tucker . . . 


1 





2 


6 


Ebenezer Lawrence 






1 





3 


1 


2 


Edward Taylor .... 


1 





2 


6 


Joshua Lawrence . . 






1 





11 


10 


2 


Ephraim Titus .... 


1 





2 


8 2 


Ebenezer Lawrence, Jr 






1 





14 


3 


1 


Seth Taylor 


1 





5 


3 


Experience Luce . . 






1 





4 


9 


2 


Thomas Wells White . . 


1 





5 





Josiah Lock .... 






1 





10 








Wareham Warner . . . 








1 


2 


Constant Myrick . . 






2 





13 


2 


3 


Thomas Winchester . . 


2 





13 


7 3 


Nathaniel Myrick . . 






1 





8 





1 


Wid" Sarah Winchester . 








5 


7 2 


Robert Mclntyre's Est 












8 








Lemuel Willis .... 


2 





12 


6 


Timothy Newton . 






2 





14 


8 


1 


Daniel Wheeler .... 


2 





18 


10 1 


Joseph Nye . . . 






1 





8 





1 


Nathan Wheeler . . . 


1 





11 


4 1 


Joseph Nye, Jr. . . 






1 





2 


8 


2 


Joseph Washburn . . . 








1 


2 


Jonathan Nye . . . 






2 





7 


3 


2 


Eli]jhalet Washburn . . 


1 





6 


3 


Prince Nye . . . 






1 





9 


4 


2 


Ammiel Weeks .... 


1 





5 


5 


Joshua Nye .... 






1 





5 








Thomas Weeks .... 








2 


9 3 


John Paddleford . 






1 





5 


1 


1 


Asahel Warren .... 


1 





5 


2 2 


Seth Paddleford . . . 






1 





2 


8 


2 


Ebenezer Washburn . . 


1 





o 


8 2 


Ephraim Pratt , . 






2 





8 





1 


Samuel Whipple . . . 


1 





8 


11 2 


James Paige .... 






2 





13 


2 


3 


James Wicker .... 


] 





3 


6 2 


Samuel Pike .... 
Elisha Pike .... 






1 
1 






9 


8 
6 


2 

















2 


Total, North Side . 




53 


17 


1 



STATISTICS. 
SOUTH SIDE. 



297 



Solomon Aikens 
David Aikens 
Gamaliel Arnold 
Atwood Aiken's Guard 
Samuel Billing . 
Elisha Billing . 
Samuel Billing, Jr. 
Asaliel Billing . 
Samuel Bridge . 
Samuel Bcals 
Nathan Bangs . 
Josejjh Biam . . 
Isaac Bowman . 
Gamaliel Collins 
Joshua Crowell . 
Paul Crowell 
Edward Curtis . 
Isaac Clark . . 
Isaac Clark, Jr. . 
Isaac Cummings, Jr, 
Ephraim Cleaveland 
Abraham Chamberlain 
Moses Chamberlain 
Lemuel Cobb . . 
Jabez Cobb . . 
Elijah Cleaveland 
Benjamin Cleaveland 
Abner Couant 
Derby Dwire . 
Silas Dean 
Thomas Elwell 
Jabez Elwell . 
James Fay 
Aaron Furbush 
Isaac Fay . . 
John Fay . . 
George Field . 
Samuel French 
Philip Fraker 
Paul Fay's Guardian 
Aaron Furbush, Jr. 
Causimai Fletcher 
John Giffin . . 
Timothy Gilbert 
John Hunt . . 
John Hunt, Jr. . 
Uriah Higgins . 
John Hanmore . 
Aaron Hunt . . 
Isaiah Hatch . . 
Aaron Hudson , 
Henry Higgins . 
Silvanus Hopkins 
Samuel Jenny . 
William Johnson 
Seth Johnson 
Jacob Knowlton 
Ezra Leonard . . 
Ebenezer Liscomb 



£ s. d. qr. 



17 
8 
3 
2 
5 
U 
18 
8 



2 
6 
8 
2 
2 
5 
2 
7 
9 
2 
11 
10 
9 
9 
8 
2 
2 
2 
2 
2 
5 
5 
17 
11 
8 
2 
8 
10 
2 



3 2 
7 3 
1 
6 


5 2 

11 2 

1 2 
2 



11 
15 
2 
5 
2 





1 1 
6 



6 
6 
10 

8 







9 3 
3 



6 
3 

7 2 
10 2 
10 3 

2 3 
6 
6 

6 

7 1 
6 

10 
1 1 



4 
4 
3 
4 
10 
8 
2 jO 13 
10 6 



1 
1 3 

10 1 
6 
1 2 

10 
6 
3 
4 2 
8 

8 1 


6 2 

7 3 

9 1 



James Lawton . 
Nathan Leonard 
James Lawton, Jr. 
Jacob Lawton 
Joseph Loring 
William Lvon 
John Lawton 
Paul Mandell 
Amos Mandell 
Lemuel Newton 
Stephen Newton 
Caleb Nye, Jr. 
Andrew Nelson 
Daniel Oliver, Esq, 
William Oaks 
William Paige 
George Paige 
Timothy Paige 
Nathaniel Paige 
John Paige 
John Paige, Jr. 
William Paige, Jr, 
James Paige, Jr. 
Jesse Paige 
Phineas Powers 
Stephen Pratt 
William Perkins, Jr. 
Capt. Jeremiah Power 
Samuel Rol)inson 
Solomon Rice . 
Thomas Robinson 
Benjamin Raymond 
John Raymond 
Thomas Robinson, Jr. 
Etimund Rawson 
Isaac Rice . . 
Antipas Rice . . 
Moses Rice 
Aaron Rice . . 
Samuel Rawson 
Timothy Rugglcs, Es 
Timothy Ruggles, Jr 
Josiah Roberts 
John Rich 
Henry Rixford 
Robert Stetson 
Jesse Snow . 
Robert Sprout 
Jabez Stratton 
Daniel Thomas 
Joseph Thomas 
Robert Tucker 
Joseph Warner 
Daniel Warner 
Elijah Warner 
Jonathan Warner 
David Wheelock 
Gideon Wheelock 
Thomas Weeks, Jr 



£ s. d. qr. 



12 11 
9 8 
6 5 



3 1 

1 



2 
2 

2 
5 
2 6 



1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
2 
3 
1 
1 
1 ,0 

1 lo 
1 lo 





1 

2 
8 2 
6 
8 2 
6 

O 9 



10 2 
2 6 
2 8 
6 3 

13 11 




2 

2 

2 

2 
2 
3 
1 

1 


1 


3 



1 

3 


2 8 2 
2 11 
5 3 



18 11 

2 4 

11 9 

14 7 

9 3 

7 1 
11 4 

2 6 

9 

2 6 

2 6 

2 1 

9 3 

2 6 

1 7 

8 4 



6 

3 2 

4 
6 
6 
6 


U 2 

6 

3 
9 2 

1 2 

4 2 
1 2 
1 2 
3 

11 
4 



1 
2 
1 

2 11 
5 11 1 



298 



HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 



Silas Willis . . . 
Silas Willis, Jr. . . 
Adam Willis . . . 
James Wing: , . . 
William AVashburn 
Silvauus Washburn 
Judah Weeks . . 
Seth Winslow . . 
Job Winslow . , . 
Joseph Weeks . . 
Samuel Wait , , . 



£ s. d. 



3 2 

6 

7 2 

8 3 
8 2 



11 
6 5 



Elias Walker . . 
David Weeks . . 
William Wicker 
Ephraim Wheeler 
Moses Whitcomb 
Edmund Willis . 
John Whipple . 
Thomas Martin Wright 

Total, South Side , 



£ S. d. qr. 



48 11 5 3 



Valuation, In 1781, a general valuation was taken of the 
property in the Commonwealth, as the basis of a State tax. 
The Hardwick List follows : ^ — 





Property. 


Income. 


3G3 Polls 


£ 

2 per 

298 

600 

1,200 

2,100 

3,000 

1,200 

240 

100 

50 

136 


s. 

cent. 

13 
13 


d. 

4 
4 


£ 

575 

180 

9 

36 

1,500 

125 

675 

360 

375 

354 

536 
4,726 


s. d. 


230 Houses 


. 50s 




200 Barns 


18s 




30 Stores, shops, &c 


. 6s. 




12 Distill-houses, mills, &c 

2,500 Acres of English mowing 

1,000 Barrels of Cyder 


. 60s. 
. 12s. 

2s 6(/ 




1,500 Acres of Tillage-land 

1,200 Acres of Salt and Fresh meadow . . 
2,500 Acres of Pasturing 


. 9s. 
. 6s. 
. 3s 




17,737 Acres of Wood and unimproved land 
^298 Money on interest and on hand . . . 
£600 Amount of goods, wares and merchand 
200 Horses 


. 20s. 

ise 
£6 


14 


300 Oxen 


£7 




750 Cows 


£4 




4,000 Sheep and "Goats 

400 Swine 


. 6s. 




£100 Coaches, Chaise, &c 




10 Ounces of gold, coined or not coined . . 

470 Ounces of silver, coined or not coined . . 

Deducted £500 


18 
12 





In 1798, a valuation was taken by order of Congress, for the 
purpose of a direct tax. The principal assessor for the district 
embracing this .town was General Jonathan Warner ; his assist- 
ants here were Captain Daniel Warner and Colonel Stephen 
Rice. Each house and farm was valued separately. The general 
recapitulation, dated April 10, 1799, exhibits the following re- 
sults : 2 — 

1 Mass. Arch., clxii. 63. ited in the library of the New England 

2 Valuation of the whole State, depos- Historic Genealogical Society. 



STATISTICS. 



299 



Houses over $100 in value . 
Houses under $100 in value . 
Acres of land, with houses over $100 
Acres of land, not included as above 
Value of houses and lots over $100, 
not including ministerial property 
Value of houses under $100 . 
Value of land .... 

Total valuation 



. 17G 




56 


232 


. 871 




. 23,543i 


23,631 


$43,534 




. 2,575 


$46,109 




248,123 



$294,232 



A very thorough valuation of property in the Commonwealth 
■was made in 1875, with the following result as to Hardwick : — 



Pkopertt. 


Number. 


Value. 


FAEIIS. 








From 3 to 5 acres .... 


. . 


1 




From 5 to 10 acres 


. 


4 




Above 10 acres ..... 


' ■ 


196 




BUILDINGS. 


201 


$630,169 


Houses ...... 


^ , 


210 




Barns ...... 


, , 


249 




Sheds ...... 


. 


35 




Shops ...... 


. 


11 




Carriage-houses .... 


. 


9 




Cider mills ...... 


, 


4 




Out-buildings ..... 


• 


15 






533 


$229,100 


LAND. 








Land under crops .... 


acres 


4,801 


$164,215 


Orchards (the land) .... 


acres 


lOU 


4.662 


Unimproved land .... 


acres 


12,334 


145.240 


Unimprovable land .... 


acres 


192 


130 


Woodland ...... 


acres 


3,237i 


86,822 


FRUIT TREES AND VINES. 


20,666 


$401,069 


Apple trees ..... 


. 


13,898 


$16,305 


Cherry trees ...... 


. 


144 


64 


Crab-apple trees 


. 


2 


2 


Peach trees ..... 


, 


190 


175 


Pear trees ..... 


. 


460 


658 


Plum trees ...... 


. 


36 


12 


Grape vines . . . . 


• 


1,949 


1,177 






$18,393 


DOMESTIC ANIMALS. 








Bees (swarms of) .... 


• 


28 


$149 



300 



HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 



Property. 


Number. 


Value. 


Bulls 

Calves 

Colts 

Dogs . 

Ducks 

Geese 

Guinea fowls . 

Heifers 

Hens and chicken 

Hogs . 

Horses . 

Lambs 

Milch cows 

Oxen . 

Pigeons . 

Pigs . . 

Sheep, merino 

Sheep, Saxony 

Sheep 

Steers 

Turkeys . 


s . 


























85 

491 
31 
80 
16 
23 
11 

291 
3,892 

350 

231 

45 

1,337 

144 
50 

353 

4 

2 

46 

68 

304 


$2,593 

4,622 

2,825 

386 

14 

33 

9 

7,033 

1,799 

4,824 

18,670 

156 

61,517 

12,850 

6 

1,704 

22 

16 

227 

2,765 

325 


Land . 
Buildings 
Fruit trees and v 
Domestic animals 
Agricultural impl 


A 

nej 
em 


GG 

> 
3n 


RE 

.s i 


GA 
Q I 


TE 

ise 




















$122,545 

$401,069 

229,100 

18,393 

122,545 

21,985 

$793,092 



MANUFACTURES AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS. 

From time to time the General Court has required from assess- 
ors, or other authorized agents, information concerning certain 
branches of industry. The earliest statistical tables on this sub- 
ject exhibited a very scanty summary for the year ending April 
1, 1837. This was confined almost exclusively to manufactured 
articles, and consequently Hardwick ranked very low in the 
list : — 

" Saxony sheep, 2 ; merino sheep, 100 ; other kinds of sheep, 
810 ; Saxony wool produced, 12 lbs. ; merino wool, 250 lbs. ; 
other kinds of wool, 1,600 lbs. ; average weight of fleece, 2^ lbs. ; 
value of wool, $1,000 ; capital invested, '$1,820. 

" Boots manufactured, 5,000 pairs ; shoes, 5,000 pairs ; value 
of boots and shoes, $14,500 ; males employed, 20 ; females, 8. 



STATISTICS. 



301 



" Tanneries, 2 ; hides tanned, 1,500 ; value of leather tanned 
and curried, 85,250 ; hands employed, 6 ; capital invested, 14,500. 

" Paper mills, 2 ; stock manufactured, 5o tons ; value of paper, 
$5,600 ; males employed, 6 ; females, 2 ; capital invested, $3,000. 

" Manufactory of chairs and cabinet ware, 1 ; value of chairs 
and cabinet ware, |1,000 ; hands employed, 2. 

"Plough manufactory, 1 ; ploughs manufactured, 150; value 
of the same, $900 ; employing one person, 

" Straw bonnets manufactured, 300 ; value of same, $500. 

" Palm-leaf hats manufactured, 75,000 ; value of same, 
$15,500." 

Twenty years later, Hardwick appears to better advantage in 
the Statistical Tables for the year ending June 1, 1855. 



Pkopertt. 


Number. 


Value. 


Ploughs and agricultural tools manufactun 


3d. 


12 


SlOO 


Saddles manufactured 


, 




1,000 


Wagous and other vehicles manufactured 


. 




3,700 


Hides of all kinds tanned 




1,700 


7,000 


Boots and shoes of all kinds . 


. 




1,600 


Palm-leaf hats manufactured 


. 




3,000 


Casks manufactured .... 


. 




200 


Boxes for packing, etc., manufactured 


, 




9,000 


Lumber, prepared for market 


. feet 


65,000 


9,800 


Fire-wood, prepared for market 


cords 


1,548 


2,812 


Horses ...... 


. , 


282 


18,080 


Oxen, 360 ; steers, 92 . 


, , 


452 


25,951 


Cows, 1,389 ; heifers, 256 . 


. 


1,645 


41,926 


Swine raised ..... 


, 


412 


3,435 


Sheep of all kinds .... 




217 


776 


Wool produced .... 


lbs. 


712 




Butter 


. lbs. 


33,725 


6,745 


Cheese ...... 


lbs. 


310.540 


31,054 


Honey ...... 


. lbs. 


' 80 


14 


Beeswax ..... 


lbs. 


9 


3 


Indian corn ..... 


bush. 


18,543 


15,373 


Wheat 


bush. 


255 


496 


Rye 


bush. 


1,825 


1,844 


Barley ...... 


bush. 


1,171 


953 


Oats 


bush. 


8,211 


4,129 


Potatoes ...... 


. bush. 


24,892 


12,516 


Turnips ...... 


bush. 


450 


40 


Carrots ...... 


bush. 


840 


210 


English hay ...... 


tons 


3,139 


37,468 


Meadow hay ..... 


. tons 


1,000 


5,000 


Apple trees ..... 


, 


4,878 


3,467 


Pear trees ...... 


• 


336 


52 



302 



HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 



The result of the very comprehensive census in 1875 is even 
more favorable to Hardwick in all respects, except in regard to 
manufactures, wherein it is very unsatisfactory. The quantity 
and value of land, buildings, trees, and animals have already 
been stated. The domestic and agricultural products enumerated 
are as follows : — 



Products. 


Quantity. 


Value. 


DOMESTIC PRODUCTS. — FOR SALE 


. 






Butter ....... 


lbs. 


35,003 


$12,419 


Cheese ...... 


lbs. 


124,493 


14.358 


Cider 


gals. 


29,165 


2,662 


Dried fruit ..... 


lbs. 


569 


63 


Firewood ...... 


cords 


1,107 


3,653 


Maple molasses .... 


gals. 


143 


224 


Palm-leaf hats (work on) 




784 


100 


Quilts 




4 


12 


Railroad sleepers ..... 




3,777 


1,294 


Shingles ...... 




100,000 


300 


Straw hats (work on) .... 




144 


18 


Wine 


gals. 


774 


432 


FOR USE. 








Blankets 


pairs 


3 


15 


Boots ...... 


pairs 


4 


10 


Butter ....... 


lbs. 


17,303 


5,902 


Carpets ...... 


yds. 


25 


25 


Cheese 


lbs. 


6,248 


794 


Cider 


gals. 


14,686 


1,247 


Dried fruit ...... 


lbs. 


2,015 


221 


Firewood ...... 


cords 


2,100 


7,025 


Maple sugar ...... 


lbs. 


150 


15 


Maple molasses ..... 


gals. 


103 


138 


Mittens ....... 


pairs 


14 


10 


Quilts 




3 


9 


Shoes ....... 


pairs 


25 


40 


Socks 


pairs 


41 


27 


Wine ....... 


gals. 


77 


95 


Yarn 


lbs. 


10 


11 


AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS. 








Apples ....... 


bush. 


24,364 


7,921 


Barley ...... 


bush. 


285 


292 


Beans ....... 


hush. 


170 


384 


Beans, string and shell 


bush. 


52 


88 


Beef 


lbs. 


133,162 


11,087 


Beeswax 


lbs. 


8 


2 



STATISTICS. 



303 



Products 



Beets . 

Blackberries 

Blueberries 

Buckwheat 

Butternuts 

Cabbage . 

Carrots 

Cherries . 

Chestnuts 

Chickens, dressed 

Corn, green . 

Corn, Indian 

Corn, pop 

Crab-apples 

Cranberries . 

Cucumbers 

Currants 

Eggs 

Feathers 

Fodder, corn 

Game, wild . 

Geese, dressed 

Gooseberries 

Grapes 

Hay, English 

Hay, meadow 

Hay, clover 

Hay, millet 

Hides . 

Honey 

Hop-poles 

Huckleberries 

Ice 

Lettuce 

Mangoes 

Manure 

Melons . 

Milk . 

Millet . 

Mutton 

Oats 

Onions 

Parsnips 

Peaches 

Pears . 

Pease 

Pease, green 

Peppers 

Plums . 



bush. 

qts. 

qts. 
bush, 
bush, 
heads 
bush, 
bush, 
bush. 

lbs. 
bush, 
bush, 
bush, 
bush, 
bush, 
bush. 

qts. 

doz. 

lbs. 

tons 

lbs. 

qts. 
bush, 
tons 
tons 
tons 
tons 

lbs. 

qts. 

tons 
heads 
bush, 
cords 

gals, 
bush, 
lbs. 
bush, 
bush, 
bush, 
bush, 
bush, 
bush, 
bush, 
bush, 
bush. 



Quantity. 



430 

700 

302 

22 

36 

11,502 

704 

20 

27 

4,962 

140 
7,066 
2a 
27 
22 
91 

775 

8,362 

63 

101 

168 

40 

478 

4,093 

818 

1 

7 

62 

160 

1,108 

3,403 

37 

800 

100 

3,545 

50 

172,582 

6 

400 

3,522 

475 

36 

166 

59 

4 

134 

2 

4 



Value. 



$271 

71 

30 

26 

16 

928 

349 

37 

50 

958 

152 

6,925 

42 

30 

88 

88 

65 

2,165 

15 

1,088 

30 

34 

4 

398 

60,939 

6,904 

15 

100 

252 

44 

339 

235 

50 

36 

50 

10,572 

5 

19,208 

14 

32 

2,416 

615 

29 

281 

125 

6 

205 

4 

15 



304 



HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 



Products. 


Quantity. 


Value. 


Pork 


lbs. 


90,894 


$8,873 


Potatoes, Irish 


bush. 


19,811 


10,938 


Poultry, other thau chickens, geese, 


and turkeys, lbs. 


150 


26 


Pumpkins .... 


lbs. 


26,300 


153 


Rye 


bush. 


634 


653 


Seeds, grass .... 


bush. 


2 


6 


Shellbarks .... 


bush. 


20 


45 


Squashes .... 


lbs. 


17,000 


331 


Straw ..... 


tons 


40 


567 


Strawberries .... 


qts. 


800 


175 


Tobacco ..... 


lbs. 


11,600 


1,160 


Tomatoes .... 


bush. 


315 


244 


Trees, fruit, in nurseries 




120 


65 


Turkeys, dressed . 


lbs. 


2,855 


576 


Turnips ..... 


bush. 


4,157 


1,125 


Veal 


lbs. 


60,865 


7,062 


"Wool, Saxony .... 


lbs. 


15 


5 


Wool, other than Saxony 


lbs. 


191 


61 


AGGREGATES. 








Domestic Products, for sale 


. 


_ 


$35,535 


Domestic Products, for use . 


, , 


- 


15,584 


Hay, 4,919 tons 


, 


- 


67,958 


Other Agricultural Products 


• 


— 


100,232 






$219,309 



This exhibition is creditable to a town whose entire population 
was only 1,992 ; especially when it is considered that one fifth 
part of the adult inhabitants were engaged in manufacturing 
establishments. But the account of manufactures and the re- 
sults of mechanical labor is very unsatisfactory. Excluding the 
value of butter and cheese manufactured, the sum total assigned 
to Hardwick is as follows : — 



STATISTICS. 



305 



Industries. 


Number of Estab- 
lishments. 


Value of Products. 


Blacksmithing 

Cheese-box making 

Carpentry aud joinery 

Lumber, planed, and boxes . 

Lumber, sawed 

Machinist's work 

Powder-keg making 

Wheelwrighting 


3 
1 

1 
1 
2 
1 

1 
1 


$3,000 
1,250 
5,000 
2,000 
2,355 
10 
1,500 
100 




11 


$15,215 



The same census represents that 310 inhabitants of Hardwick 
were then employed in " manufactures and mechanical indus- 
tries ; " of whom 193 were woollen factory operatives, and 24 
were paper makers ; yet I can find no evidence in the census 
that a yard of cloth or a pound of paper was manufactured in 
the town. Indeed, I cannot trace the manufacture of paper to 
any other town ; it is certain, however, that a manufactory was 
then in operation here. The manufacture of woollens is easily 
traced to the town of Ware, which has credit in the census for 
all the woollen goods manufactured here. The occasion of this 
transfer is indicated in an article published in the Boston " Daily 
Advertiser," October 7, 1880, concerning the several manufac- 
tui-ing establishments in Ware : — 

"After the dissolution of Gilbert & Stevens, the firm of 
George H. Gilbert & Co. was established, from which has sprung 
the George H. Gilbert Manufacturing Company, incorporated in 
1867, with a paid-up capital of |250,000. The first president 
was George H. Gilbert ; but his death occurring one year later, 
the present officers of the company were chosen, as follows : 
Lewis N. Gilbert, president ; Charles D. Gilbert, treasurer; and 
J. H. Grenville Gilbert, secretary. In 1860 was erected, in 
addition to the granite mill in Ware, a brick mill, 130 by 56 
feet, five stories high, on the site of the old paper mill in Hard- 
wick, four and a half miles north of Ware, to increase the manu- 
facture of flannel goods. In the immediate vicinity of the new 
mill were built many tenements for the operatives ; thus was 
formed Gilbertville, named in honor of its founder. Three other 
brick mills have been built there, — one, 125 by 60 feet, three 
stories high ; another, 84 by 60 feet, four stories high ; and 

20 



306 HISTORY OF HARDWTCK. 

a third, 230 by 68 feet, five stories high. The two hundred 
tenement-houses owned by the company, on its 325 acres, con- 
stitute the entire settlement of what is probably the prettiest 
strictly manufacturing village in Massachusetts. It is on the 
line of the Ware River and Massachusetts Central Railroads. 
The greater part of the manufactures of the company are now 
produced at Gilbertville ; and as a large part of the dress goods 
and blankets woven at Gilbertville are finished at Ware, the 
few statistics given below refer to the total products at all these 
mills." 

Being unwilling that Hardwick should be shorn of one of its 
chief glories, as it is by the census of 1875, and desiring to state 
the precise facts in the case, I addressed an inquiry to the pres- 
ident of the corporation, who gave me the desired information, 
to wit : The foregoing statement in the " Daily Advertiser " 
was correct when it was written ; but since that time the business 
at Gilbertville has been greatly enlarged. To the mill erected 
in 1860 an addition has been made, 151 feet in length by 82 feet 
in width, and nine sets of machinery have been added ; so that, 
in 1883, the following statistics are substantially accurate : — 

Capital $250,000 

Sets of machinery .... 47 

Wool consumed, per day . . . 17,000 pounds. 

Operatives employed .... 1,000 

Goods manuflictured, per year . . 3,500,000 yards. 

Value of goods manufactured • . $2,500,000. 

Of these forty-seven sets of machinery, forty sets are operated 
in Hardwick and seven in Ware ; and these numbers may be 
supposed to indicate with sufiicient accuracy the proportion of 
goods manufactured in the respective towns. Hardwick may 
therefore claim much the largest share of this immense business. 
Although the owners, who furnish the capital and control the 
operations, reside in Ware, the water-power and almost all the 
mills are within our limits ; most of the operatives both dwell 
here and perform their daily tasks here ; the stock is brought 
here in the form of raw materials, and is here converted into 
manufactured goods. 

The beautiful village of Gilbertville, where this business is 
transacted, has been elsewhere described. It may suffice to add 
here, that the land was purchased and the first mill erected in 
1860, and that the business of manufacturing was commenced in 



STATISTICS. 307 

18G2. George H. Gilbert, the first president of the company 
which bears his name, was bora at Brookhai, Conn., and died at 
Ware, May G, 1869. The present president, Hon. Lewis N. 
Gilbert, is the nephew, and Charles D. Gilbert, treasurer, and 
J. II. Grenville Gilbert, secretary, are the sons of George H. 
Gilbert. His youngest son, Edward H. Gilbert, has also recently 
become a member of the company. 

Furnaces and Forge. The subject of manufactures should 
not be dismissed without a brief notice of what was formerly a 
very important branch of industry. At the original division of 
lands by the proprietors, a mill lot, sometimes called " saw-mill 
lot," was laid out, which included a part of what is now called 
" Furnace Village." Moose Brook furnished the water-power, 
which remains in constant use, even to the present day. Besides 
the saw-mill and grist-mill, which were erected very early, and a 
cloth-dressing establishment of a later date, a Furnace for the 
manufacture of iron hollow-ware was erected about the middle 
of the last century, ^ which, for sixty or seventy years, furnished 
employment to many persons. The larger part, if not the whole, 
of the iron ore was procured in West Brookfield ; but, notwith- 
standing the expense of transporting this principal material, the 
business yielded a satisfactory profit. A general assortment of 
hollow-ware was manufactured, from the ponderous and capacious 
potash-kettles,^ then in use, to tea-kettles, pans, spiders, skillets, 
and even smaller culinary vessels ; for all which articles a ready 
market was obtained. 

In the Revolutionary War, this furnace rendered important 
public service, which is mentioned in a j^etition which is still 
preserved : " To the Hon. Council and the Hon. House of Repre- 
sentatives of the State of Massachusetts Bay in New England, 
humbly show Stephen Rice and James Woods, in behalf of them- 
selves and partners, owners of a Furnace at Hardwick, in the 
County of Worcester, that your petitioners have agreed to fur- 
nish the Commissary General of this State with a large quantity 
of Cannon Ball and other warlike stores, a part of which we have 
already supplied, which are allowed to be of the very best kind. 

1 The ]irecise date of its erection I have some things that happened in the course 

not ascertained; hut, as early as 1763, of his life." 

Deacon Joseph Allen became one of the ^ In the days of my boyhood there were 

joint-owners, which he afterwards la- two manufactories of potash in Ilard- 

mented in a poetical account of "the wick, — one owned by Jason Mixter, Esq., 

time and place of the author's birth, and and the other by Dr. William Cutler. 



308 HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 

We have with great difficulty, by reason of the scarcity of labor, 
procured stock for making another blast, which has been at- 
tended with considerable additional expense, by reason of the 
large draughts of men which have been made from among us. 
We are at this present time just entering on said blast, and under- 
standing that this Honored Court have just ordered one half of 
the militia of said County of Worcester to march to Ticonderoga 
on an alarm, it will be impossible to proceed in carrying on our 
blast should one half of the militia of Hardwick and New Brain- 
tree be ordered to march. Wherefore your petitioners pray that 
thirty persons, which is the number employed in carrying on the 
business of said Furnace, may be excused from the present or a 
future requisition of men, during our present blast, from said 
towns of Hardwick and New Braintree. And your petitioners, 
as in duty bound, shall ever pray. Stephen Rice. James 
Woods. Dated at Watertown, Oct. 25, 1776." i 

During the continuance of a " blast," — generally a period of 
five or six months, — the fire was not quenched nor the labor 
intermitted. As on shipboard, relays of hands wrought day and 
night, not resting even on the Sabbath. After such continuous 
labor for several months, the workmen gladly hailed the day 
when the fire was extinguished for the purpose of constructing a 
new crucible and making general repairs. This was technically 
called "blowing out," and the day was devoted to unlimited fun 
and jollity. Some of the jovial frolics and wild pranks of the 
laborers are still remembered by the elderly inhabitants ; but, 
perhaps, it may not be well to record them as matters of histor3%2 
It should be added, that many who were gay and merry " furnace- 
men" in their younger days were afterwards among our most 
respected citizens, and attained honorable and official position, 
both in town and in commonwealth. For several years before 
the manufacturing of iron was discontinued, this furnace was 
owned and managed by Colonel Samuel Billings and Mr. Har- 
mon Chamberlain. 

1 Mass. Arch., clxxxi. 288. heiicl. The victim required nursing sev- 

2 Take one specimen : A mock-trial oral days, being kept quiet, meanwliile, 
was had, and the alleged culprit sen- by a plentiful supply of his favorite bev- 
tenced to be hung. As his chin was un- erage. 

naturally short, the attempt to execute It is related of one who became in- 

him was unsuccessful. A piece of slag, toxicated early in the morning and slept 

resembling an auger, was then found, in his bunk until evening, that he after- 

and an effort made to bore a hole through wards lamented that " he lost all his sport 

his neck, so that a pin might be inserted at the ' blowing out,' by getting drunk too 

to prevent the rope from slipping over his soon." 



STATISTICS. 309 

Early in the present centui-y another furnace was erected on 
Ware River, about a quarter of a mile above the dam at Gilbert- 
ville. The spot is marked " New Furnace " on the R. Map, and 
this name was applied to the whole neighborhood until it was 
superseded by the present name of Gilbertville. The projectors 
of this enterprise were Colonel Thomas Wheeler,^ a blacksmith 
and very skillful worker of iron, and Mr. Lemuel Harrington, 
formerly a tanner, but retired from that business and willing to 
invest capital in a new adventure. In the '* Massachusetts Spy," 
July 12, 1815, Jesse Bliss advertised that " The new Furnace, 
lately erected by Harrington, Wheeler & Co., on Ware River in 
Hardwick, is now in blast." I know not who wei'e the other 
members of the company. The business was probably not very 
successful, and it was not long continued. Colonel Wheeler 
removed to Ticonderoga in 1818 or 1819, and those who were 
left behind had not his skill or energy as iron-workers. 

Before the erection of this new furnace, Colonel Wheeler 
carried on business at a Forge which stood near the spot now 
occupied by the large mill of the George H. Gilbert Manufactur- 
ing Company on the west side of the River. This forge seems 
to have been erected by Isaac Thomas, who bought seven acres 
of land, July 18, 1763, of Captain Daniel Warner, with certain 
rights in Ware River ; said Warner reserving the privilege to 
build " one half of a saw-mill on the ditch said Thomas is cutting 
or may hereafter cut for conveying the water out of said River 
to carry a saw-mill and other mills." In March, 1765, the town 
" voted to Mr. Isaac Thomas the sum of X26. 13. 4., said Thomas 
having engaged to build a sufficient bridge over Ware River near 
his Iron-works." Mr. Thomas sold one third part of this estate 
to Joseph Blake, October 20, 1763, and Blake sold his share to 
Lot Whitcomb, January 18, 1770, which then embraced one 
third part of a dwelling-house, one third of a corn-mill, one sixth 
of a saw-mill, and one third of a forge and coal-house. In 
October, 1772, this forge is described as the property of Samuel 
Beals and Amos Thomas. I have not further traced the change 
of ownership. While the forge was in possession of Colonel 
Wheeler, a sad event occurred. As I remember the story, Nathan 
Bonney, aged 17 years, in a competitive trial of strength, lifted 
one of the trip-hammers, weighing six hundred pounds ; he very 

1 Colonel "Wheeler's son, William A. in Worcester, acquired a wide reputation 
Wheeler, as manager of a furnace in and a large estate. 
Brookfield and an extensive iron-foundry 



310 HISTORY OF HARD WICK. 

sooi) became sick, and died April 13, 1811, as it was reported, 
" of spotted fever, after an illness of 34 hours ; " ^ but his death 
was generally supposed to have been occasioned by his foolhardy 
rashness. 

Paper INIills. About the year 1832 a paper mill was 
erected by Joseph S. and Moses Smith on Ware River, on the 
spot now occupied by one of the mills of the George H. Gilbert 
Manufacturing Company. The easterly end, with two engines, 
was rented to Thornton K. Merrick and William Dickinson for 
the manufacture of wrapping paper. The westerly end, fitted 
for four engines, was occupied by William Mixter and Moses 
Smith, about two years, for the manufacture of printing paper, 
and afterwards by Moses Smith alone. In 1842 tlie building 
was leased to Laflin and Clark, who manufactured writing 
paper ; at the expiration of their lease it was again rented to 
George Maynard for the same purpose ; while in his hands, the 
building was burned, and the business was abandoned. 

In 1866, Dr. Almon M. Orcutt of Hardwick, and Dr. D. 
W. Miner and Mr. George Robinson of Wai'e, purchased the 
water-privilege on Ware River, near Barre, long known as 
" White's Mills," designated on the R. Map by the letters "N. 
W.," and organized the " Ware River Paper Co." They im- 
mediately commenced the erection of a mill, which was com- 
pleted in 1867, at the cost of $75,000. About this time Mr. 
Robinson withdrew from the company, and the business was 
carried on by Drs. Orcutt and Miner about three years. The 
principal article manufactured was white wall paper. In 1870, 
Fred. A. Mellen, who had been superintendent for Drs. Orcutt 
and Miner, purchased the mill, and manufactured book paper 
until the following year, Avhen he died, and the business seems 
to have been discontinued. It was afterwards resumed, and 
prosecuted with more or less regularity and success, and with 
occasional interruptions. 

About 1880 a new company was organized, understood to con- 
sist of Henry Page of Fitchburg, George W. Wheelwright and 
D. S. Greenough of Boston, and Andrew J. Bartholomew of 
Southbridge, with a capital of $(80,000. The mill is well sup- 
plied with all the modern improvements for paper-making, and 
its capacity is about to be increased by additional machinery. 
The following facts in regard to its present condition were kindly 

1 Massachusetts Spy, April 24, 1811. 



STATISTICS. 311 

furnished by the superintendent, J. W. Plowman, undei' date of 
February 13, 1882 : " Page Paper Co. is the title of this cor- 
poration. Number of hands, — male 23, female 14. We manu- 
facture a N'^ 1 News, and Book Papers of various kinds, of which 
we produce about 800 tons per annum. The present company 
commenced business a little more than a year ago." 



CHAPTER XVI. 

CIVIL OFFICERS. 

Councillors. — Senators. — Representatives. — Delegates to Congresses aad 
Conventions. — Justices of the Coui't of Common Pleas. — Justices of the 
Peace. — Moderators. — Selectmen. — Assessors. — Town Clerks. — Town 
Treasurers. 

The following list of Civil Officers, resident in Hardwick, is 
compiled chiefly from official records of the State and of the 
Town : — 

COUNCILLORS. 

General Timothy Ruggles was elected Councillor in 1764, but de- 
clined the service. He was appointed Mandamus Councillor in 1774, 
and was sworn into office. 

General Jonathan Warner, being one of the Senators of the County, 
was elected Councillor in 1795 and 1796. 

SENATORS. 

Jonathan Warner, 1781-1785, Joseph Stone, 1845, 1846. 

1791-1796. John Raymond, 1850. 

Samuel Eastman, 1819, 1820. William Mixter, 1857. 

REPRESENTATIVES. 

Timothy Ruggles, 1754, 1755, Ichabod Dexter, 1782, 1783. 

1757-1759, 1761-1770. John Hastings, 1786, 1800-1804, 

Daniel Oliver, 1770. 1809. 

Paul Mandell, 1773, 1774. Martin Kinsley, 1787, 1788, 1790- 

Stephen Rice, 1775, 1777, 1784. 1792, 1794-1796.^ 

William Paige, 1776, 1778-1780. Timothy Paige (Esq.), 1805-1821.=' 

Jonathan Warner, 1777, 1780, Seth Peirce, 1806. 

1785,1798,1799. Jason Mixter, 1810, 1815, 1816, 

Timothy Paige (Colonel), 1781. 1837. 

1 Major Kinsley removed to Hampden, and Judge of Probate. He died at Eox- 
Me., in 1798, and was afterwards repre- bury, June 20, 1835. 
sentative, senator, councillor, representa- ^ Timothy Paige died in oflSce, Octo- 
tivein Congress, Judge of Common Pleas, ber 29, 1821, having served for seventeen 

successive years. 



CIVIL OFFICERS. 813 

Jeduthun Spooner, 1811-1814. Franklin Ruggles, 1850. 

Joseph Stone, 1823. Alvan Southworth, 1851. 

Samuel Billings, 1826, 1827, 1829. Forester B. Aiken, 1852, 1860. 

Moses Allen, 1830, 1832, 1838. William Mixter, 1854, 1856, 1868. 

Scotto Berry, 1833. James P. Lynde, 1855. 

Samuel F. Cutler, 1835. Orin Trow, 1861. 

Gardner Ruggles, 1838, 1839. Albert E. Knight, 1864. 

John Raymond, 1840. Samuel S. Dennis, 1866. 

William Anderson, 1841, 1842. Jubal C. Gleason, 1870. 

Stephen W, Paige, 1843, 1844. Almon M. Orcutt, 1874. 

Constant Southworth, 1847, 1857. James H. Walker, 1882. 

DELEGATES TO TROVINCIAL CONGRESSES. 

Paul Mandell, 



„,_,., (1st) at Concord, October, 1774. 
Stephen Rice, ^ 

Paul Mandell, (2d) at Cambridge, February, 1775. 

William Paige, ^ 

Stephen Rice, > (3d) at Watertown, May, 1775. 

Jonathan Warner, ) 

DELEGATES TO CONVENTIONS. 

Paul Mandell, ^ 

Stephen Rice, I At Worcester, August, 1774, County Convention 
Jonathan Warner, C for the Public Safety. 
John B radish, J 

William Paige, '] ^^ Cambridge, September, 1779, to frame a Con- 
Jonathan Warner, V gtitution for the State. 
John Hastings, J 

Timothy Paige (Colonel), at Concord, October, 1779, to affix prices. 
Martin Kinsley, at Boston, February, 1788, to act on Federal Constitu- 
tion. 
Timothy Paige (Esq.), ) At Boston, November, 1820, to revise the Con- 
Joseph Stone, ) stitution of Massachusetts. 

JUSTICES OF THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. 

Timothy Ruggles, April 19, 1757, Jonathan Warner, May 27, 1799, 
Chief Justice January 21, 1762- died January 7, 1803. 
1774. 

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE. 



Jonathan Warner, April 26, 1787 ; 

also of the Quorum. 
Martin Kinsley, October 14, 1789 ; 

died at Roxbury, 1835. 
Seth Paddleford, July 2, 1796.1 
died September 16, 1809. John Hastings, February 4, 1802 ; 

died May 29, 1829. 

1 Removed to Taunton, and was Judge of Probate; he died January 7, 1810. 



Timothy Ruggles, April 19, 1754 

also of the Quorum. 
Daniel Oliver, January 13, 1768 

died in England, May 6, 1826. 
Paul Mandell, September 26, 1775 



314 



HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 



Timothy Paige, May 9, 1803 ; Quo- 
rum, August 29, 1816; died Oc- 
tober 29, 1821. 

William Cutler, February 20, 1808 ; 
died February 9, 1832. 

Daniel Ruggles, March 9, 1811; 
died February 26, 1838. 

Samuel Eastman, November 18, 
1812 ; Quorum, January 20, 
1820.1 

Thomas Wheeler, February 21, 
1814.2 

Samuel Hinkley, January 22, 1819 ; 
died January 19, 1849. 

Jason Mixter, June 16, 1821 ; died 
January 31, 1850. 

Samuel F. Cutler, February 17, 
1824.8 

Samuel Billings, January 22, 1828." 

Joseph Stone, January 29, 1828 ; 
died June 27, 1849. 

Ebenezer Perry, January 26, 1829 ; 
died June 27, 1845. 

Joseph Knox, May 14, 1831.^ 

Gardner Ruggles, December 13, 
1839 ; died August 5, 1853. 

John Raymond, February 17, 1841 ; 
died June 6, 1854. 



Joel W. Fletcher, IMay 22, 1841." 

Stephen W. Paige, IMarch 1, 1843 ; 
died February 24, 1871. 

William Mixter, March 1, 1845. 

William Anderson, February 17, 
1848; died April 21, 1867. 

Constant Southworth, April 15, 
1850 ; died December 5, 1877. 

Dwight Billings, April 30, 1851.' 

Almon M. Orcutt, March 22, 1854. 

James P. Lynde, May 23, 1855.^ 

John G. Dennis, July 15, 1856 ; 
died July 31, 1858. 

Daniel S. Collins, September 2, 
1858. 

Andrew J. Bartholomew, Novem- 
ber 18, 1858. Removed to South- 
bridge. 

Albert E Knight, May 27, 1861. 

James P. Fay, April 27, 1864; 
Trial Justice, April 27, 1869. 

William H. Tucker, January 16, 
1867. 

John F. Rich, August 24, 1871. 

G. Albert Williams, Trial Justice, 
April 22, 1873. 

Alfred H. Richardson, December 
21, 1875. 



Moderators of Annual Town Meetings. 



Benjamin Smith, 1737.® 

Joseph Allen, 1738, 1740-1742, 

1745, 1766-1769, 1771, 1773, 

1775. 
Christopher Paige, 1739,i« 1744, 

1747, 1749, 1750, 1754, 1758. 
Eleazar Warner, 1743, 1746, 1748. 
Constant Merrick, 1751. 

1 Removed to Springfield ; died at Am 
herst, April 11, 1865. 

2 Removed to Ticonderoga, N. Y. ; 
died at Worcester, April 26, 1851. 

3 Removed to Amherst, and died there, 
September 9, 1863. 

^ Removed to Greenfield ; died at 
Worcester, May 13, 1868, 

^ Removed to Rock Island, 111.; died 
August 6, 1881. 



Benjamin Ruggles, 1752, 1753, 

1755, 1759, 1762, 1765, 1770. 
^Paul Maudell, 1756, 1757, 1760, 
1761. 

Timothy Ruggles, 1763, 1764. 

William Paige, 1772, 1774, 1776- 
1778, 1781. 

Jonathan Warner, 1779, 1780, 

^ Removed to Leominster and Cam- 
bridge; died at Chicago, February 15, 
1880. 

■^ Removed to Connecticut ; died No- 
vember 23, 1881. 

s Removed to Athol. 

^ District meeting. 

1*^ First March meeting after incorpora- 
tion of the town. 



CIVIL OFFICERS. 



515 



1782, 1787, 1788, 1790, 1791, 

1795, 1798, 1799, 1801. 
David Allen, 1783-1786, 1793. 
Martin Kinsley, 1789, 1794, 179G. 
Daniel Warner, 1792. 
John Hastings, 1797. 
Daniel Ruggles, 1800. 
Timothy Paige, 1802-1821, except 

1807. 
James Paige, 1807. 
Samuel Eastman, 1822, 1823. 
William Cutler, 1824. 
Samuel Billings, 1825-1827, 1833. 
Moses Allen, 1828-1830. 



Ebenezer Perry, 1831, 1832, 1836, 

1841. 
Joseph Knox, 1834, 1835, 1837. 
John Raymond, 1838-1840, 1842- 

1850, 1852. 
Constant Southworth, 1851, 1853, 

1855, 1857-1860, 1863, 1866, 

1867, 1873. 
Almon M. Orcutt, 1854, 1856. 
William Mixter, 1861, 1862, 1865. 
Joseph W. Powers, 1864, 1868- 

1871. 
Samuel S. Dennis, 1872, 1874- 

1882. 



Selectmen. 



Benjamin Smith, 1737, 1739. 

Joseph Allen, 1737, 1738, 1740- 
1742, 1745-1748, 1750, 1751, 
1756, 1757, 1766-1769, 1771- 
1773. 

Samuel Robinson, 1737, 1741, 

1742, 1748,1752-1757. 
Stephen Griffith, 1737. 
Benjamin Ruggles, 1737, 1738, 

1743, 1744, 1746, 1749, 1750, 
1752-1755, 1758, 1759, 1761, 
1765, 1770. 

Jonathan Warner, 1738, 1740- 

1742, 1745, 1751. 
John Wells, 1738-1741. 
Constant Merrick, 1738, 1739, 

1742, 1747, 1749, 1756, 1760, 

1762-1764, 1770. 



.Paul Mandell, 1756, 1757, 1760, 

1761, 1765, 1766, 1770, 1772- 

1775. 
Ezra Leonard, 1760, 1767, 1768, 

1776. 
John Cooper, 1761. 
Stephen Fay, 1762-1764. 
William Paige, 1765, 1769-1773, 

1775-1778. 
Roland Sears, 1767-1769, 1771. 
Joseph Warner, 1770. 
Thomas Robinson, 1771-1773, 

1776, 1777. 
Dauiel Warner, 1771-1773, 1776, 

1784, 1786. 
Timothy Newton, 1774, 1777, 1786. 
Stephen Rice, 1774, 1775, 1779, 

1780. 



Eleazar Warner, 1739, 1743, 1744, Jonathan Warner (General), 1774, 



1746-1748. 
William Thomas, 1739. 
Christopher Paige, 1740, 1741, 

1743, 1744, 1749-1751. 
John Foster, 1740, 1741. 
George Abbott, 1742. 
Nathaniel Whitcomb, 1745, 1752, 

1753, 1758, 1759. 
Timothy Ruggles, 1754. 
Elisha Hedge, 1755, 1758, 1759, 

1762-1764. 



1775, 1779. 
Elisha Billings, 1774. 
John Bradish, 1775. 
Abraham Knowlton, 1776, 1780. 
David Allen, 1777, 1781-1785, 

1792-1798. 
Timothy Paige (Colonel), 1777- 

1780. 
Gamaliel Collins, 1778. 
Daniel Billings, 1778, 1782, 1784, 

1787-1790. 



316 



HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 



Elijah Warner, 1779, 1780, 1782, 

1793-1795. 
John Hastings, 1778-1780, 1795. 
Aaron Barlow, 1781. 
'^Ichabod Dexter, 1781, 1782, 1785. 
Ephraim Pratt, 1781. 
Isaiah Hatch, 1781, 1782. 
Daniel Egery, 1783, 1787-1792. 
James Paige, Jr. (Major), 1783- 

1786, 1791-1794, 1803-1805. 
Charles Doolittle, 1783. 
John Paige, 1783-1785. 
^ Moses Mandell, 1785, 1786, 1800- 

1802, 1817. 
James Lawton, 1786. 
Seth Peirce, 1787-1791, 1803- 

. 1805. 
Nathaniel Paige, 1787. 
Seth Johnson, 1787-1790. 
Job Dexter, 1788-1794, 1796- 

1799, 1803-1805. 
Lemuel Willis, 1791, 1792. 
Prince Nye, 1793-1799, 1806- 

1810. 
^eth Hinkley, Jr., 1795, 1796. 
Jeduthun Spooner, 1796-1800, 

1811, 1812. 
Jonathan Dauforth, 1797. 
Timothy Paige (Esq.), 1798-1810, 

1817-1821. 
Daniel Ruggles, 1799-1802. 
Samuel Hiukley, 1800-1810. 
Samuel Beals, 1801, 1802. 
Jason Mixter, 1806-1810, 1817- 

1819, 1835-1839. 
Lemuel Newton, 1806. 
Elijah B. Harmon, 1807, 1811. 
Henry Fish, 1808-1812. 
Jonathan Warner, 1811-1813. 
Samuel Dexter, Jr., 1811-1813, 

1829. 
Moses Allen, 1812-1815, 1817- 

1825, 1829-1831, 1835, 1836. 
Lewis Howe, 1813, 1814. 
Samuel Eastman, 1813-1816. 
Thomas Egery, 1814-1816. 



Thomas R. Smith, 1814-1816, 

1836, 1837. 
Moses Wheeler, 1815, 1816. 
Samuel Billings, 1816, 1818-1825. 
Joseph Stone, 1817-1822, 1826. 
Ezra Ruggles, 1820. 
Samuel F. Cutler, 1821-1825, 

1836. 
William Walker, 1822-1B24. 
David Paige, 1823. 
Scotto Berry, 1824, 1826-1829, 
\ 1835. 

^Martin Mandell, 1825. 
Ebenezer Perry, 1825-1828. 
Charles Paige, 1826. 
William Sumner, 1826. 
Stephen Morton, 1827. 
John Gilbert, 1827, 1828. 
Joseph Robinson (Colonel), 1827, 

1828, 1830. 
Joseph Robinson, 2d, 1828-1830. 
Haffield Gould, 1829-1832, 1836- 

1845. 
Warren Smith, 1830. 
John Dean, 1831-1833, 1847, 1848. 
Beals Thomas, 1831. 
Marshall Nye, 1831, 1832. 
Josejih Knox, 1832. 
Walter Mandell, 1832-1834. 
Timothy P. Anderson, 1833, 1834. 
Joseph Whipple, 1833. 
Ebenezer Burt, Jr., 1833. 
Anson F. Allen, 1834. 
James Browning, 1834, 1838, 1839. 
John Raymond, 1834, 1837-1840, 

1842-1850, 1852-1854. 
Elbridge Cutler, 1835. 
Mark Haskell, 1835. 
Charles C. Spooner, 1837-1839, 

1846-1848, 1852, 1865-1868. 
Sardius Sibley, 1840. 
William Anderson, 1840-1846, 

1854, 1856. 
Adolphus Bartholomew, 1840. 
Gardner Bartholomew, 1841, 1847. 
William Mixter, 1841-1843. 



CIVIL OFFICERS. 



317 



Erastu3 W. Paige, 1841-1846. 
Asa Sturtevant, 1844-1846. 
Constant Southworth, 1847-1849, 

1851, 1854, 1855, 1863, 1864. 
Timothy Fay, 1848. 
Lilly S. Manly, 1849, 1850, 1856. 
Dwight Billings, 1850, 1851, 1853. 
Moses Lawrence, 1851, 1855. 
Forester B. Aiken, 1851. 
Orin Trow, 1851, 1863, 1865-1868. 
James H. Walker, 1852, 1856, 

1857, 1872-1874. ^ 
Joseph W. Powers, 1853, 1854, 

1856-1862. 



Adonijah Dennis, 1855. 
Alvin Cleveland, 1855. 
H. G. Otis Monroe, 1855. 
Henry B. Gould, 1856-1862. 
George Manly, 1857-1862, 1869- 

1882. 
William P. Ruggles, 1857. 
Elbridge Mandell, 1863. 
Nathan W. Sargent, 1864. 
Samuel S. Dennis, 1864-1882. 
Calvin W. Mann, 1869-1871. 
Alfred H. Richardson, 1875. 
George Warner, 1876-1882. 



Assessors. 



William Maccoye, 1737. 
Benjamin Ruggles, 1737, 1738, 

1741, 1743, 1744, 1746, 1749, 
1750, 1758, 1759, 1761. 

Experience Johnson, 1737. 
Joseph Allen, 1738, 1740-1742, 

1745-1748, 1750-1757, 1765- 

1767, 1773. 
Jonathan Warner, 1738, 1745. 
John Wells, 1738, 1739. 
Constant Merrick, 1738, 1739, 

1742, 1747, 1749, 1760, 1762- 
1764. 

Eleazar Warner, 1739, 1743, 1744, 

174G-1748. 
Benjamin Smith, 1739. 
William Thomas, 1739. 
Christopher Paige, 1740, 1743, 

1744, 1749, 1750. 
John Foster, 1740, 1741. 
Samuel Robinson, 1742, 1748, 

1757. 
Nathaniel Whitcomb, 1745, 1758, 

1759. 
Paul Mandell, 1751, 1752, 1754- 

1757, 1760, 1761, 1769, 1770, 

1772, 1774, 1775. 
Stephen Fay, 1751, 1753, 1762- 

1766. 
John Cooper, 1752-1756, 1761, 

1765, 1766, 1768, 1769. 



Elisha Hedge, 1758, 1759, 1762- 

1764. 
Ezra Leonard, 1760. 
Jonas Fay, 1766, 1767. 
Thomas Wells White, 1767-1769, 

1771, 1776, 1777. 
Challis SafFord, 1769. 
Joseph Warner, 1770. 
William Paige, 1770, 1772, 1773, 

1776. 
Daniel Wheeler, 1771, 1783. 
David Allen, 1771, 1777, 1778, 

1780, 1783-1787, 1795, 1796. 
Daniel Warner, 1772, 1773, 1776- 

1780, 1784-1786. 
Stephen Rice, 1774, 1775. 
Josiah Lock, 1774. 
Barnabas Sears, 1775. 
Thomas Wheeler, 1777, 1782. 
John Hastings, 1777, 1779, 1782, 

1793, 1794. 
Silvanus Washburn, 1778-1780, 

1782-1787. 
Ephraim Cleveland, 1781. 
Seth Johnson, 1781. 
James Paige, Jr. (Major), 1781, 

1787-1794, 1796, 1803-1805, 

1809-1811, 1813. 
Daniel Ruggles, 1787-1792, 1801, 

1802, 1823-1825. 



318 



HISTORY OF HARDWICK. 



Lemuel Willis, 1788-1800, 1802, 

1806, 1807. 
Jonathan Danforth, 1795, 1797. 
Seth Hinkley, 1797-1800. 
Timothy Paige, 1798-1821. 
Moses Mandell, 1801, 1806-1808, 

1817-1819. 
Jeduthim Spooner, 1803-1805, 

1814-1816. 
Timothy Billings, 1808-1811. 
'Samuel Hinkley, 1812, 1813. 
Thomas Wheeler (Colonel), 1812. 
Ebenezer Perry, 1814-1816, 1826- 

1830, 1835, 1837, 1841. 
Samuel Billiugs, 1817-1828, 1833, 

1834. 
Moses Allen, 1820, 1822-1825, 

1828-1831, 1835, 1836. 
Lemuel Harrington, 1821, 1822. 
Samuel F. Cutler, 1826, 1827, 

1835, 1836. 
Franklin Ruggles, 1829. 
Walter Mandell, 1830-1834, 1837- 

1840. 
Scotto Berry, 1831, 1832. 
Joseph Whipple, 1831-1834, 1841. 
David Billings, 1831. 
Ebenezer Burt, Jr., 1836-1838. 
Gardner Ruggles, 1838-1840, 1844, 

1850. 
Sardius Sibley, 1839. 
Anson F. Allen, 1840-1843, 1850, 

1851, 1857-1800. 
Adolphus Bartholomew, 1842,1843. 



John Raymond, 1842-1849, 1852- 

1854. 
William Anderson, 1844-1846, 

1850-1852, 1854, 1856. 
Dwight Billings, 1845-1849. 
Lilly S. IManly, 1847-1849. 
Moses Ruggles, 1851, 1866. 
Constant Southvvorth, 1852-1854, 

1805. 
Edward Dean, 1853. 
Timothy Fay, 1855. 
Lysander Powers, 1855. 
Emory B. Foster, 1855, 1863. 
Forester B. Aiken, 1856-1860. 
AYiiliam Browning, 1856, 1857. 
William P. Ruggles, 1858, 1859, 

1861. 
Moses Smith, 1860. 
Orin Trow, 1861, 1862. 
^Joel D. Mandell, 1861-1863. 
Leander Sibley, 1862-1864, 1866- 

1873. 
James W. Powers, 1864, 1867- 

1870. 
George Manly, 1864, 1867, 1868. 
Nathan W. Sargent, 1865. 
John B. Aiken, 1865. 
George Warner, 1866, 1869-1874. 
John'j. Newcomb, 1871-1877. 
Samuel D. Kendall, 1874-1878. 
Joel L. Powers, 1875-1882. 
James P. Fay, 1878-1882. 
Calvin W. Mann, 1879-1882. 



Town Clerks. 
Samuel Robinson, 1737, 1738, Thomas Wells White, 1769,= 1771, 



1741,^ 1742. 
Cornelius Cannon, 1739. 
John Foster, 1740, 1741. 
Experience Johnson, 1743-1746. 
Joseph Allen, 1747-1764. 
John Cooper, 1765-1769. 

J Eleoted in place of John Foster. 
3 Elected in place of John Cooper. 
8 Elected iu place of Thomas Wells 
White. 



1777. 
Paul INIandell, 1770. 
David Allen, 1777.^ 
Silvauus Washburn, 1778-1787. 
Lemuel Willis, 1787 M800, 1806- 

1808, 1810, 1811. 

* Elected in place of Silvanus Wash- 
burn. 



CIVIL OFFICERS. 



319 



Jeduthun Spooner, 1801-1805. 
Samuel Eastman, 1809. 
^Samuel Hiukley, 1812-1828. 
Joseph Stone, 1829-1848. 



William Mixter, 1849-1857. 
Almon M. Orcutt, 1858, 18G0. 
George Ruggles, 1859, ISGO.^ 
Albert E. Kuiglit, 18G1-1882. 



Town Treasurers. 



John Wells, 1737-1740. 

Joseph Allen, 1741, 1742, 1763- 

1769. 
Benjamin Ruggles, 1743. 
Jonatluui Warner, 1744-1762. 
Jonathan Warner (General), 1770- 

1777, 1779, 1780. 
David Allen, 1778. 
Timothy Paige, 1781-1786. 
Martin Kinsley, 1787-1792. 
Daniel Ruggles, 1793-1798. 
Joseph Allen (2d), 1799-1807. 
Elijah B. Harmon, 1808-1810, 

1812-1825. 



Moses Mandell, 1811. 
Elbridge Cutler, 1826-1831. 
Jason Mixter, 1832-1835, 1840- 

1845. 
Walter Mandell, 1836, 1837. 
Gardner Ruggles, 18.')8, 1839. 
William Mixter, 1846-1849, 1851- 

1862. 
Dvvight Billings, 1850, 
Frazier Paige, 18G3-1866. 
Albert E. Knight, 1867-1877. 
Lucieu D. Trow, 1878. 
Almon M. Orcutt, 1879-1882. 



1 Died January 7, 18G1, and A. M. Orcutt served for remainder of his term. 



GENEALOGICAL REGISTER.^ 



Abbott, George, " with three sons, George, Nehemiah, and Thomas, emi- 
grated from England. He d. in Rowley, a. d. 1647." Abbott Genealogy, 
p. 147. 

2. (lEORGE, s. of George (1), " settled in Andover 1655, where he m.. May 
1658, Sarali Farninii, and lived near the North meeting-house, served as sex- 
ton, and was respected; he d. 22 Mar. 1689; she d. 1728, a. 90, the widow of 
Henry Ingalls, who d. 1719, a. 92. Their chil. were George, b. 28 Jan. 1659, 
d. 24' Jan. 1724; Sarah, b. 6 Sep. 1660; John, b. 26 Aug. 1662; Mary, b. 29 
Mar. 1664; Nehemiah, b. 20 July 1667; d. 8 Oct. 1750; Hannah, b. 20 Sep. 
1668; Mehetahel, b. 17 Feb. 1671, d. young; Lydia, b. 29 Sep. 1675; Samuel, 
b. 30 May 1678; Mehetahel, b. 4 Ap. 1680." Abbott Gen. p. 147. 

3. George, s. of George (2), " m., 1689, Elizabeth Ballard, who d. May 
1706, and he m. Hannah Easty." His chil. were " George, b. 17 July 1691; 
Uriah, b. 26 Nov. 1G92, d. 7 Ap. 1770; Jacob, b. 19 Mar. 1694, m., 1722, Ruth 
Foster, settled in Brookfield, Mass.; Elizabeth, b. 6 Nov. 1695, m., 1714, Deac. 
David Foster, Boxford, who d. June 1759; Obed, b. 6 Mar. 1697, d. 11 May 
1772; Moses, b. 4 Feb. 1699; Peter; Sarah, m. Comfort Barns, Brookfield; 
Hannah, ra., 1727, David Gilbert, Brookfield." Abbott Gen. pp. 147, 148. 

4. George, s. of George (3), of " Hardwick, d. at Bennington, Vt., about 

1771. His chil. were 7a'«((c; Jacob; Sarah, m. Roberts, Morristown, Vt.; 

Timothy, d. 3 Nov. 1807, a. 69; Jiuth, m. Pratt, Shaftsbury, Vt." Abbott 

Gen. p. 158. This George was the first of his family who resided in Hard- 
wick. According to the Church Record, his chil. born here, by w. Rebecca, 
were Ruth, bap. 8 May 1737, ra. Timothy Pratt 14 Oct. 1756, prob. rem. to 
Bennington, and perhaps afterwards to Shaftsbury, Vt. ; Timothy, bap. 10 June 
1739, prob. the same who assisted in rescuing Remember Baker from his cap- 
tors at Bennington, 22 JMar. 1772. See Records of the Council of Safety, etc., 
Vermont, i. 150; Mary, bap. 7 June' 1741, d. 5 May 1753. Of the chil. b. 
before the removal to Hk., »S'a?'a/i m. John Roberts 1 Ap. 1752, and prob. rem. 
to Morristown. Besides these there was a s. George (named below) who was 
b. about 1720. George the f. was a blacksmith, one of the earliest white 

1 This plan of a Genealogical Register is Greenwich; Hk., for Hardwick; N. 15r., for 
adopted because it is less complicated than New Braintree ; N. Brk., for North Brook- 
others, yet sufiiciently particular for all prac- field; N. Sal., for New Salem; Pelh., for 
tical purposes. The system is too plain and Pelham; Pet., for Petersham; Presc., for 
obvious to require any explanation. The Prescott ; Roch., for Rochester; Shutes., for 
ordinary abbreviations are used, such as a., Shutesburv ; Springf., for Springfield; W. 
for aged; b., for born; bap., for baptized; Brk., for West Brookfield; Wore, for Wor- 
chil., for children; d., for died; d. s. p., for cester; and if there be any other, the refer- 
died without issue ; m., for married; f., for ence will be easily perceived. As already 
father; w., for wife or widow; s., for son; stated in the Preface, the contraction, "K. 
dau., for daughter; rem., for removed; res., Map," which so often occurs, indicates the 
for resides or resided; ret., for returned, etc. Ruggles Map, or a map of Hardwick drawn 
The names of towns are also frequently by Gardner Ruggles, Esq., about fifty j-ears 
abbreviated, as Amh., for Amherst; Bel., for ago, showing the position of each dwelling- 
Belchertown- Brk., for Brookfield; Dart., house and its distance from the Common, 
for Dartmouth; Enf., for Enfield; Gr., for 
21 



322 ABBOTT — AIKEN. 

inhabitants of Flk., an original member of the First Church, afterwards joined 
the Separate Cliuroh, and prob. rem., with most of its members, to Benning- 
ton, Vt., where he is said to have d. " about 17 71." 

5. George, s. of George (4), m. Martha Ayers of Brookfield 5 Dec. 1745, 
and had in Hk. NatJuin, bap. 1746; Lydia, b. 16 Sep. 1747; Samuel, b. 24 
Aug. 1750; Natlianlel, b. 8 Nov. 1753. George the f. d. prob. 1701, as the 
inventory of his estate was presented, 16 Aug. 1761, by liis w. Martha, who m. 
Benjamin Roberts 29 Feb. 1764. In the settlement of his estate, 9 Sep. 1762, 
provision was made for "fulfilling the obligation the deceased gave unto his 
father George Abbott for paying him a yearly annuity of eight pounds, and 
maintaining his mother if she should outlive his father." Wo7'cester Prob. 
Rec. 

6. Isaac, s. of George (4), m. Elizabeth' Goodnow 14 Aug. 1760, and had 
David., b. 17 July 17G2. Isaac the f. was a simple inoffensive man, who in 
his old age afforded much amusement to children by a peculiarly shrill whistle, 
produced, according to my recollection, by placing his fingers in his mouth. 
He became a pauper, and d. 25 Ap. 1814, a. 82. 

7. Jacob, s. of George (4), was adm. to the ch. 4 Ap. 1742. No further 
trace of him is found on the records. 

8. Samuel, perhaps s. of George (4), was a soldier in the old French War, 
and was killed at Fort jNIassachusetts 2 Aug. 1748. His service is described 
in a muster roll among Col. I. AVilliams' jmpers, preserved in the Library of 
the JNIassachusetts Historical Society. 

Adams, James, had dau. Mary, bap. 16 Dec. 1750; nothing more is ascer- 
tained concerning him. 

2. Oliver, by w. Elizabeth, had Enoch, Elizabeth, and Mary Parkhurst, 
all bap, 20 June 1810. 

Aiken, James (otherwise written Aikens, Aitkens, Ekens, Ekins, and 
Eakins), is said to have been an emigrant from Scotland. He res. several 
years in Brookfield, where he m. Mercy Gibbs, 15 Oct. 1718, and where all 
his chil. were prob. born, though only one of the births appears on record, 
namely, " ]\[arcy Ekens, daughter of James and Marcy, born January y" 3'^ 
17|fi." She m." William Paige of Hk. 12 Jan. 1743-4, and d. 19 Feb. 1823, at 
the great age of one hundred and two years, having been a member of the 
church more than eighty-six years. Of the chil. whose births are not found 
on record, were Jolni, Solomon, and perhaps Abigail, who m. James Bacon, 
5 June 1755, and also Margaret, who m. Nathaniel \Yhitcomb, Jr., 19 June 
1755. James the f. was one of the pioneers in the settlement of Hk., and res. 
on the easterly side of Great Meadow Brook, about a mile and a half south of 
the meeting-house, on or near the spot marked " Z. Phinney " on Ruggles's 
Map of Hard wick. It was currently reported by his contemporaries, that, 
before he rem. his family, and while he was preparing a shelter for them in the 
wilderness, his dau. Mercy, then about twelve or thirteen years old, many 
times rode through the pathless forest between Brk. and Hk. on horseback, 
guided by marked trees, to convey his weekly rations of food, — thus display- 
ing that energy which characterized her whole life. He was Superintendent 
of the Hardwick Fair from its establishment in 1762 until 1771, and d. 10 Aug. 
1775, a. 82. His w. Mercy united with the church 29 May 1737; the date of 
her death docs not ajtpear. 

2. John, s. of James (1), came to Hk. with his father about 1733. He m. 
Jerusha Atwood 19 Oct. 1749, and had Hannah, b. 6 Aug. 1750, d. unm. 9 Dec. 
1814; Jerusha, b. 17 Ap. 1752, d. 24 Aug. 1753; Sarah, h. 16 Jan. 1754, m. 
Elias Walker 27 Feb. 1772; John, b. 17 Mar. 1755; Atwood, b. 6 Sep. 1756; 
Solomon, b. 15 July 1758, grad. D. C. 1784, ordained pastor of the church in 
Dracut, 4 June 1788, dismissed 4 June 1812, and entered the U. S. Army as 
chaplain. He had served two years in the Revolutionary Army before enter- 
ing college. He m. Mary, dau. of Caj)t. Daniel Warner, pub. 12 Oct. 1788, 
and had four sons and five daughters, all living in 1853. He rem. in 1818 to 
Hardwick, Vt., was representative in 1821 and 1822, and d. 1 June 1833. He 
was chiefly distinguished as a politician. See History of Mendon Association, 



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pp. 227-229; hmel, b. 6 June 1760, m. Susanna Smith 23 Sep. 1784, at which 
time he res. at Windsor; Jerusha, b. 2G Ap. 17G2, m. Jedediah Fay 12 Nov. 
17 78; Samuel, b. 2 Feb. 1764, d. young; Biithaheba, bap. 17 ]\hir. 17G5, d. unm. 
27 Dec. 1797; Samuel, b. 4 July 17G8, ni. Kaby Pettingell 30 July 1797. Joux 
the f. was a housewright, and res. on part of the homestead, lie d. not long 
before 18 Julv 17G8, when his Inventory was presented; his w. Jerusha ni. 
Benjamin Ruggles, Jr., 11 Feb. 1773, and d. 28 Oct. 1787, a. 57. 

3. SoLO.MOX, s. of James (1), came to Hk. with his father, ni. Dorcas, dau. 
of Nathaniel Whitcomb, 8 Feb. 1749-50, and had Mercy, b. 16 Nov. 1750, ni. 

Benjamin Stebbius 24 Sep. 17 72; James, b. 8 Oct. 1752, m. Abin;ail , who 

d. at Barnard, Vt., 10 July 1789, a. 29, and he there m. Gratis Graves 25 Mar. 
1790; Anne, b. 31 Mar. 1754, m. Beriah Green, at Barnard, 26 Dec. 1781; 
Mavfiaret, b. 27 June 1755; Jerushn, b. 3 Oct. 1757; Nathaniel, h. 9 Oct. 1759, 
m. Mary Tupper at B. 27 Dec. 1784; Dorcas, bap. (with Solomon) 13 Mar. 
1763, ni. Nathan Parmenter at B. 19 June 1781; Solomon, b. 3 ^lar. (bap. 13 

Mar.) 1763, m. Betsey , and h;id two chil. at Barnard; Susanna, b. 3 Feb. 

1765, m. Shiverick Crowell 15 Sep. 1785 at B.; Lecina, b. 25 Aug. 17G9; 
Elijah, b. 11 Feb. 1772, m. Rebecca Tupper at B. 23 Ap. 179 7. Soloimo.v 
the f. was a farmer and res. on a part of the homestead. He rem. with the 
early emigrants from Hardwick to Barnard, Vt., and was one of the first board 
of selectmen elected in that town at its organization, 9 Ap. 1778. He was a 
very active and useful citizen, and d. 10 Dec. 1805, a. 79; his'w. Dorcas d. 10 
Dec. 1803, a. 73. This family is still represented in Barnard. 

4. John, s. of John (2), m. Sarah, dau. of Benjamin Buggies, Jr., 10 Oct. 

1782, and had John, b. 1783; Benjamin, b. ; Sarah, b. , m. 

Joseph Allen 3d, 12 May, 1814 ; Harriet, bap. 24 July 1791, d. unm. 3 Sep. 
1869; Lucia, bap. 13 Ap. 1794, m. Jonas Winter of Sliutesburv G Dec. 1826; 
Clarissa, bap. 10 July 1796, d. 3 Sep. 1797; Buthsheba, bap. 27 May 1798, d. 
25 May 1803; a child d. 20 June 1802, a. three weeks ; Samuel lluggles, bap. 
1 Jan. 'l804, m. Nancy M. Smith of N. Sal., pub. 24 Ap. 1826, and soon rem. 
from Ilk. John the f. was a farmer and res. on the southerly f)art of the 
homestead, at the place marked " L. Bartlett " on the Riiggles Map, where 
vestiges of the cellar and garden still remain. He d. 10 Sep. 1810 ; his w. 
Sarah d. 17 Jan. 1822, a. 62. 

5. Atwood, s. of John (2), m. Hannah Willis 9 Dec. 1779, and had Betsey, 
b. 15 Jan. 1782; Calvin, b. 31 May 1783; Polly, bap. 8 Nov. 1789; Solomon, 
bap. 31 July 1791. Atwood the f. rem. to Richfield, N. Y. 

6. John, s. of John (4), m. Celia Brown of Ware, pub. 17 Jan. 1814, and 
had H. Almeda, b. about 1819, m. George P. Wheeler of Pet. 13 June 1848; 
John Brown, b. about 1823, ra. Fidelia F., wid. of David A. Dean, 25 Feb. 
1858, is a farmer and res. on his father's homestead ; Moses B. b. about 1825, 
d. unm. 30 Oct. 1851, a. 26. John the f. was a farmer, res. at the place 
marked "J. Aiken" on the Ruggles Map, and d. 13 Nov. 1854, a. 71 ; his 
w. Celia d. 9 Oct. 1851, a. 67. 

7. Davii>, nephew of James (1), m. Hannah Simons of Ware 15 July 
1765, and had Joseph, b. 16 Ap. 1766, m. Hannah Gibbs of N. Sal., pub. 5 
March 1792, rem. early; Lucy, b. 27 Nov. 1767, m. Moses Paige 27 Aug. 
1789, and d. 27 Mar. 1800; Mary, h. 17 Jan. 1769, m. Moses Pai<j;e, pub. f? 
May 1801; he d. 5 Dec. 1818, and she m. Jonathan Marsh of AVare 1 Dec. 
1824; Sila, b. 28 Dec. 1771, m. Paul Dean 8 Dec. 1811 ; he d. 23 Sep. 1828, 
and she m. Nathaniel Fish of Presc. 30 Dec. 1835, and d. 7 Mar. 1844; 
Hannah, b. 26 Nov. 1773, d. unm. 24 Ap. 1800 ; David, b. 3 Oct. 1778; 
Annas, b. 9 June 1782, d. unm. 4 Feb. 1802. David the f. was a farmer and 
resided on the x'oad to Gilbertville, at the place marked " D. Aiken" on the 
Ruggles Map. It is understood that he was left an orphan at an early age, 
and was ailmitted to the family of his uncle, James Aiken. He d. 27 Feb. 
1805, a. 70 ; his w. Hannah d. 28 July 1837, a. 97, as inscribed on her grave- 
stone. 

8. David, s. of David (7), ra. Patty, dau. of Capt. Zenas Phinney, 24 Ap. 
1805, and had David, b. 10 Feb. 1806, m. Fanny Upton of Boston 17 Sep. 



324 AIKEN — ALDEN. 

1851 (she d. 29 Mar. 1878, a. 70) ; Forester Bernj, b. 1 Mar. 1808 ; An?ias, b. 

9 Dec. 1811, d. 4 Ap. 1813; Brigham, b. 20 Feb. 1813, m. Sarah Pepper of 
Warren 16 Ap. 1846, and d. s. p. 23 Feb. 1864; his w. d. 11 Nov. 1859, a. 
47; Lewis, b. 6 Nov. 1816, res. several years in Boston where he m. Sarah J. 

Sherman 1 Oct. 1844, ret. to Hk. and d. s. p. 29 Sep. 1875; a child b. , 

d. 29 June 1818; Charles P., b. 20 Jan. 1821, m. Louisa, dau. of Dr. Joseph 
Stone, 27 Sep. 1846. David the f. was a farmer, res. on the homestead, and 
d. 18 Feb. 1852; his w. Patty d. 16 or 17 Ap. 1877, a. 92. 

9. FoKESTEn Berry, s. of David (8), m. Fanny, dau. of Daniel Wheeler, 

10 May 1837, and had Martha M., b. 2 Feb. 1839, d. 1 Feb. 1840 ; Mary Ann, 
b. 23 Feb. 1841, m. Georoe Manly 23 Feb. 1864 ; Charles W., b. 23 Feb. 1843, 
pub. to Salome McKenney 25 May 1868, and had Charles E., b. 22 Nov. 1881 ; 
Henry P. b. 16 Nov. 1844, m, Carrie L. Gilmore of Southbridge 22 Nov. 1869; 
Ellen F., b. 25 May 1847, m. Benjamin Manly 23 May 1874 ; Sarah E., b. 2 
Feb. 1859 ; David, b. 20 Sep. 1862. Forester Berry the f. is a farmer and 
res. on the homestead ; he has been representative, selectman, and assessor; his 
w. Fanny d. 23 Dec. 1872, a. 55. 

Alden, John, m. the celebrated Priscilla MuUins, and had John ; Elizabeth, 
m. William Paybody, and d. at Little Compton, 31 May 1717, in her 94th year, 
as inscribed on her head-stone; Joseph ; Jonathan; Sarah; Ruth; Mary; Da- 
vid; and three others, whose names are not ascertained. John the f. was one 
of the Mayllower Pilgrims, and the last survivor of those who signed the orig- 
inal compact of government. He res. in Duxbury, was one of the Assistants, 
and d. 12 Sep. 1687, a. 84 or 88, as Savage says {Gen. Diet.), or, according to 
Winsor {Hist. Duxbury), 12 Sep. 1686, a. 87. 

2. JosEi'H, s. of John (l),res. in Bridgewater, m. Mary Simmons, and had 
Isaac ; Joseph; John ; Elizabeth; and Mary. He d. 8 Feb. 1697, a. 73. 

3. David, s. of John (1), m. Mei-cy, dau. of Constant South worth, and had 

Ruth; Alice, m. Judah Paddock of Yarmouth, and d. , a. 93 (her dau. 

Rebecca m. Thomas Spooner 10 June 1742) ; Benjamin; Samuel, b. 1689. 

4. Joseph, s. of Joseph (2), m. Hannah Dunham, and had Daniel; Joseph, 
v/ d. young; Eleazar, b. 2 7 Sep. 1694; Hannah; Mary; Joseph; Jonathan; 

Samuel ; Mehelabel ; Seth., Joseph the f. res. in Bridgew. was a deacon, and d. 
22 Dec. 1747, a. 80. 

5. Elkazar, s. of Joseph (4), m. Martha Shaw, and had Jonathan; 
Eleazar; Absalom; David ; Joshua ; Caleb; Ezra; Timothy, h. 1736, grad. H. 
C. 1762, pastor of the church in Yarmouth, and d. 13 Nov. 1828, a. 92. 
Eleazar the f. res. in Bridgew. and d. 30 Jan. 1773, a. 79. 

6. Ezra, s. of Eleazar (5), m. Miriam Richardson of Stafford, Conn., where 
he had Sarah; Judith; Eunice; Ezra, h. 25 Julys 1769. His w. Miriam d. 
and he m. Sarah, widow of Abel Harwood and dau. of Capt. Benjamin Rngoles, 
2 Jan. 1772, by whom he had Miriam, d. young ; Dorothy ; Anna ; Abel ; Alice ; 
Miriam. Ezra the f. rem. from Stafford to Greenwich in 1770, was elected 
deacon in 1775, and d. in 1818, a. 84. 

7. Ezra, s. of Ezra (6), m. Achsah Stebbins, and had Pliny, b. 1 Ap. 1792 ; 
Samuel, h. 25 Aug. 1793 ; Alma, h. 26 Aug. 1795; Jason, h. 26 June 1797, d. 
young ; Abel, b. 23 July 1799 ; Emery, b. 2 July 1801 ; James, b. 10 Mar. 1804, 
d. young; Scdly Colburn, b. 30 July 1806, d. young ; Festus, b. 5 May 1808 ; 
James Milton, b. 20 June 1810; Lyman, b. 31 Aug. 1812 ; Sarah, b. 13 Ap. 
1818. Ezra the f. res. in Gr. and d. 23 Nov. 1846. 

8. Pliny, s. of Ezra (7), m. Elizabeth Works at Shutesbury 11 Sep. 1828, 
and had Cornelia, b. 10 Oct. 1830, for many years a school-teacher, m. Albert 
E. Knight, Esq., 25 Oct. 1870 ; Mary E., b. 23 July 1831, m. Lorenzo West of 
Pet. 15 June 1853; John Pliny, twin, b. 20 Dec. 1834, d. at Wyandotte, Kan- 
sas, 2 June 1879 ; Julia A., twin, b. 20 Dec. 1834, m. Alden B. Spooner 7 Jan. 
1873. Pliny the f. was a carpenter, and captain of militia; he rem. from Gr. 
to Hk. about 1832, res. at the north end of the Common, and d. 11 Mar. 1877; 
his w. Elizabeth d. 17 Jan. 1878, a. 73. 

9. Festus, s. of Ezra (7),m. Fanny N. Gibbs 28 Ap. 1831 ; she d. 19 Oct. 
1838, and he m. Sylvia Terry 10 Sep. 1840. His chil. were Angeline, b. 20 



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Nov. 1832, m. Lathrop C. Spicer 28 Nov. 1850; Theodore L., b. 17 Mav 1841; 
Georqe A., b. 11 Feb. 1846, d. 9 Sep. 1846 ; Harrison F., h. 20 Ap. 1848, d. 
2 Dec. 1849 ; Ezra P. S., b. 27 Oct. 1851 ; Funn>/ L., b. 12 May 1854. Fes- 
Tus the f. rem. from Gr. to Hk. before 27 Oct. 1851. 

10. Lyman, s. of Ezra (7), by w. Dorcas, had Alonzn Lyman, b. 15 July 
1845; Henrietta Augusta, b. 23 Sep. 1848; Loren (or Lonn) Howard, b. 21 
Sep. 1850. 

11. TuKODORE L., s. of Festiis (9), m. Emily Leprrow 30 Ap. 18G3, and 
had Adin Royal, b. 20 Aug. 1873; Charles E., b. 3 May 1877. 

12. Alonzn L., s. of Lyman (10), m. Hem-ietta M. Frost 15 Ap. 18G8, and 
had Lilian Maria, b. 6 Nov. 1870. 

Alexander, Isaac, by w. Elizabeth, had Lurana, b. 25 May 18G6 ; and 
by Av. Alice, had Elizabeth, b. 22 Sep. 1875. 

2. Samuel, by w. Mary, had Henry, b. 8 Augr. 1870. 

3. Peter, m. Ellen Kennedy of Ware, 7 Feb. 1.S67, and had John, b. 27 
Aucr. 1870 ; David Kennedy, b. 23 Sep. 1873; Joseph Nelson, b. 29 May 1875. 

Charles, of Winchester, N. H., m. Eliza Anderson 21 Sep. 1834. Jean- 
ETTE m. Alexander Kennedy, pub. 31 Aug. 18G8. Elizabeth, m. Charles 
Nelson of Warren 28 Mar. 1S14. Jeanette, d. 27 Mav ISSO, a. 71. 

Allen, Walter, res. in Newbury 1G40, rem. to AVatertown before Ap. fi^ 

1G62. By deed of gift, 1 Oct.^lGOS,' he conveyed land in Wat. to his sons 
Daniel and Joseph, and soon afterwards rem. to Charlestown, where he ni. 
Abigail Rogers 29 Nov. 1678, and d. 8 July 1G81, naming in his will, dated 
19 Feb. 16 79-80, w. Abigail and chil. John of Sudbury, Daniel, and Joseph, 

2. JoSEi^H, s. of Walter (1), res. in Weston, where he m. Anna Brazier 11 
Oct. 1G67, and had Ahirjad, b. and d. Dec. 1668 ; Rebecca, b. 8 Ap. 1G70, d. 
30 Jan. 1674-5; Anna, b. 22 Aug. 1674, d. 26 Jan. 1697-8; Joseph, b. 16 

June 1C77; Nathaniel, b. 8 Dec. 1687, a deacon in Weston; Sarah, b. , 

d. 15 Feb. 1698-9; Deborah, b. , m. John Moore of Sudbury 24 Dec. 1714; 

Rachael, b. , m. Joseph Adams of Cambridge 26 June 1718; Patience, b. 

. Joseph the f. d. 9 Sep. 1721; his w. Anna d. in Dec. 1720. 

3. Joseph, s. of Joseph (2), res. in Weston, where he d. 1 Nov. 1729; his 

first w. Elizabeth d. in Nov. 1712, and he soon m. Abigail . His chil. 

were Isaac, b. 10 Nov. 1701; Prudence, b. 18 May 1703, m. Isaac Hagar 16 
July, 1724; Ame, b. 21 Sep. 1706; Rebecca, b. 25 Feb. 1707-8; Joseph, b. 

1709 ; Elizabeth, bap. 8 Ap. 1711 ; Ann, bap. 8 Ap. 1711, pub. to Daniel 

Mason (?) of Lexington 14 Mar. 172G-27; Silence, bap. 23 Nov. 1712 ; David, 
b. 26 Sep. 1714; Abifjail b. 14 May 1716; Elijah, b. 11 Sep. 1718; Sarah, b. 
10 Aug. 1720 ; Tabitha, h. 26 Oct. 1722, m. Abraham Whitney 20 Jan. 1 742-3; 
Daniel, b. 31 Aug. 1724; Timothy, b. 8 Ap. 1727. Thus far I have followed 

the account of this family, given by Bond in his Watertown Genealogies, ex- 4) 

cept in regard to Joseph, whom he omits, David, whom he calls Daniel, and 
Ame (or Amy), whom he calls A7i7i, and says she " d. soon." There are other 
inaccuracies in his list, as appears by the variations between it and the names 
subscribed to an agreement by the children and heirs at law of Joseph Allen 
of Weston deceased, dated 30 Sep. 1731, which is preserved in the Middlesex 
Probate Office, to wit: Isaac Allen; Joseph Allen; Isaac Hagar and w. Pru- 
dence; Ame Allen; Rebecca Allen; Ebenezer Goodnow and w. Elizabeth; 
Joseph Goodnow and w. Anna; David Allen and Abigail Allen, 1)V their 
guardian Nathaniel Allen; Elijah Allen, Tabitha Allen and Daniel Allen, by 
their guanlian Jonas Allen. A final settlement of the estate was made 16 
June 1753 (the elder children, Joseph, Prudence, Elizabeth, Anne, Amy, and 
Rebecca, having previously released their reversionary interest), when receipts 
for that part of the estate " which was allowed to our mother Abigail Allen, 
the widow of the said Joseph as lier dowry," were given by Daniel Allen of 
Sheffield, house wright, for himself and as attorney for his brother David Allen 
of Claverack, N. Y., blacksmith; Elijah Allen of Sutton, housewright, by his 
attorney Joseph Coolidge; Abraham Whitniiy of Weston and his w. Tabitha. 

4. Joseph, s. of Joseph (3), m. Mercy Livermore of Grafton 16 Aug. 1733, 
and had Sarah, b. 25 July 1734, m. Benjamin Winchester 19 Feb. 17G1; in 



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1736 lie rem. to Hardwick, where he had David ^ b. 18 Aug. 1738 ; Lydia, b. 
19 Sep. 1743, m. Lemuel Cobb 10 Oct. 1765 ; Mercy, h. 19 Ap. 1746, m. John 
Amidon 4 Feb. 1771; Jose//h, h. 21 Dec. 1748. His w. Mercy d. 1 Mar. 
1789, a. 76, and he m. widov/ Sarah Knowlton 6 Aug. 1789. Joseph the f. 
was b. in Weston 1709, res. in Grafton from about 1730 to 1736, when he 
rem. to Hk. and for seven years res. near the Old Furnace ; in 1743 he rem. 
to the place marked " Mr. Holt " on the Ruggles Map, where he remained 
thirty-one years, during which time his house was desti'oyed by fire and he 
erected that which now stands on the same spot ; on the 20th day of May 
1774 he removed once more to the place on the road to Petersham marked 
" Seth "Winslow " on the same map, where he d. 18 Aug. 1793, aged, accord- 
ing to the church record, 84 years, 4 months, and 16 days. He was not only 
one of the earliest but also one of the most active and energetic of the pioneers 
in Hardwick. He was a joiner, or housewright, a captain of militia, select- 
man, assessor, clerk and treasurer of the town, and a deacon of the church 
n(;arly fifty-seven years. After his death, a pamphlet was published contain- 
ing several articles written by him, chiefly on religious suiijects. In one of 
these is a scrap of autobiography which fixes the date of his birth and, in 
connection with the records heretofore quoted, sufficiently identifies him as 
one of the sous of Joseph (3) : — 

"My native place where born was I, 
In seventeen hundred nine, 
Does sixteen miles from Boston lie, 
In Westown, called mine. 

" Between my third year and my fourth 
My mother left this life ; 
Which was to me affliction sore, 
My father lost his wife. 

" In all mj' father's family 
Once sixteen did survive; 
Before mj' father two did die. 
Then fourteen left alive." 

5. David, s. of Joseph (4), m. Elizabeth Fisk 12 Nov. 1761; she d. 22 Oct. 
1791, a. 48, and he m. Lydia Woods of N. Bra. 22 Jan. 1794. His chil. 
were PJioda, b. 27 Sep, 1763, m. David Barnard of Shelburne 4 Mar. 1783; 
Eunice, h. 22 Aug. 1765, m. John Earl 2 Oct. 1785; Daniel, b. 20 Sep. 1767; 
Elizabeth, b. 27 Oct. 1768, m. Isaac Wing of Rochester, Vt., 24 Jan. 1793; 
Dacid, b. 12 May 1771; Mercy, b. 11 May 1773, d. unm. 6 Jan. 1857; Moses, 
b. 9 Mar. 17 76, d. 15 Sep. 17 77; Moses, h. 11 Mar. 1779; Lydia, b. 18 Oct. 
1784, m. Daniel Matthews of N. Bra. 21 Jan. 1800. David the f. was a 
very active citizen, selectman, and assessor, and d. 5 Aug. 1799. 

6. JosKPii, s. of Joseph (4), m. Greele Singleterry of Sutton 15 Jan. 1772; 
slie d. 8 Feb. 1800, a. 56, and he m. Polly Gray of Worcester, pub. 21 Sep. 
1800; she d. 3 June 1816, a. 50, and he m. Mary Gray of Ware, pub. 3 Mar. 
1817. His chil. were Lucy, b. 20 May 1773, d. 3 Oct. 1785; Joseph, b. 14 
July, 1777, m. Hannah Gould 14 Oct. 1800; Azuhah, b. 80 Mar. 1780, d. 19 
Feb. 1781 ; Mary Singleterry, b. 23 May 1818, d. unm. 23 Nov. 1834. Joseph 
the f. res. on the homestead, was a deacon, town treasurer nine years, and d. 
11 Nov. 1822; his w. Mary m. Seth Winslow of Barre, pub. 22 Oct. 1826, 
continued to res. here, and d. 15 Jan. 1842, a. 64. 

7. Daniel, s. of David (5), m. Kezia, dau. of James Wing 20 Jan. 1791, 
and had Betsey, bap. 29 July 11^2; -Justus, bap. 6 Dec. 1795. Daniel the f. 
d. 1 Dec. 1796, a. 29 ; his w. Kezia was pub. to David Bai-nard of Shelburne 
1 May 1815. 

8. David, s. of David (5), ni. Ruth, dau. of Job Dexter, 27 Ap. 1794, and 
had Luthera, b. 12 Ap. 1796, m. John Gleason 18 Nov. 1813, and d. at Dana 
3 Oct. 1875; Clarissa, b. 7 Oct. 1796, m. Ainaziah Spooner of Amh. 27 Ap. 

1825; Anna, b. 1797, d. 14 Nov. 1803; Willard, b. 8 Feb. 1801, m. Mercy 

dau. of Maj. Gardner Ruggles, pub. 8 Oct. 1826, and rem. to Westminster, 



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where he d. 24 Sep. 1852 ; 3fary, h. Ap. 1S03, d. 2-1 Nov. 1803 ; Mary, 

h. 18 Nov. 1804, d. 3 Aug. 1818; Sarah, h. 5 Oct. 1808 ; Anna, h. 21 Nov. 
1811. David the f. res. on the Petersham road, at the place marked " D. 
Allen " on the R. INIap, and d. 20 Jan. 183a; his w. Ruth d. 26 Mar. 1817, a. 74. 

9. Moses, s. of David (5), m. Anna, daii. of James Paioe, 2G June 1802; 
she d. 7 June 1824, a. 45, and he m. her sister Fanny, wid. of Stephen Rice, 
Jr., pub. 7 May 1825. His chil. were Almira Warner, b. 20 Feb. 1803, m. 
William A. Wheeler of Worcester 13 Jan. 1825; Am^on Fisk, b. 31 Jan. 1805; 
Daniel Freeman, b. 6 Feb. 1807, d. 17 Nov. 1816 ; James Franklin, b. 26 Feb. 
1809, res. in AYorcester; Calvin Paige, b. 30 June 1811. MosKS the f. res. on 
the Petersham Road, at the place marked " Capt. Allen " on the R. Mdp, was 
a farmer, assessor, selectman, and representative in the General Court. He 
d. 22 Ap. 1843 ; his w. Fanny d. in Boston 15 Feb. 1873, a. 88. 

10. Justus, son of Daniel (7), m. Betsey F., dan. of Nathan Robinson, 
21 Nov. 1831, and had Mari/, b. 14 Jan. 1835, d. unm. 12 Nov. 1860; Fred- 
erick Warner, b. 11 Ap. 1847, d. 9 June 1847; and perhaps others. Justus 
the f. d. 24 Auo;. 1869 ; his w. Betsey F. d. 4 Dec. 1876, a. 69. 

11. Axsox Fisk, s. of Moses (9), m. Ruth Randall 14 June 1846, and had 
PhiUnda, b. 3 An-;. 1846 ; Almira R., b. 12 Aug. 1848, d. 3 Nov. 1848. Anson 
Fisk the f. was a farmer and inherited the homestead, which he sold soon after 
his father's death. He was early crippled by the loss of a leg, after which he 
was an assessor for several years. He d. at the Old Gentlemen's Home in 
Boston 2 Sep. 1876 ; his w. Ruth d. 28 Aug. 1848, a. 27. 

12. Jonas, prob. s. of Elijah of Sutton, who was named in the settlement 
of the estate of his father Joseph (3), 1753, m. Prudence, dau. of Benjamin 
Winchester, 15 Feb. 1781 ; she d. 19 Dec. 1797, a. 35, and he m. her sister, 
Sarah Winchester, 29 Aug. 1798. His chil. were Joseph, b. 1784, a car- 
penter and for many years lieutenant of militia, m. Sally, dau. of John Aiken, 
12 May, 1<S14, and d. 22 Dec. 1.S33, a. 49 (his w. Sally prob. m. John Sher- 
man of Barre 3 Dec. 1835); Jonas, b. — — 1786 (prob. the same who ra. 
Abigail Thayer 10 May 1809); Bmijamin, b. 178s, d. unm. 14 Sep. 1815, 

a. 27; Elijidi, b. 7 Mar. 1791 ; PoU)j, b. 28 Nov. 1793; Cijrus, b. 8 Aug. 1796 ; 
Increase Sumner, b. 31 Dec. 1798, d. 6 Sep. 1800. The first three of these 
chil. were prob. b. at Sutton. Jonas the f. rem. from Sutton to Hk. before 
1791, was a carpenter, honest and harmless, and res. between the road to 
Gilbertville and the road to Ware, at the place marked " J. Aiken " on the 
R. Map; bed. 13 July 1817, a. 65; his w. Sarah d. 10 May 1802, a. nearly 35. 

13. Elijah, prob. brother of Jonas (12), by w. Anna had, in Sutton, Polly, 

b. 24 ]\Iay 1787; Timothy, b. 30 Mar. 1789 ; Sally, b. 31 Aug. 1795 ; and in 
Petersham, David, b. 19 Feb. 1798; Artemas, b. 27 Sep. 1800; Cyrus, b. 24 
Dec. 1802. Elijah the f. was a carpenter, would swallow a quart of cider 
without visible motion of his throat and without apparent harm, rem. from 
Sutton to Pet. about 1797, and thence to Hk. soon after 1802. He d. 22 Jan. 
1817, a. 54. 

14. Jonas, prob. s. of Jonas (12), m. Abigail Thayer 10 May 1809, and 

had Balara Thayer, b. 28 Feb. 1810; Jonas, b. 1812. Jonas the f. d. 4 

Mar. 1812, a. 26. 

15. Elijah, prob. son of Jonas (12), m. Olive Chapin 8 Mar. 1816, and 
had a child which d. 12 Jan. 1817, a. 3 months. 

16. Jonas, s. of Jonas (14), m. Anna F. Richardson, pub. 8 Nov. 1833, and 
had Mary Matilda, b. 28 June 1848. Jonas the f. d. 19 Jan. 1864, a. 51 ; his 
w. Anna F. d. 9 Jan. 1X64, a. 51. 

17. Nathan, parentage not ascertained, m. Esther Haskins 17 Dec. 1789, 
and had Lucy, b. 25 Nov. 1790, m. Philip Grant, Jr., 2 Nov. 1809; Josiah, b. 10 

June 1792, d. 25 Jan. 1810; Artemas, b. 12 Jan. 1795; Georye, b. , d. at 

Gardner 4 Sep. 1855; prob. Nathan, b. , pub. to Betsey Juckett 16 Feb. 

1823. Nathan the f. d. before 25 Jan. 1810; his w. Esther d. 16 Feb. 1835, 
a. 79. 

Edward, adm. to the ch. 29 Ap. 1744. Oliver (from Rochestei-), res. 
here from 1777 to 1784. Abia, m. Ezra Leonard, Jr., 23 Oct. 1781. Abigail, 



328 AMES — AMSDEN. 

pub. to Reuel Keith 11 Ap. 1784. Reuben, m. Betsey Ellis 24 Dec. 1812, 
and d. 4 Jan. 1823, a. 38. 

Ames, Samson, had w. Elizabeth, who d. 10 Aug. 1842, a. 42, and he m. 
Elizabeth S. Allen of Barre, pub. 2 Ap. 1843 ; she d. 14 Mar. 1865, a. 62, and 
he m. Mrs. M. Minerva Hastings 1 Dec. 1865. His chil. were a child d. 13 
July 1.S33, a. 6 months; Eugene A., b. 29 Aug. 1844; Orville Adelhert, b. 6 Nov. 
1866; Marcia P., b. 12 Sep. 1868. 

Betsey P., of Barre, m. Theophilus Hastings 22 Dec. 1785. Anna, of 
Barre, m. Lemuel Wheeler 2 May 1 793. Maria P., m. E. Warren Combs 
of W. Brk., pub. 25 Aug. 1845. Louisa S., m. Martin Swift, Jr., of Bridge- 
water 11 Dec. 1845. 

Amidox, Philip, of Oxford, s. of Roger, and b. 26 Jan. 1669, in his will 
dated 16 Dec. 1743 and proved 12 May 1747, mentions wife Itliamar, chil. 
Ephraim, Henry, Roger, Ichahod, Philip, John, Mary Chamberlin, Hannah 
Wheelock, and the heirs of son Ithamar deceased. 

2. John, s. of Philip (1), b. 19 May 1713, m. Sarah, dau. of Daniel Hast- 
ings then of Oxford, 14 July 1737, and had Sarah, b. 3 Ap. 1738, d. young; 
Abigail, h. 25 Ap. 1740, d. young; Sarah, b. 7 July 1742, m. Jonathan Gil- 
bert of N. Brk. 5 Jan. 1779; John, bap. 6 Jan. 1744-5; Ahie/ail, bap. 31 May 
1747, m. Lemuel Cobb 27 Mar. 1777; Philip, b. 16 Jan. 1749-50; Hannah, b. 
25 Oct. 1752, m. Seth Ruggles 25 Nov. 1790. John the f. settled in Hk. 
before his marriage, and res. on or near the place marked " J. A." on the 
R. Map, near the line of Barre. He d. between 15 Mar. and 12 May 1755. 

3. John, s. of John (2), m. Mercy, dau. of Deac. Joseph Allen, 4 Feb. 1771, 
and had Chloe, b. 17 Jan. 1772, d. unm. 11 Sep. 1842; Lydia,h. 26 Aug. 
1774, d. unm. 23 Ap. 1828; John, b. 1 June 1782; Elijah, b. 27 Sep. 1787. 
John the f. was a farmer, res. on the homestead, and was noted for his re- 
markably strict economy. His w. Mercy d. 9 Feb. 1808, a. nearly 62, and he 
m. Anna, wid. of Edward Ruggles, 14 Dec. 1809 ; after a few years, they pre- 
ferred to live apart, and mutually agreed on a sejaaration. He d. 25 Oct. 
1825 ; she d. 9 Jan. 1842, a. nearly 89. 

4. Philip, s. of John (2), m. Rhoda, dau. of Sbearjashub Goodspeed, 27 
Nov. 1788, and d. 11 Aug. 1796; she d. 16 June 1841, a. 71. No record is 
found of the birth of children ; but prob. the following were of this family : 

Sarah, b. about 1789, d. unm. 13 Sep. 1828, a. 39; Alice, b. , m. Ichabod 

Dexter 26 Mar. 1822, and d. 26 June 1830, a. 39 ; Hannah, h. , m. Elijah 

Bangs, Jr., 19 Dec. 1814, d. 2 Sep. 1844, a. 51 ; Sophronia, b. , m. Still- 
man Clark 9 Sep. 1819, d. 12 Oct. 1840, a. 47. 

5. John, s. of John (3), m. Sally Plutchinson of Ware, pub. 19 May 1821, 
had son Philip, was a farmer, and res. on the homestead. He d. 10 Jan. 1862; 
his w. Sally d. 15 Oct. 187 7, a. 94. 

6. Elijah, s. of John (3), m. Martha P. Nye of Barre, pub. 18 May 1818, 
and had Mercy, h. 12 Mar. 1819 ; Martha, b. 30 Oct. 1820; John Allen, b. 13 
Feb. 1822, d. at Springfield 17 Jan. 1860; Augustus B., bap. 26 Feb. 1827, d. 
at Boston 5 Nov. 1870. Eli.tah the f. was a farmer and deacon; he res. 
near the homestead, at the place marked " Dea. Amidon" on the R. Map, 
rem. to Belchertown about 1830, and d. 7 June 1857; his w. Martha P. d. 29 
Mar. 1878, a. 86. 

7. Philip, s. of John (5), m. Sarah A. Warner of N. Br., pub. 14 Nov. 
1848, and had John Edwin, b. 1 Nov. 1850. 

8. John Edwin, s. of Philip (7), m. Lucy Jane Lamb of Phillipston 19 
Oct. 1875, and had Elmer Warner, b. 15 Mar. 1877; Ceirrie May, b. 8 Ap. 
1880. 

Amsden, Ephraim, Jr., of Greenwich m. Relief Thayer 15 Oct. 1816, and 
had Sophia Thaijer, b. here 19 Jan. 1817; Almira Marilla, b. 30 July 1820, 

m. Allen, and d. at W. Brk. 15 Sep. 1873; Ansel White, b. 21 Feb. 1822; 

Benjamin Franklin, b. 12 Aug. 1823, d. at Ware 28 May 1878. Ephraim the 
f . was a shoemaker, and res. on the lot now occupied by Mr. Joseph R. Robin- 
son. His w. Relief d. at Ware 27 May 1868, a. 70. 

2. Nelson, s. of David and nephew of Ephraim (1), ra. Sarah F., dau. of 



ANDERSON — AYERS. 329 

John Gleason of Dana, and had EUa J., b. in N. Sal. 24 Oct. 1856, m. Joseph 
A. Manning of Wore. 27 Dec. 1876; Nehon Willis, b. here 19 Nov. 1862. 
Nelson the f., a blacksmith, res. at the north end of the Common. 

Andkhsox, William, of Blandford, a weaver, l)ou<;ht a farm on the east 
side of the river, 30 Dec. 1741 ; he m. Margaret Crooks of Medway 18 Oct. 
1744, and had Ann, b. 1 Aug. 1745 ; Jane and il/ff/?/. twins, b. 30 Dec. 1748 ; 
Williinn, b. 23 Oct. 1750; Jeremiah, bap. 6 Feb. 1753; prob. John, b. about 
1755, and perhaps others. 

2. Timothy Paice, s. of John of N. Br., and probably grandson of Wil- 
liam (1), m. Betsey Hastings, 17 Oct. 1811, and d. 8 Ap. 1S12, a. 50 ; she d. 
25 Nov. 18G8, a. 82. Among their chil. (no births recorded) Avere Elvira, b. 
about 1S13, m. Charles Alexander of Winchester, N. H. 21 Sep. 1834, and 

(2d) John Severance of Win. 24 Nov. 1844; a child b. , d. 10 Jan. 1818; 

Eliza, b. 1820, d. unm. 24 ]\Iay 1841, a. 21 ; Alme/la, b. about 1825, m. 

Joseph D. Dexter, Jr., 8 Mar. 1846; and perhaps also Maria, b. , m. Fes- 

tus Spooner of Jericho, Vt., 25 May 1836. Timothy P. the f. res. near Gil- 
bertville at the place marked with his name on the R. ]\Iap; he was a selectman 
two years, and a worthy citizen. 

3. William, brother of Timothy P. (2), m. , and d. s. p. 21 Ap. 1867, 

a. 72. He res. on the road to Gilbertville, near the place marked " P. Law- 
ton " on the R. Map, and was assessor eight years, selectman nine years, 
representative two years, and justice of the peace. 

4. Althoxso L., by w. Mary C, had Almon Alphonso, b. 19 Oct. 1851, d. 
7 May 1852. 

Anx, m. William Whitager of Rut. 10 Oct. 1745. Almira, d. unm. 19 
July 1880, a. 65. 

Andrews, Ben.iamim, by w. Joanna, had Joanna, b. 20 May 1737; Eliza- 
beth, bap. 22 Ap. 1739; Mary, bap. 10 May 1741. Benjamin the f. prob. 
rem. to Pet. about 1739; his dau. Elizabeth was bap. there. 

Arnold, Gamaliel, by w. Hannah, had Mary, b. 7 Julv 1766, m. Joseph 
Harvey 2 Feb. 1786; Henry, b. 8 Dec. 1768, m. Sylvia Cobb, pub. 17 Ap. 
1791; Francis, b. 21 Sep. l'770; Calvin, b. 29 June 1772; Waite, b. 24 Mar. 
1775; Louisa, b. 3 Ap. 1777, m. Joseph Cole 29 Nov. 1792; Spraf/ue,h. 26 
Aug. 1779; Andreio, b. 31 Dec. 1781; Gamaliel, b. 9 Aug. 1785. Gamaliel 
the f., with six sons, rem. to Randolph, Vt., in 1791, his eldest son Henry hav- 
ing rem. thither in the preceding year. See Vermont Hist. Mag. ii. 1045. Mr. 
Arnold was lieutenant of militia. 

Atwood, Isaac, a cooper, b. in Plymouth about 1783, m. Kezia, dau. of 
Simeon Nye, and died in Hk. 11 Dec. 18G0, a. 77; she d. 2 Oct. 1861, a. 77. 
No recortl is found of children. 

2. Zaccheus, by w. Chloe, had a child, b. , d. 6 Aug. 1791; and, by 

w. Hannah, Elijah Gregory, b. in Pet. 30 Aug. 1799; Charles, b. here 28 Ap. 
1801; Abiathar, b. here 9 Mar. 1803. 

3. Simeon Nye, prob. s. of Isaac (1), m. Prudence Haskins of Shutes. 6 June 

1835, and had Susan, b. , d. 2 Sep. 1840, a. 3; Hannah Amelia, b. 10 

June 1843; m. William C. Peck 11 Mar. 1862; Susan Arietta, b. 17 Ap. 1849, 
d. 10 Ap. 1850; John Allen, b. 13 July 1853; Effie Cecilia, b. 13 Oct. 1854. 

4. Joseph, by w. Harriet S., had Benjamin Smith, b. 3 Oct. 1859; Ada 
Lizzie, h. 15 July 1862; Amy Marshall, b. 23 July 1867; George Halsey, h. 26 
Feb. 1876. 

Kezia, was pub. to Abraham Gibbs of Quobbin 10 Mar. 1743-4, but refused 
to " proseed in marrige " 24 Nov. 1744. Jerusha, m. John Aiken 19 Oct. 
1749. Samuel, m. Peace Stewart 30 Aug. 1753. Lydia, m. Phina Cole 6 
Dec. 1 795. Mary, of Brewster, m. Ebenezer Perry, pub. 3 Mav 180 7. Susan, 
d. unm. 18 Aug. 1874, a. 18. 

Ayers, Erenezer, prob. from Brk., m. Mary Ballard 28 Feb. 1739-40, and 
had Joseph, h, 8 Sep. 1741. He had other chil. by a former wife, and d. before 
Aug. 1748. 

2. David, s. of Ebenezer (1), m. Ginnet Shaw 21 Dec. 1742, and had 
Ebenezer, b. 12 Ap. 174.3*; Davi<l, b. 8 Nov. 1745; Mary, b. 16 Ap. 1748; 
Dorcas, b. 2 May 1750; Sarah and Abigail, prob. twins, bap. 23 Aug. 1752. 



330 AYERS — BANGS. 

Capt. William is named in 174 7 as the owner of land on the Rutland road, 
about half a mile east of Ware River, then in Hardwick. Jenny, m. Calvin 
Fairbanks 24 June 177G. Ruth, m. Seth Woodward of Pet. 25 Au<^. 1778. 

Babbitt, Samukl, by w. Polly, had Samuel, b. 11 Feb. 1786; Elkanah, b. 
10 Sep. 1787; Dwlght, b. 12 Feb. 1789; Rhoda, b. 20 Feb. 1791. 

Abigail, m. Seth Blanchard 19 July 1775. Seth, m. Betty Blanchard 22 Ap. 
1779. Levi, of Norton, m. Betty Babbitt 21 Dec. 1779, and had s. Levi, who 
d. in Athol 9 May 1863, a. 82. 

Ballou, Hosea, m. Ruth Washburn of Williamsburg 15 Sep. 1796, and 
bad (born here) Fanny, b. 13 Oct. 1797, m. Leonard Holmes of Boston 7 Oct. 
1827, and d. 28 Mar. 1846; Hoxea Faxon, b. 4 Ap. 1799, a Universalist clergy- 
man, m. Mary Ballou, and res. in Wilmington, Vt., d. 20 May 1881; 3Iassena 
Berthier, b. 28 Nov. 1800, a Universalist clergyman, m. Mary S. Jacobs of 
Scituate 21 Dec. 1825, and res. in Stoughton; Cassendana, b. 9 Jan. 1803, m. 

Joseph Wing of Boston 25 Ap. 1822, and d. ; after his removal from Hk. 

he had Mandana, b. 17 Sep. 1804, m. Rev. Benjamin Whittemoi-e of Boston 4 
June 1823; Elmiiia Pudh,h. Z .A^. 1810, m. Rev. Josiah C. Waldo 26 Oct. 
1831, and d. at New London 29 June 1856; Clementina, b. 10 July 1812, m. 
Col. Isaac Hull Wright of Boston 4 June 1837; Fiducia, b. 1 May 1814, m. 
Abijah W. Farrar of Boston 22 Ap. 1838; Maturin Murraij, b. 14 Ap, 1820, a 
publisher, in. Mary A. Roberts 15 Sep. 1839, and res. in Boston. Hosea the 
f. was s. of Rev. Maturin Ballou, and was b. in Richmond, N. H., 30 Ap. 1771. 
He was a very eminent Universalist clergyman, and wrought a marvellous 
change in the theological opinions of the world. He res. for several years in 
that part of Hk. wliich was included in Dana when that town was incorporated 
18 Feb. 1801 ; in 1803 he rem. to Barnard, Vt., and thence to Portsmouth, N. H., 
in 1809, to Salem in 1815, and to Boston in 1817, where he d. 7 June 1852, 
full of years and of honors. 

Bangs, Seth, res. in Harwich, and, by w. Deborah, had Chipman, b. 20 
June 1727, d. 4 Ap. 1750; Solomon, b. 23 May 1729; Elijah, b. 3 June 1731; 
Samuel, b. 9 Ap. 1733; Perez, b. 20 Feb. 1735-6; Seth, 14 July 1738; John, 
b. 17 Feb. 1742; Deborah, b. 5 Feb. 1744, m. Edward Foster in Hardwick 13 
Jan. 1762; Chipman, b. 8 Aug. 1750. 

2. David, prob. brother of Seth (1), by w. Eunice, had Nathaniel, b, 18 Ap. 
1733; Enoch, b, 2 Oct. 1734; Nathan, b. 2 May 1736; Reliance, b. 29 Aug. 
1738, m. Nathan Billings in Hardwick 26 Dec. 1769; Azariah, b. 8 Ap. 1740; 
Huldah, b. 27 Feb. 1741-2. David the f. rem. from Harwich to Hardwick in 
1768. 

3. Solomon, s. of Seth (1), by w. Experience, had in Harwich Temperance, 
b. 13 Jan. 1753; Elijah, b. 18 May 1757; Perez, b. 4 Jan. 1763; Experience, 
b. 15 Sep. 1766. 

4. Enoch, s. of David (2), with his w. Hannah was dismissed from the 
church in Harwich 21 Nov. 1762, and admitted to the ch. in Hardwick 4 Sep. 
1763. Their chil. were bap. as follows: Watson, 10 Ap. 1763; Hannah, 1 Sep. 
1765, d. young; Hannah, 28 June 1767; Enoch, 21 Jan. 1770; Reuben, 7 May 
1775; William Freeman, 11 Ap. 1779; lie had also son Nathaniel, named in his 
will. Enoch the f., then styled of Barre, d. 12 Ap. 1798. 

5. Nathan, s. of David (2), rem. early to Hk., and had Belhia, b. 19 July 
1761; Huldah, b. 26 June 1762; John, b. 21 June 1764; Joshua, b. 14 Oct. 
1766; Mary, b. 28 Nov. 1768; Mark, b. 10 Sep. 1771; Nathan, b. 1 Sep. 1773, 
d. 7 Mar. 1774; AbigaU, b. 21 Mar. 1775. 

6. Azariah, s. of David (2), rem. with his f. to Hk. in 1768, m. Huldah 
Stow of Southborough, pub. 2 Mar. 1769, and had Nathaniel, bap. 6 May 1770; 
Judith Fox, bap. 13 Mar. 1774; Azariah, h?\.\^. 10 Nov. 1776. 

7. Elijah, s. of Solomon (3), rem. early to Hk. His w. Sally d. 7 May 
1790, a. 34, and he ni. Sally, dau. of Abraham Knowlton, 21 Ap. 1791. His 
chil. were Sally, b. 28 Ap. 1782, m. Luther Paige 22 Aug. 1802; Bela, b. 10 
Ap. 1784; Solomon, b. 8 Ap. 1786, d. 4 Feb. 1811; Alba, b. 10 Feb. 1788; 

Elijah b. ; Martin, b. 1792, d. at Cambrid«^e 8 Mar. 1865; Juthera, b. 

, m. Charles Wheeler 2 Mar. 1814 or 1815, and (2) Joseph Adams of 



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Shutes. 1 Ap. 1824; Lucy, b. , m. Robert Fitts, Jr., of Ward, 1 Nov. 1819. 

Elijah the f. was a fanner, res. on the Pet. road, at tlie [)lace marked with his 
name on the R. Map, and d. 28 Sep. 1818; his av. Sally d. 1 Feb. 1835, a. 69. 

8. Eli.jait, s. of Elijah (7), was a farmer, res. on the homestead, and m. 
Hannah Aiiiidon 19 Dec. 1814; she d. 2 Sep. 1844, a. 51, and he m. ]Mrs. Lucy 
Elwell of Rrk., pub. 10 May 1845. He d. s. p. 28 Jan. 1855, a. G4. 

9. Jamks, parentage not ascertained, by w. Susanna, had Scuauel, b. 20 Aug. 
1771. 

ADN.\ir. with his wife, rem. to Ilk. in 1768, from "Falmouth, Casco Bay." 
Mahy, m. Jacob Hastings 22 July 1762. Eunice, ra. Amos Thomas 20 Dec. 
1770. 

Baim.ow, AVyatt, m. Susanna Hammond in Rochester, pub. 21 Jan. 1772, 

and had Susannah, b. 1772, d. here num. 12 June 1857; Ann, b. 

1773, d. here unm. 5 Aug. 1846; John, b. 1 Dec. 1778. Besides these, six 
others are nameil in their father's will, 23 Jan. 1819 : Ebenezer, Wijatt, Betsey 
Heywood, Nancy Cooley, Mary Harris, and Harriet Denimon. Wyatt the f. 
was styled Captain, rem. here early, and res. in the Gore, now embraced in 
GilbfertvlUe, where he d. 19 June 1827, a. 85, his w. Susannah d. 5 Oct. 1830, 

a. 83. 

2. John, s. of AYyatt (1), m. Roxana, dau. of James Sprout, pub. 12 Jan. 
1808, and had James Madison, h. 3 July 1809, d. unm. 6 or 7 Aug. 1867; Cyn- 
thia, h. 18 Ap. 1811, m. Selah Barrett of Wore. 30 Nov. 1831; Lewis, b. 12 
May 1812, res. at Rock Island, 111.; Alanson, h. 10 Nov. 1813, m. Elizabeth 
Demond 2 Oct. 1839, res. in the State of New York; Roxana, b. 23 Sep. 1815, 
m. Harrison G. O. Monroe 18 May 1843; Wyatt, h. 22 Dec. 1819; John H., 

b. 25 Ap. 1827, res. in Fitchburg. John the f. was drowned 1 July 1850; his 
w. Roxana d. 20 July 1876, a. nearly 91. 

3. Wyatt, s. of John (2), m. Mary G. Flint of Athol, pub. 27 Dec. 1847, 
and had Charles Flint, b. l9 Jan. 1849 ; a son, b. 5 Nov. 1850 ; John Ham- 
mond, b. 18 June 1852. Wyatt the f. d. 23 Ap. 1856. 

4. MoSES, perhaps brother of Capt. Wyatt (1), by w. Elizabeth, had Moses, 
Jonathan, Lemuel, Nahby, Deborah, and Betsey, all bap. 29 Sep. 1782. 

5. Aaron, perhaps brother of Capt. Wyatt (1), m. Priscilla Andrews 6 
July 1780. and had Aai'on, bap. 14 July 1784. He was dism. to the chui'ch in 
Barnard, Vt., 22 Aug. 1784. 

6. Thomas, parentage not ascertained, m. Mercy (or Mary) Nelson 26 Sep. 
1793, and had Thomas, bap. 12 July 1797. 

7. Ebenezer m. Betsey Smalley of Truro, pub. 10 Aug. 1787, and had So- 
phronia, bap. 1 July 1792. Ebenezer the f. rem. to Plainfield. 

8. Ira G., m. Clarissa Haskins 25 Sep. 1842, and had Clara Louisa, b. 23 
Jan. 1845. His w. Clarissa d. 7 July 1847, a. 26. 

Mrs. Abigail, prob. mother of Wyatt (1), d. 29 Jan. 1793, a. 85. Deacon 
Joseph and his wife were adm. to the church 9 Sep. 1781 ; also William, 
23 Mar. 1783. William Wyatt, m. Ruth Rice of Gr.,pub. 7 Sep- 1790. 
Timothy, m. Betsey Smith of Ware, pul>. 6 June 1791. Nabby, m. John 
Campl)ell 26 Aug. 1793. Ebenezer, m. Jane Graham 26 Oct. 1831. 

Barnard, Joseph, by w. Betty, had Joseph, b. , m. Prudence Marsh, 

pub. 28 Nov. 1796, and j)erhaps m. (2d) Abi Presho 17 Oct. 1819; Benjamin, 
b. 19 Oct. 1776; Edward, h. 15 Aug. 1778; William, b. 30 Aug. 1781 ; Henry, 
b. 4 Oct. 1790 ; Sarah, b. 3 Aug. "l 792; Anna, b. 14 Sep. 1794, d. 13 Mar. 
1797. 

Barnes, Jesse (otherwise written Barns), was the sixth of the fourteen 
children of Moses and Hannah (Olds) Barnes, and was b. at Brooklield 7 Nov. 
1744. He m. Patience Gilbert 8 Dec. 1763, and had in Brk. Jonas, h. 26 June 
1764; Miriam, b. 29 Sep. 1766, ni. Ebenezer Sprout in Hk. 3 June 1790; Eli, 
b. 26 June 1768; Lydia, b. 2 May 1770, m. Phineas Wetberbee of Brk, 6 Jan. 
1795; Adonijidi, b. 12 Oct. 1772; Betsey, b. 20 Nov. 1774 (or 1777), d. unm. 
10 Mar. 1859; and in Hk. Lucy, b. 22 Ap. 1781. Jesse the f. rem. from Brk. 
to Hk. about 1780, was a farmer, res. in the westerly part of the town, and d. 
18 Nov. 1823 ; his w. Patience d. 4 July 1821. For many years the record 



332 BARNES. 

of births in this family is so imperfect that I am unable to trace its several 
lines of descent with desirable accuracy. 

2. Elijah, prob. brother of Jesse (1), and the tenth child of Moses and Han- 
nah, b. in Brk. 12 Feb. 1753, became a member of the church in Hk. 24 Feb. 
1782, and his chil., ElijnJi, John, and Polly, were bap. 30 June 1782, after 
which I find no trace of this family on record. 

3. Jonas, s. of Jesse (1), m. Abiel Sprout 20 Mar. 1791 ; she d. 17 June 
1805, and he was pub. to Joanna Thomas 24 Mar. 1806. No record is found 
of the birth of his chil. ; but by record of deaths it appears that he had by first 
wife, Patience, who d. unm. 24 Jan. 1869, a. 78, according to the record, but 
prob. 77 ; and by 2d w., Jonas, who d. 14 May 1812, a. nearly 2 years. Jonas 
the f. d. 1 Nov. 1830 ; his w. Joanna d. 30 Nov. 1837, a. G3. 

4. Eli, son of Jesse (1), m. Polly Merritt 21 July 1789. No record is found 
of the birth of his chil. ; but he had Polly, who d. 1 7 INIay 1811, a. 16, and prob. 
Ell and Harvey, named below. Eli the f. d. 30 Ap. 1845; his w. Polly d. 29 
Mar. 1848, a. 77. His house was consumed by fire 12 Mar. 1810. 

5. Adonijah, s. of Jesse (1), m. Chloe Knights 9 Ap. 1 793. Four of his chil. 
were Clarinda, d. unm. 19 Dec. 1876, a. 83; Jonas; Ruth, d. 27 July, 1815, a. 
13; and Chloe, m. Stephen Hillman 7 Mar. 1820, d. 28 June 1881;' but their 
birth is not recorded. Adonijah the f. d. 21 Aug. 1841 ; his w. Chloe d. 26 
Sep. 1851, a 77. 

6. Jonas, s. of Adonijah (5), m. Olean (or Oleyine) Fry 30 Nov. 1830, and 
had Harrison F., b. about 1834; Henry, h. 21 Jan. 1844; Adelbert Forester, b. 
19 Ap. 1846, m. C. EHzabeth Hunt 20 Oct. 1881; Emeline, b. 9 Aug. 1849; 
Evelyn, b. about 1852, m. W. Frank Carruth of Barre 7 Sep. 1873; Clariette, 
b. 28 Nov. 1853; Alia Velorous (called ^1. Deforest in the record of his death), 
b. 1 Aug. 1856, d. 1 or 7 July 1857 ; and perhaps others. Jonas the f. d. 
26 July 1878, a. 78. 

7. Eli, prob. s. of Eli (4), m. Vinsa Baker 19 June 1S23, and had a child 

b. , d. 6 Dec. 1830, a. 3 days; George Danforth; and perhaps others. Eli 

the f. d. 15 Oct. 1851, a. 52. 

8. Harvey, prob. s. of Eli (4), by w. Harriet, had a child b. , d. 18 

Mar. 1830 ; Sarah A., b. about 1S33, m. Augustus M. Graves of Dana, pub. 1 
Ap. 1852; Wilder U., b. about 1839; Adeline, b. about 1841, m. Wells Stacy 
of Bel. 11 Nov. 1869; Joseph Loring, b. 11 Nov. 1843; Abigail, b. 25 July 
1845, m. Latham Avery of Syracuse, N. Y. 18 Nov. 1871; a son b. 25 Nov. 
1847; a daughter b. 27 Feb. 1850; d. next day; Caroline, b. 23 May 1852; 
Frederick, b.^21 Jan. 1858. 

9. RuFus, parentage not ascertained, m. Polly Cleveland 31 Dec. 1818, and 
had a child b. — Mar. 1821, d. 19 Dec. 1822; Elbridqe, b. about 1823, m. 
Catherine Bakely 22 Dec. 1852, and d. at N.Br. 31 Mar. 1870; Calvin, b. 
about 1826, m. Nancy R. Kelmer 6 Mar. 1851, and d. at Pet. 9 Feb. 1866 (his 
w. Nancy R. d. 12 Aug. 1852, a. 19). RuFUS the f. d. in May 1828, a. 30; 
his w. Polly d. at Gr. 1 May 1854. 

10. Amos, m. Mary Barnes, pub. 26 Dec. 1825, and had Huldah M., h. 

1830, m. Jesse W. King 21 Oct. 1848 ; he d. 3 Dec. 1855, and she m. Billings 

Cummings 22 Nov. 1859, and d. 10 Dec. 1868, a. 38; Lucy Jane, b. , m. 

George H. King 7 JMay 1846; Mart the mother d. 23 Feb. 1865, a. 62. 

11. Lucius, m. Nancy Cole of Milbury, pub. 6 May 1838, and had Elmer 
L., b. about 1841, m. Haldah H. Sturtevant 8 Jan. 1864; Luther Emerson, b. 
19 Nov. 1843, a lawyer, m. Maria L. Sheldon of Leominster 8 Ap. 1874 ; and 
perhaps others. 

12. CuTLEii, m. Arminda S. Rogers 20 Dec. 1837, and had Martin Luther, 
b. about 1841, m. Frances M. Goodwin 4 July 1860; a daughter b. 2 Ap. 
1845 ; Loring, h. 17 Dec. 1847 ; Luthera S., b. 14 Ap. 1850; a'son, b. — June 
1852. 

13. William S., m. Lucinda H. Cummings 24 May 1842 (who d. 11 Ap. 

1881, a. 58), and had Helen J., b. , 1843, m. Frederick M. Cleveland 4 

May 1864; Delia M., b. 19 Jan. 1845, m. Ezra B. Glazier, 13 Ap. 1880; Julia 
Ann, b. 14 Aug. 1846; a son and dau., twins, b. 6 Aug. 1849; Lura Luthera, b. 



BARNES— BARTHOLOMEW. 333 

27 Oct. 1851 ; William, b. 3 Mar. 1854; d. 14 Jan. 1858; a son, b. 14 May 
1856. 

14. Warren W., m. Harriet A. Robinson of Barre, pub. 10 May 1854, and 
had Alherl Wdrren, b. 27 Aug. 1855; Mary Augusta, b. 24 Oct. 1856, m. 
George F. Bacon of Gr. 1 Sep. 1874 ; Emma LueUa, b. 9 May 1858, d. 26 May 
1861; Emma, h. 26 Aug. 1859, d. 23 Sep. 1862; George Amos, b. 28 July 
1861; Flora, b. about 1863, d. 21 May 1S66 ; Atheda Fiducid, b. 14 June 1865; 
Cora Eliza, b. 28 Aug. 1867; Lucy Mabel, h. 8 Dec. 18G9, d. 15 Ap. 1880; 
OrciM Mitchell, h. 28 Feb. 1873. 

15. Warren J. (or Jonas W.), perhaps s. of Jonas (6), by w. Emily A., 
had Harrison Almon,h. 31 Dec. 1860; Alhertine Augustine, b. 29 May 1863; 
Jennie Estelle, b. 21 June 1868; Hiram Ellis, bap. 2 Sep. 1870; Clara Lou- 
ise, b. 23 Dec. 1871; Emily ]Varren, bap. 4 July 1875. 

16. Harrison F., s. of Jonas (6), in. Mary A. Swift of Bridgewater 12 
June 1861, and had Harry Francis, b. 30]\Iar. 1862. 

17. George D., s. of Eli (7), byw. Maria, had George Herhert, b. 22 June 
1863; Jenny Cornelia, b. 8 July 1866, d. 30 Nov. 1869. George D. the f. d. 
25 Aug. 1867, a. 37; his w. Maria d. 29 June, 1870. 

18. Wilder U., s. of Harvey (10), m. Rhoda J. Fay 20 Ap. 1864, and had 
Frederick, b. 26 Feb. 1865; Jane Maria, b. 26 Sep. 1866; George Hammond, 
b. 5 Aug. 1868; Herbert Wells, h. 24 June 1870; Adda Larrisa, h. 20 Aug. 
1872. 

19. Asa, by w. Caroline, had Myron Eugene, b. 3 Nov. 1847. 

20. Lucius E., by w. Sarah PL, had Wi'llard Eliot, h. 15 June, 1864. 
Barr, Matthew, by w. Margaret, had Dacid, bap. 20 INlay 1739; James, 

bap. — Dec. 1740; George, bap. 31 Mar. 1743; Samuel and Margaret, bap. / 

18 Oct. 1745; Hugh, bap. 7 INlay 1749, d. 4 Nov. 1750. Matthew the f. \/ 

res. on the east side of AVare River, in what is now New Braintree. 

Jenny, ni. Samuel Fantan of Rut. 21 Nov. 1745. John, ])ub. to Damaris 
Wheeler of Shrewsbury 21 Sep. 1751. John, Jr., m. Mai-y Bridges 15 Sep. 
1789. 

Barrett, Josiaii, by w. Catherine, had Sarah, bap. 17 July 173 7; Joseph, 
bap. 28 Mar. 1742; Miriah (Maria?), bap. 16 Feb. 1745-6. 

2. Joseph, by w. , had Sarah, bap. 15 Mar. 1752; Oliver, bap. 25 

May 1755; Moses, bap. 1 May 1757. 

Bartholomew, Samuel, formerly of Woodstock, Conn., d. in Hk. 16 Ap. 
1832, a. 81 ; his w. Susanna d. 2 Aug. 1836, a. 72. Their chil. who res. in 
Hk. Avere Persis, b. about 1784, d. unm. 13 Feb. 1869, a. 85; Susan, b. about 

1789, m. Wiswall, and d. 11 Feb. 1869, a. 80; Adolphus, b. about 1793; 

probably Nancy, who d. 5 Feb. 1829, a. 36 ; Gardner, b. about 1796. 

2. Adolphus, s. of Samuel (1), by w. Lydia, had Harriet Nye and Eliz- 
abeth, twins, b. 21 Aug. 1827; Nancy, b. 6 Nov. 1828 ; Andrew Jackson, h. 1 
Oct. 1832, a lawyer, res. in Southbridge, and has been representative and 
senator; Nelson, b. 27 Dec. 1834; a soldier in the Civil War, d. at Philadel- 
phia in Nov. 1861, and was buried here; and perhaps others. Adolphus the 
f. was an assessor and selectman. Late in life he rem. to Barre, where he d. 
4 Nov. 1870, a. 77, and was buried here. 

3. Gardner, s. of Samuel (1), m. Abigail S., dau. of John Jennev, pub. 
17 Feb. 1831, and had Abhie Jane, b. 6 Aug. 1834, m. Charles L. Trow, 10 
Sep. 1855, and (2d) Joseph N. Lincoln 12 May, 1870; Susan Victoria, b. 10 
Feb. 1837, m. Rev. George J. Sanger 31 May 1859; Martha Ann, b. 28 Jan. 
1839, d. unm. 2 or 3 May 1869 ; Hannah Josephine, b. 10 Dec. 1840, m. 
George F. Lawrence of Corn Planter, Pa., 1 Oct. 1870; Charles Gardner, b. 
30 Ap. 1843; John Jenney, b. 11 Nov. 1845, d. 23 June 1847; John Calvin, 
b. 8 Mar. 1848, res. in Barre. Gardner the f. res. near the Old Furnace, 
was a trader, insurance agent, and also engaged in the express business be- 
tween Hk. and Worcester. He was selectman two years. He d. 26 Feb. 
1874, a. 77. His w. Abigail d. at Danvers, Feb. 2, 1881, a. 72, and was 
buried here. 

4. Charles Gardner, s. of Gardner (3), m. Jennie E. Finch 22 Feb. 
1867, and had Martha Finch, b. 13 July 1869. 



334 BARTLETT — BASSETT. 

Bartlett, Benjamin, by w. Thanks, had Philip, bap. 14 May 1745. 

2. Betiiuel m. Betsey Story 3 Feb. 1794, and had Luke, b. 1794; 

Avery, b. 1796; Almira, h. 1800, m. Patrick, and d. at War- 
ren 29 Mar. 1864, a. 64; Adeline, b. 1803, m. Simeon Wilhams of 

Pres. 23 Nov. 1823, and (2d) Clark, and d. at Ware 28 Nov. 1874, a. 71 ; 

Lewis Howe, b. 1809, d. 26 Feb. 1811, a. 15 months ; Lewis, b. 1813, 

d. 12 Mar. 1873, a. 60; William, b. 1818. Bethuel the f. res. near 

Gilbertville, was a blacksmith and a famons fifer, and d. 28 Feb. 1821, a. 48. 

3. Luke, s. of Bethuel (2), m. Lucy, dan. of Capt. Zenas Phinney, 7 Dec. 

1817, and had a child d. 7 May 1821,'a. 3 weeks; Zenas P., b. 1822, d. 

16 Aug. 1838, a. 16 ; Elhridge, b. 1827, d. 6 Sep. 1838, a. 11; and prob. 

others. Luke the f. was a farmer, res. on the road to Gilbertville, at the 
place marked with his name on the R. Map, and d. 24 Augj. 1838. 

4. Avery, s. of Bethuel (2), m. Mary Clitford of Enf. 20 Ap. 1818, and 

had Bethuel, b. 29 Nov. 1818; a child b. 1820, and d. 27 Sep. 1821, a. 11 

months. Avery the f. d. 21 Feb. 1825, a. 29; his w. jirob. m. Freeman Pep- 
per of Ware 19 Ap. 1832. 

5. William, s. of Bethuel (2), by w. Clarissa M., had Emihj, b. about 
1844, d. 26 Ap. 1846; Maria, b. 24 Nov. 1846. He rem. to Ware, where he 
d. 12 Nov. 1874, a. 56. 

6. Franklin, by w. Harriet, had Edward, b. 22 May 1871 ; Delia, b. 6 
Aug. 1873; Agnes, b. 28 June 1879. 

Dorothy, m. Joseph Parks of Norwich 11 Dec. 1783. Eliza, of N. Br., 
m. Harmon Clark, pub. 19 Jan. 1818. Sophia, m. Stillman Elwell, 28 Jan. 

1821. Mary, a widow, dau. of Mai-cus Marsh, d. 24 Jan. 1873, a. 71. 
Bassett, William, by w. Anna, had William, \). (prob. in Norton) about 

1772; Anna, b. here 13 Oct. 1774; Polbj, b. 9 Dec. 1776, m. Robert Morton 
of Gr. 6 Mar. 1800; Ephraim, b. 7 Feb. 1779; Masa, b. 7 Ap. 1781; L)/dia, 
b. 3 May 1783, d. unm. 1 Mar. 1816. William the f. rem. to Hk. from Nor- 
ton about 1773, was a farmer, res. in the southwest part of the town, and 
closed a long and exemplary life 23 Dec. 1838, a. 89; his w. Anna d. 26 Nov. 

1822, a. 69. 

2. William, s. of ^V^illiam (1), m. Lavina Wicker 28 Nov. 1799, and had 
Willicnn Eragtus, b. 23 July 1801, prob. m. Mrs. Sarah Bassett of Ware 4 Ap. 
1844; Mart/, b. 3 July 1803, m. Calvin Jenney 19 Sep. 1824; Fidelia, b. 4 
Mar. 1805, m. Seth Peirce 21 Sep. 1831; Alvan, b. 16 Ap. 1807; Melinda, 
b. 11 July, 1809, m. William Ward of Ware 10 Mar. 1831; Franliin, b. 18 
Sep. 1811, d. 24 Feb. 1839; Lavina, b. 29 Aug. 1814, m. Oziel Shaw, Ware, 
10 May 1836, and d. at Amh. 9 Feb. 1872. William the f. was a farmer, 
res. at the i)lace marked with his name on the R. Map, and d. 22 Sep. 1847, a. 
75; his w. Lavina d. 26 Feb. 1856, a. 77. 

3. Ephkaim, s. of William (1), m. Tabitha, dau. of Lemuel Newton, 19 
Jan. 1804, and had Lemuel Neioton, b. 10 Oct. 1804, d. at Enfield 12 Aug. 
1857; Chloe Lane, b. 4 June 1807; Cedvin Harvey, b. 15 Aug. 1809, m. (then 
res. at Enf.) Susan Newton 6 Dec. 1854; William Walson, b. 25 July 1811 ; 
Tcdntha Gilson, b. 22 Nov. 1813; Ephraim Lane, b. 3 May 1816 ; Masa New- 
land, b. 27 Oct. 1818; Lydia, bap. 24 June 1821 ; Rcdph Harmon, bap. 28 
Jan. 1824, d. at Enf. 13 Mar. 1861. Ephraim the f. res. in the southwest 
part of Hk. and afterwards in Enf., where he d. 12 Mar. 186 7, a. 88; his w. 
Tabitha d. at Euf. 24 Ap. 1865, a. nearly 85. 

4. Masa, s. of William (1), m. Susanna Utley 10 May 1814, res. at the 
place marked with his name on the R. Map, and d. 31 Oct. 1833, a. 52; his 
w. Susanna d. 17 July 1820, a. 30. No record is found of children. 

5. Alvan, s. of William (2), m. Nancy Richardson, pub. 22 Sep. 1828, 

and (2d) Sarah Ward 28 Nov. 1848. His chil. were Jennie, b. , m. Asa 

F. Richardson 26 May 1858; Abhie A., h. , m. Waldo Peirce 15 Sep. 

1861; Alanson S., b. about 1845, m. Abbie E. Sturtevant 13 Oct. 1874; 
Francis Luther, b. 25 June 1851; Sarah Emma, b. 2 Mar. 1859. Alvan the 
f. d. 30 Aug. 1879, a. 72. 

6. Benjamin, m. Nancy Johnson 20 Ap. 1837 ; she d. 4 Feb. 1847, and he 



BASSETT — BELDING. 335 

m. Catherine W. Richmond 29 June 1847, who d. at Dana 1 May 1874, 

a. 70. He had William F., b. , d. 10 May 1854, a. 6 years and 10 

months ; Wiltinm Benjdmiii, born 31 Oct. 1848. 

Peteh, m. Hannah Lindsey of Providence, pub. 24 Oct. 1779 ; he d. , 

and she m. I'iniothy Fay 7 Dec. 1780. David, m. Phebe Terry 11 Dec. 
1783, rem. to Ware. Nancy, m. Masa Ncwhmd 31 Oct. 1802. William S., 
m. Ruth E. Tucker 1 Dec. 1836 ; Piulip and Pathsheba Gunn, negro 
servants of Capt. Joseph Warner, were m. 2 Oct. 1754. 

Bates, David, a Baptist clergyman, res. near Gilhertville, at the place 
marked " Mr. May " on the R. j\la[), preached statedly at Dana, was very 
corpulent, and d. of apoplexy 20 May 1813, a. 52. He had no children. His 
w. Prudence d. at Windsor, Conn., 1840, a. 78. 

Baxter, William, by w. Joanna, had Jonathan, b. 29 August 1743 ; 
Mary, b. 27 May, 1746 (called dau. of Richard and Mary in the record of 
baptisms); William, bap. 9 Ap. 1749 ; Francis, hup. 3 Feb. 1750-1. 

Beach, Noaii, of Rutland, was i)ub. to Phebe Juhnson 9 July 1780. No 
record of chil. He may have d. before 29 Oct. 1789, when Phebe Beach, 
perhaps his widow, m. Nathan Lothrop of Easton. 

2. Noah, prob. s. of Noah (1), m. Priscilla, dau. of John Webb, 8 Jan. 
1805, and had a child, d. 1 Nov. 1810, a. 10 months. The family remained 
in Hk. several years, and resided in the westerly part of the town, but no 
further trace appears on record. 

Beals, Samuel, a farmer, ra. Abigail, dau. of Amos Thomas, 31 July 1767 ; 
she d. 6 May 1813 a. 72, and he m. fluldah Bowker 30 Jan. 1814. He was ap- 
pointed deputy quartermaster-general in General Warner's Division, 2 Nov. 
1787, with the rank of major, by which title he was ever afterwards known. 
He res. on the easterly road to Gilhertville, at the place marked " B. 
Thomas " on the R. IMap, until late in life, when he rem. to the place marked 
"Mr. Cobb," on the same road, where he d. 21 Nov. 1827, a. 81 ; his w. 
Huldah d. 31 Jan. 1833, a. 55. No chil. by either wife. 

Beamax, Piiineas, came here from New Salem in 1832, and m. Eliza 

Atherton of that town in 1837. He had Edwin P., h. 1838; Elizabeth 

M., b. 1841, m. John Harvey 28 Feb. 1860. Phineas the f., a farmer, 

res. nearly forty years at the place near Gilhertville marked " P. Lawton " 
on the R. Map, and in 1874 erected a new house a few i-ods nearer to the 
village. 

2. Edwin P., s. of Phineas (1), m. IMary A. Wallace of Barre 7 Dec. 1859 ; 
she d. in childbed 22 Jan. 1865, a. 27, and lie ni. Hattie E. Wehber of Pitts- 
field, 24 June 1872. He had Mary Wallace, b. 20 Jan. 1865 ; Sumn Medella, 

b. 14 Aug. 1873. 

Beckwitii, Elliott, the "beloved physician," res. on the road to Barre, 
at the jilace marked " W. Sturtevant " on the R. Map, and had a very ex- 
tensive practice both in Hardwick and in the westerly part of Barre. 
Though destitute of such thorough instruction as may now be obtained, he 
was very skilful and successful. During the prevalence of the '• spotted 
fever " in 1810, which was so fatal in the adjoining towns, he lost only two 
patients out of more than sixty who were under his care in Hardwick. His 
•w. Rebecca d. 18 Feb. 1806, a. 32, and he m. Sally, dau. of Lieut. Job 
Dexter, pub. 9 Nov. 1806 ; she d. 18 July 1811, a. 27, and he was pub. to 
Hannah Willis 2 Mar. 1812. No record is found of children. He d. much 
lamented 6 Mar. 1814, a. 53, or 58 according to the Columbian Centinel. 

Mary, prob. mother of Dr. Elliott, d. 2 Ap. 1812, a. 89. 

Belding, Silas, s. of John Belding of Hatfield, m. Hannah, dau. of 
Samuel Billings, 2 Jan. 1745-6, and prob. became a resident here immediately 
afterwards. He d. 1 Oct. 1756, a. 39, as inscribed on his head-stone still 
standing in the old burial-ground. In his will, proved 2 Nov. 1756, he names 
wife Hannah, father John, brother Reuben, sisters Eunice Porter, Dorothy 
Billings, Submit, and INIartha ; also Samuel and Mary, chil. of brother John 
deceased. His w. Hannah m. Deac. Samuel Ware of N. Br. 3 Nov. 1757. 

Dorothy, of Hatfield, sister of Silas (1), was pub. to Elisha Billings 
24 June 1749. Stephen, of Northfield, m. Martha Jackson 7 Nov. 1761. 



336 BENJAMIN — BERRY. 

Benjamin, John, constable of Cambridge in 1633, afterwards res. in 
Watertown, where he d. 14 June 1645. He had w. Abigail, and chil. Mary, 

b. , d. 10 Ap. 1646 ; Abigail, b. , m. Joshua Stubbs; John, b. about 

1620, d. 22 Dec. 1706, a. 86 ; Ricliard, b. , rem. to Connecticut ; Joshua ; 

Samuel, b. 1628, rem. to Connecticut ; Caleb, b. , rem. to Connecticut ; 

Abel, b. , res. in Charlestown, and d. about 1710. 

2. John, s. of John (1), res. in Watertown, and by w. Lydia had John, b. 
10 Sep. 1651, d. 18 Nov. 1708 ; Lydia. b, 3 Ap. 1653, m. Thomas Batt ; 
Abigail, b. 14 July, 1655 ; Mary, b. 2 Aug. 1658 ; Daniel, b. 12 Sep. 1660 ; 
Ann, b. 4 Aug. 16G2 ; Sarah, b. 1663, m. William Hagar, Jr. ; Abel, b. 20 
May 1668. See Bond's H/rf. Watertoivn. 

3. Abel, s. of John (2), res. in Watertown, and by w. Abigail had eleven 
chil., of whom the fifth was Caleb, b. 28 Jan. 1702. 

4. Caleb, s. of Abel (3), m. Abigail Livermore 16 Aug. 1726, and had 
Abigeiil, h. 3 Jan. 1726-7 ; Caleb, b. 26 May 1729 ; Kezieih, b. 18 Ap, ] 731. 
See'Bond, ut sup. I suppose this Caleb to be the same who rem. to Hard- 
wick, res. near the Old Furnace, at the place marked " E. Trow" on the R. 
Map, and by w. Abigail had Mary, b. 1 Sep. 1743 ; Anna, b. 5 June 1746, m. 
Eliphalet Washburn 19 Sep. 1769; Kezieih, b. 16 May 1749. His w. Abigail 
d. 24 June 1756, and he m. Elizabeth, widow of Aaron Rice, of Rut. 18 
Nov. 1760. 

5. Caleb, prob. s. of Caleb (4), had dau. Rhoda, bap, 17 May 1767, and 
perhaps others. 

6. Abel, prob. s. of Caleb (4), m, Susanna Carpenter 22 Mar, 1759, and 
had Abigail, b. 30 JMar, 1760 ; Levi, b, 9 Oct, 1762; and perhaps others. 
Abel the f. prob. rem. to Montague about 1782, when his w. Susanna was 
dism. to the church there. 

Abigail, prob. dau. of Caleb (4), m. Joseph Powers of Gr. 25 Dec, 1751. 
Abigail, a widow, prob. mother of Caleb (4), d, 30 Mar, 1755. 

Berry, Judah (s. of John, who d, 1745, a, 93, and grandson of Richard, 
who was in Barnstable 1643, and d. in Yarmouth 1681), res, in Harwich, 
now Brewster ; he m, Mary, dau, of John Freeman, 1713, and had Lemuel, 
b. 21 Feb, 1713-14; TheoiMlus, b, 12 Oct, 1715 ; Mary, b, 15 Dec, 1717, His 
w, Mary d, 19 Aug. 1719, a. "about 26," and he m. Rebecca Hamlin 11 
Aug. 1720, by whom he had seven children. Judah the f. d. between 21 
Nov. 1769 and 11 May 1773, 

2, Lemuel, s, of Judah (1), by w. Lydia, had Meiry, b, 1 Nov. 1741, m. 

Snow ; Juclah, b, 24 Dec. 1743; Scotto, b, 20 Oct, 1745 ; Rebecca, 

b, 20 Jan, 1747-8, m. Lemuel Willis 27 May 1771, d. 16 Ap. 1826 ; Mehet- 
abel, b, 12 Feb. 1749-50, m. John Hastings 11 Ap. 1779, and d, 15 Dec. 1836 ; 
Lemuel, bap, 12 Ap. 1752 ; Lydia, bap. 28 July, 1754, d. young ; Seirah, bap, 
3 Oct. 1756, m. Zenas Phinney, and d, 20 Dec, 1833 ; Relieince, bap, 13 Aug, 
1758 ; Lydia, bap, 27 July 1760, m, Seth Hinkley, Jr,, 12 ]\Iay 1782, d. 27 
Aug. 1805. He also had dau. Elizabeth, to whom was assigned a share of his 
estate 6 Feb, 1770, Lemuel the f, res. in Brewster; but his daus. Rebecca, 
Meheteibel, Sarah, and Lydia res. and d, in Hardwick, 

3, Scotto, s, of Lemuel (2), res, in Brewster, and, by w. Hannah, had eleven 
children. His w. Hannah d. 12 Dec. 1806, a. 55; his second w. Bethia d. 9 
Mar. 1846, a, 85; and he d, 12 June 1832, a. 87. 

4, Scotto, the third s. of Scotto (3), b. Feb. 1779, rem. early to Hk., was 
pub. to Polly Baker of Harwich 20 Jan, 1805, and had Barnabas, b. 20 Mar, 
1809, d, 12 June 1829; Heirriet, b, 22 Oct. 1813, m. Perley Hammond 1 Ap. 
1832; Mary Ann, b. 17 Dec, 1815, d. 3 Nov, 1831; Scotto, b, 14 Oct. 1817; 
Caroline, b. 21 Sep, 1819, d, 21 July 1820. His w. Polly d, 24 July 1825, and 
he m. Mrs, Lucy Powers of Gr., pub. 22 May I'S'IG, who survived him and d, 
21 Nov. 1872, a. nearly 90. Scotto the f, was a tanner, and res. at the place, 
between the Pet. road and the Turnpike, marked with his hame on the R. Map, 
Late in life he retired from the tanning business and removed into a new house 
which he had erected on the opposite side of the road, a few rods westerly 
from his former homestead. He was an assessor two years, selectman six 
years, and representative one year. He d. 7 Nov. 1864, a. nearly 86. 



BILLINGS. 337 

BiLLixGs, Richard, of Hartford lOin, rem. to Hatfield IGGl, and d. 13 
Mar. 16 79; his w. Margery d. 5 Dec. 1C79. 

2. Samuel, s. of Richard (1), res. in Hatfield, and by w. Sarah had Samuel, 

b. 8 Jan. 1G65; Eheuezer, b. 29 Oct. 1GG9; Samli, h'. , d. 15 July 1674; 

Richard, b. 7 Ap. 1672; John, b. 11 Oct. 1674, slain 15 July 1G9S; Sarah, b. 
18 Oct. 167G, m. Samuel Dickinson. Saimup;l the f. d. 1 Feb. 1678, and his 
\v. Sarah m. Samuel Behling, Jr., 9 Oct. 1G78, and d. 5 Feb. 1713. 

3. Sa:muel, s. of Samuel (2), res. in Hatfield, m. Hannah NVri'^lit 18 Xov. 
1686; she d. 18 Nov. 1687, and he m. widow Rebecca Miller. His chil. were 

Samuel, b. ; Sarah, b. 15 Mar. lGi)7, m. Deac. Samuel Smith; Joseph, b. 

15 Nov. 1700; Zechariah, b. 29 Nov. 1702; Benjamin, b. 18 Jan. 1705. Thus 
far I have relied on Judd's Hist, of Iladlei/, 

4. Samuel, s. of Samuel (3), res. several years in Sunderland, whore, by 
w. Hannah, he had Hannah, b. 23 Sep. 1724, ra. Silas Belding 2 Jan. 1745-6, 
and (2d) Deac. Samuel Ware of N. Br., 3 Nov. 1757; E/Jsha, b. 1 Dec. 1726; 
Sarah, b. 29 May 1729, m. William INIerrick 7 Sep. 1749; Daniel, h. 21 Nov. 
1731; Nallian, b. 23 May 1734; Rebecca, b. 3 Jan. 1,737, m. Leonard Rolnn- 
son 31 Aug. 1758; Samuel, b. 19 Aug. 1739; Asahel, b. about 1741. Soon 
after the birth of his youngest son, Samuel the f. rem. to Hardwick, where 
he subsequently res., at the place marked "Dr. Billings" on the AV^are road, 
and where his eight chil. were mari'ied. His w. Hannah d. 5 Mar. 17G7, and 
he m. Mrs. Sarah Crosby 26 Nov. 17G7. He d. between/21 Jan. and 4 jMay 
1 778, a. prob. about 83; his w, Sarah and all his chil. except Sarah and Rebecca 
survived him. 

5. Elisha, s. of Samuel (4), m. Dorothy Belding of Hatfield, pub. 24 June 
1749, and had Jonathan, b. 19 Sep. 1750, d. 22 Dec. 1753; Sarah, b. 7 Jan. 
1753, living nnm. in 1802; 3Ianj, b. 1 Oct. 1754, ni. Joseph Thomas 17 Mar. 
1774; Hannah, b. 21 Sep. 1756, d. — Sep. 1758; Hannah, b. 22 Nov. 1758, ni. 
Stephen Pratt 3 Feb. 1780, and d. at Bennington 16 F'eb. 1839; Martha, b. 2 
Ap. 1761, m. Jedediah Barrett (or Bassett) of Wilmington, Vt., 26 Aug. 1787; 
Dolli/, b. 8 Jan. 1764, m. Israel Lawton 26 Aug. 17!S4; Jonathan, h. 14 Auf. 
17G8, d. 3 Oct. 1775. Elisha the f. res. on the Ware road, at the place 
marked ''Keyes Tyler" on the R. Map, was a farmer, lieutenant of militia, 
selectman one year, and d. 29 Sep. 1803; his w. Dorothy d. 8 May 1787, a. 58, 
and his second w. JMrs. Prudence Gilbert of Monson, to whom he was 2)ub. 15 
Sep. 1788, survived him. 

6. Daniel, s. of Samuel (4), m. Mary, dau. of Capt. Benjamin Rugglcs, 23 
Feb. 1758, and had Gideon, b. 9 Jan. 1759, settled in Barnard, Vt. (vvliere, by 
w. Polly, he had Daniel, b. 7 Mar. 1794, d. 15 July 1867; Nancy, b. 28 Aug. 
1796; and prob. Gideon, who d. 30 Mar. 1852, a 4G); Mary, bap. 12 Ap. 176?, 
d. young; Eunice, b. 7 July 1763, m. Robert Dean of Barnard, Vt., 23 Dec. 
1784, had ten children, and d. — Mar. 1843; Daniel, b. 9 July 1765, a mer- 
chant and captain of militia in Hk., d. nnm. at Trinidad, W. I., shortly before 
6 July 1808; Barnabas, bap. 16 Ap. 1769; Manj, b. 25 Sep. 1771, m. Barnabas 
Hinkley 8 Oct. 1797, and (2d) Luther Paige 4 Sep. 1816, and d. at Bantror, 
Me., 11 Mar. 1849; Timolhij, b. 3 July 1774; Samuel, b. 4 June 1779. DaxIel 
the f. was a farmer, and res. near the Old Furnace, at the place marked 
" D. Billings" on the R. Map; he was lieutenant of militia and selectman 
seven years. He d. 23 Dec. 1778; his w. Mary d. 8 June is35, a. nearly 97. 

7. Nathan, s. of Samuel (4), m. Lydia, dau. of John Weils, 24 Feb."l757; 
she d. 1 July 1769, a. about 31, and he m. Reliance, dau. of David Bangs, 26 
Dec. 1769. His chil. were Silas, b. 14 Jan. 1758, d. 7 Jan. 1759; Silas, b. 30 
Jan. 1760; Anna, b. 10 Aug. 1761, d. young; Moses, b. 15 Mar. 1765; Persis, 
b. 29 Jan. 1767; Lydia, b. •1'6 Nov. 1770; Anna, bap. 11 Feb. 1776; Hannah, 
bap. 1 Mar. 1778. Some of these dates (wrongly entered in the Town Record) 
are corrected by the registry of baptisms. 

8. Samuel, s. of Samuel (4), ni. Beulah, dau. of Stephen Fay 28 June 
1764, and \\a.{\ Lydia, b. 28 Feb. 1765; Susannah, b. 1 Jan. 1767; Beulah, b. 
14 Nov. 1768; Samuel, 23 May 1771; Polly, b. 6 July 1773. Samuel the f. 
res. on the Ware road, according to a tradition, opposite to the place marked 

22 



338 * BILLINGS. 

" C. Rugtrles " on the R. ]\Iap. He was elected, by the town, captain of the 
South Military Company 21 Nov. 17 74, and was coniniissloned 23 May 17 75 as 
captain in Colonel Learned's regiment in the Revolutionary Army. At some 
subsequent period, either In Massachusetts or Vermont, he seems to have at- 
tained the rank of major. He rem. to Bennington, Vt., where he d. 23 June 
1789; his w. Beulah d. 18 Sep. 1833, a. nearly 88; a monumental slab denotes 
their graves in the Bennington Centre Cemetery. 

9. AsAHEL, s. of Samuel (4), m. Elizabeth, dau. of James Robinson, pub. 
29 Ap. 1765, and had Elijah, b. 30 Ap. 1766; Stephen, h. 18 Nov. 1767; Asahel, 
b. 25 Nov. 1769, m. Tamasen Gilbert 9 June 1796, had two dau., and d. 6 Oct. 
1803; his w. m. Jedediah Foster of Wilmington, Vt., 12 Nov. 1804; David, 
b. 6 May 1771; Joseph, bap. 5 Sep. 17 73, d. 3 Ap. 1806; Betsey, bap. 7 May 
1775, m. Gamaliel Collins 29 Nov. 1804,' and d. 10 Dec. 1805; Polhj, bap. 13 
Ap. 1777, m. Silas Flagg of Pet., pub. 18 Dec. 1808; Samuel, bap. 10 Oct. 
1779; Jonathan, bap. 9 Sep. 1781, d. unm. 5 Dec. 1820; Silas, h. 25 Sep. 1783; 

Salli/, b. , d. 22 July 1804, a. 18. Asahel the f. was a farmer, res. on 

the homestead, and d. 16 July 1838, a. prob. about 97. His age is erroneously 
written 99 on the Town Records, and 100 on his gravestone in the new ceme- 
tery. See /'(/7?i//// of Samuel (4). His w. Elizabeth d. 13 (or 14) Dec 1826, a. 
nearly 84. Her age, like that of her husband, is overrated on the records as 
85, and on her gravestone as 86. 

10. Barnabas, s. of Daniel (6), m. Martha, dau. of Doct. Medad Pomeroy of 

Northfield, 1793, and had Mary Ann, b. 30 Jan. 1795, m. Martin Paige of 

Hk. 20 Aug. 1817, and d. at Providence, R L, 27 Jan. 1875; Frederick A., b. 
12 Mar. 1798, m. Lucy Bent, and res. in Framingham; Martha, b. 16 Ap. 
1800, m. Russell Hayes of Brattleboro', Vt., 13 June 1837, and d. — Aug. 
1872; Daniel, h. 7 Mar. 1802, m. Sally Tlllottson of Northampton; Julia, b. 13 
Aug. 1804, ni. Doct. George Wright of jMontague; Medad Pomeroy, b. 30 Jan. 
1809, d. at New Bedford. Barnabas the f. grad. B. U. 1791, was a mer- 
chant, and town treasurer in Northfield many years until about 1805, when he 
rem. to North Hampton and afterwards to Chesterfield, where he d. 14 Nov. 
1824; his w. Martha d. 16 May 1845. 

11. Timothy, s. of Daniel (6), m. Alinda, dau. of Samuel Hopkins, pub. 
10 Nov. 1805, and had Dwight, b. 31 Jan. 1806; Adeline, b. 10 Aug. 1807, m. 
James S. Davis of Warren, pub. 3 Jan. 1840, and d. 8 Jan. 1883; Samuel, b. 
24 May 1809, d. at Auburn, N. Y., — Jan. 1873; Timothy Rucjgles, h 16 Ap. 
1811, rem. to California. Timothy the f. was a farmer and res. on the home- 
stead; he was an assessor four years, and major of militia. He d. 19 May 
1812; his w. Alinda d. 5 or 6 Aug. 1832, a. 48. 

12. Samuel, s. of Daniel (6), m. Rebecca, dau. of Doct. W. Cutler, 7 Sep. 
1811. He res. near the Old Furnace, at the place marked with his name on 
the R. Map. In company with Harmon Chamberlain he was for many years 
engaged in the manufacture of iron-ware at the Furnace, and also managed a 
stoi'e of English and West India goods. Being possessed of a competent es- 
tate, however, he did not apply himself vei'y closely to business, but he was a 
laborious, and ])ersistent fox-hunter; partly, as some sujiposed, for pleasure, 
and partly to prevent excessive corpulency. He was much engaged in [)ublic 
affairs, being a selectman nine years, assessor fourteen years, and representa- 
tive three years ; he was also justice of the peace, and colonel of militia. 
Some of his later years were spent in Greenfield, and afterwards in Worces- 
ter, where he d. s. p. 13 May 1868, a. nearly 89 ; his w. Rebecca d. at Green- 
field 30 July 1864, a. 76 ; both were buried in the new cemetery in Ilardwick. 

13. Elljaii, s. of Asahel (9), m. Abigail, dau. of John Jenney, 24 Ap. 1796 
and had Martha Eddy, Daniel (d. at Ware, 31 July 1873, a. 71), Lewis, 
James Robinson, and Sarah Robinson, all bap. 12 Sep. 1810. They had also 
Lucius, b. 1797, d. 8 Oct. 1803. 

14. Stephen, s. of Asahel (9), m. Elsa ; no record of children. He 

d. (of a cancer in the face) 11 Feb. 1817 ; his w. Elsa d. 11 Oct. 1822, a. 50. 

15. David, s. of Asahel (9), m. Betsey, dau. of Capt. Seth Peirce, pub. 6 
Ap. 1806, and had Elizabeth Peirce, b. 19 May 1807, m. David Ellis of Ware 



BILLINGS — BOLSTER. 339 

19 Dec. 1849, d. 30 May 1S77; Hannah Rnhinson, b. 9 Oct. 1808, m. Iliram 
P. Lee of Palmer, 15 Sep. 1841 ; David Paige, b. 30 June 1810, res. in Ware; 
Seth Peirce, b. 1 Au£r. 1812; Huhlah Sampson, h. 28 Aug. 1814, m. Hiram W. 
Leonard 23 Feb. 1834; ^fan/ Ann, hiip. 18 June 1820; d. nnm. 21 May 
1842; WiHiam Robinson, bap. 18 May 1821, and d. same day; Lucius Flafj//, 
bap. 19 Dee. 1822, a physician in Barre; and perhaps others. David the f. 
was a physician, with a considerably large practice in Hk. and Ware. He 
res. on the homestead, and d. 15 Oct. 1833; his w. Betsey, d. 1 Feb. 1857, 
a. 75. 

16. Silas, s. of Asahel (9), m. Roxana Parkhurst of Pet. 3 Dec. 1809, 
and had Elizabeth F., b. 2 Dec. 1812, m. Wm. Augustus AVarner 24 May 
1832, and d. 11 May 1878. Silas the f. res. about three miles north of the 
meeting-house, at the place marked with his name on the R. JNIap, but spent 
his last years with Mr. and Mrs. Warner. He d. 3 Feb. 18 7G, a. 92 years, 
four months, and nine days, being then the oldest person in the town; his 
w. Roxana d. 11 Nov. 1870, a. 82. 

17. DwiGHT, s. of Timothy (U), m. Ann J., dau. of Franklin Ruggles, 31 
Dec. 1834, and had Mar;/ Ann, b. 31 Oct. 1835, m. William D. Cummings of 
Waterbury, Conn., 18 Sep. 1855, and d. at Brooklyn, N. Y., 8 Feb. 1882. 
DwiGHT the f. was a farmer, res. a few years on the homestead, and after- 
wards near the meeting-house. He was an assessor five years, selectman 
three years, and a justice of the peace. He d. at Brooklyn, N. Y., 23 Nov. 
1881, and was buried hei'e; his w. Ann J. d. 11 Jan. 1864, a. 50. 

18. Skth Peirck, s. of David (15), a farmer, res. on the homestead, by 
w. Rebecca F., had Henry Peirce, b. 13 Nov. 1852; Lizzie Ella, b. 25 Dec 
1856, m. Herbert J. Felton 15 Oct. 1879; Willie F., b. 27 Aug. 1860, d. same 
day. 

Mary, m. John Jackson of Paris, Me., pub. 5 Jan. 1806; Mary, m. John 
Goodspeed 31 Dec. 1807. Elizabeth, m. Reuben Tyler 3 Ap. ls;U. Mary, 
m. Andrew Wood, Jr., 2 Feb. 1873. " Stephen R., b. in Hk., d. at Spriugf. 
27 Jan. 1848, a. 30. 

Blackmer, William IL, bv w. Harriet, had Marjj A., b. 1848, d. unm. 

24 Dec. 1869, a. 21; Charles H., b. 1852, d. 7 Dec. 1869, a. 17; Emor)j IF., 

b. 1854, d. 24 Dec. 1869, a. 15; Frederick Willie, b. 10 Ap. 1858 ; George 

Albert, b. 26 Mar. 1860; Herhert, b. 11 Feb. 1S62. William H. the f.,'a 
farmer, res. on the Pet. road, at the ])lace marked " D. Allen" on the R. Map. 

2. Augustus D., by w. Rachel Jane, had a son b. 3 Sep. 1859; Charles 
Sumner, b. 12 Aug. 1864. His w. Rachel Jane d. 30 Oct. 1864, and he m. 
Ellen Patrill, pub.''3 May 186 7. 

David, m. Mrs. Abigail Cobb, 13 Oct. 1823. 

Blair, Johx, by w. Ann, had James, bap. 23 Oct. 1748; Lucy, bap. 6 
Feb. 1750-1, 

Jamks, of Western, m. Mrs. Sarah Robinson 26 Mar. 1805. 

Blakk, Joseph, formerly a merchant in Boston and Hingham, rem. to Hk. 
in or soon after 1763, and was one of the owners of a forge and saw-mill at 
the place now known as Gilbertville. He rem. to Rutland about 1770, and in 
1779 returned to Hingham. While at Hardwick he had Joseph, bap. 13 Sep. 
1767, grad. H. C. 1786, lawyer in Boston, d. in Jamaica 10 July 1802; George, 
bap. 16 Ap. 1769, grad. H. C. 1789, was an eminent lawyer in Boston, where 
he d. 8 Oct. 1841; and at Rutland, Francis, said to have been born 14 Oct. 
1774; he grad. II. C. 1789, at the remarkably early age of fifteen years, it" the 
reputed date of his birth be correct, and became one of the most eloquent ad- 
vocates at the bar of the county; he died at Worcester 23 Feb. 1817. 

Bolster, Eastm.\x, by w. Miriam, had Charles, b. about 1S06, d. at Bos- 
ton 2 Mar. 1851, a. 45; Salome, h. about 1813, m. Edmund Vokes of Barre 3 
May 1832, and d, 10 Sep. 1858, a. 45; Moses L., b. about 1818, m. Rebecca 
Rich of Barre 26 June 1836, d. at Wore. 23 July 1864, a. 45 years 8 months; 
a child b. — Jan. 1822, d. 15 Feb. 1822 ; Joel H., h. about 1827, d. at Wore. 

18 Ap. 1849, a. 22; a child b. , d. — Feb. 1828. The following chiL 

were prob. of the same family : Sally, m. Hervey Brown of W^are 27 Sep. 



340 BOND — BRADISH. 

1826 ; Aurilla, m. Ilervey Threslier of N. Br. 5 Dec. 1826; Manj Eliza, m. 
Lewis Shumway of BaiTe 17 Aug. 1834; WilUum A., m. Mary Bigelow of Ox- 
ford, pub. 7 Ap. 1842. Eastman the f. came to Hk. before 1822, was a 
laborer, and res. on the east road to Gilbertville, at the place marked with his 
name on the R. Map. His w. Miriam d. in 1841 a. 59. 

Bond, David, d. 13 Feb. 1847, a. 68 ; his av. Susanna d. 30 Sep. 1833, a. 
58. The following may have been their chil.: David P., m. Mary R. Freeman 
24 Mar. 1831; Susanna C, m. Dorice D. Rogers 1 Dec. 1831. 

John B., of AVorcester, m. Eliza Hathaway 13 Nov. 1834. Benjamin of 
Ware, m. Arathusa Bowen 5 Oct. 1837. 

BONNEY, William, m. Fanny Crowell of Brk., pub. 17 Feb. 1817, and had 

Melita, b. 1818, m. Isaac II. Hoyt of Brk. 27 May 1846 ; Isaac S., b. 

1824; Christina, b. 1833, m. George L. Watkins of Washington, D. C. 

11 Mar. 1858. William the f. d. 10 Sep. 1852, a. 65; his w. Fanny d. 8 
Nov. 1863, a. 73. 

2. Isaac S., s. of William (1), m. Olive Eaton of Ware, pub. 7 Nov. 1846; 
she d. 16 Sep. 1857, a. 33, and he m. Mrs. Paulina Fish 10 Mar. 1864. His 
chil. Avere Mar>/, b. 26 Nov. 1847 ; Clarissa (or jl/«r//) Ella, h. 26 Nov. 1849, 
d. 5 Jan. 1850; Mary E., b. 2 Mar. 1851, d. 8 June 1851 ; Fanny Maria, b. 
16 June 1852. 

Ruth, m. Abiel Stetson of Chesterfield 24 Feb. 1767. Luke, m. Mercy 
Thomas 5 Nov. 17 72. Polly, m. John Kent of Brk. 24 Feb. 1801. Hannah 
D. of Chesterfield m. Ruggles Smith, pub. 16 Mar. 1838. 

Bowen, Sylvester, m. Abigail Rich of Ware 19 Aug. 1804, and had 

Sylvester, b. ; prob. Eliza, b. , m. Anson Warren of Tewksbury 23 

Dec. 1829; prob. Arathusa, b. , m. Benjamin Bond of Ware 5 Oct. 1837. 

2. Sylvester, s. of Sylvester (1), m. Mary Eaton of Ware, pub. 27 Feb. 
1830, and had Henry, b. 11 Ap. 1844.' 

Moses, d. 6 June 1830, a. 79. 

Bradish, Robert, was of Cambridge as early as 1635. By his w. Mary lie 

had Joseph, b. May 1638; his w. d. Sep. 1638, and he in. Vashti 

, by whom he had several chil. and d. 1659. 

2. Joseph, s. of Robert (1), Avas in Sudbury, 1662, Framingham, 1672, 
and returned to Cambridge about 1678. By w. jNlary he had Mary, b. 10 Ap. 
16G5, m. John Green, 22 Nov. 1684; Sarah, b. 6 May 1667, prob. d. young; 
Hannah, b. 14 Jan. 1669-70, m. Edward Marrett, and d. 9 Ap. 1754; Joseph, 
b. 28 Nov. 1672, supposed to be the pirate who was sent to Lond,on, 1699, and 
executed; Ruth, m. Thomas Ford of Marshfield 5 Ap. 1711 ; John, h. 18 Sep. 
16 78; James, b. about 16S0. Joseph the f. d. before 2 Ap. 1725, when part 
of his estate in Cambridge was sold by Mary, Hannah, and John, of Caiub., 
James of Westborough, and Ruth of Marshfield, described as " children of 
Joseph Bradish, late of Camb!' jeoman, deceased." 

3. James, s. of Joseph (2), rem. to Marlborough, m. Damaris Rice, 16 

June 1708, and had Hepzihah, b. 1709; Sarah, b. 1711; Robert, b. 

1712; Mary, b. 1715; James, b. 1717; John, b. 30 Aug. 1719; 

Jonas, b. 7 Aug. 1724; Sarah, b. about 1727, d. 27 Aug. 1740 ; Amui, b. 6 
June 1729, prob. m. John Green of Hk. 7 Nov. (or 7 Dec.) 1751 ; Joseph, b. 

26 Feb. 1731-2, d. 28 Aug. 1740. James the f. seems to have res. a short 
time in Westborough, and d. 13 Feb. 1768, a. 87; his w. Damaris d. 25 Dec. 
1769, a. 81. 

4. John, s. of James (3), purchased a farm in the northerly part of Hk. 
19 Nov. 1742, being then a resident in Grafton. He m. jNIary Green of South- 
borough, pub. 12 May 1746, and had Sarah, b. 21 June 1747, m. Joseph Nye 

27 Dec. 1764; Hannah, h. 4 Sep. 1748; John, b 25 Sep. 1750; James, h. 21 
Oct. 1752 ; Mary, b. 13 Aug. 1754 ; Dinah, h. 8 Nov. 1757; Ruth, b. 13 June 
1760; Joseph, b. 15 Dec. 1762. John the f. was a cordwainer, and deacon of 
the church; ti'aditionally distinguished for the plainness of his apparel; l rem. 
with his family to Cummington in 1778. 

1 It was related by those who knew him, great-coat in its place with a leather strap 
that Deacon Bradish often wore his leather instead of buttons, 
apron to church on Sunday, and kept his 



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N 

5. John, s. of John (4), m. Hannah, dan. of Capt. Joseph Warner, 4 Mar. 
1773, and had Cnlvin, b. 2G Dec. 1773; Chloe, b. 29 Ap. 1775; Charles, b. 20 
A]i. 1778; and in Ciiniiiiinij;ton, Sarah, b. 25 Sep. 1781; Luther, b. 15 Ap. or 
Sej). 1783, (jrad. W. C. 1804, a hiwyer, Lieut.-Governor of New York four 
years from 1839, and President of the N. Y. Historical Society, d. 30 Sep. 
1863 ; lioicenn, b. 30 Sep. 1786. Joiix the-f. rem. to Cummingtou, soon after 
the l)iith of his son Charles, and was subsequently a colonel. 

Brady, jMiciiael, ni. Rosanna Devlin, i)ub. 5 Nov. 1856, and had 
Michael John, b. 7 Oct. 1857 ; Mary Jane, b. 15 j\Iay 1860 ; Peter, b. 12 May 

1862 ; Margaret, b. 19 Feb. 1864 ; James, b. 2 May 186 7 ; Faiiui/ Lucrelia, 
b. 15 Aug. 1869, d. 13 Aug. 1871. Michael the f. d. 26 Aug. 1873, a. 52. 

Brkkx, Daxiel, ra. Bridget Wrin, pub. 9 July, 1862, and had Margaret, 
b. 28 Fel). 1863 ; Man/, b. 19 Nov. 1864 ; Henri/, b. 2 June 1867 ; John, b. 
22 Oct. 1868 ; Daniel Andrew, b. 26 July 1871 ; David Humphrey, b. 15 June, 
1874. 

BuEXXAN, Philip, ni. Ellen Carroll 25 June 1871, and had Philip, b. 28 
Dec. 1877; John, b. 11 Sep. 1880, 

BitioGE, Samuel (s. of IMatthew, who d. in Lexington 29 May, 1738, 
gr. s. of -Matthew, who d. in Lex. 28 Ap.sl700, and great-grandson of Deac. 
John, who d. in Cambriilge about 1665), in. Susanna, dau. of Nathaniel 
I'aige of Bedford, 9 Ap. 1734, and had Samuel, b. 6 Jan. 1735; his w. 
Susanna d. 16 Jan. 1735, and he m. Martha Bowman 27 Ap. 1738, by whom 
he had eleven chil., and d. 8 June 1791, a. 86. 

2. Saml'el, s. of Samuel (1), m. Hannah Johnson of Gr., pub. 19 Aug. 
1760, and IvmI Joshua, b. 20 Dec. 1761 ; Susanna, h. 24 Feb. 1763; Bezaleel 
(called Barzilla on the Record of Baptisms), b. 21 Nov. 1764 ; Hannah, b. 11 
Jan. 1766 ; d. 22 Jan. 1767; Hannah, h. 26 Ap. 1767 (perhaps tbe same as 
Anna, who m. Daniel Robinson of Monson 28 Ap. 1788) ; Samuel, h. 1 May, 
1768. Samuel the f. inherited land in Hk. under the will of his grandfather 
Pai<ie, who died 2 Mar. 1755, and res. here as early as 17G0. He j^irob. rem. 
to Wilmington, Vt., about 1779. 
( Sarah, m. Aaron Woods of Gr. in 1786. 

Bridges, Isaac, Jr., m. Deborah, dau. of Sylvanus Cobb, 27 Jan. 1795, 
and had J£liza Augusta, b. 29 May, 1795, d. unm., at the town farm, 12 Aug. 
1877 ; Benjamin Franklin, b. 14 Ap. 1797; Willard Moors, b. 26 July, 1798 ; 
Martin Kinsley, b. 1 Auo;. 1800; Jonathan Fletcher, b. 20 Au'^. 1802. Isaac 
the f. prob. rem. from Ilk. ; his w. Deborah d. at Deerfield 3 IMay 1860, a. 86. 

2. Eli.jaii, m. Cornelia K. Hervey 1 Aug. 1861, and had Nettie Cornelia., 
b. 27 Oct. 1866. 

Mary, m. John Barr, Jr., of N. Br., 15 Sep. 1789. Eunice, m. Sylvanus 
Taylor 19 Nov. 1801. Betsey, m. William Lawrence 25 Mar. 1804. JoxAS 
m. 'Hannah Ross 16 Feb. 1806. Josiah, d. 26 Nov. 1793, a. 20. 

Brimhall, Sylvaxus, m. Tri])hena Johnson 14 Sep. 1783, and (2d) Lucy 
Lincoln 3 July 1810 ; he res, in Barre at the time of his first marriage, and 
perhaps had chil. there; by his second w. he had Lucy Lincoln, Elbridye 
Farr, Susan Ann, all bap. 8 Oct. 1820; Mary King, bap. 29 Sep. 1822. Be- 
sides these he names in his will, dated 10 Sep. 1839, Nathaniel, Joel Johnson, 
and "in distant parts of the United Slates," Sylranrts, Joseph, and Triphena, 
wife of Elijah Hartwell, also sons Aaron and Caleb, deceased. Sylvaxus 
the f. res. on the turnpike, at the place marked " S. Brimhall " on the R. Map, 
and d, 18 Sep. 1839, a, 82; his w. Lucy d. 27 Feb. 1847, a. 59. 

Carolixe J., m. David Fish of Wore. 6 ,Lan. 1853. 

Browx, Luke (s. of Luke, an innholder in Worcester, who d. 6 Nov. 1776, 
a. 30, and gr. s. of Luke, also an innholder in Worcester, who d. of small- 
pox 14 Ap. 1772, a. 58), ni. Bathsheba, dau. of Gen. Jonathan Warner, 8 
June 1798, and had Mary Brimmer, b. 6 July 1799, d. unm. at Chicago, 

1863 ; Balhsheba Warner, b. 9 Sep. 1801, m. Linnan Scott, res» at Audi. ; 
Harriet Warner, b. 21 Nov. 1803, num. res. (1878) at Belchertown ; J^lizabeth 

Follett, 1). 5 June 1806, m. James Hill, res. at Worthiniiton ; Luke, b. , 

res. at Chicago, d. 23 Oct. 1871, on board a steamer as he was ascending the 



342 BROWN" — BRUCE. 

Mississippi River on liis return from New Orleans. He left wife and cliil. 
Luke the f. grad. H. C. 1794, was a lawyer, settled in Hk. before his marriage, 
and rem. soon after 1806. After a checkered life, he d. at Enf. about 1835 ; 
his w. Bathsheba d. at Sprinajf. 1855. 

2. Moses, of Ware, m. Mercy, dau. of Maj. James Paige 10 Dec. 1807, 
and res. in Ware. One of his chil. was James N., who res. in Ilk. a deacon 
of the church, and warden of the almshouse. 

3. EsECK, m. Anna Waters, pub. 2 Ap. 1809, and had Jw/m Ann, b. 10 
Mar. 1810. 

4. Selleck Osborn, of Fitchburg, m. Harriet K. W^hipple 1 IMay 1845, 

and had Charles A., b. 1847, d.'9 Ap. 1849, a. 1 yr. 9 mo. Ilis w, d. 18 

Sep. 1847, a. 23, and he m. Mary Maria Whip])le 5 June 1850, at which time 
he res. in Hartford, Conn. 

Betsey, m. Vincent Newland 6 Sep. 1820. Sabrina, m. Daniel J. Con- 
verse, pub. 23 Jan. 1826. Sarah, m. Alex. Brown, Ashford, pub. 24 Ap. 
1826. Lucy, m Hiram Newlaml 30 Mar. 1831. Irene, m. NathanielToplilF 
23 Jan. 1833. HuLDAH, d. 20 Dec. 1854, a. 72. 

BKOWNIN&, James, rem. from Rutland to Hardwick about 1827, with w. 

Alice, and chil. F/c/f//« F., b. 1818, m. David A. Dean 22 June 1842, 

and (2d) John B. Aiken 25 Feb. 1858 ; Adeline S.,h. 1820, m. AVilliam 

E. Prouty, of N, Brk. 17 Oct. 1855 ; Daniel, b. 1822, d. 8 June 1851, a. 

29 ; William, b. 1824 ; Franklin, b. 1826, d. 17 July 1852, a. 26 ; 

he had in Hk. Charles, twin, b. 24 June 1828, d. 1 May 1830 ; Frederick, 
twin, b. 24 June 1828. His w. Alice d. 22 July 1829, a. 35, and he m. Lucy 
P., widow of Orin Trow, 26 Nov. 1829, by whom he had Lucy, b. 16 Oct. 
1830, m. William A. Perry 13 Nov. 1850; Charles A., b. 8 June 1832 ; Harriet 
E., b. 21 Nov. 1834, m. Harmon C. Spooner 14 Nov. 1855, and d. 11 July 

1860; James E., h. . James the f. was a farmer, res. several years on 

the old turnpike, at the ])lace marked with his name on the R. Map, and 
afterwards a few rods northwesterly from the Common. He was a selectman 
three years, and d. 4 Nov. 1871, a. 82 years and 9 months. 

2. William, s. of James (1), m. Harriet J., dau. of Joseph Robinson, 5 
Ap. 1849, and had Franklin Joseph, b. 11 Nov. 1852, m. Fannie, dau. of 
Frazier Paige, 15 June 1876 ; Ellen Maria, b. 18 Feb. 1856, m. Timothy 
Paige 11 Nov. 1874. William the f. was a farmer, an assessor two years, 
and d. 16 Mar. 1858, a. nearly 34 ; his w. llai-riet J. m. Albert E. Knight, 5 
Ap. 1S66, and d. 16 Sep. 1869, a. 39. 

3. Frederick, s. of James (1), m. Mary Ann Witt 29 Mar. 1859, and had 
Harriet Smith, b. 7 Nov. 1860. Frederick the f. d. 2 Ap. 1861, a. 32 ; his 
w. Mary Ann d. 27 Jan. 1862, a. 25. 

Bruce, Johx, with his w. Temperance (Packard), from Rutland, was ad- 
mitted to the church here 1 Oct. 1789. They ha<l Charles, d. 10 Mar. 1791, 
a. nearly 5 years; Chester, d. 13 Mar. 1791, a. 2 years and 6 months; also 
(named in the father's will, dated 19 May 1811, and proved 7 Dec. 1824) 
Joseph, John, Levi, Winslow, Timotlnj, and Packard. John the f. was a 
farmer, and res. near Barre, at the place marked " T. Bruce" on the R. Map, 
where he d. 13 Oct. 1824, a. 78 ; his w. Temperance d. 30 Sept, 1834, a. 85. 

2. Joseph, s. of John (1), m. Mary Trow 28 Ap. 1799, and had a child 
who d. 26 May 1803, a. 9 months and 23 davs. 

3. John, s. of John (1), res. in S])ringfield, and m. Mrs. Betsey Nve 19 
May 1813. 

4. Timothy, s. of John (1), m. Sally Kimball, pub. 10 Sep. 1812, and had 
Elmira, b. 12 June 1813, m. J. Rhodes Mayo of New York (one of the 
jurv which convicted " Boss Tweed ") ; Timolhij Packctrd, b. 30 June 1815, 
m. "Maria Richmond 3 Mar. 1836; Asa Kimball, h. 7 Feb. 1817, m. Elical)eth 
C. Hammond of Pet., pub. 14 Mar. 1839 ; Charles Evierson, b. 4 Feb. 1819, 
grad. A. C. 1845 ; John Augustus, b. 22 Feb. 1S22; Salli/ Louisa, b. 18 Mar. 
J 826, m; Chester R. Chaffee, and d. at Springfield — Ap. 1860; Mercy 
Williams, b. 20 Nov. 1827, m. Rev. Asa IMann, pub. 31 jNIar. 184.S, and d. 27 
Aug. 1882 ; Mary Ann, b. 27 Feb. 1829, m. Benjamin Merriam of Ashtabula, 



BUCKLEY — BURT. 343 

and (2(1) Prosser of Windsor, Conn. ; Julia, b. , m. Dr. J. M. Foster 

of Sprinjifiuld ; Ilenr)/ Jamex, b. , ijnul. A. C. 1839, missionary in India. 

Timothy the f. late in life rem. to Sprinofiold. 

Buckley, Thomas, m. JNIary iMack, pul). S Jan. 18G2, and had John, b. 
30 Oct. 1862; Coniclius, b. 10 July 1865 ; ]\fiiri/ Anastasia, b. 27 July, 1867; 
Catherine Johanna, b. 27 May 1870. William Thomas, h. 1 June 18G4 ; Timothy 
Edward, b. 4 Sep. 1876. 

BuuGKSS, LuTHKR (a descendant from Thomas, who was in Sandwich 
1637, and d. there 13 Feb. 1685, a. 82), m. Alice Southworth, and liad Luther, 

b. about 1776 ; Joseph, b. , a mariner, impressed into the Enri'lish navy, 

wounded in the Rattle of the Nile, and after a lon<f absence returned to Hk., 
where he was with some dilhculty recognized ; he was pub. to Achsah Thayer 
of (ir. 24 May 1819, had a dau. Alice, and d. at Fairhaven, Mass. ; Murif, b. 
in Hk. 3 Ap.'l780, m. Jacob Earl 4 Oct. 1798, and d. 24 May 1S50 ; prob. 
Abigail, b. about 1784, d. 27 Sep. 1791, a. nearly 7 years. Luthek tlie f. 
was a shipmaster, sailing from New Bedford, but rem. liis family to Hk. be- 
fore 1780 ; he d. at sea about 1786 ; his w. Alice m. Benjamin Estabrook 12 
Oct. 1787, and d. 3 May 1807, a. 57. 

2. LuTHKU, s. of Luther (1), m. Bathsheba Turner 24 Dec. 1797 ; she d. 16 
May 1802, a, 26, and he m. Sarah Carpenter 21 Jtdy 1805. His chil. were 
Luther, b. 19 Mar. 1798, a farmer, m. Prudence Earl of N. Br., pub. 25 Mar. 
1822, rem. to Sturbridge, and d. 25 Mar. 1871 ; Joseph, h. 18 Nov. 1799; Na- 
thaniel S., d. 6 June 1802, a. 7 mo.; Bathsheba, h. 14 Jan. 1806, m. Joseph 

Cleveland, pub. 12 Sep. 1825, and d. 5 Nov. 1881 ; infant, b. , d. 26 Feb. 

1808 ; infant, b. 28 Mar. 1809, d. 4 Ap. 1809; infant, b. — Feb. 1810, d. 31 
May 1810; Seimantha, b. 28 Nov. 1811, d. unm. 11 Sep. 1852, liaving exhib- 
ited extraordinary patience and cheerfulness under long-continued suffering 
and disability ; Daniel Southworth, h. 9 Nov. 1814, a mason and builder, res. in 
Wore. ; Alice Southworth, b. 5 ^L^y 1817, d. unm. 2 May 1838; Alvin I'l-rrij, b. 31 
July 1819, a mason and builder, res. in AVorc; Martha Howe, b. 10 Oct. 1821 ; 

Elizabeth Ann, b. 12 Feb. 1824 ; child b. , 1826, d. 14 Ap. 1827, a. 1 year. 

Henry Mortimer, h. b Yah. 1828; Edwin Killmrn, b. 3 Oct. 1830. Ltithkr 
the f. res. many years at the place marked with his name on the R. ]\Iap, and 
d. 12 Ap. 1843, a 67 ; his w. Sarah d. 6 Oct, 1848, a. 65. 

3. Joseph, s. of Luther (2), m. Thankful Taber of Providence, pub. 29 Jan. 
1831 ; she d. 2 Ap. 1840, a. 41, and he m. Hannah, dau. of Capt. Peter Mayo, 
5 Sep. 1841. His chil. were Joseph A., b. 25 Sep. 1833; Sa7nuel T., b. 25 Sep. 
1835, d. 23 Mar. 1836 ; Frederick W.,h. 25 June 1842, m. in Uxbridge, Sarah 
Washburn — Nov. 1866; Alice A., b. 18 Sep. 1843, m. Prank W. Millett of 
Portland, Me., 30 May 1874; Sarah Elizabeth, b. 19 Jan. 1845, d. 10 Jan. 
1846; Elizabeth, b. 20 May 1846 ; William M., b. 25 Dec 1847, m. Nelly Nev- 
ens — Jan. 1873, res. in Wore. ; Daniel S., b. 19 Sep. 1850, d. 21 July 1851; 
Sarah S., b. 25 April 1852, m. Lewis Peckham of Pet. 7 Aug. 1870. Joseph 
the f., a shoemaker and deacon, res. near the Common on the Pet. road, and for 
more than forty years was bell-ringer for the town; he d. 20 July 1879, a. 79. 

BuHSLEY, Mary, d. unm. 9 Oct. 1791, a 28. Hannah, m. Seth Ruggles 
22 Nov. 1792. 

BuKT, Isaac, by w. Lydia, had Lydia, b. 29 Jan. 1797; Isaac, b. — 1798, 
d. 11 Ap. 1877, a. 78 years and 6 months; Mary B., b. about 1806, d. unm. 
12 Oct. 1880, a. 74. Lydia, wid. of Isaac, d. 12 Ap. 1857, a. 84. 

2. Ebexezer. s. of Ebenezer, was b. at Norton 9 Mar. 1766. Pie m. Lucy 

Stacy of Taunton, 19 Nov. 1789, and had, in Norton, Lucy, b. , m. John 

Ellis 15 Ap. 1817, and d. 19 Sep. 1832, a. 42 ; Nabby, b. , m. Thomas El- 
lis, 11 Ap. 1820; Eunice, b. , m. Marshall Durkee ; and in Ilardwick, 

Nancy, b. 19 Ap. 1797, m. Jacob Tliomas of Shutes. 5 Nov. 18.'i7, and d. at N. 
Sal. 2 Ap. 1852; Ebenezer, b. 19 May 1799; Abel, b. 10 Oct. 1S02, d. 23 
July 1803. Ebenezer the f. rem. from Norton to Ilardwick in 1796, and was 
pastor of the Baptist Church and Society until 19 Nov. 18-27. While here he 
res. in the southwest part of the town, at the place marki^l " ]\Ir. Burt" on 
the R. ]\Iap. He rem. to Ware, and thence to Athol where he d. 25 Nov. 
1861, His w. Lucy d. 26 or 27 Feb. 1828, a. 67. 



344 BURT— CARPENTER. 

3. Ebenezer, s. of Ebenezer (2), m. Luthera, dau. of Josepli Robinson of 
Stamford, Vt., pub. 13 Mar. 1825, and had Luthera R., b. 6 Ap. 1826, d. 23 
Oct. 1834. Ebenezer the f. d. at Ware 20 May 1850; his w. Luthera m. Job 
Fry of Athol 15 Ap, 1851. 

John, of Springf., m. Bathsheba, wid. of Jonathan Warner, 4 June 1765. 
Leonard, of Westminster, Vt., m. Susanna Fay 19 Dec. 1790. Polly, m. 
Solomon Ruggles 8 Mar. 1803. 

BuTTERFiELD, Abel, m. Susanna Forbush 7 Ap. 1785. 

2. Aaron, bv w. Mary, had Hosea, b. 1796, m. Ahnira Town 11 Ap. 

1820, and d. at Gr. 5 Mar. 1851, a. 54 y. 5 mo. ; MuiuIeU, b. 1798, d. at 

dr. 6 Feb. 1856, a 57 y. 7 mo.; and perhaps Benjamin, b. about 1814, d. at 
Brighton 7 Feb. 1856, a. 42. 

Byam, Joseph, by w. Sarah, had Salb/, b. 3 Sep. 1775. He sold his home- 
stead in tlie southwest part of the town, 6 Nov. 1 775, and rem. to Barnard, Vt., 
where he was constable in 1778. 

Byram, James, m. Elizabeth Cox 8 Feb. 1781, and had Jonathan, b. 3 Aug. 
1781; Nahh;/, b. 7 Mar. 1783, d. young; Wight, b. 14 Mar. 1785 ; he rem. to 
Barnard, Vt., where he had Sally, h. 21 Nov. 1786; Nahhy, b. 9 July 1788; Lij- 
man, b. 17 Feb. 1790. 

Campbell, Jeremiah, by w. Peggy, had Peggy, b. — June 1784, d. 28 

Aug. 1803, a. 19 years and 2 mo.; Suxanna, b. , m. Daniel Barrows 12 

Aug. 1813; Jeremiah, b. 5 Dec. 1790; Nancy, b. — Oct. 1795, d. 31 Aug. 
1803, a. 7 years and 10 mo.; Sally, b. 1801, d. 1 Sep. 1803, a. 2. Jere- 
miah the f. res. near Gr., at the place marked with his name on the R. Map, 
and d. 18 Sep. 1841, a. 90; his w. Peggy d. 19 Feb. 1841, a. 83. 

2. Jerejiiah, s. of Jeremiah (1), had Nancy N., h. 1820, m. — Knight, d. 

at Templeton 5 Aug. 1878, a. 57; a child b. 1828, d. 25 June 1829, a. 1; 

Caroline, b. 1835, d. 4 May 1840, a. 5. Jeremiah the f.d. — Jan. 1850. 

John, m. Nabby Barlow, 26 Aug. 1793. William A., m. Willielmina Pay- 
ton, pub. 8 Aug. 1853. Philena, m. Robert Carr, 3 Dec 1855. George D., 
m. Ellen A. Pierce, 19 Nov. 18G2. 

Cannon, John, of Dartmouth, m. Sarah, dau. of John Hathaway, 11 Oct. 
1709, and had Cornelim, b. 18 July 1711 ; John, b. 11 Aug. 1714, d. 11 Sep. 
1726; Elizabeth, b. 20 Mar. 1716-17; Mary, h. 3 Ap. 1719 ; Philip, h. 11 Sep. 
1721; Joanna, b. 27 Mar. 728. John the f. bought a farm in Hk., on the east 
side of the river, opposite to the estate of Mr. Reed S. Ruggles (marked " A. 
Rich " on the R. Map), 14 Mar. 1736-7, upon which his son Cornelius imme- 
diately settled ; but he himself remained at Dartmouth, where he d. 28 Mar. 
1750. 

2. Cornelius, s. of John (1), m. Mehetabel , and had at Dart. Sarah, 

b. 7 Nov. 1733, d. at Hk. 13 May 1750 ; Susanna, b. 4 Aug. 1735; and at Hk., 
Temperance, b. 3 Aug. 1737 ; John, b. 17 Nov. 1739; Kezia, b. 27 Feb. 1741-2; 
Selh, b. 15 Ap. 1744; Mehetahel, b. 25 Ap. 1745; Jesse, b. 17 Ap. 1746; Cor- 
nelius, b. 31 May 1748 ; Simeon, b. 8 Feb. 1749-50 ; Thomas, bap. 26 Jan. 1752; 
Philip (posthumous), bap. 20 May 1753. Cornelius the f. rem. from Dart, to 
Hk. in 1737, was town clerk 1739, and d. before 12 Dec. 1752, when the in- 
ventory of his estate was presented; his w. Mehetabel m. Samuel Nye 16 Nov. 
1756. Of their twelve chil. seven were living in 1761: — Susanna (then wife 
of Josepli Barns), Kezia, Mehetabel, Jesse, Cornelius, Simeon, and Philip. 

James, m. Sally Putnam, pub. 28 Oct. 1793. 

Carpenter, Nathan, of Dudley, bought land in Hk. 29 June 1733, and 
prob. rem. here about that time, being one of the earliest inhabitants. Hy his 

first w. Patience, he had Gideon, b. 1725; Freelove, b. , m. Josiah 

Chandler; Nathan, b. 9 Oct. 1731, d. 1748 ; by 2d w. Abigail, he had Abi- 
gail, b. 9 Ap. 1733, m. Searl ; Isaiah,^ h. 18 Mar. 1735, j)ub. to Hannah 

Robinson, 24 Feb. 1762; Benjamin, b. 8 Ap. 1737 ; his w. Abigail d. and he 
m. Sarah Powers, 8 June 1738, by whom he had Susanna, b. 29 Feb. 1739-40, 
m. Abel Benjamin 22 Mar. 1759; Patience, b. 14 Ap. 1744, m. Silas Nye 27 
Nov. 1766; Sarah, b. 10 Aug. 1746, d. young; Sarah, b. — Aug. 1747, m. 
i See note under David Gitchell. 



CARPENTER — CHAiMBERLAlN. 345 

Philip Washburn 8 Jan. 1767; Joseph, b. 7 Sep. 1748; Lyrlia, b. 16 Oct. 1750, 
m. Daniel Clark of Springf., pub. 21 Ap. 1771; Dinah, b. 15 Ap. 1754, ni. Da- 
vid Nutting of Brinifield.' pub. 6 June 1773; Ilepzlhah, h. 21 Nov. 1757. Of 
these chil. Gideon and Freelove are named in their father's will, 1769 ; the 
births of all the others are recorded in Ilk. Nathan the f. res. near the Old 
Furnace, at the place marked " D. Granger " on the R. IMap, and owne<l a part 
of the saw-mill then standing on Moose Brook ; he d. 12 Aug. 1770, a. 69. 

2. GiDKON, s. of Nathan (1), by w. INIary, had Nulhan, b. 6 Feb. 1748; his 
w. Mary d. and he m. Jemima Jenney 31 May 1753, had Munj, b. 1 Ap. 1754, 
m. James Nutting of Brimf. 29 June 1774; Elijah, bap. 16 Ap. 1758; Rhoda, 
bap. 6 Ap. 1760; JahazaeJ, bap. 12 Se|). 1762, d. unm. about 1820; Betijrimin, 
bap. 21 July 1765; Elizabeth, bap. 19 June 1768, m. Oliver Chapin 25 Nov. 
1790. Gideon the f. d. 28 Nov. 1805, a. 80; his w. Jemima d. 3 Oct. 1804, 
a. 7 7. 

3. Nathan, s. of Gideon (2), m. Anna, dan. of Capt. Ebenezer Cox, 15 
Mar. 1773, and had El/enezer, h. 10 Nov. 17 73, Muri/,h. 2 Ap. 17 75. Nathan 
the f. rem. to Royalton, Vt., before 28 Oct. 1783, and m. Hannah Andros in 
Barnard 8 INIay 1 788. 

4. Elijah, s. of Gideon (2), ni. Sarah, dan. of James Wimr, 1 Feb. 1784, 
and had Dulcinen, b. 27 Dec. 1784, m. Elijah Stetson, 17 Ap. 1808; Rhoda, b. 
15 June 1788; Harriet, b. 12 Sep. 1791, m. Anson Winchester 2 Sep. 1812; 
Jason, b. 8 Sep. 1793; Hannah, b. — Sep. 1797, ni, Lewis Foster of Palmyra, 
N. Y., pub. 24 Sep. 1827. Elijah the f. was a farmer, res. on the Ware 
road (formerly called Turkey Street), at the place marked "J. Carpenter" 
on the R. Map, and d. 28'Aug. 1814; his w. Sarah d. 10 Jan. 1842, a. 
nearly 81. 

5. Jason, s. of Elijah (4), m. Sarah Gray of Pel., pub. 5 May 1821, and 

had Elijah Stetson, bap. 21 July 1822; William Gray, b. 1824, d. 6 Oct. 

1830, a. 6; Hannah Foster, baj). 31 Aug. 1830 ; Susan Huntington, bap. 4 Nov. 
1831; Benjamin, Wisner, bap. 2 May 1835. Jason the f. inherited the home- 
stead, was a farmer, and deacon of "the church. He rem. to Ware about 1851, 
where he d. 17 Aug. 1864, and was bur. at Hk. in the new cemetery. 

6. Joel, parentage unknown, was here as early as 25 Mar, 1752, m. Mary, 
dau. of Rev. Benjamin Rug<j;les of N. Br., 9 Dee. 1755, and had Eli, b. 12 Dec. 
1756; Mary, bap. 6 May 1759; Lucy, bap. 3 May 1761. Joel the f. was a 
physician, and res. at the place marked " Mr. Wesson" on the R. Map, which 
he purchased 1 May 1760; and part of which he sold 1 Mar. 1764; how long 
he remained in Hk. does not appear. 

Rachel, of Coventry, m. Abraham Powers, pub. 1 Dec. 1759. RuFUS, of 
Woodstock, ni. Olive Whitcomb 27 Feb. 1777. Sarah, m. Luther Burgess 21 
July 1805. Joseph Henry, s. of Joseph and Adeline, b. 2 Feb. 1849. Mary, 
w. of Charles W., d. 29 Nov. 1865, a. 55. 

Carter, Edwin, by w. Sarah P., had Porter, h. 9 Nov. 1848; Cutler, h. 2 
Jan. 1853 ; Nellie Augusta, b. 15 Aug. 1866. Silas J., d. 29 Jan. 1842, a. 46. 
Ruth, d. 23 May 1880, a. 83. 

Chamherlain, Joseph, m. Sarah Cook of Douglass, pub. 16 Feb. 1753, and 
had Molly, h. 21 Oct. 1756; John, h. 6 Dec. 1757; Sarah, b. 22 Dec. 1759, m. 
Jesse Byam of Williamstown 30 Jan. 1777; Asahel, b. 11 Feb. 1762. 

2. Abraham, by w. Kezia, had lliomas, b. 9 Aug. 1766. 

3. William, by w. Elizabeth, had Polly, b. 20 Jan. 1779. 

4. Moses, b. in Natick about 1753, m. Hannah, dau. of Charles Church of 
Bristol, and a lineal descendant from Col. Benjamin Church, a famous leader 
in King Philip's War, 12 Aug. 1781, and had Charles Church, b. 24 Nov. 1781; 
Harmon, b. 24 Oct. 1784. MosES the f. res. near the Old Furnace, was an inn- 
holder, and d. 13 May 1813, a. 59 ; his w. Hannah d. at Wore. 28 Aug. 1826, 
a. 63. 

6. Charles Church, s. of Moses (4), m. Sophia Orcutt of Templeton, pub. 

21 Aug. 1808, and had Humphrey, b. 5 Aug. 1809, d. young; Mary, b. , 

m. ^ Hutchinson, and d. '-; Sophia, b. , m. William A. Parker of 

Roxburv ; Charles C, b. 1813, d. 2 Jan. 1815. Charles C. the f. d. 16 

May 1814. 



346 CHAMBERLAIN — CHANDLER. 

6. Harmox, s. of Moses (4), m. Aratlmsa, dau. of ]\Iaj. Setli Hinkley, pub. 
27 Ap, 1806, and had Caroline, b. 8 Mar. 1807, m. Joseph Pratt of Wore; 
Hannah Church, b. 23 Jan. 1809, m. George Perrin 13 Oct. 1828; he d. 26 
May 1834, and she m. Clarendon Wheelock 18 Sep. 1848, and d. 9 May 1853; 
Rebecca Willis, b. 14 Feb. 1811, d. 8 Sep. 1814; Henry Harmon, b. 7 Jan. 
1813, a merchant in Wore, m. Charlotte Clark of Princeton; Charles Church, 
b. 26 or 30 June 1815, a watchmaker and jeweller, m. Cordelia INL Felton 1.5 
Sep. 1836, and d. 24 Dec. 1851; Arathusa Hinkley, b. 20 Dec. 1817, res. unra. 
at Wore. ; Moses Bradford, b. 14 Mar. 1820, d. 1*3 May 1.S25. Harmon the 
f. was an innholder and manufacturer of iron Avare at the Old Furnace; he res. 
at the place marked "Tavern" on the R. J\Iap, until 1822, when he rem. to 
Wore, where he kept a hotel a few years, was afterwards a grocer, and d. 12 
Ap. 1838; his w. Arathusa d. 20 Dec. 1872, a. 86. 

Rebecca, bap. 19 July 1772. Elizabeth, of Grafton, m. Silas Pratt, pub. 
21 Feb. 1746-7. Joseph, of Pet., m. Deborah Nye 18 Ap. 1776. Kezia, m. 
John Shaw of Brk. 12 June 1780. Katy, m. James Faxon of Worthington 24 
Jan. 1792. Aaron, m. Rachel Herod of Ware 19 Nov. 1795. Samuel, of 
Pet., m. Chloe Newton 15 Jan. 1804. Levi, m. Amittai Barnes 27 Oct, 1841. 

Chandler, William, was one of the earliest English inhaljitants of Rox- 
bury. A very full genealogy of his descendants was published by Dr. George 
Chandler of Wore, in 1872, but unfortunately almost the whole edition was 
destroyed by the great Boston fire in that year, while in the hands of the 
binder; less than fifty copies Avere preserved. Much of what follows is gath- 
ered from that work, which, it is expected, Avill soon be republished. 

2. John, s. of William (1), rem. to Woodstock, Conn, (formerly a part of 
Massachusetts), m. Elizabeth Douglass, was a deacon, and d. 15 Ap. 1703, a. 
about 68; his av. Elizabeth d. at New London 23 Sep. 1705. 

3. John, s. of John (2), b. at Roxbury 16 Ap. 1665, rem. to Woodstock 
with his father, res. a few years in New London but returned to Woodstock, 
Avas colonel of militia and judge of the Court of Common Pleas and of Pro- 
bate for the county of AY ore, from its organization in 1731 until his death in 
1743, and member of the Council from and after 1727. His w. Avas Mary Ray- 
mond of NcAv London. 

4. John, s. of John (3), rem. to Wore in 1731, was clerk of the courts, 
register of deeds and of probate, sheriff, and succeeded his father as col- 
onel, judge of the C. C. P. and of Probate, also as member of the Council. His 
Av. Avas Hannah, ''dau. of John Gardner, Lord of the Isle of Wight in the 
Province of New York." He d. at Wore in 1763. 

5. John, s. of John (4),b. 26 Feb. 1720, Avas a merchant in Woi'c, lieutenant- 
colonel (under Colonel Ruggles) and afterwards colonel of militia. He m. Doro- 
thy Paine, Avho had four chil. and d. 5 Oct. 1745; he then m. INIary, dau. of 
Colonel Charles Church of Bristol, R. L, who had thirteen chil. and d. 18 Sep. 
1783. John the f. Avas a loyalist and refugee; he d. in London 26 Sep. 
1800. 

6. Gardner (or Gardiner), the sixth child of John (5), Avas b. 27 Jan. 1 749, 
m. Elizabeth, dau. of Brigadier-General Ruggles, pub. 18 May 1772. He was a 
merchant in Hk., but left his home during the Revolution, and his property Avas 
confiscated. He subsequently returned, and " pui-chased the Dununer farm in 
Brattleboro', Vt., and resided there, and Avas justice of the peace from 1789 
to 1795." He d. in Hinsdale, N. H. His will Avas dated 7 Jane 1811. By 
his AV. Elizabeth, he had Sarah, m. George Hall (by Avhom she had five chil.) 
and (2d) Richardson BigeloAV, and d. before 7 June 1811; Elizedjeth Augusta, 
m. Francis Blake, an eminent laAvyer in Wore ; Charles, clerk in a Brattle- 
borough store, d. unm. and his estate was distributed 20 Ap. 1820. 

7. JosiAH, s. of Joseph of Pomfret, Conn., and grandson of John (2), b. 2 
Oct. 1724, res. at Barre, m. Freelove, dau. of Nathan Carpenter of Hk ; she 
d. 5 Sep. 1758, and he m. Lydia Richardson; she d. 2 May 1776, and he m. 
Mary Blanchard. 

8. JosiAH Cotton, s. of Josiah (7), b. at Barre 22 May 1774, m. Olive, 
dau. of Timothy Fay, 24 Nov. 1799; she d. at Enf. 17 Nov. 1837, and he m. 



CHANDLER — CHILDS. 347 

Abigail Manly. His chil. were. Jolin, b. 29 Aug. 1800, fell from a scaffold and 
fractured his skull when a boy, after wliieh lie was feeble-minded, and d. at 
the House of Industry, Boston, Ki Sep. 1832; twin children h. 1 and d. 2 and 3 
June 1S02; PhUwuler, bap. 18 Mar. 1801, d. 3 Nov. l-SOl; Philander, b. 1 
June 180.5, a carpenter and deacon, m. IMyra Keith of Pres. 29 Nov. 1833, and 
res. in Ilk., i'res., and Bel. (his son, Charles Henry, b. 25 Aug. 1840, grad. A. 
C. 18GG, and has been a very successful teacher and author); E/izaheth L'lnd- 
sey, b. 15 Oct. 1808, m. Frederick W. Shaw of Enf. 6 Feb. 1833 ; Hannah 
Fay, bap. 20 Jan. 1811; Mary Ann, bap. 2 May 1813; Samuel Noicell, b. 3 
Sep. 1815; William Fay, b. 17 Dec. 1817; Hannah Maria, b. 31 May 1820, 
m. Warren Chajjin 1 Mar. 1848; Jodah Henry, b. 2G May 1822; Rehe.cca Ann, 

b. , ni. Edwin Merrick, and d. — Aug. 1857 ; Pliny Fi.^k, b. 18 Aug. 1829. 

JosiAir Cotton the f. was a carpenter and for several years deacon of the 
church ; he res. on the old turnpike, at the place marked " B. Fay " on the 
R. INIap; he rem. to N. Br. about 181G, and tlience to Enf. about 1823, and d. 
12 ]\Iar. 1849. 

CiiAi'MN, Ebenezeu, Y. C. 17G3. was ordained pastor of the church in ihe 
second parish of Sutton (now Millburv), 14 Nov. 17G4; and was dismissed 
22 Mar. 1792. His dau. Sarah m. Rev. Thomas Holt of Ilk. 5 May 1796, 
with whom he made his home in his old age, and in whose house he d. 13 Dec. 
1822, a. 89. He was a staunch supjiorter of the established Theology, and a 
rigid <lisciplinarian, both in the church and in the family. His intellect was 
clear, strong, and logical, and he had an ample fund of grim humor. Both of 
these characteristics were manifest, not only in his sermons and familiar con- 
versation, but in a volume published by him in 1802, entitled " A Treatise on 
the Nature and Importance of the Sacraments." He was tall, well-formed, and 
athletic; and his favorite mode of travelling was on horseback. He was 
among the last, if not the very last in Hk., to wear the full-bottomed wig, 
cocked hat, breeches, and white-topped boots, — which costume gave him a 
strikingly venerable appearance. 

Chase, Lymax, m. Lorinda Oakes of N. Sal., pub. 27 Ap. 1854, and had 
Lillian Adella, b. 20 Aug. 1858, d. 24 Mar. 188U; Nellie Gray, h. 14 Aug. 
18G3; George Lyman, b. 23 Sep. 18G5. 

2. Horace, ra. Eunice J. Haskell 4 July 1864, and had William Horaee, b. 
4 May 18G5; Mary Winona, b. 22 Sep. 186G; Frank Hasl-ell, b. 22 Feb. 18G9; 
Helen M., b. 6 Dec. 1870; Joiteph Harmon, b. 7 Dec. 1872 ; Nathan P., b. 22 
Aug. 1875; John H., b. 4 Oct. 1877. 

3. Joseph, by w. Caroline, had Joseph Herhert, b. 15 Aug. 1868. 
Lydia, m. Lewis Thresher of Pres. — Dec. 1842. Nathan P., m. Me- 

hetabel Mayo 17 May 1854. Rebecca, w. of James, d. 31 ]\Iay 1853, a. 67. 

Childs, Ebenezer, s. of Deac. Ebenezer of Barnstable, b. 10 Aj). 1723, m. 
Hannah Crocker 15 Jan. 1745, and had Ebenezer, b. al>out 1745, and peihaps 
others; he m. (2d) Abigail, dau. of Hatsuld Freeman of Harwich, now Brews- 
ter, 1 July 1756, and had Jonathan, b. 13 May 1757, m. Deliverance, dau. of 
Nathan Freeman of Hk., 13 Jan. 1778, and prob. m. (2d) Rebecca Hinkley of 
Hk. 3 Feb. 1785; Ahiyail, b. 26 Dec. 1758, m. Dr. Arthur Rawson of Hk. 23 
June 1785; Hope, b. 21 Jan. 1761; Mary, bap. 10 Ap. 1763. Ebenezer 
the f. settled in Barre as early as 1776. 

2. Ebenezer, of N. Sal., s. of Ebenezer (1), m. Abigail, dau. of Capt. 
Benjamin Willis of Hk., 26 Dec. 1769, and had Betsey, b. 27 ]\Iay 1772, m. 
Gideon Tenner of Barre 8 Mar, 1792, and d. 15 ]\Lar. "l870; Moses, b. 6 July 
1777 ; Ehen, h.'il Mar. 1784, d. 7 Mar. 1786 ; Ebenezer, b. 2 July 1787; Tyler, 
b. — Aug. 1772, d. 8 Nov. 1800. Of these chil. the first was b. at N. iSab, 
the next three at Barre, and the last two were bap. at Hk. 2 July 1 79 7. Be- 
sides these, was prob. Benjamin Willis, b. about 1775. Ebenezer the f. rem. 
to Hk. about 1785, and d. 7 Mar. 1 809, a. 65 ; his w. Abigail d. 26 Dec. 1810. 

3. Ben.jamin Willis, jjrob. s. of Ebenezer (2), m, Anna, dau. of Eliphalyt 
Washburn, 25 Nov. 1798, and had Benjamin Willis, b. 6 Nov. 1799, d. at 
Oxford 31 Dec. 1866; Triphena Washburn, b. 13 Aug. 1801; Aurelia, b. 28 
June 1803; Elvira, b. 28 May 1805; Franklin, b. 10 Sep. 1807; Tyler, b. 18 



348 CHILDS— CLARK. 

June 1809 ; Martin Luther, h. 2 June 1811; An7ia, bap. 11 July 1813 ; Julia 
Ann, bap. 25 June 1814; Alexander Hamilton, bap. 1 June 1817. Benjamin 
W. the f. res. in the northeasterly part of the town, was elected deacon 10 
Aug. 1812, rem. to Barre, and d. in 1838. A sad calamity befell him 2 Oct. 
1811, at a military training. During the excitement of a sham-fight, he 
neglected to remove the ramrod from his musket; the fatal missile struck John 
Warner (a young soldier twenty years old) in the forehead, and broke, leav- 
ing exposed about an inch of its length in front, and a part of the screw pro- 
truding through the skull at the back of the head. Death ensued in a few 
hours. 

Eliphaz, m. Ruth Gibbs of Gr., pub. 14 'Ap. 1788. Mercy, of Barre, m. 
ApoUos Luce, pub. 30 Oct. 1808. Houace S., of Brandon, Vt., m. ]\Iary P. 
Rice 15 Oct. 1817. 

Church, Samuel, an early settler, by w. Damaris, had Ahir/all, b. 16 
Oct. 1735; Martha, b. 23 Sep. 1737; Elisha, b. 1 Dec. 1739; Sarah, b. 28 Ap. 
1741 ; Damaris, b. 29 Aug. 1742; Susamia, bap. 14 July 1745; Hannah, b. 1 
Sep. 1747 ; Samuel, b. 10 Oct. 1749; Ursula, b. 14 Oct. 1751. Samuel the f. 
d. before 13 Nov. 1771, when his w. Damaris m. Stephen Warner of Granby. 
For many reasons it seems probaTjle that this family descended from Richard 
Church, who was of Hartford 1637, rem. to ILadley 1659, with sons Edward 
and Samuel, and d. 16 Dec. 1667. See JudeVs Hist. Hadlei/, p. 460. 

2. Richard, prob. brother of Samuel (1), by w. Hannah, had Richard, b. 
23 Jan. 1741-2; Samuel, b. 6 Aug. 1743; Simeon, 13 Aug. 1745; Marij, b. 18 
Feb. 1747-8, m. Seth Winslow, pub. 23 Nov. 1775; Susanna, b. 11 Mar. 
1749-50; Edward, b. 3 Nov. 1752; John, bap. 15 Aug. 1756. Richard the f. 
was one of the earliest inhabitants of Hk. and an original member of the 
church oroanized in 1736. He prob. rem. to Gr. before 15 Aug. 1756, when 
his sons Edward and John were bap. there. 

3. Timothy, possibly bro. of Samuel (1), by w. Abigail, had Rrubcn. h. 21 
Mar. 1757; Eleanor, b. 21 Oct. 1759; Samuel, bap. 16 Aurr. 1761; Ccdvin, bap. 
19 June 1763. 

Charles, of Bristol, Mass., bought land in Hk. (then Lambstown) 26 Nov. 
1735, of William Dudley, and sold the same to Thomas Church of Little 
Conipton, R. L. 26 Dec. 1735. but no evidence appears that either of them ever 
res. here. Abigail, of Hadley, m. Ichabod Stratton, Jr., 14 Oct. 1743. Han- 
nah, m. Moses Chamberlin 12 Aug. 1781. Sarah, m. Zephaniah Spooner 5 
Nov. 1789. [Hannah and Sarah before named were daughters of Charles 
Church of Bristol, and lineal descendants from the famous Colonel Benjamin 
Church of Little Compton, R. I. They seem also to be descended from John 
Alden and Governor Bradford ; but the line of descent is not traced.] 

Clapp, William, had William, bap. 27 July 1817; Samuel Emerson, bap. 
30 Sep. 1821. 

Cephas, of N. Br., m. Hannah Spooner 21 Mar. 1821. Rebecca and 
Sarah, adults, were bap. 14 May 1820. 

Clark, Joseph, res. in Rochester, and bv w. Thankful had Isaac, b. 6 
Sep. 1721; Katherine, b. 17 Oct. 1723, m. Thomas Weeks of Hk. 3 Ap. 1743 ; 
Joseph, h. 30 Nov. 1724; Thankful, b. — Aug. 1727; Nathaniel, b. 7 Feb. 
1729-30; Willard, b. 21 Mar. 1731-2. 

2. Isaac, s. of Joseph (1), m. Content Weeks of Hk. 29 Oct. 1742, and had 
Betliia, b. 2 July 1744; Isaeic, b. 24 Nov. 1746; Catherine, b. 29 May 1749; 
Thanl-ful, b. 18 May 1752, m. Jabez Elwell 21 Dec. 1769; Content, b. 21 Aug. 
1754, in. Jabez Cobb, 8 Dec. 1776; Sarah, b. 3 July 1757, m. Joseph Robinson, 
30 Sep. 1773, and (2d) James Blair of Western (now Warren), 26 Mar. 1805, 
whom she survived, and d. 16 Dec. 1844; Thomas, bap. 10 Feb. 1760, d. 
young; Rhoda, h. 27 Jan. 1762, m. Timothy Hathaway 23 Sep. 1784; Thomas, 
h. 10 July 1764 ; Asa, bap. 18 Ap. 1767; Susanna, b. 29 Jan. 1768, m. Simeon 
Clark 1 Dec. 1791. Lsaac the f. rem. to Hk. about 1747, was a farmer, and 
d. 24 Dec. 1804; his w. Content d. 22 Feb. 1809, a. 85. 

3. Isaac, s. of Isaac (2), m. Patience Stearns of Wore. 6 Jan. 1774, and 
had Pollij, h. 3 Mar. 1774, m. John White 19 Nov. 1795 ; Alinda, b. 19 July 



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1775. m. Asa Witherell ; Tra, b. 5 June 1777; Ezra, b. 26 Au^. 1779; 

Patience, b. 21 July 1781, in. Georjie W. Webb 16 Oct. 1803; Bethiu, b. 14 
Nov. 1782; Fanny, b. 25 Ap. 1785, m. Samuel IliUbaway 17 Oct. 1805; 

Wiilard, b. , in. Fanny Giflin 25 Mai*. 1810; llanyion, b. , m. Eliza 

Bartlett of N. Br., pub. 19 Jan. 1818. Isaac the f. was a fanner, res. on the 
Ware road, at the place marked " C. Ruggles " on the K. Map, and d. 19 Aug. 
1814 ; his w. Patience survived. 

4. Ezra, s. of Isaac (3), m. P^lizabeth Webb, 17 Nov. 1803, and had Alma, 
b. 27 Aug. 1806, m. Wiliard Sloan ; Lulhera, b. 21 Feb. 1810, m. Levi Whip- 
ple Warner 10 Ap. 1832; Elisha Window, b. 22 Nov. 1811, d. unra. 6 Feb. 
1848; Susan, h. 22 May 1813, m. Lucius Lawton 3 Ap. 1834. Elizabeth (pos- 
thumous), b. 19 Jan. 1815, m. Chilson. Ezra the f. was a farmer, rem. 

to Danville, Vt., but returned in 1807, and res. on the Ware road next north- 
erly from his father's farm, and d. 11 Aug. 1814; his w. Elizabeth m. Capt. 
Benjamin Paige, 6 June, 1819, and d. IG Mar. 1856, a. 73. 

5. Edward, b. at Bellingham, m. Anna Jennison, and had Simenti, b. 

; prob. Polly, b. , d. 26 Feb. 1789, a. 26; Anna, b. , m. John 

Paige, pub. 15 Sep. 1788, d. 27 Mar. 1845, a. 77 ; Samuel, h. ; Philena, 

b. , d. 16 Aug. 1790, a. 17 or 18; Edward, b. ; Nathaniel, b. , 

m. Sally Curtis 14 July 1793; Sophia, b. , m. Samuel King, pub. 11 Oct. 

1801, d. at Barre 27 Mar. 1877, a. 93. Edward the f. came here from Pet. 
and d. 2 Jan. 1820, a. 88, according to the records of the town and church; 
but his head-stone is inscribed 5 Dec. 1819, a. 85; his w. Anna d. 16 Oct. 1802, 
a. 62. 

6. Simeon, s. of Edward (5), m. Susanna, dau. of Isaac Clark, 1 Dec. 1791, 
and had Stillman,h. 6 Feb. 1793; Cyrus, b. 8 Mar. 1795; Asti, b. 12 June 
1797; Caroline, bap. 3 Aug. 1800; Liuy, bap. 3 Mar. 1805, Simeon the f. 
d. in 1809; his w. Susanna d. in 1811. 

7. Samuel, s. of Edward (5), m. Mehetabel Ingerson of Ashford, Conn., pub. 

30 Oct. 1791, and had Philena, h. , d. 11 Mar. 1809, a. 15; Clarissa, h. 

, d. 5 Feb. 1809, a. 12; Horace, b. , d. 21 Nov. 1811, a. 12; Almond 

Ingerson, b. , d. 18 Aug. 1807, a. 21 months; and perhajjs others. 

8. Edward, s. of Edward (5), m. Betsey Paige 23 Feb. 1800, and had 
Eliza, m. Abraham Stevens ; Maria B., m. Barnes Green ; John Paige, d. in 
Oakham 20 July 1869, a. 63; Charles S afford ; Joseph Cutler; Henry Harri- 
son ; Benjamin Paige, m. Julia Ann Emerson of Waltham, pub. 9 Ap. 1841, a 
confectioner, res. in Cambridge, and owns a hotel and large estate at Cold- 
brook. 

9. Stillman, s. of Simeon (6), m. Sophronia Amidon, 9 Sep. 1819; she d. 
12 Oct. 1840, a. 47, and he m. Charlotte Howe of Barre, pub. 23 Ap. 1842, 
His chil. were Charles Stillman, b. 19 June, 1823; lihoda Ann, b. 20 Mar. 
1825, m. Bela B. Paige 28 Nov. 1844; Susan Sophronia, b, 16 Aug, 1826; 
Sarah Amidon, b, 17 July 1829, m, Oren Gould 25 Nov. 1851, and d, 25 Feb, 

1878; Alice, b. , d. 8 June 1855, a. 19; Henry, h. 25 Ap. 1844, d. 9 

Jan. 1845. Stillman the f. was a farmer, res. on the Barre road, at the 
place marked with his name on the K. Map, and d. 7 Feb. 1881, a. 88; his 
w. Charlotte d. 25 July 18 77, a. 75. 

10. Asa, s. of Simeon (6), m. Patience Dennis 5 June 1823, and had Eliz- 
abeth Eunice, b, in Barre 26 Mar. 1824, in. Elijah Warner Robinson 20 Oct. 
1855, and d. 19 Mar, 1881 ; Lucy Henry, h. in Barre, 1 June 1826, m. Wii- 
lard Broad, 18 July 1854; he d., and she m. Alpheus Harding of Barre, 24 
June 1874, AsA the f, res. at different times in Pet., Barre, and Hardwick; 
he d, liere 16 Mar, 1881, a, nearly 84; his w. Patience d, in Barre 1 Oct. 
1868, a. 67. 

11. Charles Stillman, s. of Stillman (9), m. Sarah W. Xewcomb 14 
Dec. 1856, and had Charles Laman, b. 4 Nov. 1857, d. 6 May 1858 ; George 
Stillman, b. 30 June 1859; Frederick Williams, b. 13 Oct. 1862; Frank Dex- 
ter, h. 11 Oct. 1868; Carrie Maria S.,h. 15 Nov. 1871. Charles Still- 

■ man the f., a farmer, res. oui' the Barre road, at the place marked " Mr. 
Haven " on the R. Map. 



350 CLARK — CLEVELAND. 

12. Nathan, by w. Anna, had Relief, b. 8 Sep. 1801. 

13. HexVUY H., by w. Froelove, had7/e»/-^ R., b. , d. 31 July, 1838, a. 

3; a daughter b. 7 Sep. 1848; and perhaps others. His w. Freelove d. 23 
Sep. 1850, a. 39. 

14. Kkxas, by w. Jane Ann, had Julia Maria, h. 4 Mar. 1849; Martha 
Maria, b. 27 Mar. 1851. 

Sally, d. 3 Mar. 1813, a. 23. Phii.ena, d. 20 Oct. 1840, a. 37. Lydia, 
of Rochester, m. Moses Haskell, pub. 18 May 1751. Haxnah, of Barre, m. 
Samuel Robinson, Jr., 15 May 1758. Edward, of Plubbardston, m. Mrs. Su- 
sanna Rice, 22 Ap. 17 79. Seth, m.Ede Love, pub. 15 Oct. 1780. Haxnah, 
m. Samuel Haskins 3d, 19 Jan. 1804. 

Cleveland, ErnRAiM, " m. Hannah Hayward, 1747, and settled in 
W. B., and had Joseph 17 49, ^Benjamin 1751, Elijah 1753, Lucy and Ehenezer 
1755, Olive 1758, Pera«T7tJ0,"' (Mitchell's Hist. Bridgetcater, p. 13 7.) Besides 
these thei'e was prob. Ephraiin, b. in 1747 or 1748. All the chil. except 
Benjamin were m. in Hk. : — Ephraim, m. Lydia Whipple 15 Nov. 1770; 
Joseph, m. Elizabeth Wheeler 4 May 1772 ; Elijah, ni. Sally Marsh, pub. 14 
May, 1789, and d. 15 July 1812, a. 60 ; Lucy, m. Ichabod Eddy, pub. 24 Dec. 
1780 ; Ehenezer, m. Betsey Barnard 28 Nov. 1790 ; Olive, m. Silas Whitaker of 
Pet. 7 Ap. 1785; Persis, m. Aaron Cooley of Athol, 9 Oct. 1783. Ephhaim 
the f. was a saddler, bought a farm in the westerly part of Hk. 27 Mar. 1761, 
to which he prob. rem. immediately, and d. 9 Ap. 1822, a. 96 ; ^ his w. 
Hannah d. 21 Nov. 1810, a. 81. Their posterity in Hk. was numerous ; but 
as only one of their sons caused the birth of his children to be entered on the 
town records, and the later generations were alike neglectful until 1843, I 
have no means to trace the family genealogy with exactness. I can only 
gather a few fragments, chiefly from the records of marriages and deaths. 

2. Ebenkzer, s. of Ephraim (l),m. Betsey Barnard 28 Nov. 1790, and had 
Polly, b. 6 Dec. 1791, m. Rufus Barnes 31 Dec. 1818 ; Asa (or Asaph), b. 6 
Nov. 1795, m. Nancy Freeman, pub. 20 Dec. 1824, d. 25 Sep. 1880 ; William, 
b. 1 Sep. 1798; Newcomb, b. 18 Feb. 1800, m. Sophronia Gilbert 17 Feb. 
1824. Ebenezer the f. d. 7 Dec. 1800, a. 45. 

3. Joseph, prob. s. of Joseph and Elizabeth (Wheeler), m. Anna Barnes, 
and had Jason, who m. Lucy H. Smith 3 Jan. 1845; his w. Anna, d. 1 7 Mar. 
1823, a. 16, and he m. Bathsheba, dau. of Luther Burgess, jDub. 12 Sep. 1825, 
and had Joseph; Andrew; Henry; Cutler; Charlotte, d. 14 Aug. 1835, a. 

20 months; Frederick M., b. 1836; William H., b. 1840, m. Mary 

A. Atwood 17 July 1861, two days afterwards joined the Union Army, and d. 
in the service 19 Aug. 1863 ; Dwiyht, b. 23 Nov. 1843 ; Franklin H., b. 11 Dec. 
1846 ; Alpheus, b. 3 June 1852; a son b. 29 Dec. 1854, d. 31 Dec. 1854. 

4. Elijah, prob. s. of Elijah and Sally (Marsh), m. Lucy Barnes 14 Dec. 

1819 ; some of their chil. were Henry E., b. 1820, m. Abigail B. Holden 

of N. Sal. 26 Aug. 1846 ; Albert A., b. 1 822, m. Mary J. Dart"28 Mar. 1847 ; 

Ejjhraim, h. 1823, m. Angeline C. Holden of N. Sal, pub. 5 Ap. 1848 ; 

Lucia C, b. 1825, m. Eli Warner of N. Br. 1 Ap. 1845 ; William Warren, 

b. 1831. Elijah the f. d. 28 Oct. 1856, a. 66 ; his w. Lucy d. 31 Jan. 1858, 
a. 61. 

5. Royal, s. of Elijah and Sally (JMarsh), m. Sally Smith of Pet., pub. 3 
Ap. 1820 ; some of their chil. were Porter C, b. 1823; Edward S., b. 

1829, m. Nancy G. Turner of Alna, Me., 4 May 1869; Alinira N., b. 

1835, m. William W. Cleveland 20 Jan. 1853. Royal the f. d. 26 Feb. 

1875, a. nearly 82 ; his w. Sally d. 23 Nov. 1873, a. nearly 78. 

6. Newcomb, s. of Ebenezer (2), m. Sophronia Gilbert 17 Feb. 1824, and 
had William Orson, b. 21 Oct. 1827 ; ;S'«ra/i Gilbert, b. 29 Aug. 1829; So- 
jJironia Jane, b. 25 June 1831 ; Alpheus Angel, h. 25 Aug. 1834. 

7. Joseph A., s. of Joseph (3), by w. Mary E., had Joseph Anson, b. 30 
Jan. 1847. 

8. Frederick M., s. of Joseph (3), m. Helen J. Barnes 4 JMay 1864, and 

1 The Town Record gives 80 as the age, but the date of marriage and other facts plainly 
indicate a mistake. 



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had Eugene Sumner, h. 31 Mar. 1865; Leslie Limcood, b. 10 Mar. 1871 ; Heher 
Howe, i). 3 Sop. 1872 ; Ernest Elgin, b. 23 July 1876. Fukderick M. the 
f. d. 10 Deo. 1876, a. nearly 41. 

!). DwiGirr, s. of Joseph (3), by w. Sarah J., had Arlelld Rowena, h. 25 
Nov. 18(;2, d. 4 Mar. 1863 ; Leceretf Dwighl, b. 16 July 1866. 

10. William Wakiikn, s. of Elijah (4), m. Alniira M. Cleveland 20 |Jan. 
1853, and had M<ison Wehsler (or U'arrcn Wehsler), h. 9 Sop. 1853, d. 10 Dec. 
1853 ; Julia Eva, h. 1 Jan. 1861. William AVakukx the f. d. 5 Jan. 1862, 

a. 31. 

11. Pouter C, s. of Royal (5), m. Armanilla M. Hinkloy of Barro, pub. 
10 Oct. 1.S45; she d. 15 Mar. 1866, a. 45, and he m. Mrs. Ellen M. Howe of 
Barre, 1 Nov. 1866, and had Julian P., b. 23 Sep. 1868. 

12. Joseph A., s. of Joseph A. (7), by w. Abbie J., had Etta Bell, h. 23 
Sep. 1868. 

13. Alvin, parentage not ascertauied, by w. Ruth, had Sglvesfer S., b. 

1838, ni. Nettle A. Sears of Gr. 2 Dec. 1863 ; and prob. the same Alvin, 
by w. Rosetta, had Leora Elmina, b. 27 June 1849. 

14. Andukw, by w. Mary E., had George La Fagette, b. 27 Sept. 1848 ; 
Charles Laforest, b. 28 Feb. 1850. 

15. WiLLARD, m. Mary L. Cook of Warwick, pub. 20 May 1857, and had 
Elliott Edwards, b. 17 June 1861 ; Marg A., b. 13 Mar. 1865 ; Carrie Maria, 

b. 2 Ap. 1867 ; Royal Cook, b. 17 Aug. 1871, 

Charles R., m. Eunice S. Thayer of Athol, pub. 24 Aug. 1842. L. 
Angeline, m. Emerson Warner of N. Br., pub. 18 Jan. 1851. Sarah M. J., 
m. William N. Gore, pub. 11 Feb. 1851. R. Alice, m. Walter W. Warner 
of N. Br., pub. 2 Dec. 1852. Calvin, s. of Elijah, d. at Fitchburg 4 June 
1878, a. 74. 

Clifeord, Edward, m. Abigail AVinslow 30 Nov. 1761, and had Samuel, 
b. 25 Mar. 1762 ; Anna, b. 7 Jan. 1769; Amelia, b. 6 Feb. 1775; Funny, b. 
6 Sop. 1778. 

2. Samuel, prob. s. of Edwai-d (1), by w. Ruth, had Daniel Pratt, b. 12 
Aug. 1786. 

Pliny, m. Elvira Leonard of N. Sal., pub. 11 June 1825. 

Clixtox, Hexry. See Jonathan S. Sloan. 

CgBB, Elisha, by w. Priscilla, had Lemuel, b. 9 Jan. 1735 ; a dan. b. 26 
SeprTfS7 (prob. the Lydia who m. Elkanah Stewart 7 Sep. 1761) ; John, b. 
6 Sep. 1741 ; Elisha, b. 22 June 1744, m. Elizabeth Barnet 8 Nov. 1770; 
Si/luanus, b. 13 Aug. 1747 ; m. Elizabeth Warren of ^Vestborough 9 Mar. 
1772 ; Hannah, b. 1 Feb. 1749, m. Ephraim Titus 20 Doc. 1770; Jahez, b. 3 
Ap. 1752. Elisha the f . was styled a " mariner" in 1754, and is supposed 
to have been one of the very numerous posterity of Elder Henry Cobb, who 
d. in Barnstable, 16 79. 

2. Lemuel, s. of Elisha (1), m. Lydia, dau. of Joseph Allen, 10 Oct. 
1765 ; she d. 11 July 1776, a. 32, and he m. Abigail, dau. of John Amidon 
27 Mar. 1777. His chil. were Anna, b. 19 Feb. 1766, m. Samuel Dennis 3 
May 1788; Lydia, h. 4 Jan. 1769, m. Alpha Warner 14 Jan. 1796; Hannah, 
b. 24 Nov. 1771 ; Elizabeth, b. 18 Mar. 1774, d. young; John, bap. 26 July 
1778 ; Lemuel, b. 17 July 1780, m. Loesena (Lucina ?) Newton 2 June 1803 ; 
Elizabeth, h. 7 Mar. 1782, m. Micah Haskell 8 May 1797 ; Nahby, bap. 26 
July 1789. Lemuel the f. rem. to Hardwick, Vt. 

3. John, s. of Elisha (1), m. Thankful Sears 19 July 1764, and had Molly, 
b. 18 Mar. 1765. 

4. Jabez, s. of Elisha (1), m. Content Clark 8 Dec. 1776, and had Isaac, 
h. 3 Sep. 1777 ; Elnalhan, b. 16 Nov. 1779. 

"* 5. Sherebiah, parentage not ascertained, by w. Charity, had Hannah, 

b. , m. Nathan Paige 25 Ap. 1784 ; Sally, b. , d. unm. 17 Aug.^1855, 

a. 86 ; Cynthia, b. , d. unm. 5 May 1826, a. 50 ; Zenas, b. 31 Mar. 1779, 

m. Cinderilla, dau. of Joseph Robinson, 1 Dec. 1803 ; she d. 9 INIay 1804, a. 
24, and he m. Eleanor Smith, 2 June 1805. Sherebiah the f. was a farmer, 
rem. from Raynham to Ilk. before 1779, res. on the westerly side of Muddy 



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352 COBB. 

Brook, at the place marked " S. Cobb " on the R. Map, and d. 3 July 1811, 

a. 72 ; his w. Charity d. 20 or 22 Oct. 1817, a. 78. 
G. Gershom, m. Meletiah, dan. of John Smith, 19 Jan. 1726-7, and had, 

at Middleborough, Hope, b. 10 Nov. 1727 ; Jonathan, b. 14 Nov. 1729 ; Perez, 

b. 5 Ant?. 1731 ; Andreio, b. 13 Oct. 1733 ; Joseph, h. 23 Jan. 1735-6; Lijdia, 
b. 31 May, 1739; Si/lvunus, b. 13 June, 1741 ; Ebenezer, b. 27 May 1744. 
Gersiiom the f. is supposed to have been son of Deac. Jonathan and 
Hope (Huckins) Cobb (who rem. from Barnstable to ]\Iid. about 1695, and d. 
15 Auir. 1728, a. 68), and grandson of Elder HenjT.and Sarah (Ilinkley) Cobb 
(who was of PlynioMth about 1629, of Scituate 1633, one of the founders and 
a deacon of the church there 1635, rem. with the church to Barnstable 1639, 
was suVisequently ruling elder, and d. in 1679). Gkushom was not the ^^ first 
deacon" of the INIiddleborough church, as inscribed on his head-stone, but was 
elected in 1745 to that office. Late in life he rem. to Hk., where he d. 28 Aug. 
1781, a. 86 ; his w. Meletiah, d. 26 Mar. 1788, a. 83. A large head-stone 
near the gate of the old cemetery denotes the place where their bodies were 
deposited. 

7. Perez, s. of Gershom (6), was a farmer, and res. in N. Br., about a mile 
easterly from the Old Furnace, on the farm bought by him of Capt. Eleazar 
Warner 4 May 1764, and afterwards owned by his son Perez. I have not seen 

A any record of his children. He d. 17 or 18 Nov. 1819, a. 88; his w. Abiel d. 
27 Dec. 1819, a. 79. 

8. Andrew, s. of Gershom (6), res. in ]\Iid., where, by w. Experience, he 
had Gershom, b. 2 May 1762 ; Andrew, b. 16 June 1764, m. Hannah F. Oliver; 
Lewis, b. 9 Dec. 1766, m. Abigail Cushman 1798. 

9. Sylvanus, s. of Gershom (6), m. Molly Ellis 13 Oct.,1765 at Mid., and 
rem. to Hk. about 1777. His chil. were Joseph, b. 15 May 1767; Hope, b. 20 
June 1769, m. Elias AVhite of Barre 2 Oct. 1789; Sarah, b. 1 Nov. 1770, d. 
29 July 17 72; Pollij, b. 25 July 1772, m. Jonathan Fletcher of Barre 21 Dec. 
1794; JietSeij (twin), b. 12 June 1774; Deborah (twin), b. 12 June 1774, m. 
Isaac Bridges, Jr., 27 Jan. 1795; Salome, b. 12 Aug. 1776; Benjamin, b. 10 
May 1778, m. Sally Jenkins of Barre, pub. 17 June 1801; Ellis, b. 11 Mar. 
1780; Daniel, b. 15 Dec. 1782, m. Mrs. Hannah Clark of Wai-e, pub. 14 July 
1817, d. at Deerfield 22 May 1856; Clarissa, b. 27 Dec. 1784, d. unm. 10 Jan. 
1867; Mivina, b. 8 June 1786, m. Noah AVhite of Barre 8 Feb. 1807; Amma- 
dulce, b. 12 June 1788, m. Alanson Gilbert, pub. 18 Sep. 1825, and had one 
child, Alanson A., b. 6 Mar. 1827 ; she d. at Charlestown 18 May 1881. Syl- 
vanus the f. was a farmer, and res. near Barre, at the place marked " B. J. 
Cobb" on the K. Map, and d. 9 June 1834, a. 93; his w. Molly d. 16 Aug. 
1830, a. 86. 

10. Ebenezer, s. of Gershom (6), m. Martha, dau. of Walter Hastings, 5 
Oct. 1780, and had Ohs, b. , m. Daphne Fay, pub. 18 July 1802; Ebene- 
zer, b. about 1784; and perhaps others. Ebenezer the f. was a cordwainer, 
res. for a time in Barre and afterwards in Hk. During the latter part of his 
life, for several years, he was toll-gatherer at the turnpike gate near the Old 
Furnace. He d. 15 Jan. 1816, a. Vl ; his w. Martha d. 2 June 1827, a. 81. 

11. Gershom, s. of Andrew (8), m. Lydia Besse at Mid. in 1791, and the 
same year rem. to Hk., where she d. 14 Ap. 1808, a. 43, and he m. Abigail 

Thomas 2 Mai-. 1811. His chil. were an infant, d. 29 Feb. 1792; Lydia, h. 

1793, d, 5 July 1803, a. 10; Gershom, b. 1795, d. 24 Aug.'l833, a. 38; 

Areias, b. ^"1797, d. 13 July 1803, a. 6 ; Miles, b. 25 Nov. 1798 ; Experience, 

b. 1800, d. 4 July 1803, a. 2 years 8 mo.; Prior, b. , d. . Ger- 
shom the f. was a cordwainer, res. on the easterly road to Gilbertville, at the 
place marked "Mr. Bolster" on the K. Map, and d. 15 Ap. 1812, a. nearly 
50; his w. Abigail m. David Blackmer 13 Oct. 1823, and d. 22 Mar. 1832. 

12. Ebenezer, s. of Ebenezer (10) by w. Joanna had Lydia, b. 1809, d. 

unm. 6 Oct. 1840, a. 31; Clark Hastings, b. 1813, d. 8 May, 1814, a. 14 

months; a child b. 1818, d. 17 Sep* 1820, a. 2; Frederick A., b. about 

1823; and perhaps others. Ebenezer the f. res. on the old turn[)ike, about 
half a mile westerly from the Old Furnace, at the jjlace marked with his name 



COBB — COLLINS. 353 

on the R. Map, and d. 16 Nov. 1835, a. 51 ; his w. Joanna d. 30 Dec. 1845, 
a. 60. 

13. JIiLKS, s. of Gershom (11), m. Lucretia Tolman, pub. 30 Dec. 1826, and 
had Aviiiry B. ; Lydia, m. Luther IMarsh of llolden 23 Ap. 1849, and d. 13 
Nov. 1863, a. 35; Aretas, d. 13 Mar. 1851, a. 19; Andrew, d. 27 Ap. 1855, a. 
22; Prior, d. 25 Feb. 185 7, a. 21. Miles the f., a farmer, res. at Gilbertville, 
and d. 5 Feb. 1882; his w. Lucretia d. 1 Feb. 1879, a, 81. 

14. Fkedkuick a., s. of Ebenezer (12), m. Elizabeth S. Conkey 11 Dec. 
1845, and had William Frederick, b. 21 Mar. 1850; Carrie Frances, b. 22 Sep, 
1853, ni. Charles E. Trumbull of N. Brk. 12 July 1879, and d. 2 June 1882. 

15. Amory B., s. of Miles (13), by w. Fanny (who d. 16 July 1859, a. 32), 
had Crllla Acrora, b. 22 Aug. 1857, d. 3 Nov. 1857; Fanny Al'llne, b. 10 July 
1859, d. 12 Aug. 1859; and by w. ]\Iarietta, a daughter, b."l8 Sep. 18C3, d. 18 
Oct. 1863; Fanny Louisa, b. 10 June 1865; Emna Jane, b. 6 Sep. 1867. 
Amouy B. the f. res. at Gilbertville; rem. to Tiietford, Vt., but soon re- 
turned. 

Sylvia, m. Henry Arnold, pub. 17 Ap. 1791. Allen, m. Olive Sampson 
1 Jan. 1795. Gratia, m. Israel Thomas, pub. 22 Jan. 1827, 

CoBLEiGir, Jonathan (otherwise written Coble, Cobley, Cobleich, and 
Cobling), prob. the same who was in Concord 1737, by w. Elizabeth, had in 
Hk. Reuben, b. 6 July 1743; Jonathan, bap. 21 Sep. 1746; John, bap. 1 July 
1753. Jonathan the f. was a oordwainer, and res. in that part of the town 
■which is now included in New Braintree. 

2. Eleazar, prob. brother of Jonathan (1), by w. Phebe, had Bafhshcha, 
bap. 12 June 1743 ; Dan, bap. 9 Feb. 1745-6; Hannah, bap. 21 Sep. 1746. It 
is not unlikely that Simon, b. 18 Aug. 1741, was son of the same parents, 
though their names are recorded "Eleazar and Pliebe Ablich." 

Oliver, aged 23, was a soldier in the French War, 1758. 

Collins, Gamaliel, m. Rachel Rich, and had Jonah Sfevens, h. ; 

Rachel, h. , m. Elisha Newcomb of Gr. 23 Feb. 1790 ; Gaviedlel, b. 20 Feb. 

1776; Ebenezer, b. 2 Mar. 1777; Jerusha, b. 5 Aug. 1778, m. Judah iNLarsh of 
Ware 20 Feb. 1800; PrlsclUu, b. 24 Ap. 1780, m. John Wicker 15 Nov. 1803; 
Aqullla, b. 29 Jan. 1782 (it is understood by some members of the family that 
he never married; but the town records show that a person of the same name, 
and apparently the same individual, married Mary Smith of Gr, 18 Oct. 1807); 
James, b. 1 Sep. 1785. Gamaliel the f. was born at Truro, was a ship- 
master, and the "first adventurer in whale fisheries at Falkland Islands." ^ 
He rem. his family, about the commencement of the Revolutionary War, to the 
southwesterly part of Hk., a few rods northerly from the place marked " Mr. 
Collins " on the R. Map. He d. at Plymouth, apparently on his return from a 
voyage, as in his will, dated 27 Mar. 1786 and {proved 13 June 1786, lie men- 
tions among his children the youngest son (b. in the previous September), 
' "that was not named when I left home." Capt. Collins was evidently a man 
of mark; he was a member of the Committee of Correspondence in 1776, and 
selectman in 17 78. 

2. Gamaliel, s. of Gamaliel (1), m. Patty Gilbert 21 June 1798; she d. 21 
Aug. 1804, a, 28, and he m, Betsey Billings 29 Nov. 1804; she d. 10 Dec. 1805, 

a. 30, and he m. Ann Snow 2 of Truro. His chil. were Jonathan, b. , d. 3 

Mar. 1831, a. 31 (leaving a dau. Mary Ann, who d. 10 ]\Lar. 1831, a. 6 months) ; 

Fanny, b. , m. Foster Newcomb of Ware 18 Feb. 1819, and d. 19 Nov, 

1878; William Gilbert, b. , a soldier in the Mexican War, and all further 

trace of him lo5t; Gamaliel, b. 1809, a lawyer, res. in Palmer, m. Martha 

Smith 13 Oct. 1834, and d. 8 Nov. 1869, a. 60; Be/sey B., b. , m. Daniel 

W. Hooker of Rut. 20 Sep. 1831; Mary Ann, b. 1811, d. 2 Oct. 1825, a. 

14; Daniel S., b. 28 Dec. 1812; Martha G., h. , m. Charles AVhitney of 

Waterlown 29 Dec. 1840; Anthony S., b. , m. Mary E. , and had dau. 

1 Newcomb Genenlor/y, p. 381. extraordinary age of one hundred and ten 

2 The descendants have a tradition that years, 
the mother of this Ann Snow attained the 

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354 COLLINS— COOPER. 

Mary Emily, b. 12 Ap. 1849. Gamaliel tlie f. was a farmer, res. on the 
homestead, 'and d. 28 Sep. 1825; his w. Ann d. at Wat. 24 Feb. 18G1, a. 81. 

3. EBENEZer, s. of Gamaliel (1), m. Polly, dau. of Timothy Gilbert, pub. 

28 Sep. 180O, and had Julia Ann, b. , m. Adonijah Dennis, Jr., 11 Sep. 

1827; Ebenezer, b. , d. in Iowa; Lemuel G., b. , d. in Iowa; El- 

iridge ; Timothy, res. in Iowa. 

4. Daniel S., s. of Gamaliel (2), m. Thirza Chaffee of Pal., pub. 11 Aug. 

1840, and had Mai-i/ Ann G., b. , d. 29 Ap. 1860, a. 17; Fanmj Maria, b. 

9 Ap. 1845, m. Oscar S. Southworth, 15 Ap. I'^Cg; Daniel C, b. 6 Ap. 1847, 

m. Eva J. Knight of Ware 18 Oct. 1871 ; Francis C, h. , d. unui. 15 

Nov. 1873, a. 25. Daniel S. the f., a farmer, res. near the homestead. 

Ariel, m. WilliitlTi Thomas, 23 Sep. 1765. Polly, ra. Thomas Boyd of 
Shelburne 26 May 181G. Charles, d. 2 Jan. 1830, a. 78. John, m. Mrs. 
Johanna Highland 3 Aug. 1871. 

CoNANT, Timothy, s. of Lot, and a descendant from Roger, the governor 
of the first plantation at Cape Ann, was b. at Bridgewater in 1732, m. Hannah 
Blackman in 1754, and had, at Bridgewater, /«»ies, b. 1755; Luther, b. 1758 ; 
Susanna, b. 1760; Lucy, b. 1762; Deborah, b. 1764; Timothy, b. 20 Feb. 
1770; and at Oakham, Sylvanus, b. 23 Ap. 1773; Abigail and Sarah, Uv'ms, 
b. 26 Oct. 1774; IIannah,'h. 4 Mar. 1777. The births of the five children last 
named are entered on the Hk. records, indicating that the family rem. to this 
place. 

2. Abxer, s. of Thomas, another descendant from the famous Roger, was 
born at Bridgewater in 1746, but spent a large portion of his life in Ilk. He 
was a baclielor and a cordwainer. For several years he boarded in the family 
of Timothy P<>ige, Esq., plying his trade in a shop fitted up for his use. He 
d. 29 Oct. 1807, a. 61; but my memory of his kindness to me in my childhood 
is yet green. 

CoNKEY, Nehemiah, prob. s. of James and grandson of Alexander, named 
below, m. Marietta Lincoln 28 Nov. 1844, and had James Burt, b. 4 Sep. 1845; 
Mary Louisa, b. 27 July 1847, m. Lauriston Giflin of Barre 9 Ap. 186 7; Julia 
Elizabeth, b. 17 Dec. 1851; George Lincoln, b. 6 June 1854, d. 17 May 1857; 
Frederick Lincoln, b. 24 Aug. 1857, d. 20 Ap. 1868; Willard Alanson, b. 5 
Ap. 1861; Frank Nehemiah, b. 15 May 1863; Frances Maria, b. 7 Mar. 1866. 

2. James Buht, s. of Nehemiah (1), m. Charlotte Foster of Ware 1 Mar. 
1870, and had Louis Nehemiah, b. 6 Dec 1870; Annie Louise, b. 8 Ap. 1872, 
d. 12 Feb. 1878; Harold E., b. 29 Sep. 1878. 

Alexander, a Revolutionary pensioner, b. in Pelham, d. 17 Jan. 1847, a. 
93. James, d. 15 Mar. 1842, a. 65; Elizabeth, w. of James, d. 11 July 
1859, a. 7 7. Elizabeth, dau. of James and Elizabeth, m. Frederick A. 
Cobb 11 Dec. 1845. 

CoNVEiis, Benjamin (otherwise written Converse), by w. Hannah, had 
Asa Wright, bap. 18 Mar. 1781; Royal, bap. 12 May 1782; an elder son 
Royal, d. 5 Feb. 1781, a. 4. His w. Hannah d. 25 July 1785, a. 34, and he 
m. Esther Grosvener of Windsor, pub. 17 May 1786. Benjamin the f., 
then of W^indsor, bought the estate of Thomas Robinson, at and near the Old 
Furnace, 19 Oct. 1780 (for twenty thousand pounds in the depreciated cur- 
rency of tliat period), and probably rem. immediately to Hk. He was licensed 
as a retailer in 1781 and 1782, and for a few yeai's seems to have been pros- 
perous. But in the troublous time which followed, he became an active mili- 
tary partisan of Shays, appearing as adjutant at Worcester on the 6th of Sep- 
tember 1786; and on the collapse of the Rebellion found it necessary to 
abscond in order to avoid arrest. His subsequent history is unknown to me. 

2. Daniel J., m. Sabrina Brown, pub. 23 Jan. 1826. Their only child 
whose name appears on the record of births was Emily Elvira, b. 13 Sep. 
1843. Daniel J. the f. d. 16 May 1852, a. 49. 

Sarah, d. 10 Ap. 1845, a. 19. 

Cook, John, by w. , had Esther, bap. 29 Oct. 1764 ; Lucy, bap. 5 Ap. 

1767^ 

Cooper, John, m. Mary Sherman of Grafton 15 Mar. 1748-9, and had 



COOPER — CROWELL. 355 

Sarah, h. 18 Feb. 1749-50, d. 8 Jan. 1767; Nathaniel, b. 8 Nov. 17.51 ; Mary, 
b./20 July 1753; John, b. 15 June 1755; Joel, h. 13 Ap. 1757; lliddah, b. 1 
May 1759; Sherman, b. 3 Ap. 17G1; Matilda, b. IG Ap. 1762; Barnabas, h. 
28 July 1764; Chloe, b. 20 Dec. 1766. John, the f. was prob. s. of Samuel, 
who rem. from Cambridge to Grafton in the summer of 1730, and was elected 
deacon 21 Jan. 1732; if so, he was bap. 7 Mar. 1724-5, and was orandson of 
Deacon Samuel Cooper, and groat-grandson of Deacon John Coojier, both of 
Cambridge. See Hist. Cambridije, pp. 516, 517. While residing in Grafton, 
30 July 1746, he bought 100 acres of Umd in Hk., and was adniitted to the 
church here on the first day of the succeeding March. He was elected dea- 
con before 9 July 1751, when his name appears with tliat title on tlie church 
record ; very probably the election soon followed the i^signation of Deacon 
Paige and Deacon Robinson in 1749. He was soTectman one year, assessor 
ten years, town clerk five years, and fre(iuently school-teacher between 1751 
and 1766. He prob. rem. or died in 1769, as in March of tliat year he was 
elected town clerk and assessor, and in the following May a successor in each 
office was elected ; also the office of deacon in the church was filled by the 
election of Capt. William Paige (son of the former Deac. Paige) 9 Nov. 1769. 

CovELL, Royal, m. Emeline Goss, of Winchester, N^ H., 9 Aug. 1853. 
Harriet E. C., m. John J. Johnson 11 Mar. 1852. 

Cox, Ebenezer, by w. Elizabetli, had Anna, b. , m. Nathan Carpen- 
ter 15 Mar. 17 73; (prob.) Salhj, b. 1759, d. unm. 2 Sep. 1.S08, a. 49; 

Jemima, b. 10 Nov. 1761, m. Noah Hatch 4 Feb. 1783 ; Thankful, b. 27 Aug. . 
1763; John Davenport, b. 24 Mar. 1765; Hannah, b. 2 Ap. 1767, m. Eliakim 
Fay of Barnard 5 Sep. 1790; Elizabeth, bap. 15 May 1768. Ebenezer the 
f. was born in Doi'chester, rem. early to W^rentham, and thence to Hk. about 
1760; he res. on a road leading from the turnpike to Ruggles Hill, at a place 
marked " L. Burgess " on the R. Map. He was a distinguished officer during 
the French War ; his name is borne on the Muster Rolls as a lieutenant in 
1757, and captain from 1758 to 1762. He d. 2 Mar. 1768, a. 41, and his pa- 
triotism, valor, and good conduct are commemorated on his head-stone, which 
remains standing in the old cemetery. 

2. Benjamin, prob. brother of Ebenezer (1), by w. Jerusha, had George, b. 
1 July 1762; Jerusha, b. 16 Feb. 1764, m. Holland Blackmer in Barnard 7 
Nov. 1782; Benjamin, b. 13 Aug. 1766; Ebenezer, b. 28 Nov. 1768; PhUena, 
b. 1 June 1771, m. Josiah Newton of Hk., pub. 29 Nov. 1792; Charles, b. 
18 Oct. 1773 ; Lucinda, h. 7 Sup. 1776 (as recorded in Hk., or 26 Jan. 1776, 
according to the Barnard record); and in Barnard, Thomas, b. 20 Aug. 1778; 
Fanny, h. 30 Nov. 1783. Bexjamix the f. also rem. from Wrentham to Hk. 
about 1760, and was actively engaged in tlie Fi-ench War; his name is en- 
rolled as a private in the company of Capt. Ebenezer Cox in 1758, as sergeant 
in 1759, and as ensign in 1760. He rem. to Barnard, Vt., about 1777, where 
he was one of the most active citizens, a captain of militia during the Revo- 
lutionary War, assessor, justice of the peace, and representative. He d. 25 
Sep. 1788, a. 48. 

3. John Davenport, s. of Ebenezer (1), m. Anna Powers of Brimfield, 

pub. 17 July 1786, and had Stephen, b. 1789, d. 2 Ap. 1791, a. 2 ; Eben-^ 

ezer, b. — May 1791, d. at Wore. 14 Dec. 1863, a. 72; Pamela ; and Maria ; 
perhaps one of the dau. was b. before Stephen. John D. the f. d. 26 Ap. 1795; 
his w. Anna survived. 

Elizabeth, perliaps dau. of Benjamin (2), and b. at Wrentham, m. James 
Byram 8 Feb. 1781, and rem. to Barnard about 1786. 

Crowell, Joshua, m. Mary Shiverick at Falmouth 5 Dec. 1745, and had 
Bathsheba, h. 25 May 1747, m. David Waite 23 Nov. 1769; Joshua, b. 8 Ap. ' 
1749, m. Mary Field of Brk. 12 Jan. 1775 ; Paul, b. 20 May 1751, res. in Brk., 

m. Jerusha , and d. 28 Sep. 1830; Salviria, b. 17 Ap. 1753, m. Nathaniel 

Paige of Barnard, Vt., 1 Feb. 1781 ; Hannah, b. 14 July 1755, m. Jcduthun ^^ 
Spooner 27 Ap. 1781 ; Thomas, b. 1 July 1757, d. 22 Jan. 1812; il/rtr//, b. 10 ^ 
June 1759, m. Isaac Davis 28 June 1789; Shiverick, h. 24 Mar. 1762, yi. Su- 
sanna Aiken 15 Sep. 1785, at Barnard, and d. there 19 May 1826 ; Nathaniel, .*' 



356 CROWELL — CUMMINGS. 

b. 4 Sep. 1764, d. unm. at Barnard 8 Aug. 1785; Joseph,h. 9 Oct. 1770. All 
these chil. except Joseph wei-e b. and bap. at Falmouth. Joshua the f. rem. 
to Hk. as early as 1769, and caused the births of his chil. to be entered on rec- 
ord. He -was prob. a descendant of John Crowell (formerly written Crow 
and Croel), who came to N. E. in 1635, " and was early in Yarmouth with w. 
Elishua." He was a farmer and res. on the easterly road to Gilbertville (with 
his son-in-law Mr. Spooner), at the place marked " Wid. Marsh " on the R. 
Map. His Christian character was severely tested by domestic affliction. His 
dau. Hannah (Mrs. Spooner) was insane for several years, and at length, on 
the 27th of January 1807, destroyed the life of her aged mother by stealthily 
approaching behind her chair, as she sat near the fire, and crushing her skull 
with an axe. After this Mrs. Spooner was more closely watched ; but on the 
16th of the following December she eluded the watchfulness of her keepers 
and destroyed her own life by cutting her throat. Mr. Crowell's son Thomas 
was also insane for many years; he was harmless and inoffensive, would sel- 
dom speak to any one, but would walk abroad in whatever weather, bare- 
headed and barefooted, and very thinly clad. J do not remember ever to have 
seen him with a hat or overcoat. In an unusually cold night, 22 Jan. 1812, 
he kindled a fire which consumed the house of his brother Joseph (who had 
the care of him), and perished in the Hames.^ The venerable father found 
rest from his earthly labors and trials 11 Sep. 1813, a. 91 ; his w. Mary, as be- 
fore mentioned, met her tragical fate 27 Jan. 1807, a. 82. 

2. Joseph, s. of Joshua (1), m. Perthenia Thomas 24 Oct. 1793, and had 
Paulina, b. 3 Dec. 1794, m. Jesse Shaw 19 Dec. 1813; Adolphus, b. 3 Feb. 
1797; Maria, b. 25 Mar. 1798; Erastus, b. 10 May 1799, m. Rebecca Both- 
erel, pub. 10 Ap. 1820; Sophronia, b. 14 Ap. 1801 ; Jerusha, b. IG Ap. 1803; 
Harvey, b. 15 Dec. 1804; Plimj Thomas, bap. IG Sep. 1810. Joseph the f. 
was not insane, but was thriftless and imprudent in his habits. He res. on the 
easterly road to Gilbertville, at the place marked " Mr. Cobb " on the R. Map; 
but several years after the destruction of his house by fire, as before related, 
and the erection of a new one on the same spot, he rem. to Broome, N. Y. 

CuMMiNGS, Jacob, by w. Ruth, had Nathan, bap. 25 July 1742, and no 
more is known of him. 

2. Isaac, by w. Susanna, had prob. Isaac ; Olive, b. 11 Dec. 1755, m. Jo- 
seph Mixter of Templeton 25 May 1777. 

3. Isaac, prob. s. of Isaac (2), as he is styled Isaac, Jr., in the record of 
his first marriage, m. Catherine Ramsdell 11 May 1774, and (2d) Lydia Wash- 
burn, pub. 4 Sep. 1785. His chil. were Catherine, b. 7 Nov. 1779, m. Amos 
Lamed of N. Sal. 1 Dec. 1803; Isaac, b. 6 Sep. 1784, m. Susanna Burden, pub. 
12 Feb. 1809, and d. 4 Oct. 1835; Joseph, b. 25 Nov. 1786; Lydia, b. 28 Ap. 
1788 ; Zoias, b. 12 July 1789; Noah, b. 5 May 1791, d. 17 Aug. 1847 (his 
son Henry King, d. 27 July 1829, a. 3); Asa, b. 11 Feb. 1793 ; Polly, b. 16 Ap. 

1795, d. unm. 20 Nov. 1814 ; and perhaps Lonihamah, b. 1796, d. unm. 16 

Oct. 1814, a. 18. His w. Lydia d. 13 Oct. 1814, a. 48. 

4. Joseph, s. of Isaac (3), m. Polly Sprout of Gr., pub. 19 Sep. 1812, and d. 
23 Oct. 1814. Mary, who d. 8 Nov. 1814, a. about 2, was prob. his daughter. 

5. HosEA, parentage not ascertained, m. Sarah, dau. of Marshall Johnson, 25 

Feb. 1831, and had Balarah, b. 1837. d. 8 Ap. 1840, a. 2 years and 9 mos. ; 

Edqar, b. 1842, a soldier in the Union Army, d. at New Berne, N. C, 14 Jan. 
1863, a. 20; Theresa (or Theolotia) Louisa, b. 6 Jan. 1845, d. 18 Feb. 1847; 
Almeda, b. 6 May 1856, d. 15 May 1872; and perhaps others. Hosea the f. 
d. 31 May 1877, a. 69; his w. Sally, d. 5 Nov. 1873, a. 59. 

1 Insanity appeared in the next genera- imperial commands by the sound of drum or 

tion. Among others, David Crowell of Brk., fife, and enforcing them by waving his flag, 

s. of Joshua, and grandson of Joshua (1), is Unlike his uncle Thomas, he was generally 

well remembered as "King David." Some- willing to converse with adults, and even 

times on horseback, but generallv on foot, with children; but pressure of important 

with drum and fife, a featiier on hfs hat, and business compelled him to grant only brief 

a small flag whose staff re-ted in his side- audiences. The cares of his kingdom were 

pocket, he "traveled the streets of Brk. and so engrossing and oppressive that, as I re- 

the adjoining towns, calling attention to his member, he was seldom seen to smile. 



CUMMINGS — CUTLER. 357 

6. William D., of Waterbury, Conn., m. Mary Ann, dau. of Dwight Bill- 
ings, 18 Sep. 1855, and bad Ilaltie G., b. 19 July 1858. He now res. in Con- 
necticut. 

7. BiLLixGS, m. Caroline Robinson, pub. 24 Dec. 1855; she d. 8 Sep. 1857, 

a. 27, and he ui. Melissa Robinson, pub. 21 Dec. 1857; she d. , and he m. 

Mrs. riuldah King 22 Nov. 1859, who d. 10 Dec. 18G8, a. 38. I find on record 
the name of only one child, Herbert B., b. 12 May 1857. 

8. Augustus H., ni. Mary A. Pierce of Ware, pub. 13 Feb. 1871, and had 
Freddie A., b. , d. 6 July 1872. 

Mrs. IIanxah (b. in StafVord, Conn.), d. 4 Jan. 1862, a. 71. Azubah, in. 
Nathaniel Sprout, Jr., 28 Dec. 1775. Fanxy, m. John Gilbert 26 May 1815. 
Bktsey, m. Samuel Johnson 29 June 1829. Caroline R., m. Lauriston F. 
Crawford of Oakham, 8 Oct. 1829. Catherixe R., m. Sumner Latham 22 
Nov. 1831. LuciNDA H., m. William S. Barnes 24 May 1842. Lutiieka, m. 
George Betts of Waterbury, Conn., 5 Nov. 1844. Axgelixa C, m. James W. 
Sturtevant 27 Nov. 1850. I have no means to indicate the several families to 
which these persons belonged. 

Cutler, James (prob. s. of Thomas, who d. in Lexington 13 July 1 722, a. 
about 72, and grandson of James, who d. in Cambridge 17 May 1694, a. about 
88), was bap. in Watertown 9 Jan. 16S7, and by w. Alice had Jaim-x, b. 13 
Ap. 1715; WilUam,h.i Ap. 1717; T/ianlful, bap. 24 Mar. 1719; Uohert,\i. 
3 Ap. 1721 ; Alice, b. 27 Nov. 1729, m. E|)hraini Jones, Jr., of Concord, 16 
Nov. 1752. James the f. d. in Cambridge (Menotomy) 16 Sep. 1756 ; his w. 
Alice d. 22 Sep. 1756, a. 67. 

2. William, s. of James (1), was an innholder, at Menotomy, m. Elizabeth 
Whitteniore 15 Sep. 1743. She d. 29 Dec. 1770, and he m. Rebecca, wid. of 
Thomas Hall, pub. 2 Jan. 1773. Of the first wife, the " Boston News Letter," 
dated Jan. 10, 1771, says "she was the mother of 36 children; but the 35"" 
was the only one that survived to follow her to the grave."/ The survivor was 
William, b. 23 Dec. 1764, grad. H. C. 1786, was a physician in Virginia, and 
d. in Dinwiddle Co, 17 May 1836. ^ The second wife ha.d James, b. 12 May 
1774, a printer in Boston ; Rebecca, b. — Jan. 1777, d. 6 Aug. 1778; Rebecca, 

b. 22 Dec. 1779. WiLLiAAi the f. d. 1 Ap. 1781. His w. Rebecca was living 
in 1817. 

3. Robert, s. of James (1), grad. H. C. 1741, was ordained at Epping, 
N. H., in 1747, dismissed in 1755, installed at Greenwich, Mass., 13 Feb. 
1760, where he d. 24 Feb. 1786, a. 65. He m. Hannah Crosby of Billerica; 
she d. and he m. Elizabeth Fiske of Lexington 3 Sep. 1751. His chil. were 
Hannah, b. 22 July 1745, m. John Haskell of Hardwick, and d. 4 Sep. 183 1 ; 
MiUecent, b. 20 Jan. 1747, m. Denison Robinson of Hardwick, and d. at Wind- 
sor, Mass., 5 July 1798; Robert, b. 2 Oct. 1748, a physician in Amherst, m. 
wid. Esther Guernsey, and d. 10 Mar. 1835; Prudence, b. 18 Feb. 1750, m. 
Joshua Clark, and d. 17 Aug. 1782; Dudley, b. 1 July 1752, m. Lydia Howard, 
and d. in mSSpWilliam, b. 23 Dec. 1753; James, b. 24 Sep. 1756, d. 8 Oct. 
1756 ; Elizabeth, b. 2 June 1758, d. 4 Nov. 1758; Ebenezer, b. 17 July 1759, 
d. unm. 26 June 1839; James, b. 5 Sep. 1761, d. 27 Mar. 1768; Amos, b. 11 
Oct. 1763, d. 15 Ap. 1764; Elizabeth, b. 2 May 1766, m. Benjamin Harwood, 
and d. in Nov. 1849 ; Alice, b. 23 Nov. 1768, m. Jairus Howard, and d. 29 June 
1811; Samuel, b. 16 Ap. 1771, d. 7 May 1771; James, b. 23 May 1772, d. 3 
Oct. 1773. 

4. William, s. of Robert (3), m. Rebecca, dau. of Joseph Cutler of AVestern 
(now AVarren) and had William, h. about 1782, d. unm. IS Feb. 1811, a. 28; 
Rebecca, b. about 1788, m. Col. Samuel Billings 9 Sep. 1811, d. at Greenfield 
30 July 1864, a. 76; Harriet, b. about 1790, m. Nathan Ruggles of Hartford, 

Conn., 23 Ap. 1813, and d. 1878; Samuel Fiske, h. 1792; Elbrid(/e, b. 

about 1795, m. Huldah, dau. of David Paige, 20 Sep. 1817, had dau. Rebecca 
(who d. 4 Aug. 1820, a. 2), and other chil. whose names are not found on 
record; he was a merchant in company wfth his father and brother, res. at the 
place marked " E. Cutler" on the R. Map, rem. to Hartford about 1835, and 
d. there; Caroline, bap. 19 Aug. 1798, d. 18 Sep. 1798; an infant d. 8 Sep. 



358 CUTLER — DANFORTH. 

1803. William the f. was a physician for several years in "Western, but rem. 
to Hk. in 1795, retired from active practice, and established himself as an 
apothecary and dealer in English and West India goods; he was also post- 
master ^ and justice of the peace. He res. on the old Parsonage Lot, half a 
mile north from the Common, at the place marked " E. Cutler " on the R. 
Map, until about LSIO, when he erected the spacious mansion, on the easterly 
part of the same farm, marked " S. F. Cutler." He d. 9 Feb. 1832, a. 78; his 
w. Rebecca d. 27 Nov. 1820, a. 60. 

5. Samuel Fiske, s. of William (4), m. Luthera, dau. of Daniel Ruggles, 
Esq., 24 May 1819; she d. 17 Aug. 1823, a. 25, and he m. L-ene CowTes of 
Amherst, pub. 24 Ap. 1825. His chil., b. in Hk., were Caroline, b. 14 May 
1819, m. Calvin C. Foster of Wore, and d. there; Luthera, b. 12 July 1823, d. 
8 Mar. 1824; Luthera, b. 15 Jan. 1826, m. Ithamar F. Conkey of Amherst; 
Samuel Porter, b. 11 Dec. 1829, d. young; and at Amh., William, b. about 
1843, d. nnm. at Boston 8 Oct. 1875, a. 32. Samuel Fiske the f. was a mer- 
chant in partnership with his father and brother, succeeded his father as post- 
master, was selectman five years, assessor two years, representative one year, 
and justice of the peace. He res. on the easterly part of the homestead (his 
brother having the westerly part), at the place marked " S. F. Cutler " on the 
R. Map. After 1835 he rem. to Amherst, where he d. 9 Sep. 1863, a. 71; his 
w. L-ene d. 3 Oct. 1876, a. 71. 

6. David (s. of Thomas who was b. 15 Dec. 1677, grandson of James who 
d. 31 July 1685, a. 50, and great-grandson of James who d. in Camb. 17 May 
1694, a. about 88), was b. at Lexington 28 Aug. 1705, m. Mary, dau. of Joseph 
Tidd, and had Abigail, b. 1 May, 1728, m. Samuel Hodgman of Western (now 
Warren) 7 May 1755; David, b. 15 July 1730, m. Dorcas Reed of Lex. and 
rem. to Western ; Joseph, b. 31 May 1733; Isaac, b. — June 1736, d. — Jan. 
1737; Mary, b. 12 Aug. 1738, m. John Paige of Hk. 15 Sep. 1757 ; Solomon, b. 
15 May 1740, m. Rebecca Paige of Bedford; Thomas, b. 5 May 1742, m. Abi- 
gail Reed of Western; Elizabeth, b. 5 Aug. 1745, m. Benjamin Moore of Lex. 
3 May 1768; Amittai, b. 15 July 1748, m. Nathan Leonard of Hk. 26 Nov. 
1766. David the f. res. at Lexington, was selectman three years, accumu- 
lated a large estate, and d. of small-pox 5 Dec. 1760 ; his w. Mary d. 25 May 
1797, a. 93. -^ 

7. Joseph, s. of David (6), "settled at Western (now Warren) about 1755, 
m. May 6, 1775, Rebecca Hoar of Lincoln, and (2d) Sep. 20 1759, Mary 
Read of Western. Had Converse, and Joseph, a farmer, by his first wife; 
Reuben, b. 1775, twin brother to Nathan, A. M., Esq. Also 6 daughters, by 
second wife." — Cutler Genealogy, p. 59. Reuben taught school in Hk. one or 
moi-e terms about the year 1800. One of the "six daughters" was Rebecca, 
b. about 1760, m. Dr. William Cutler (4) before named, and d. 27 Nov. 1820, 

a. 60. 

8. CoNVERS, s. of Joseph (7), m. Eunice (prob. Woodward); she d. 24 

May 1821, a. 54, and he m. Mrs. Ruth Gorham of Barre, pub. 9 July 1824. 

His chil. were Pamelia, b. , m. David Trask of Leicester, pub. 21 July 

1816; Convers Franklin, b. 22 Dec. 1791, d. unm. 16 May 1813 (styled Con- 
vers, Jr., in the record of his death, and on his head-stone) ; Eunice Woodward, 

b. 19 July 1794, m. Reed Paige, at Barnard, Vt., 31 Mar. 1819, and d. s. p. at 
Bakersfield, Vt., 3 Aug. 1871; Aaron Woodward, b. 26 Dec. 1797, d. unm. at 
the almshouse, 26 Mar. 1865. Convers the f. was a physician, chiefly distin- 
guished for his skill in obstetric cases and in managing chronic ailments ; he 
was powerless where heroic treatment was necessary. In April, 1796, then 
residing in Wilbraham, he bought the place marked "J. Gorham," about three 
quarters of a mile northwesterly from the Common in Hk., where he spent the 
remainder of his days. He d. suddenly 1 Nov. 1831, a. 76; his w. Ruth sur- 
vived. 

Danforth, Nicholas, res. in Cambridge as early as 1635, was selectman 
and representative; he d. in Ap. 1638*; his w. Elizabeth d. in England in 1629. 
His chil. were Elizabeth, b. 1619, m. Andrew Belcher, and d. 26 Oct. 1680, a. 

1 The first who held that office in Hardwick. 



DANFORTH — DAY. 359 

61 (she was si'andmother of Governor Jonathan Belcher); Thomas, b. 1622, 
d. 5 Nov. 1G99, a. 71, deputy governor of the Colony, for many years one of 
the foremost men in the government, and the acknowledged leader of the party 
in opposition to arbitrary power; Anna, h. about 1624, m. Matthew Bridge, 

and d. 2 Dec. 1 704 ; Samuel, b. 162G, grad. H. C. 1643, ordnined pastor of 

the church at Roxbury 24 Sep. 1650, and d. 19 Nov. 1674; Jonathan, b. 29 
Feb. 1627-8. 

2. Jonathan, s. of Nicholas (1). m. Elizabeth Poulter 22 Nov. 1654; she 
d. 7 Oct. 1689, and he m. Esther, wid. of Josiah Convers of Woburn, and dau. 
of Elder Richard Champney of Cambridge. He "was the first captain of Bil- 
lerica, was chosen representative in 1684, town clerk twenty years, and one of 
the most eminent land surveyors of his time." Fanner. By his first wife he 
had eleven chil., of whom the seventh was Samuel, b. 5 Feb. 1665-6. JoxA- 
THAN the f. d. 7 Sep. 1712. 

3. Samuel, s. of Jonathan (2), ni. Hannah Crosby, 8 Jan. 1694-5, and had 
seven chil., of whom the third was Samuel, b. 15 May 1701. Samuel the f. 
d. 19 Ap. 1742. 

4. Samuel, s. of Samuel (3), m. Elizabeth Hosley, and bad James, b. 10 
Jan. 1729-30; Isaac, b. 9 Jan. 1731-2; Samuel and Nicholas, twins, b. 8 Dec. 
1734 ; Elizabeth, h. 10 May 1736 ; Jonathan, b. 26 Feb. 1741-2. Samuel the 
£. d. 28 June 1750; his w.'Elizabeth d. 3 July 1756. 

5. Jonathan, s. of Samuel (4), ra. in Hk. Susanna, dau. of Rev. David 
White. 19 Ap. 1770; she d. 14 Nov. 1779, and he m. Anna,dau. of Joseph 
Ruggles, 1 Oct. 1780. His chil. were Samuel, b. 9 IMar. 1771, res. at Rupert 
and Pawlet, Vt., but d. at Ithaca, N. Y., 17 Dec. 1824, leaving son Charles, b. 
23 Aug. 1800, grail. W. C. 1826, a clcrixyman, chiefly engaged as a missionary 
in the Western States, d. at Oberlin, O., in 1867; Jonathan, b. 25 Feb. 1773, 
d. unm. 3 Ap. 1797; David White, b. 10 Nov. 1774, d. 16 Dec. 1774; Pamela, 
b. 8 Nov. 1777, d. unm. at Rupert, 16 Dec. 1802 ; Susaivia W., b. 28 Dec. 1781, 
m. Capt. Moses Gray of Pres. 22 May 1828; Joseph Rur/r/les, b. 20 Mar. 1784, 
d. unm. 23 Ap. 1803 ; Hannah, h. 8 June 1786, d. unm. 13 June 1811 ; Lyman, 
b. 22 Oct. 1788, rem. to Pownall, Vt.; Ann R., b. 2 Mar. 1791, d. unm. 29 

Nov. 1873; Cyrus, b. 29 Sep. 1793; James, b. , was major of militia, m. 

Nancy R. Smith of Barre, pub. 11 Sep. 1830, and about that time rem. from 
Hk. Jonathan the f., in early life, was a merchant, or keeper of a country 
store in Hk., and incurred public disappi'obation by dealing in tea while it 
was contraband in 1776. After his second marriage he res. less than half a 
mile south of the Common, at the place marked " O. Trow" on the R. Map, 
which was the homestead of Mrs. Danforth's father. During the Revolution 
he was regarded as a Tory, and was subjected to confinement, which he re- 
sented and expressed his opinions in language more forcil)le than elegant. The 
breach was afterwards healed, however; he dwelt among his townsmen in 
peace, and served them as selectman, assessor, and collector of taxes. He d. 
15 Sep. 1833, a. 90; his w, Anna d. 4 Mar. 1824, a. 69. 

4. Cyrus, s. of Jonathan (3), m. Hannah P., dau. of John Jenney, 16 
Mar. 1817, and had Joseph R., b. 19 July 1818, res. in Worcester and d. 4 
Sep. 1880; Hannah, b. 19 Jan. 1821, m. Waterville (or Walter) Sibley of 
Brk. 29 Mar. 1843; Mary R., b. 16 Jan. 1823, m. Chester Hubbard of Temple- 
ton, pub. 3 Feb. 1844 (they rem. to Keokuk, Iowa, where he d. 29 June 
1861, a. 45, and his monument stands near the northerly gate of the new 
cemetery in Ilk.) ; Gcorqe E., b. 3 Feb. 1825, rem. to California; Pamela W., 
b. 15 Sep. 1827, m. Benjamin F. Paige 31 Dec. 1848. Mrs. Danforth m. (2d) 
Clark Stone of Enf. 30 Sep. 1858, and d. 31 Oct. 1873, a. 73. 

Davenport, John, by w. Martha, had/iu/A Jamerson,h. 15 Oct. 1845; Lu- 
nette Rou-ena, b. 12 June, 1852. 

Day, Israel, had Jacob, bap. 29 Mar. 1752. 

2. Warren, of N. Sal., m. Lucinda Robinson, pub. 7 Nov. 1829, and had 
in Hk. Maria, b. 17 Sep. 1830; Hannah, b. 7 Aug. 1832. 

Dilly, ni. Aaron Nazro, 21 Mar. 1808. RuFUS, of N. Sal., m. Fanny Dex- 
ter 22 Nov. 1830. 



360 DEAN. 

Dean, Walter, at Dorchester 1636, and at Taunton 1640, m. Eleanor, 
dau. of Richard Strong of Taunton, England, and had Joseph, Ezra, Benjamin, 
and three chil. whose names do not appear. He is said to have come from 
Chard, Eng., and was a tanner; he was deputy or representative 1640, and 
selectman 1679-1686. He and his wife were both living in 1693, affordino- an 
example of that longevity which distinguished so many of their descendants. 

2. Ezra, s. of Walter (1), m. Bethia, dau. of Samuel Edson of Bridge- 
water, 17 Dec. 1676, and had Bethia, b. 14 Oct. 1677, d. 27 Nov. 1779 ; Ezra 
b. 14 Oct. 1680, had sixteen chil., of whom thirteen attained the age of 80 
years and upwards (and of this extraordinary number, seven reached the a^e 
of 90, and one completed a full century) ; Samuel, b. 11 Ap. 1681, d. 16 Feb. 

1683; Scth, b. 3 June 1683; ]\Iargaret, b. , m. Shaw; Ephraim, b. 

. Ezra the f. d. about 1732. 

8. Seth, s. of Ezra (2), res. in Taunton, and had Ichabod, Jacob, Edward, 
Paul, Silas, and Sarah. 

4. Paul, s. of Seth (3), m. Mary, dau. of Nathaniel Whitcomb, 4 Dec. 
1745, and immediately rem. from Taunton to Hk., Avliere he had Paul, b. 20 

Oct. 1746; Rosilla, b. 13 Ap. 1751, m. Cheedle of Barnard, Vt.; An?ui, h. 

24 Mar. 1753, m. Edward Buggies, Jr., pub. 12 Jan, 1772, and (2d) John 
Amidon 14 Dec. 1809, and d. 9' Jan. 1842; Seth, b. 3 Oct. 1755; Robert, b. 20 
Oct. 1757; Saredi, h. 4 Feb. 1759; Molli/, h. 26 Feb. 1762; Asa, b. 19 June 
1764; Nathaniel and Phebe, twins, posthumous, b. 11 Ap. 1767. Paul the f. 
was a carpenter and farmer; he res. on Ruggles Hill, at the place marked " J. 
Dean " on the R. Map; he d. before 8 Ap. 1767, when the inventory of his es- 
tate was presented ; his w. Mary with remarkable energy kept her numerous 
brood of chil. together until they could provide for themselves; she m. Deac. 
Daniel Spooner of Pet. 16 Oct. 1780, and after his death ret. to Hk. where 
she d. 9 May 1822, a. 94 years and 7 months. 

5. Silas, s. of Seth (3), bought a farm here 29 Sep. 1740 (then res. in 
Rehoboth) ; he m. Joanna, dau. of Robert Whitcomb of Rochester 13 Sep. 
1744 ; she d. about 1764, and he m. Elizabeth Ramsdell of Gr. 30 Nov. 1768. 
His chil. were Thanlcful, b. 18 June 1745; Phebe, b. 14 July 1748; Mary, b. 
20 Oct. 1750; Joanna, b. 18 Jan. 1753, m. Timothy Nichols, 13 Jan. 1774; 
Silas, b. 6 ]May 1755, m. Azubah Washburn of Stafford, pub. 23 Feb. 1783, 
rem. from Hk. and is said to have d. in 1844; Lot, b. 9 Oct. 1757, rem. to 
Ware, and d. about 1819; John, b. 30 Mar. 1761; Zimri, b. 1 ]\Iay, 1763. 

6. Paul, s. of Paul (4), m. Elizabeth, dau. of Edward Ruggles, 19 Sep. 
1773; she d. 21 Dec. 1810, a. 58, and he m. Sila, dau. of David Aiken 8 Dec. 
1811. His chil. were Joel, b. 27 Ap. 1774; Lucy, b. 16 May 1776, m. James 
Bell of Hardwick, Vt., 1801 ; Edward, b. 1 Nov. 1778, a phvsician; Betsey, b, 
26 Ap. 1781, d. unm. 15 July 1803 ; Paul, b. 5 Feb. 1783; Eunice, b. 17 Jan. 
1785, d. unm. 2 Oct. 1811 ; John, b. 19 Mar. 1787; Joseph, b. 25 Jan. 1790; 
Justus, b. 16 Feb. 1792, d, 25 Mar. 1804; Seth, b. 10 Mar. 1795 ; David Aiken, 
b. 18 Oct. 1812. Paul the f. was a farmer, res. on the homestead, and d. 23 
Sep. 1828; his w. Sila m. Nathaniel Fish of Pres. 30 Dec. 1835, and d. 7 Mar. 
1844. 

7. Seth, s. of Paul (4), rem. to Barnard, Vt., 1778, and there m. Molly 
Bicknell 3 June 1782; she d. 9 Sep. 1802, a. 39, and he m. Ruth Wright, 12 
Mar. 1805. His chil. were Paul,h. 28 Mar. 1783, an eminent Universalist 
clergyman for many years in Boston, afterwards atliliated with the Unitarians, 
a steadfast friend and advocate through life of Freemasonry, and an ofiicer in 
many of its highest grades, d. at Framingham 1 Oct. 1860; Amos, b. 5 Aug. 

1784, d. 1802; Seth, b. 19 Feb. 1786, m. Patty French 25 Feb. 1813, and 

d. 22 Ap. 1833 ; Asa, b. 26 Sep. 1787, and d. in Barnard 3 May 186U Seth 
the f. was a Revolutionary soldier, and closed his long and useful life at Bar- 
nard 22 Nov. 1851, a. 96; his w. Ruth d. 17 Mar. 1.S58, a. 92. 

8. Robert, s. of Paul (4.), rem. to Barnard, Vt., before 23 Dec. 1784, 
when he m. Eunice, dau. of Daniel Billings of Hk., and had in B. Daniel, b. 19 
Feb. 1786, m. Delphia, dau. of Eliakim Fay, had nine chiltlren, rem. to 
Bakersfield, Vt., where he d. 6 Feb. 18 72; Asa, b. 7 Feb. 1788, d. in Bakers- 



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field 18 Jan. 1879; Myrn, b. 23 Dec. 1789. m. Newton, and d. in Barnard 

30 Jan. 1861 ; Paul, b. 20 Aug. 1791, d. 30 Dec. 1791 ; Eunice, b. 14 or 15 

Dec. 1793, m. Parker, and is still livinq; (1883) in Bakersfield ; Roherl,h. 

20 Jan. 1796, d. in Fairfield, Vt., 22 Mar. 1864 ; Polly, b. 4 Oct. 1797, m. 

Boutelle, and d. in Bakersfield since 1873 ; Paul, b. 26 Ap. 1800, d. in Cabot, 

Vt., 16 Oct. 1880; Surah, b. 11 Dec. 1801, m. Reed, and d. in Burke, 

N. y., 12 Oct. 1863 ; Timothy, b. 20 Dec. 1803, d. 28 Dec. 1831 ; Betsey M., 

b. 31 Dec. 1806, ni. AV'ebster, and d. in Johnson, Vt., since 1873. 

Robert the f. d. 28 Feb. 1828; his w. Eunice d. in Cabot — Mar. 1843, a. 
nearly 80. 

9. Nathaniel, s. of Paul (4), by w. Rhoda, had in Barnard Amos, b. 16 
Jan. 1803 ; Mary, b. 30 Dec. 1804 ; Minerva, b. 17 June 1806. Nathaxiel 
the f. is said to have been livino; at Albany in 1850, at which date his son 
Amos is styled a lawyer and historian, and another son, Nathaniel, is men- 
tioned. 

10. Jonx, s. of Paul (6), m. Mary Penniman, pub. 15 Sep. 1822, and had 
3Ian/ Elizabeth, b. 9 Oct. 1823, m. Joel D. INIandell 2 Ap. 1846, and d. 17 Ap. 
1847 ; Edward, b. 19 Jan. 1826 ; Lucy Ann, b. 5 ^Nlar. 1833, d. 22 ]\[ay 1853 ; 
Luthera, h. 4 Nov. 1834, d. 8 Sep. 1839. JoHX the f. was a farmer, select- 
man five years, res. on the homestead, and d. 18 Ap. 1863; his w. Mary d. 23 
Ap. 1859,'a. 60. 

11. David Aikex, s. of Paul (6), m. Fidelia F., dau. of James Browning, 
22 June 1842, and had Charles Browning, b. 15 July 1S46, d. unm. 17 June 
1880. David A. the f. was a farmer, ami d. 6 July 1848 ; his w. Fidelia F. 
m. John B. Aiken 25 Feb. 1858. 

12. Edwakd, s. of John (10), m. Luthera A., dau. of Daniel Wheeler, 19 
June 1851, and had Mary Elizabeth, b. 6 Oct. 1852, d. unm. 17 Sep. 1877; 
William Edward, b. 12 Jan. 1854 ; John Adams, b. 31 Oct. 1856; Joseph, b. 
27 Mar. 1859, d. 15 Sep. 1877; Adelia Jenney, b. 16 July 1861, d. 27 Mar. 
1878; Anna Maria, b. 22 Aug. 1863. Edward the f. was assessor 1853, 
member of school committee four years, and rem. to Worcester after 1859; his 
three chil. who d. in Wore, were buried in Hardwick. 

Kezia, ni. Isaac Fay 22 Nov. 1764. Lucy, widow of Stephen (b. at Rayn- 
ham), d. 11 Jan. 1851, a. 77. 

Demmon, Edward, by w. Elizabeth, had Lydia, bap. 20 Aug. 1749; Mary, 
bap. 3 Nov. 1751. 

Dexxis, Samuel, was a Baptist minister; he was born in Sutton, but re- 
moved to Petersham, where he preached several years ; from Pet. he rem. to 
Barre, and soon afterwards to Hk., where he bought the Sears farm in 1777, 

and died in 1784.^ He had chil. Adonijcdi, b. 12 July, 1759 ; Patience, b. , 

m. Thomas Winchester 23 Dec. 1787; Samuel, b. , m. Anna Col)b 3 May 

1788; J'olly,h. , m. Roger Wing 24 May 1790; and perhaps others. 

Samuel the f. was prob. of the Ipswich family, but I am unable to trace the 
connection, step by step. 

2. Adonijaii, s. of Samuel (1), m. Eunice Sibley of N. Salem, pub. 1 May 

1780, and had Rayed, b. 1781; Samuel, b. 1784, m. Cynthia Barrett 

of Carlisle, and d. at Concord 21 Jan. 1864, a. 79; Lucy, b. 1786, m. 

John Dexter 1 Dec. 1803, and d. 15 Dec. 1817, a. 31; Betsey, b. about 1788, 

m. John P. Colburn of Fairhaven, Vt., 9 Mar. 1818; Polly, b. 1791, d. 31 

Jan. 1793, a. 1 year, 10 months; Adonijah, b. 1793, d. 13 Aug. 1803, a. 

10; an infant b. , d. 20 Ap. 1795; Eunice, b. 21 May 1796, d. unm. 9 

Dec. 1874 ; Louis, b. 8 Feb. 1799, m. Lucy Henry of Boston, d. in Boston 8 

Feb. 1860; Patience, b. 1801, m. Asa Clark 5 June 1823, d. 1 Oct. 1868, 

a. 67; Adonijah, b. 4 Oct. 1803. Adonijah the f. was b. in Sutton, whence 
he rem. with his father. He served in the Revolutionary Army, and was en- 
gaged in the Battle of Stillwater. He was a farmer, and inherited the home- 
stead near Barre, at the place marked " A. Dennis " on the R. Map, where he 
d. 30 Sep. 1844, a. 85 ; his w. Eunice d. 15 Sep. 1842, a. 82. 

3. Royal, s. of Adonijah (2), m. Sankey Watson, pub. 6 Oct. 1802, and 

1 For these facts and dates I am indebted to Samuel S. Dennis, Esq. 



362 DENNIS — DEXTER. 

had a child b. — July 1803, d. 29 Mar. 1805 ; Bowman W., b. 4 July 1805, 
and d. in Byron, Mich.; WiUiam W., res. in Cambridge; Pollji, m. William 
Barker of Pontiac, Mich. ; Elizabeth, m. Stephen G. Hidden of Concord, 30 
July 1838, and d. in 1869; George R., res. in Fentonville, Mich.; James Y., 
res. in Rochester, N. Y. ; Selah Gr'uUey, res. in Hallowell, Me. (see Adams' 
Hist. Fairhaven, Vt., 1870). Royal the f. rem. in 1807 to Fairhaven, Vt., 
and was captain of militia. In 1823 he rem. to Hartford, N. Y., where he d. 
in 1830. 

4. Adoxi.tah, s. of Adonijah (2), m. Julia Ann, dau. of Ebenezer Collins, 
11 Sep. 1827, and had John G.. b. 5 Aug. 1828, a lawyer, d. 31 July 1858; 
Samuel S., b. 18 Dec. 1829, d. 15 Nov. 1832; Samuel S., b. 12 Mar. 1833; 
Ebenezer C, h. 26 July 1834; Julia Ann E., b. 6 Aug. 1839, m. S. Williams 
Newcomb, 23 Ap. 1863; Louis H., h. 5 May 1841; Dahliette M., b. 9 June 1842, 
m. William H. Tucker 30 Ap. 1867, and d. 12 Aug. 1874; Julius A., b. 1 Dec. 
1844; Charles P., b. 18 Nov. 1846, d. 9 Ap. 1851; Frederick C, b. 8 Oct. 
1848, m. Julia M. Williams, pub. 29 June 1869. Adoxi.tah the f. was a 
farmer, selectman in 1855, res. on the homestead, and d. 24 Mar. 1881; his w. 
Julia Ann d. 18 Feb. 1858, a. 51. 

5. Samuel S., s. of Adonijah (4), m. Julia Maria, dau. of Sardius Siblev, 
26 Nov. 1863, and had Jen7iie Maria, b. 9 Nov. 186 7; Samuel S., b. 24 June 
1877. Samuel S. the f., a farmer, res. on the homestead, representative in 
1866, selectman from 1864 to the present time, and for many years member of 
the school committee, overseer of the poor, and legal agent of the town. 

6. Julius A., s. of Adonijah (4), m. Elizabeth H., dau. of Albert E. Knight, 8 
Oct. 1868, and had Grade Cornelia, b. 9 Sep. 1871, d. at Spencer 9 Jan. 1872; 
Grade Cornelia, b. at Spencer 1 Jan. 1873; Dahlielta Maria, b. here 11 Mar. 
1875; Nellie Bruce, b. 13 June 1876; Jennie Powers, b. 25 Dec 1877; Annie 
Louise, twin, b. 20 Sep. 1879; her mate, a boy, d. on the day of his bii-th. 

Mks. Abigail, prob. mother of Samuel (1), d. 28 Dec. 1798, a. 90. 

Dexter, Benjamin, of Rochester (son of William of Barnstable), who 
rem. to Roch. and d. there 1694, and grandson of Thomas who came to 
N. E. in 1030, res. at Lynn, Sandwich, and Barnstable, and d. yi Boston 
1677), was b. in Barn. — Feb. 1670, rem. to Roch. and had Moah, b. 26 
Mar. 1697; James, b. 22 July 1698; Benjamin, b. 4 Mar. 1700; Sarah, b. 
1 July 1702 ; Josiah, b. 12 Nov. 1704 ; Constant, b. 27 Nov. 1706 ; Samuel, 
14 Dec. 1708 ; Ephraim, b. 27 May 1711 ; Daniel, h. 29 July, 1713 ; Joanna, 
b. 12 Dec. 1715 ; Seth, b. 3 Oct. 1718. 

2. Samuel, s. of Benjamin (1), m. Mary Clark 18 May 1732, and had in 
Roch. Joseph, b. 2 INIay 1733, res, in Hk. 1753, and in Athol 1761 ; Samuel, 

b. 13 Oct. 1734; prob. Ichahod, b. 1736; and in Hk. Job, b. 8 Mar, 

1740-1; Mary, b. 11 July 1743 ; Sarah, b. 8 May 1745, m. Solomon John- 
son of Gr. 28 Dec. 1762 ; Benjamin, b. 17 Nov. 1747. Samuel the f. rem. 
from Roch. to Hk. between 1734 and 1741, and prob. again rem. to Athol 
before 31 Jan. 1754. 

3. Samuel, s. of Samuel (2), m. Thankful, dau. of Deac. John Freeman, 
25 Nov. 1759 ; she d. 20 May 1811, a. 69, and he m. Sibbelah (or Sybil), wid. 
of Samuel Thurston, 26 Sep. 1811. His chil. were: Benjamin, b. 17 March 
1760 ; Mary, b. 18 Jan, 1763, m. John Gorham 3 June 1784 ; Eleazar, b, 5 
July 17G5 ; Mercy, b. 16 July 176 7, d. 14 Mar. 1774 ; Ichahod, b. 23 Ap. 
1770, d. 5 Mar. 1774 ; Samuel, b. 9 May, 1773 ; Seth, b. 5 Mar. 1775 ; Jede- 
diah, bap. 26 Oct. 1777 ; Susanna, baj). 26 Sep. 1779 ; Thomas, bap. 19 May 
1782 ; Jonathan, b. about 1786. Samuel the f. res. near Barre, at the place 
marked "J. Richmond " on the R. Map, was one of the '• minute men " who 
marched from Hk. to Cambridge in 1775, and in January 1776 was captain of 
a company stationed at the " Roxbury Camp." He was afterwards involved 
(politically) in the Shays Rebellion, but was forgiven. He d. 3 May 1824, a. 
nearly 90 ; his w. Sybil, who had previously to his death departed from him, d. 
in N. Br. 13 July 1849, a. 100 years, according to the inscription on her head- 
stone in the new cemetery in Hk. 

4. Ichabod, prob. s. of Samuel (2), was a captain, and perhaps was the 



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same who led a company from Athol to Cambridge in April 1775. If lie res. 
temporarily in Athol, he returned to Hk. before 1781, in which year and 
also in 1782 and 1785 he was a selectman, and representative in 1782 and 
1783. He was an active promoter of the Shays Rebellion in 1786, bnt after- 
wards made his peace Avith the government. He d. of apoplexy 13 Feb. 
1797, a. .59 years, 7 months, and 19 days, as entered on the clnirch record of 
deaths ; his ^v. Abigail, d. 7 Ap. 179 7, a. 54 years, 8 months, and 16 days. On 
the settlement of his estate, 17 Ap. 1798, shares were allotted to seven chil., 
namely, Clark, whom. Alice, dau. of Ezra Winslow, 16 Oct. 1796, and rem. 
to Barnard, Vt. ; IMiriam, who m. Asa Hedge 31 May 1780 ; Benjamin W. ; 
Lucij, who m. Moses Cheney of Warwick 4 July, 1782; Rhoda, Avho m. 
Phineas Battle of Orange 7 Nov. 1793, and d. 9 Aug. 1845, a. 76 ; Lydia; 
Betty. 

5." Job, s. of Samuel (2), m. Mercy Hinkley 17 July 1766 ; she d. 28 July 
1810, a. 66, and he m. Mary Walker of Barre, pub. 1 Nov. 1811. His chil. 
were : John, b. 3 Jan. 1769 ; Anna, b. 22 July 1770, m. Thomas Wheeler, Jr., 
3 June, 1790, and d. 20 Mar. 1804; Riitli,h. 20 Mar. 1773, m. David Allen, Jr., 
27 Ap. 1794, and d. 26 Mar. 1847 ; Ichabod, b. 19 Dec. 1775 ; Mercy, b. 28 Ap. 
1777, d. unm. 24 'July 1801 ; Joseph, b. 1 ]\Iar. 1779; Jonathan, bap. 9 Sep. 
1781; Sally, b. 16 Oct. 1783, m. Dr. Elliot Beckwith, pub. 9 Nov. 1806, and 
d. 18 July 1811 ; Zenm, b. 26 June, 1785 ; Ahna, b. 27 May 1787, d. 7 Oct. 
1790. Job the f. was a farmer, and res. about a mile and a half northerly 
from the Common ; he was a lieutenant in the Revolutionary War, and re- 
tained the title through life. He served the town very acceptably as a select- 
man fifteen years, between 1789 and 1805. He d. 10 July 1827. His w. 
Mary d. — Oct. 1824, a. 69. 

6. Ben.tamix, s. of Samuel (3), m. Anna Mayo, of Rut. 10 Oct. 1784, and 

had Judah, h. 1788, d. 31 Mar. 1790 ; prob. John Freeman, b. ; and 

perhaps others. Ben,jamin the f. d. 16 Aug. 1792. 

7. Eleazar, s. of Samuel (3), m. Abigail Dexter 8 Ap. 1784 ; she d. , 

and he m. Charity Williams, pub. 18 .June 1786. His chil. were : Abigail, b. 
14 Mar. 1787, m. Martin Ruggles 27 Fc-b. 1816, and d. 5 July 1860 ; Bath- 
shfha Carver, b. 22 Feb. 1789, m. Silas Newton 2d, 21 June 1810, and d. 

29 Sep. 1855 ; Alma, h. 1791, d. 26 Jan. 1803 ; Arathiisa, h. 1793, 

d. 18 Jan. 1803 ; Charity Willia77is, b. 5 Aug. 1795, m. Gardner Newton, pub. 

17 Sep. 1827 ; Joseph Dean, b. 31 Aug. 179> ; Seth, b. 1800, d. 2 Aug. 

1803 ; Willard, b. 13 Sep. 1802 ; Arathma, b. 7 Jan. 1805, m. John John- 
son 5 Oct. 1828 ; Thankful Freeman, bap. 1 Sep. 1811 ; Eleeiznr, b. 7 July 
1813, a famous musici.an and showman, res. in Reading, Vt. Eleazar the 
f. d. 1813 ; his w. Charity d. 3 June 1838, a. 70. 

8. Samuel, s. of Samuel (3), m. Sally, dau. of Jacob Williams, 15 Dec. 
1796, and had Benjamin, b. 6 July 1798, d. 8 May 1816; Williams, h. 7 Ap. 
1800; Ahna, h. 11 Nov. 1804, m. Joseph Newcomb, pub. 11 Feb. 1828. Samuel 
the f. res. on the homestead, was a captain of militia, selectman four years, 
and d. 24 Mar. 1861, a. nearly 88 ; his w. Sally (b. at Middleborough) d. 
10 Jan. 1867, a. 92. 

9. Jedediah, s. of Samuel (3), m. Abigail Eager 29 Dec. 1798, and had 

Jeine, b. 1800, d. 20 Feb. 1802 ; Horace, b. 26 Nov. 1802, d. 22 Oct. 

1826 ; Man/, b. 11 June 1805, m. Milton Peck, pub. 13 Oct. 1823 ; Thirza bap. 

18 Sep. 1808, d. 19 Feb. 1809; Elliot Beckwith, h. 1810, d. 27 Aug. 

1813 ; Scdly Beckwith, b. 6 May 1812, d. unm. 18 July 1830 ; Criyhton, bap. 
7 May 1816, d. same day; Samuel, bap. 24 Nov. 1817 ; Luthera Gorham, 
bap. 27 Jan. 1820, m. Ebenezer P. Staples of Taunton 26 Ap. 1841. Jede- 
diah the f. d. 1 Jan. 1827 ; his w. Abigail d. 23 Aug. 1828. 

10. Jonathan, s. of Samuel (3), m. Roxana Dean of Raynham, pub. 
29 June 1812, and had Cassandra, b. 1 Sep. 1813, m. Samuel F. Taylor 9 Ap. 
1835 ; Jonathan, b. 23 Oct. 1815 ; Benjeimin, b. 28 Dec. 1187 ; Samuel B., b. 

10 May 1825, d. 15 Feb. 1827; an infant b. , d. —Oct. 1827. Jonathan 

the f. d. at Hubbardston 14 March 1856, a. 70; his w. Roxana d. 5 Sep. 1872. 

11. John, s. of Job (5), m. Lucy Dennis 1 Dec. 1803; she d. 15 Dec. 



364 DEXTER — DINSMORE. 

1817, a. 31, and he in. Persis Gilbert ^ July 1821, His cbil. were : A7ma 
Wheeler, b. 17 Oct. 1804, m. Amos K. Smith of Wendell 12 June 1826; 
Foster Dennis, b. 19 July 1806, d. at N. Sal. 3 IMar. 1865 ; Fatmy Beckwith, 
b. 13 Feb. 1809, m. Rufus Day of N. Sal. 22 Nov. 1830; Joh, b. 28 Nov. 

1811, d. at Barre 1 Ap. 1849; JSIercy Hink/ej/, b. 20 Mav 1815, m. David L. 
Winslow of Barre 22 Mar. 1837, and d. 8 May 1847 ; Hoiry Walker, b. 22 
Oct. 1821; Horace, b. 26 Sep. 1825. John the f. was a farmer, res. on a 
part of the homestead marked " J. Dexter " on the R. Map, and d. 7 May 
1836. 

12. IcnABOD, s. of Job (5), m. Sally Eager 5 May 1803 ; shed. 25 July 
1821, a. 40, and he ni. Alice Amidon 26 Mar. 1822. He had a child, d. 17 Ap. 
1804, a. three weeks ; Zenas Hinkley, b. 9 May 1806 ; Harriet Jane, b. 15 Ap. 
1810, d. unm. 26 Aug. 1835; Edward, b. 3 Nov. 1811 ; Philena, b. 23 May 
1815, d. unm. 5 Sep. 1839; Hannah, b. 26 March 1823, m. Lysander Powers', 
pub. 21 May 1842; Sally, b. 6 May 1825, m. James P. Fay 8 Ap. 1845 ; Ruth, 
b. 30 May 1827, m. Zenas D. Tinney of Newburg, Me., 6 Nov. 1856; John 
Bangs, b. 30 July 1829; his mother died while he was an infant, and he was 
adopted by his uncle, Elijah Bangs ; in early life he was a clerk in several 
stores, and rem. to Springfield, Missouri, of which city he was at one time 
mayor ; he served in the Civil War as quartermaster, after which he was 
postal agent, with headquarters, first at Portland, Oregon, and subsequently 
at Springfield, Missouri. Ichabod the f. was a farmer and res. on a part of 
the homestead, marked " Dea. Dexter" on the R. Map; he was deacon of the 
church, and d. 11 May 1851 ; his wife Alice d. 26 June 1830, a. 39. 

13. Joseph, s. of Job (3), m. Sophia Hunt 13 July 1800, rem. to Westford, 
Vt., had two chil., who d. in Hk. (names not recorded) ; one 6 Feb. 1803, 
a. 2 years and 4 months, the other two days afterwards, a. 4 months. 

14. Joiix Freeman, prob. s. of Benjamin (6), m. Comfort Haskell 14 Jan. 

1812, had Marji Melisse, ba{). 6 June 1813, and rem. to St. Albans, Vt. 

15. Josepit'Dean, s. of Eleazar (7), m. Olive Gould 15 Nov. 1818, and 
had Joseph Dean, bap. 18 June 1820, m. Almeda Anderson 8 Mar. 1846 ; 
Alma, bap. 14 Aug. 1821, d. 4 Feb. 1823 ; William Alfred, bap. 25 Sep. 1823 ; 

Nancy M., b. 1825, m. Henry B. Gould 6 May 184 7, and (2d) Joseph C. 

Paige 2 Nov. 1865. Joseph D. the f. res. on the Pet. road, at the place 
marked " D. Dexter " on the R. Map. In early life, a serious accident befell 
him, while blasting rocks, resulting in the loss of one arm and of the sight of 
both eyes. In utter darkness himself, he became a successful showman to oth- 
ers, and secured a comfortable maintenance for his family. 

16. Williams, s. of Samuel (8), m. Maria, dan. of Israel Knowlton 3 June 

1828, and had Samuel W., b. , d. 18 Aug. 1830, a. 18 months; Lucy M., 

b. , m. James B. Wiggin, and res. in Cambridge. Williams the f. d. 12 

May 1836; his w. Maria res. in Cambridge. 

l'7. Zenas H., s. of Ichabod (12), m. Sarah F. Penniman 19 May 1831; 
she d. 9 Mar. 1837, and he m. Lucinda Wood, 28 Aug, 1837. His chil. were 

Zenas H, b. 14 Ap. 1832; George Turell, b. 20 June 1833; Harriet J., h. 

1836, m. Pliny Fisk Chandler 5 Mar. 1853, and d. at Warren 5 Ap. 1866, a. 
30. Zenas H. the f. d. 11 Oct. 1851. 

18. Edwakd, s. of Ichabod (12), m. Louisa Powers 6 June 1842, and had 

Charles E., b. 1843, d. at Springfield 29 July 1872, a. 29; Frederick, 

b. 1845, d. 29 July 1854, a. 9; Albert //., b. ; Clara L., b. ; Wil- 
lie H., b. . Edward the f. d. 24 Dec. 1862. 

Abigail, m. Isaiah Demmon of N. Sal., pub. 24 Dec. 1781. Anna, m. Jacob 
Gilbert of N. Br. 7 Oct. 1794. Mercv, m. Paul Ruggles, pub. 28 Nov. 1796. 
Hannah, of Royalston, m. Oren Utley, pub. 22 Sep. 1811. Amelia, m. Mar- 
cus J. Marsh 29 June 1823. Mrs. Thankful, m. Levi Stevens 18 Oct. 1830. 
Mrs. Lucinda, m. Z. F. Shumway 1 Oct. 1856. 

Dickinson, Nathaniel, m. Elizabeth Fisk 1 Nov. 1764, and had Lydia, b. 
20 Jan. 1765. 

DiNSMORE, John (otherwise written Densmore and Dunsmoor), m. Eliza- 
beth Amos 15 Ap. 1765, and had Amos, b. 4 Mar. 1766 ; John, b. 9 Feb. 1769; 
Eliphalet, b. 9 Ap. 1771; Triphosa, b. 29 July 1774; Susan, b. 20 Jan. 1777. 



DINSMORE — DOTY. 365 

Jane, of Ware, m. Theodorus Doty 30 May 1759. Katherijte, m. Enoch 
Badcock of Voluiitown, Conn., 15 Dec. 1763. Rachel, of Ware, d. here 27 
Mar. 1814, a. 17. 

Doaxe, David, by w. Lydia, had David, h. 19 Aug. 1752; BetJu'aJi, b. 28 
June 175-1 ; •NatJuai, h. 15 Aug. 175G; il/o%, b. 2 June 1759. David the f. 
prob. came here from Eastham, and perhaps rem. to Bennington about 1761. 
He was a member of the Separate Church. 

Doolittle, Bkxjamix, s. of John of Wallingford (who was b. 14 June 
1655, and m. Mary, dau. of John Peck of New Haven, 13 Feb. 1682), and 
grandson of Abraham (who was b. 1619, of New Haven 1640, of Wal- 
lingford 1670, and d. 11 Aug. 1690), was b. at Wallingford, Conn., 10 July 
1695, grad. Y. C. 1716, first pastor of the church in Northfield 1718, m. Lydia, 
dau. of Samuel Todd of New Haven, 14 Oct. 1717, and d. 9 Jan. 1748-9. See 
Hist. Northfield, p. 433. 

2. Lucius, s. of Benjamin (1), b. 16 May 1718, m. Sarah, dau. of Dea. Sam- 
uel Sndth, and had Oliver, b. 3 Dec. 1746 ; Charles, b. 4 Sep. 1748; Benjamin, 
b. 6 Nov. 1751, d. 16 Ap. 1762; Lydia, h. 25 Dec. 1753; Sarah, b. 25 Dec. 
1756, d. 20 Ap. 1773; Lucius, b. 11 Nov. 1761 ; Benjamin, b. 12 Jan. 1764 ; 
Jesse, b. 2 Feb. 1766; Calvin, h. — July 1768; Adrastus, b. 10 Aug. 1771; 
Sarah, b. 6 July 1773. Lucius the f". was an innholder in Northfield. 

3. Charles, s. of Lucius (2), m. Tabitha, dau. of Daniel Morton of Whate- 
ley, 3 Oct. 1771, but had no children. He was a physician in Hk. as early as 
1771, and res. at the northerly end of the Common, in a house still standing, 
marked " S. Hinkley " on the R. Map. To the sad disappointment of his 
townsmen, who respected him as a man, and had full confidence in his skill as 
a i)hysician, he d. 12 June 1785, and a large head-stone, of a peculiar pattern, 
marks ilie place of his burial in the old cemetery; his w. Tabitha m. Samuel 
Hinkley, pub. 27 May 1787, and d. 26 Dec. 1816, a. 69. 

4. Lucius, s. of Lucius (2), m. Esther, dau. of Daniel Morton of Whateley, 12 

May 1783, and had Esther, b. 1785, m. Jacob D. Rand 21 Oct. 1813, and 

d. 1 or 2 Sep. 1815, a. 30. Lucius the f. was also a physician, but very un- 
like his brother. After an unsuccessful practice in Hk., he rem. to Lyndon, 
Vt., where he was res. in 1801 ; before 1819, however, he returned to Hk. ut- 
terly bankrupt in fortune and fame. His long-continued habit of intemperance 
had ruined him ; and he, who in early life was too proud to permit his daughter 
to marry a mechanic,^ was maintained by the town, for the last dozen years of 
his life, as a pauper. He d. 1 Dee. 1831. 

Doty, Edward (s. of Ellis by w. Eleanor, grandson of Joseph, Jr., and a 
descendant from that Edward Doty who came in the Mayflower, 1620, and was 
a ]mrty to the (irst duel fought by Englishmen in N. E.), was b. in Rochester 
7 May 1705, m. ]Mary Andrews 17 Nov. 1726, and had in Roch. Thomas, b. 
25 Oct. 1727; Edivard, b. 25 Aug. 1729; Zurishaddai, b. 19 Nov. 1731; John, 
b. 7 Aug. 1734; Theodorus, b. 25 Dec. 1736 ; Betty, b. 14 Aug. 1739 ; Abigail, 
b. 30 June 1741, m. Samuel Robinson, Jr., pub. 10 Ap. 1762; Eleanor, b. 22 
Mar. 1743-4. 

2. Zurishaddai, s. of Edward (1), m. Mary, dau. of Jonathan Warner, 4 
Dec. 1755, and had John, b. 12 Sep. 1756; Moses, b. 2 July 1758, m. Betsey 
Webster 20 Sep. 1781 ; Ezra, b. 28 Sep. 1760; Ellis, b. 20 Oct. 1762; Asa, b. 
9 Sep. 1765 ; Jonathan, b. 27 July 1767; Molly, b. 10 July 1769; Bets<y, b. 23 
May 1773; Horatio Gates, b. 28 Aug. 1779. Zurishaddai the f. (ordinarily 
called Zu) was a blacksmith, whose shop stood near the soutliwest corner of 
the old burial-ground. He rem. from Rochester to Hk. before his marriage, 
and from Hk. to Wilmington, Vt., before 1 Nov. 1785, when he sold his shop 
to his son John. 

3. Theodorus, s. of Edward (1), m. Jane Dinsmore of Ware 30 May 1759. 
He was a housewright, and resided in New Braintree 1 Aug. 176 7. 

4. John, s. of Zurishaddai (2), m. Mary, dau. of Paul Mandell, Esq., 19 

1 Jacob D. Rand and Esther Doolittle ents, and they waited the event nearly 
were published 12 Dec. 1801; but theirmar- twelve years, 
riage at that time was prevented by her par- 



366 DOTY— EASTMAN. 

Sep. 1779, and had Chauncy, b. IG Feb. 1781 ; Sukcii,\). 14 Jan. 1783; Philo- 
theta, b. 28 Dec. 1784, m. — — Peirce; Timothy, b. 26 July 1788; Putly Wood- 
hridge, h. 26 Oct. 1789, m. Abraham Wood at Westminster 16 Dec. 1836, and 
d. 18 Dec. 1837; Lucia, b. 14 Feb. 1793, d. 17 Mar. 1803 ; Mary Warner, b. 

26 Jan. 1797, m. Wood. John the f. was a blacksmith, and res. several 

years about half a mile eastward from the Common, at the place marked " Mr. 
Stimpson " on the R. Map; in 1791 he bought two and a quarter acres of land 
and erected the house now standing near the Common, marked " Mr. Wesson " 
on the R. Map; this estate he sold 28 Mar. 1805, and rem. to AVestminster, 
where he d. 27 Feb. 1830 ; his w. Mary d. 26 May 1841, a. 81. 

5. Chauncy, s. of John (4), m. Isabella, dau. of Seth Hinkley, 4 Mar. 1804, 
and had Henry, h. 25 June 1804. Chauncy the f. d. 2 Sep. 1804 ; his w. Isa- 
bella m. Josiah Stockwell, and d. at Vineland, N. J., 9 Aug. 1879, a. nearly 
95. 

6. Timothy, s. of John (4), m. Susan Cowee 3 Jan. 1833, and liad Person, 
b. 15 Oct. 1833. Timothy the f. res. at AVestminster, and d. 9 Mar. 1835; 
his w. Susan m. Milton Joslyn 6 July 1841. 

Dow, Pliny', by w. Viah, had Martha S., b. about 1830, m. E. L. B. Wesson 
8 Ap. 1853; William B., h. about 1837, m. Abby Root of Enf. 2 Sep. 1873; 
prob. Pliny A. (or Augustus P.), b. . 

Doyle, Dennis, m. Julia Dunn, 9 Feb. 1868, and had Mary Ann, b. 4 Dec. 
1868; Michael, b. 24 July 1870, d. 9 Mar. 1871; Catherine El'izahelh, b. 2 Jan. 
1872. 

Eager, Ebenezer, by av. , had Nancy, bap. 29 Sep. 1793 ; his w. d. 

, and he m. Polly Brocklebank of Rindge, N. H., pub. 30 May 1801. 

2. Paul, m. Thankful AVatson of JST. Br., pub. 22 Oct. 1797, his former w. 
Joanna having d. 9 Feb. 179 7, a. 48. 

Abigail, m. Jedediah Dexter 29 Dec. 1798. Sally, m. Ichabod Dexter 
5 May 1805. 

Eakl, John (otherwise written Earle), m. Eunice, dau. of David Allen, 2 

Oct. 1785, and had Apollos, b. 1786, d. 9 June 1794, a. 8; Lucius, b. 

1788, d. 17 June 1794, a. 6; Arathusa, b. 1790, d. 9 Feb. 1792, a. 2; 

Lewis, b. about 1793; an infant b. , d. 10 Oct. 1795, a. eleven days; an 

infant b. , d. 20 Oct. 1796; an infant b. , d. 8 July 1798; Arathusa, 

b. 1799, m. Bradford Spooner 30 Nov. 1821, d. 7 Ap. 1872, a. 72 years 

and 9 months; Luke, b. 1802; John F., b. 1803, m. Chloe Keith of 

Ward, pub. 12 May 1828, d. at Gr. 8 Aug. 1860, a. nearly 57. John the f. 
was a farmer, and devoted much attention to the breeding of mules for the 
Southern market; he res. on the old turnpike, a mile and a half northerly from 
the Common, at the place marked " L. Earle " on the R. Map, and d. 17 Dec. 
1832, a. 70; his w. Eunice d. 10 Sep. 1850, a. 85. 

2. Jacob, b. in Berlin, m. Mary, dau. of Luther Burgess, 4 Oct. 1 798, and 
had Abigail, b. 18 June 1799 ; //•«, b. 28 Mar. 1801, a carpenter, i"es. in Leices- 
ter and Worcester, d. by accident 30 Ap. 1881; an infant b. , d. 11 Aug. 

1803, a. 1 month; Eliza, b. 29 May 1805, m. Henry Clinton 18 Ap. 1844; 

Franklin, b. about 1808, d. 7 Jan. 1813, a. 5; Daniel, b. 1810, d. 13 Aug. 

1813, a. 3; Ajwllos, h. 22 Aug. 1812; Benjamin Franklin, b. 7 Sep. 1814; 
Jaines Perkins, b. 23 Jan. 1817 ; Ralph, h. 10 Sep. 1819 ; Mary, b. 6 July 1823. 
Jacob the f. was a wheelwright, res. on the turnpike, half a mile easterly from 
the Common, at the place marked "Mr. Stimpson" on the R. Map, and d. 23 - 
Oct. 1843, a. 72; his w. Mary d. 24 May 1850, a. 70. 

3. Luke, s. of John (1), ni. Hannah B., dau. of Elijah Lane, 2 Feb. 1826, 
and had Marietta, b. 23 June 1827 ; Harriet Elizabeth, b. 1 Jan. 1834. Luke 
the f. was a farmer and captain of militia; he res. on the homestead several 
years, but afterwards rem. to Greenwich, where he kejst a tavern, and d. 12 
Feb. 1865. 

Eastman, Samuel, s. of Ebenezer, b. in Amherst 18 Mar. 1783, m. Sarah 
Pynchon of Springfield, pub. 25 Nov. 1809, and had, in Hk., Harriet, b. 14 
Nov. 1810, m. Simeon Newell; Henry Lyman, b. 24 May 1812; John Pynchon, 
b. 20 Nov. 1813, d. 30 Oct. 1822; Sarah, b. 11 Oct. 1815; Lucia, b. 30 May 



EASTMAN — ELLIS. 367 

1817, a teacher, d. unm. in Springf. 22 May 1852; Charlotte, b. 15 July 1821, 
d. unm. in Springf. 29 Mar. 1855; James Pynckon, b. 15 Oct. 1825. Samuel 
the f. grad. I). C. 1802, commenced the practice of the law in Ilk. in 1807, and 
after his marriage res. near the Common, at the place marked ''Mr. Tu|)per " 
on the R. i\Lip, now the res. of Mr. E. L. B. Wesson. Besides a creditable per- 
formance of his professional duties, he rendered important service to the town 
as a [teacher of sacred music, and as the leader of the choir in the public 
sanctuary. He took a lively interest in the education of the young, and was 
for many years a mendier of the School Committee.^ He was town clerk, 
1809, selectman four years, 1813-1816, and senator in the General Court, 
1819, 1820. The evening of his life was clouded, and was spent chiefly at 
Springf. He d. at Amherst, while on a visit, 11 Ap. 1864; his w. Sarah d. at 
Springf. 

Eddy, Ichabod, m. Lucy Cleveland, pub. 24 Dec. 1780. Maktha, of 
Shrewsbury, m. Dr. Zephaniah Jenney, 28 Nov. 1799. 

Edson, Abijah, of Springf., m. Hannah, dau. of Joseph Ruggles, 10 June 
1762, and had Cu.^kman, b. 11 Dec. 17G2, d. at Charleston, S. C, in 1797 
(called "Colonel" in the notice of his death); Nathaniel, h. 1 Ap. 17C5; 
Susanna, b. 10 JNLar. 1767; Timothy Alden, b. 7 or 17 Aug. 1769. 

Egehy, Daniel, of Dartmouth, m. Mary Perry of Rochester 21 Nov. 1771; 

she d. 16 Sep. 1795, a. 52, and he m. Martha of Taunton, who d. 15 Feb. 

1826, a. 81. His chil., all prob. b. before he rem. to Hk., were Daniel; Sam- 
uel; Sarah, m. Samuel Steward of Barnard, Vt., 22 Oct. 1789; Bathsheha, m. 
Sihis Burbank of Royalton, Vt., 23 Jan. 1792; William; Thomas, b. about 
1773; Nathan; Job, d. 10 Jan. 1796, a. 17 years and 9 months; Mary; Debo- 
rah, m. Stej)hen Putnam of Townsend 11 Jan. 1801. Daniel the f. was a 
captain in the Revolutionary AVar, and an adherent of Shays in 1787. About 
17 77 he rem. from Dart, to Hk., was selectman seven years, and d. 23 Oct. 
1801, a. 6 7, or 69 as inscribed on his head-stone. In his will, dated 22 Oct. 
1801, all the before-named chil., except Joi, are mentioned. 

2. Thomas, s. of Daniel (1), m. Clarissa, dau. of Ebenezer Washburn, 28 
Ap. 1796, and had Ebenezer Hollis, b. 22 Feb. 1798; William Alexis, b. 12 Ap. 

1801, m. Susanna J\I. , and d. at Boston 29 Sep. 1874 ; Dolly Washburn, b. 

27 May 1803, m. Beals Thomas 11 Ap. 1824; Cyrus Washburn, b. 16 Ap. 1805; 
Samuel Perry, b. 11 May 1807; Thomas Newhall, b. 10 Ap. 1809; Clarissa 
Electa, h. — Nov. 1811, d. 12 Dec. 1812; Mary Perry, b. 14 Ap. 1813; Arte- 
mas Job, b. 4 Feb. 1815; Edwin R., b. 10 Sep. 1821. Thomas the f. was a 
farmer and res. in the northerly part of the town, at or near the place marked 
" Capt. Whipple" on the R. Map. He was captain of militia, and a select- 
man three years. He d. at Dover, N. H., when on a journey, 12 Sep. 1827, 
a. 54. 

3. Ebenezer HoLiis, s. of Thomas (2), m. Mary Johnson 26 Feb. 1828, 
and had in Hk. Ruth Haihau-ay, h. 27 Feb. 1829; Marshall Johnson, b. 28 Feb. 
1831; Emeline Slade, b. 9 Feb. 1833; Mary Lettice, b. 11 Feb. 1835, d. unm. 

at Barre 29 Jan. 1873; Clarissa Washburn, b. at Barre 1845, where she 

d. unm. 31 Jan. 1873, a. 27 years and 7 months; and perhaps others. Eben- 
ezer H. the f. rem. to Barre, and d. 2 Mar. 1878. 

Eldredge, Daniel, m. Prudence, dau. of Capt. Eleazar Warner, 10 Fob. 
176 7, and had Silas Warner, b. 4 Jan. 1768. He rem. to the State of New 
York. 

Ellis, Seth, had w. Elizabeth and chil., John, b. 1789; Elizaheth, b. 

1791, m. Fay, and d. 18 Nov. 1879, a. 88; David, b. 1795; and 

perhaps others. Seth the f. d. 1 Nov. 1842, a. nearly 89; his w. Elizabeth 
(b. at Bridgewater) d. 7 May 18i58, a. 92. 

2. John, s. of Seth (1), m. Lucy Burt 15 Ap. 1817; she d. 19 Sep. 1832, a. 
42; and he m. Mercy E. Peckham, pub. 4 May 1833; she d. 15 Feb. 1835, a. 
35, and he m. Mrs. Sally Peeso of Enf., pub. 31 Oct. 1835 ; she d. and 

1 Personally, I remember with gratitude the loan of books, and advice in regard to 
not onl\- his words of encouragement in my their proper and advantageous use. 
school-boy days, but his substantial aid in 



368 ELLIS — ELWELL. 

he m. Lettice , who d. ("accidental") 10 Ap. 1864, a. 62; he d. (appar- 
ently in consequence of the same "accident") 9 Ap. 1864, a. 75. No record 
is found of chil., except one, not named, who d. 17 Mar. 1834, a. 6 months. 

3. David, s. of Seth (1), m. Lucy , who d. , and he m. Elizabeth 

P. Billings 19 Dec. 1849, who d. at AVare 30 May 1877. He had Mary Luthera, 
b. 25 June 1844. David the f. d. at Ware 28 Mar. 1882. 

4. Emory B., by w. Mary Ann, had Albert, b. , 1842, d. 22 Sep. 1843; 

Frederick E., b. 4 Jan. 1846, m. Persis R. Putnam SO June 1870; Franklin S., 
b. 6 Mar. 1848, d. 1 Oct. 1849. 

5. AciATHAR P., m. Rebecca A. Rice of Ware, pub. 24 Feb. 1844; she d. 

, and he ra. Mary P. . His chil. were: Mary E., b. 1854, m. Jay 

W. Powell 14 Mar. 1873 ; Stella B., h. 1860, d. 25 June 1869 ; John H., b. 

1862, d. 22 May 1869; Emma E., b. 1867, d. 27 May 1869 ; Arwin P., 

b. 15 May 1874, d. 25 Oct. 1874. 

Gamaliel, m. Jemima Nye 21 Feb. 1782. Betsey, m. Reuben Allen 24 
Dec. 1812. Thomas, m. Nabby Burt 11 Ap. 1820. Mary G., m. Claudius B. 
Orcutt of Amh. 5 Nov. 1839. Ebexezer B., m. Mary AV. Stiles of Rindge, 
N. PL, pub. 13 May 1841. Susan S., m. James H. Clements of Wai-e, pub. 

24 Nov. 1847. Em'ery B., d. 13 June 1882, a. 77. 

Ellsworth, John, b. at Pownall, Vt., m. Lucretia Thayer, ])ub. 31 May 

1807, and had Sabrina, b. 14 Mar. 1808, m. Andrews, and d. at Pet. 24 

Auf^. 1871 ; Henry, b. 1813, m. Caroline Augusta, dau. of Jesse Paige, 2 

June 1846, and d. at Barre 10 Oct. 1865, a. 52; John T., b. about 1821; 

Mary C, b. 17 Jan. 1825, m. Jameson, and d. at Barre 11 June 1858; 

Alexander, b. 27 Aug. 1827; Hannah Gardner, b. 17 Ap. 1830, d. 19 July 1833; 
and perhaps others. John the f. rem. to Barre. 

2. John T., s. of John (1), m. Hannah Maria, dau. of Moses Lawrence, Jr., 
1 May 1849, and had Emory Alexander, b. 3 Aug. 1852; John Emerson, b. 22 
June 1854; Maria L., b. 5 Sep. 1856, d. 22 Dec. 1856. John T. the f. rem. 
to Barre; his w. Hannah M. d. in child-bed 15 Sep. 1856, a. 27. 

Elwell, Thomas, had w. Lucy, who d. 15 Jan. 1762, and he m. Elizabeth 
Stratton, pub. 25 Ap. 1762. His chil. b. here were: John, bap. 8 Oct. 1758; 
Jona:^, b. 16 July 1759 ; Mark, b. 2 Feb. 1763; Anna, b. 14 Aug. 1764, m. Noah 
Moody of S. Hadley 20 June 1787; David, b. 1 June 1766. Besides these, 
Joshua, Moses, Thomas, Jabez, Abigail (deceased), w. of Moses Olmstead, and 
Lucij Rice, deceased, ai'e named in their father's will, dated 12 July 1790, and 
proved 6 Feb. 1798. Thomas the f. was prob. of the Gloucester stock, bought 
a farm in Hk. 2 May 1758, prob. at or near the place on the west side of Muddy 
Pond, marked " Mr. Elwell" on the R. Map. He d. 27 Jan. 1798. 

2. Jabez, m. Thankful Clark, 21 Dec. 1769, and had Jabez Pierce, b. 28 
Feb. 1772; Asa, b. 28 May 1774; Amasa, b. 27 Jan. 1776 ; Stephen, b. 27 Jan. 
1778. 

3. Mark, s. of Thomas (1), m. , and had Polly, b. 8 Ap. 1784; Lucy, 

b. 22 Sep. 1785; Ruth, b. 16 Oct. 1788, d. unm. at Barre, 11 Feb. 1871; Rox- 
ana, b. 26 May 1790. The two younger daughters were sorely afflicted by a 
cutaneous disease, being covered with minute scales like those of a fish; yet 
both lived to a good old age. Mark the f . prob. res. on part of the homestead, 
and d. before 12 July 1790. 

4. David, s. of Thomas (1), m. Eunice , and had Betsey, b. 19 Jan. 

1792, d. unm. 15 Aug. 1822; a child b. , d. 29 Aug. 1793, a. 6 days; 

Tho7nas,h. 24 Sep. 1794 ; Dauid (twin), b. 14 May 1797, accidentally killed 
by the bursting of a gun 17 Oct. 1817; Noah (twin), b. 14 May 1797; Chester, 

b. 29 Jan. 1802; Eunice M., b. , m. Cliauncy R. Shaw of Bel. 24 May 

1831. David the f. prob. res. on part of the homestead. He d. 15 Dec. 1848, 
a. 82; his w. Eunice d. 29 Dec. 1858, a. 91. 

5. Thomas, s. of David (4), m. Susanna N., dau. of Samuel L. Robinson, 

25 Ap. 1819; she d. 15 or 16 Nov. 1822, a. 28, and he m. her sister, Adehne 
Robinson, 19 Oct. 1823; she d. 9 Dec. 1837, a. 34, and he m. Lucy Gilbert of 
Brk., pub. 15 Feb. 1838. No record is found of children. He d. 27 Sep. 
1840, and his w. Lucy m. Elijah Bangs, pub. 10 May 1845. 



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6. Noah, s. of David (4), m. Martha Berry 11 July 1819; she d. 15 Oct. 
1821, a. 22, and he in. Louisa Bliss of Ludlow, pub. 20 Aujf. 1822. No record 
is found of the birth of his chil., but the following imperfect account is gath- 
ered from the records of marriages and deaths: Charlotte, b. 1823, d. 

unm. 19 Aug. 1833, a. 10; Hannah M., b. 1824, m. Willis, d. in 

Ware 24 Aug. 1877, a. 54; Chester, b. 1828, d. 2 Nov, 1855, a. 27; 

Lucy A., b. 1830, m. Charles E. Smith of AV. Brk. 25 Dec. 1850; Char- 
lotte F., b. 1834, d. unm. 16 Aug. 1851, a. 17; Henry B., b. 1836, 

d. 6 Ap. 1859, a. 23; Albert H., b. 1839, d. 25 Ap. 1858, a. 19. Louisa 

B. the mother d. 15 Nov. 1845, a. 45. 

7. David (2d), m. Clara Paige Jennev 7 Sep. 1842, and had Chiron Jen- 
ney, b. 16 Jan. 1845 ; William Y., b. 30 Nov. 1846, d. 27 Nov. 184 7. 

Joshua, m. Abigail Jones of Killingly, Conn., 2 Oct. 1765. Rebecca, m. 
Jabez Bilvc 7 Mar. 1791. Stillman, m. Sophia Bartlett 28 Jan. 1821. 

Emmons, Alonzo, m. Abigail, dau. of Moses Lawrence, 3 Dec. 1838; she 
d. 7 Mar. 1864, a. 64. Perhaps the two following were their chil. : MarcuH A., b. 

1840, a soldier, d. near Bethesda Church, 2 June 1864, a. 24; Edward 

Robert, b. about 1842. 

2. Edwaud Robert, perhaps s. of Alonzo (1), m. Caroline J. Towne of 
Gr. 30 Ap. 1863, and had Leorn, h. 19 Jan. 1864; Marcus Edwin, h. 19 Sep. 
1865; Charles Frederick, b. 4 Sep. 1867; Herbert Elmer, b. 18 Sep. 1869; Ma- 
bel Maria, b. 6 May 1871. 

Lois, m. Andrew Powers 27 Oct. 1740. Thomas, m. Sarah Wheeler 30 
Ap. 1741. Solomon, of Gr., m. Mary Marsh 31 Jan. 1754. Noah, of Gr., m. 
Mary Farr 25 May 1758. Robert, m. Annis Hair, pub. 8 Nov. 1790. 

Estabrook, Benjamin (generally called "Brooks"), m. Alice, widow of 
Luther Burgess, 12 Oct. 1787; she d. 3 May 1807, a. 57, and he m. Mrs. 
Patty Howe of Rut., pub. 14 Jan. 181 7. His chil. were Hannah, b. 14 Jan. 1 788, 
d. unm. 24 iNIay 1811 ; Arathusa, b. 25 Oct. 1789, m. David Whipple 1 Dec. 
1836. Benjamin the f. was a farmer, b. in Rutland 1750, res. on the old 
turnpike, at the place marked "Mr. Browning" on the R. Map, and d. 14 
Nov. 1828, a. 80, according to the town record, or 76, as inscribed on his 
head-stone, — but both wrong, if date of birth be correctly stated in Reed's 
Hist. Rutland, p. 159. 

Asa, m. Sally Hinds of Brk., pub. 1 Aug. 1801. 

Evans, Laertes, m. Lydia Totman 2 June 1833; she d. 23 Oct. 1838, 
a. 25. 

Fairbanks, Calvin, m. Jenny Ayers 24 June 1776, and had Putty, b. 11 
Ap. 1777; Calvin, bap. 21 Feb. 1779, d. young; Calvin, bap. 23 Ap. 1780. 
Calvin the f. rem. to Barnard, Vt. 

Lyman (adult), bap. 25 June 1820. Mary, m. Joel Hagar 27 Ap. 1824. 
Caroline, m. AVinthrop Jamerson, pub. 27 Mar. 1826. 

Farr, Thomas, prob. from Stow or Littleton, rem. to Hk. before Sep. 
1742, where his w. Elizabeth was admitted to the church, but no further trace 
of bim is found. 

2. Thomas, Jr., prob. s. of Thomas (1) and w. Hannah, were adni. to 
the church 19 Dec. 1742. Their chil. were: Ruhamah, ha\). 19 Dec. 1742; 
Lydia, bap. 16 June 1745; Hannah, bap. 29 May 1748; Thomas, bap. 5 Nov. 
1752; Samuel, bap. 1 June 1755. Thomas the f. res. near Gilbertville, his 
farm being bounded on the east by Ware River. 

3. Jonathan, prob. s. of Thomas (1), m. INIary, dau. of John Wells, 5 June 

1751; she d. , and he m. ]\Iercy, prob. dau. of Thomas A\'inslow, 19 Jan. 

1757. His chil. were : William, b. 5 Mar. 1752: Jonathan, bap. 14 Ap. 1754; 
Joshua, I). 23 Sep). 1757; Amos, b. 9 Mar. 1759 ; Man/, h. 18 Oct. 1760; Moses, 
h. 18 May 17G2; Mercy, bap. 1 Jan. 1764; Asahel,'ha.p. 23 ]Mar. 1766. His 
homestead, which he sold to Isaac Thomas 27 Ap. 1763, was boimded east on 
Ware River, south on land of Thomas Farr, and west on the highway. 

4. Jonathan, Jr., parentage not ascertained, m. lAicy, dau. of Deac. 
James Fay, 27 Oct. 1763, and had Solomon, b. 3 Mar. 1764; Anna, b. 27 Jan. 

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370 FARR — FAY. 

1766, d. unm. 31 July 1844, having been a pauper nearly or quite lialf a cen- 
tury. 

Kezia, m. John Wells 14 Dec. 1748. Mary, m. Noah Emmons of Gr. 25 
May 1758. Thomas, m. Hannah Powers of Littleton, pub. 5 Aug. 1758. 
Joshua, b. at Littleton, d. in the army, 1756, a. 21. 

I Fassett, John (of Bedford in 1753), s. of Josiah. was b. at Billerica 1 
Ap. 1720, bought a farm in Hk., near Barre, 7 Mar. 1753, and prob. took im- 
mediate possession; this estate he sold to Jonathan Nye, Jr., 30 Ap. 1762, de- 
scribing himself in the deed as of Ilk., but he had prob. rem. previously ^ to 
Bennington, Vt., of which town he was one of the earliest and most energetic 
inhabitants. He was prob. elected deacon of the Separate Church in Hk.; he 
was alf^o elected captain of the first military company organized in Benning- 
ton, 1764. He was a representative in the first General Assembly in Vermont, 
17 78, and in the same year was elected judge of probate for Bennington Dis- 
trict. It is stated by Rev. Mr. Jennings, in his Memorials of a Century, that 
he had nine children : Sarah (who m. Dr. Jonas Fay in Hk. 1 May 1760), 
John, Jonathan, David, Nathan, Amos, Marj/ (who m. Plon. Jonathan Robin- 
son), Benjamin, and Hannah. Of these I find the birth of only two recorded 
in Hk. : Manj, b. 19 Nov. 1754 ; Benjamin, b. 21 Mar. 1757. John the f. 
d. at Bennington, 12 Aug. 1794. 

2. John, s. of John (1), rem. with his father to Bennington 1761, thence to 
Arlington 17 77, and again to Cambridge 1784, in all which towns he held a 
conspicuous rank. "Few men were more constantly in public service than 
John Fassett, Jr. He was lieutenant in Warner's first regiment in 1775, and 
captain in Warner's second in 1776. In 1777 he was one of the commission- 
ers of sequestration, ami with Gov. Chittenden and Matthew Lyon successful 
in subduing the Tories of Arlington. He was elected representative of Arling- 
ton in the General Assendjly for 17 78 and 17 79, and for Cambridge in 1787, 
1788, 1790, and 1791, though in 1779, 1787, 1788, 1790, and 1791 he was also 
elected councillor. He served in each office portions of the time. He was a 
member of the council in 1779 and until 1795 (with the exception of^l786), 
fifteen years. He was judge of the Superior Court from its organization in 
1778 until 1786, eight years, and chief jutlge of Chittenden county court from 
1787 until 1794, seven years." ^ 

3. Jonathan, s. of John (1), rem. to Ben. with his father in 1761, and was 
representative ot that town in 1782; he also represented Fittstord in the Gen- 
eral Assembly 1778.^ It is worthy of note that the father and two sons held 
seats together in the first General Assembly of Vermont. 

4. Amos, s. of John (1), rem. to Ben. with his father in 1761, and thence 
to Cambridge in 1784; he "was assistant judge for several years."* 

5. Benjamin, s. of John (1), rem. to Ben. with his father in 1761, and was 
colonel of militia. " He was a commissary in the war of the Revolution, and 
servetl in other capacities in civil and military life." ^ 

Fay, John, b. in England about 1648, came to N. E. in the Speedwell, 
■which arrived at Boston 27 June 1656; he became an inhabitant of Marl- 
borough, where he m. Mary, dau. of Thomas Brigham of Cambridge, by whom 
he had four chiL; and, 5 July 1678, m. Susanna, wid. of Joseph Morse, by whom 
he had four chil., and d. 5 Dec. 1690. 

2. John, s. and eldest child of John (1), b. 30 Nov. 1669, m. Elizabeth 
Wellington; she d. and he m. Levinah Brigham 16 Dec. 1729. His chil. were : 
Batlisheba, b. 1 Jan. 1693; m. John Pratt 4 Jan. 1715-16; Eunice, b. 2 June 
1696, m. Isaac Pratt 17 Ap. 1721; Marij, b. 29 Sep. 1698, d. 20 Nov. 1704; 
John, b. 5 Dec. 1700, m. Hannah Child 17 Ap. 1721; Ltjdia, b. 1702; 

1 " Deacon John Fassett was born April ^ Deniing's Catalogue of the Pri7icipal 
1, 1720. He was one of the second company Officers of Vermont. 

of settlers in bennington in 1761. At his ■* Records of Governor and Council of 

house the first town-nieetinff was held in Vermont, ii. 132. 

March, 1762." Jennings' Memorials of a 5 Jennings' Memorials of a Century, p. 

Century, p. 224. 225. 

2 Records of Governor and Council of 
Vermont, ii. 1, 



FAY. 371 

Di))ah, b. 5 Sep. 1705, ni. David Goodnow 1722; James, h. 27 Dec. 1707; 

Mehetabel, b. 18 June 1710; Benjamin, b. 1.5 Aug. 1712, m. Martha ; 

Stephen, b. 5 May 1715. John the f. res. in that part of Marlboroiifrh wliich 
■was incorporated as Westborough, in which town he held the principal oflices, 
and d. 5 Jan. 174 7. 

3. Jamks, s. of John (2), m. Lydia Child of Watertown 9 Dec. 1727; she 
d. at Ilk., and he ni. Prudence, wid. of Ebenezer Whipple, pub. 13 Sep. 1760. 

His chil. were : Daniel, b. 1728; Lydia, b. 1730, m. Amaziah Spooner 

22 Feb. 1749-50, d. 10 Aug. 1817, a. 87; James, b. ; Iaioj, b. , m. 

Jonathan Farr, Jr., 27 Oct. 17G3; Mehetahel, b. -r , ni. Benjamin Rogers 10 

Sep. 17(J0; Reuben, b. 29 Nov. 1739; haac, b. -^ — ; Elizabeth, b. , per- 
haps m. Benjamin Ruggles 3d,'2~G Nov. 1766; Hannah, b. 23 Feb. 1749, at Hk., 
m. James Rogers 23 Nov. 1768, d. 18 Oct. 1835, a. 86. Jamks the f. owned 
land in Hk. as early as 1735, but prob. remained in Westboro' until after 1739, 
when his s. Reuben was b. there; he then rem. to Grafton, and was there 25 
Sep. 1746, when he bought of Benjamin Smith the farm in Hk., which became 
his homestead; and came here before 23 Feb. 1749, when his dan. Hannah was 
born. In his will, 13 July 1774, he names all his chil. except Lucy, to Avhose 
son Solomon Farr and dau. Lydia Farr legacies are given. He resided on the 
old River road, at the place marked " A. Rice " on the R. Map. He was a 
farmer, a bone-setter, and a deacon of the Separate Church. He was de- 
nounced as a Tory, but forgiven, and died in peace 12 June 1777, a. nearly 70. 

4. Stephkx, s. of John (2), was the father of a very remarkable family, and 
was himself a man of mark. He m. Ruth Child 7 Mar. 1734, and had John, 
b. 23 Dec. 1734; Jo/irts, b. 28 Jan. 1736-7; Stephen, b. 19 Feb. 1738-9; Ruth, 
b. 12 May 1741;, Mary, h. 16 Oct. 1743, m. Moses Robinson (judge, U. S. sen- 
ator, and governor), pub. 25 July 1762, d. 12 Feb. 1801; Beutah, h. 29 Jan. 
1745-6, m. Samuel Billings (major) 28 June 1764, d. 18 Sep. 1833; Elijah, b. 
5 Mar. 1747-8; Benjamin, h. 22 Nov. 1750; Joseph, b. 11 Sep. 1753; Sarah, h. 
4 July 1757, m. David Robinson (general, sheriff, and U. S. marshal), d. 25 
Jan. 1801; David, b. about 1762. Stephkn the f. bought a farm of 300 acres, 
bordering on the west side of Muddy Pond, 6 Dec. 1749, but soon rem. to the 
place afterwards owned and occupied l)y Col. Stej)hen Rice, on the old turn- 
pike, marked " C. Paige " on the R. Map. He was selectman four years, assessor 
five years, innholder from 1754 to 1763, and retailer (perhaps innholder also) 
in 1764 and 1765. He was also prob. captain of militia, as he was known by 
that title during his residence in Vermont, and was so described on his head- 
stone. In 1766 he rem. to Bennington and became landlord of the Green 
JMountain Tavern, afterwards so celebrated as the "Catamount Tavern."^ 
This house was the general headcjuarters of the controlling spirits durin"- the 
long contest with New York, and also during the Revolutionary War, and 
among those spirits Capt. Fay was not the least active. When it was deter- 
mined in 1772, during the New York controversy, to send special messengers 
to confer with Governor Tryon, Capt. Fay and his son, Dr. Jonas Fay, were 
selectedias the messengers. During the Revolution he was constantly active, 
and rendered efficient service in a civil capacity; and in the clash of arms he 
was represented by his sons. It is said that five of his sons were engaged in 
the Bennington Battle, 16 Aug. 17 77, the eldest of whom was killed. It is 
matter of authentic history, that when the father was informed that he had 
been unfortunate in respect to one of his sons, he exclaimed: "What! has he 
misbehaved? did he desert his post, or run from the charge? " On being told 
that his son was dead, he bowed his head, saying: "I thank God that I had a 
son who was willing to give his life for his country." Capt. Fay lived to see 
the arms of his country triumphant, but did not witness the establishment of 
peace. He d. 17 JNIay 1781; his w. Ruth attained the age of 88 years. 

5. Daniel, s. of James (3), m. Elizabeth, dau. of Deac. Daniel Spooner, 18 

1 "The place where, in Bennington, the its sign the stuffed skin of a catamount, with 

councils of the leaders were held — the Coua- teeth grinning toward New York, and hence 

cil of Safety — was the Green Mountain Tav- came to be called the Catamount Tavern." 

em, kept by Capt. Stephen Fay. It had for Jennings' Memorials of a Ctnturyi, p. 143. 



372 FAY. 

May 1749; she d. 24 Nov. 175G, a. 25, and he m. Mary Crosby 10 Mar. 1757. 
He had seventeen children: TimolJu/, b. 9 July 1750; Daniel, b. 14 Dec. 1752; 
Jedediah, b. 4 June 1755, m. Jerusha Aiken 12 Nov. 1778, was a physician sev- 
eral years in Hk., but no record is found of chil. or of his death; Moses, b. 5 
Jan. 1758, d. young; Aaron, b. 1 Aug. 1759, m. Molly Hatch 19 Dec. 1782, 
rem. to Barnard, Vt.; Elizabeth, b. 2 Aug. 1761, ni. Joseph Hunt 16 May 1779; 
Moses, b. 30 June 1763, m. Sally Hedge 24 Feb. 1788, rem. to Barnard; Sarah, 
b. 28 JNIar. 1765, m. John Hunt 1 Oct. 1784; Eliakim, b. 1 Mar. 176 7, m. Han- 
nah, dau. of Capt. Ebenezer Cox, 5 Sep. 1790, rem. to Barnard; David, b. 25 
July 1769; Jonathan, b. 22 Mar. 1771, d. young; Manj,h. 2 May 1772; Jona- 
than, h. 28 Ap. 1774; Josejdi, b. 26 Dec. 1775, rem. to Rutland, Vt., d. in Hk. 
15 JNIar. 1814; Fiorina, b. 30 Nov. 1777; Benjamin, b. 28 Aug. 1779, rem. to 
llutland, Vt.; Hannah, b. 28 Feb. 1782, m. Samuel Parker 29 Jan. 1801, and 
d. at Milford 17 June 1869. Daniel the f. d. 28 Feb. 1815. 

6. James, s. of James (3), m. Mary, prob. dau. of Seth Winslow, 18 Mar. 
1756, and had Paul, b. 30 Dec. 1756; Barnabas, b. 30 Oct. 1758; Li/dia, h. 14 
July 1761; Mehetahle, b. 12 July 1763; Mary, b. 21 Jan. 1766,d. young; Han- 
nah, b. 17 May 1768 ; Manj, b. 12 Ap. 1770. 

7. Reuben, s. of James (3), m. Elizabeth, dau. of William Perkins, 11 June 

1767, and had Susanna, b. 14 Oct. 1767, m. Leonard Burt of Westminster, 
Vt., 19 Dec. 1790; Jonas, b. 14 Nov. 1768; Jonathan, b. 4 Dec. 1769; Wil- 
liam,h. 17 July 1771; Moses, h. 13 Feb. 1773; Betty, b. 13 Oct. 1774, m. 
James Babbitt of Gr., 27 Nov. 1800; Josiah, b, 26 Feb. 1776. Reuben the f. 
d. 26 Oct. 1800; his w. Elizabeth d. 15 Jan. 1803, a. 53. 

8. Isaac, s. of James (3), m. Kezia Doane 22 Nov. 1764, and had 
Charles, b. 18 Aug. 1765; Lydiu, h. 7 June 1769; John, b. 9 Feb. 1773; Cy- 
rus, h. 20 Feb. 1776; Asa, b. 5 Oct. 1777; Cynthia, h. 23 Oct. 1779. He 
bought the homestead 1774, but res. on the adjoining farm, marked " E. 
Trow " on the R. Map. 

9. Joxin, s. of Stephen (4), m. Mai-y Fisk of Sturbridge, pub. 22 Oct. 1757, 
and had Susanna, b. 4 Dec. 1758; Nathan, b. 15 Nov. 1760; Caleb, b. 20 Oct. 
1762; Helena, b. 7 May 1766; John, b. 1 May 1768; Henry Fisk; b. 26 Aug. 

1770 ; Joseph, b. 1772, d, 14 Sep. 1777, a. 5 ; Hiram, b. 1775, d. 24 

Aug. 1777, a. 2. John the f. rem. to Bennington about 1772, and was killed 
in battle 16 Aug. 177 7 ; ^ his w. Mary survived him only fifteen days, dying 31 
Aug. 1777, a. 38; their two younger chil. also d. within a month after the 
fatlier's death. 

10. Jonas, s. of Stephen (4), m. Sarah, dau. of John Fassett, 1 May 1760; 
she d. after he rem. to Bennington, and he m. in Hk. Lydia, widow of Dr. 
Challis Satford, and dau. of Jonathan Warner, 20 Nov. 1777. His chil., b. in 
Hk., were Josiah, h. 1 May 1761; Ruth, b. 2 May 1763; Poll;/, b. 12 Jan. 
1765. He had also in Bennington Lydia, who m. Uriah Edgerton, Esq.; Sa- 
rah, m. Henry Hopkins; and twin sons, Ethan Allen and Heman Allen. Jo- 
nas the f. was a man of extraordinary energy and versatility of talent. In 
175'6 he was clerk of the company commanded by Cajat. Samuel Robinson in 
the French AVar, and was then styled " cord winder." In 1761 he was called 
"ensign" on the town records. His taste, however, was rather civil than 
martial, and political than mechanical. He studied medicine, and practised 
the healing art for several years here, and also taught school, res. at the place 
marked " Mr. Wesson " on the R. Map. On his removal to Bennington about 

1768, he at once became conspicuous both as a physician and as a leading pol- 
itician. The following is a brief summary of his public services: "In 1772, 

1 At the Bennington Battle. "He was ning ran the cry over the ranks of his towns- 
fighting behind a tree. His last words, as he men, ' John Fay is shot!' Maddened to 
raised his musket to five once more at the fury, they sprang from behind the trees, 
enemy, were, ' I feel that J am fighting in a fired their guns in the very faces of the foe, 
good cause.' And as his eye ran along the and, clubbing tlie breeches, leaped over the 
barrel, taking aim, his head just exposed breastwork with an impulse of onset nothing 
from behind the tree, a ball struck him in mortal could resist." Jennings' Memori- 
the very centre of his forehead, and he fell ids of a Century, p. 255. 
with his gun undischarged. Quick as light- 



FAY. 873 

when Gov. Tryon invited the people of Bennington to send afjents to New 
York to inform him of the grounds of their complaint, he, with his father, was 
appointed for that purpose. He was cleric to the convention of settlers that 
met in 1774, and resolved to defend by force Allen, ^yarner, and others, who 
were threatened with outlawi-y and death by the New York Assembly, and as 
such clerk certilied their proceedings for publication. At the age of nineteen 
he had served in the French War during the campaign of 175G at Fort Ed- 
ward and Lake George, as clerk of Capt. Samuel Robinson's company of 
Massachusetts troops, and lie served as surgeon in the expedition under Allen 
at the capture of Ticonderoga. lie was continued in that position by the Com- 
mittee of the Massachusetts Congress who were sent to the Lake in -July 1775, 
and also appointed by them to muster the troops as they arrived for the de- 
fence of that post. He was also surgeon for a time to Col. Warner's regiment. 
In January, 1776, he was clerk to the convention at Dorset, that petitioned 
Congress to be allowed to serve in the common cause of the country as inhab- 
itants of the New Hampshire Grants, and not under New York, and also of 
that held at the same place in July following. He was a member of the con- 
vention whicli met at Westminster in January, 1777, and declai'ed Vermont to 
be an indej)endent State, and was appointed chairman of a committee to draw 
up a declaration and petition announcing the fact, and their reasons for it, to 
Congress, of wliich declaration and petition he was tlie (h-aughtsman and au- 
thor. He was secretary to the convention tliat formed the Constitution of the 
State in July, 1777, and was one of the Council of Safety ^ then ap|)ointed to 
administer the aiTairs of the State, until the Asseml)ly, provided for by the con- 
stitution, should meet; was a member of the State Council for seven years from 
1778; a judge of the Supreme Court in 1782; judge of probate from 1782 to 
1787; and lie attended the Continental Congress at Philadelfihia as the agent 
of the State, under appointments made in Jan. 1777, Oct. 1779, June 1781, 
and Feb. 1782. Dr. Fay was a man of extensive general information, decided 
in his opinions, and bohl and determined in maintaining them. His education 
was such as to enable him to draw with skill and ability the public papers of 
the day, of many of whicli, besides the Declaration of Independence before 
mentioned, he was the reputed author. In 1780, he, in conjunction with 
Ethan Allen, prepared and published, in their joint names, a pam[)hlet of thirty 
pages, on the New Hampshire and New York controversy, which was printed 
at Hartford, Conn. . . . Dr. Fay resided in Bennington, in a house that stood 
on the Blue Hill, a mile south of the meeting-house, until after the year 1800, 
when he removed to Charlotte for a few years, and afterwards to Paw let, but 
returned again to Bennington, where he died Marcli C, 1818, aged 82." ^ 

11. Stei'Hex, s. of Stephen (4), m. Susan Fisk of Sturbridge, pub. 18 Ap. 
1762, but no record is found of children. His life seems to have been less 
eventful than that of his brothers. It is said that he d. at Hk. about 1804. 

12. Elijah, s. of Stephen (4), rem. to Bennington with his father, m. Deb- 
orah Lawrence, and d. 5 July 1835. He was engaged, with three of his broth- 
ers, in the Bennington Battle. 

13. Bex.iamix, s. of Stephen (4), rem. to Bennington with his father, and 
*' was the first sheriff in the county and State." He served in that otHce 
" from March 26, 1778, until Oct. 1781." ^ He m. Sarah, dau. of Capt. Sam- 
uel Robinson, and d. 19 June, 1786, at the early age of 35 years. His son 
Samuel, b. 16 Aug. 1772, and d. 26 Dec. 1863, res. in the old homestead, the 
" Catamount Tavern," was deputy sheritF sixteen years, and sheriff twelve 
years, up to the year 1823. 

1 It was this Council of Safety, assembled active members of the council, as shewn by 

in the '' Catamount Tavern " a month later, such minutes of its proceedings as have 

on tile day of the Benninuton battle, to which been preserved, were Thomas Chittenden, 

Professor Hartlttt alluiUtd in his centennial president of the body ; .Tonas Fay, vice pres- 

oration, August 16, 1877: '' Tliere was a ident; Ira Allen, "secretary; and Nathan 

noted tavern in the town, and there were (Mark, Paul Spooner, and Jloses Kobinson." 

gathered there Ira Allen, Thomas Chitten- Fay, Spooner, and Kobinson, it may be 

den, Jonas Faj', and their staunch comrades, added, were Hard wick men. 

There was one catamount on the sign-post, 2 Vermont Hist. Mag., i. 171, 172. 

and twelve catamounts within." Gov. Hall, 8 Jennings' Memorials of a Century, p. 

Ixxhvi History of rerwjowi says: "The most 258. 



874 FAY. 

14. Joseph, s. of Stephen (4), -went "to Bennington, a member of his 
father's family in 1766. He was secretary to the Council of Safety and of 
the State Council from Sep. 1777 to 1784, and Secretary of State from 
1778 to 1781. He was the associate of Ira Allen in conducting the famous 
negotiation with Gen. Haldimand, by which the operations of the enemy were 
paralyzed, and the northern frontier protected from invasion during the three 
last years of the Revolutionary struggle. He was a man of very respectable 
talents and acquirements, of fine personal appearance and agreeable manners, 
and well calculated to manage such a diplomatic adventure with adroitness 
and at)ilitv." ^ He m. Margaret, dau. of Rev. Jedediah Dewey, rem. to the 
city of New York in 1794, and d. there in October 1803, leaving posterity, 
of whom Theodore S. Fay, the author, was a representative. 

15. David, s. of Stephen (4), was a " fifer " in the Battle of Bennington, 
then about fifteen years old. He was afterwards a lawyer, admitted to the 
bar in June 1794, was State attorney four years before 1801, United States 
attorney under President Jefferson, judge of the Supreme Court 1809 to 1813, 
and judge of probate 1819, 1820. He m. Mary, dau. of John Staniford of 
Windham, Conn., and d. 5 June 1827. 

16. Timothy, s. of Daniel (5). m. Olive Leonard 23 Mar. 1775; she d. 

, and he m. Hannah, widow of Peter Bassett, and dau. of Lindsey, 

7 Dec. 1780. His chil. were: Leonard, b. 21 Nov. 1775 ; OUve, b. 25 Mar. 
1782, m. Josiah C. Chandler 24 Nov. 1799 ; Bassett, b. 3 Dec. 1783 ; Lindseij, 
b. 28 Sep. 1786; Apollos, b. 30 May 1789; Hannah, h. 12 .Jan. 1792, m. 
James Perkins 23 Mar. 1837, d. s. p. 24 Mar. 1855 ; Timothj/, b. 18 June 
1794 ; Daniel, b. 22 Feb. 1797, d. unm. 22 June 1847. Timothy the f. was 
a farmer, res. on the old turnpike, at the place marked " A. Fay " on the R. 
Map, and d. 17 June 1831 ; his w. Hannah d. 2 June 1820, a. 63. 

17. Daniel, s. of Daniel (5), m. Mary, d. of Col. Timothy Paige, 23 Aug. 
1778, and had (born here), Man/, b. 10 INIar. 1779, m. Rev. "Philander 
Chase, Bishop, successively, of Ohio and of Illinois, was mother of Rev. 
Philander Chase, Jr., and Rev. Dudley Chase, and d. at Worthington, O., 5 
May 1818 ; Nancy, b. 25 Mar. 1781, m. Nathaniel Evans, d. at Middlebury, 
O., 12 July 1825 "; EUzahetlu b. 3 Sep. 1783, m. B. Batchelder, res. in Bethel, 
Vt., where she d. 4 May 1831 (her dnu., Mary C, m. Rev. Henry Caswall, 
D. D., an English clergyman of the Episcopal Church, was several years in 
England, returned, and, since the death of her husband, has res. at Frank- 
lin, Pa., and Welland, Canada ; Jedediah, b. 30 Jan. 1786, a physician in 
Owego, N. Y., m. Caroline Roberts, 1812, and d. 23 Ap. 1848, leaving 
several children; his w. Caroline d. 1 Mar. 1879, a. 84 ; Timothy Paige, b. 9 
May 1788, a physician in Stockhridge, Vt., m. Eunice Denison 16 Dec. 1811, 
had seven ehil., and d. 29 Aug. 1865 (his second dau., INIary, m. Rev. 
T. S. Hubbard of Stockhridge, and the third, Emily, m. H. D. Morgan, 
Esq.) ; Ahnira, b. 28 July 1790, d. unm. at Steubenvilie, O., 29 Oct. 1824 ; 
Daniel, b. 26 Oct. 1792, d. 16 Mar. 1796; (also in Bethel) Cyrus Paige, b. 
17 Feb. 1796, a merchant in Columbus, O.. d. 2 Oct. 1872, leaving posterity ; 
Oren, b. 17 Dec. 1798, d. at New Madrid, Mo. — Sep. 1834. Daniel the f. 
was a mason, rem. about 1795 to Bethel, Vt., and thence to Randolph, Vt., 
where he d. 21 June 1810 ; his w. Mary d. at the house of her son, Dr. Fay, 
in Stockhridge, 27 Mar. 1834, a. 74. 

18. Bassett, s. of Timothy (16), m. Nancy, dau. of Jesse Paige, ?2 Jan. 
1811, and had Francis Paige, b. 28 Nov, 1811, d. 27 Sep. 1816 ; William b. 
17 Jan. 1814, d. 6 June 1816 ; Mary Alathea, b. 22 Ap. 1816 ; Henry, h. 9 
Mar. 1818 ; Eliza Jane. b. 14 Aug. 1820; William Bassett, b. 9 Aug. 1824; 
Sarah Buggies, b. — Nov. 1827, d. 20 Feb. 1828, a. 11 weeks; George 
Breckenridge, bap. 27 Dec. 1829. Bassett the f. was a carpenter, and re- 
sided on Mandell Hill, at the place marked " B. Fay " on the R. Map. He 
rem. to Indiana about 1838. 

19. Lindsey, s. of Timothy (16), m. Esther Jenney Hunt 20 Mar. 1810, 
and had Hiram, b. 19 Oct. 1811 ; Horace, b. 21 Oct. 1813 ; John Hunt, b. 26 
July 1815. Lindsey the f. rem. with his family many years ago. 

1 Vermont Hist. Mag., i. 172. 



FAY — FISH. 375 

20. Apoi.los, s. of Timothy (16), m. Celia, dan. of Eli Hudson, 7 July 

1817, and had a child b. , d. 25 Feb. 1819 ; Harriet, b. 12 Ap. 1822, m. 

Joseph W. Powers 23 May 1844 ; Sarah Perkins, b. 27 Dec. 182G, m. Marshall 
P. Nye 16 Xov. 1848, d. 13 Si'p. 1851. Apoi.los the f. was a farmer, res. on 
the homestead, and d. 24 Jan. 1864 ; his w. Celia d. 4 Sep. 1858, a. 68. 

21. Timothy, s. of Timothy (16), m. Mary H. Hammond 7 Nov. 1822 ; 
she d. 12 Jidy 1841, and he m. Mrs. Mary J. Richmond 20 Ap. 1842. His 
chil. were: James Perkins, b. 2 Dec. 1823 ; Rhoda Pal(/e, h. 9 Sept. 1825, d. 7 
Jan. 1832; Stephen Hammond, b. 22 Dec. 1827, d. 5 Sep. 1846; i^fari/ Maria, 
b. 6 Oct. 1829, d. unm. 19 Dec. 185G; John Lindse;/, b. 4 Mar. 1832, d. 5 Ap. 
1832; Rhoda Jane, b. 26 July, 1833, m. Wilder U. Barnes 20 Ap. 1864; 
Larrissa Lomira, b. 10 Aug. 1837 ; Emilj/ Augusta, b. 16 July 1839, m. George 
Woods 6 Feb. 1862; ^fercl/ Ann, h. 29 May"l843, m. Charles Pepper 7 Aug. 
1862 ; Frnnklin Hammond, b. 2 Sep. 1848, m. Delia A. Wheeler 6 Nov. 1873; 
Sarah Eliza, b. 24 June 1851, m. Charles E. Wilson 28 June 1876. Timothy 
the f. was a farmer, selectman one year, member of the school committee six 
years, taught school many years, res. on the Barre road, at the place errone- 
ously marked " F. Fay " on the R. Map, and d. 14 Ap. 1872 ; his w. Mary 
J. d. 11 Aug. 1855, a. 46 or 47. 

22. James P., s. of Timothy (21), m. Sally, dau. of Ichabod Dexter, 8 Ap. 
1845, and had Georf/e Elmer', h. 21 Ap. 1852, d. 20 Oct. 1864; John Ham- 
viond, b. 28 Feb. 1854. James P. the f. is a farmer, res. on the homestead, 
and has rendered public service as teacher of schools, member of the school 
committee, assessor, justice of the peace, and trial justice. 

23. JoHX H., s. of James P. (22), m. Mary R. Slanoy 15 Aug. 1877, and 
bad Georcje John, b. 8 Jan. 1879 ; James, b. 23 Sep. 1881, d. 24 Sep. 1881. 

24. Daniel H., of Southborough, m. Sarah R. Smith 1 Ap. 1841, and had 
(born here) Sarah Elizabeth, b. 20 Jan. 1842, d. unm. 23 Sep. 1874. 

Tabitiia, of Sturbridge, m. William Maccoye at Brk. 22 Nov. 1744. 
Daphne, m. Otis Cobb, pub. 18 July 1802. Rev. Barnabas jNL, m. Louisa 
M. Mills of Morristown, N. J., pub. 27 Aug. 1842. James, m. Sarah Horr of 
Pel., pub. 10 Mar. 1843. Nathan, s. of Thomas, b. in Brimfield, d. 26 Dec. 
1873, a. 88. 

Field, Patrick, by w. Abigail, had Tliomas, bap. 28 Feb. 1768. 

2. George, m. Prudence, dau. of Ebenezer Whi|)ple, 13 Ap. 1775, and had 
Rohert, b. 5 Jan. 1777 ; I^oUy, b. 18 Ap. 1778, in. Pliny Lawton 22 Feb. 1801 ; 
John, b. 5 Jan, 1780. grad. W. C. 1807, studied divinity ; with the exception 
of a pastorate at North Wrentham from 1 May 1816 to 15 June 1819, he was 
generally engaged as a missionary in Ohio ; the latter part of his life was 
spent at the South, where he preached and taught school ; he d. near Natchez, 
Miss., 7 Aug. 1827 ; Ebenezer, b. 9 Aug. 1783, prob. d. young; Fannt/, h. 13 
July 1785, m. Carey Howard 26 Nov. 1813 ; Joseph, b. about 1788 ; Elutheria, 
b. —June 1791, d. 20 Sep. 1794; Sophia, b. — Ap. 1793, d. 25 Sep. 1794. 
George the f. was a clotiiier, and res. near Gilbertville, at the place marked 
"R. Field " on the R. Map, where he d. 2 or 4 May 1826, a. 80 ; his w. 
Prudence d. 15 Dec. 1838, a. 82.^ 

3. Robert, s. of George (2), ni. Sally Tyler of Westei'n (now Warren), 
pub. 20 Feb. 1802, and had Sophia, b. about 1805, d. unm. at Warren 24 
July 1870, a. 65; George, b. about 1809, d. 16 Mar. 1813, a. 4. Robert the 
f. inherited the homestead, and d. 23 Aug. 1843; his w. Sally d. 28 Sep. 1859, 
a. 80. 

Fish, Henry, s. of Rev. Elisha Fish of Upton, b. about 1765, m. Elizabeth 
Holmes (b. at AVorcester), and had Henry, b. 1790; Hannah, b. 

1 Mr. Field had good judgment in the ment of wages to a laborer, he drew an 

affairs of life, and was highly respected for order on a store-keeper, thus : " Mr. Bow- 

his strict honesty and integrity; yet he man — Let him have it. George Field." 

created much amusement by the oddity of On being told tiiat this was a vcrj' unusual 

his language. For example, he said to form of an order, he replied : "Just as 

his son, "Go up to tlie house, and fetch well; short way." Mr. Bowman knew his 

them down here." "Fetch what, sir?" customer so well that he duly honored his 

said the son. "Why, my shoes." In pay- order. 



376 FISH — FORBES. 

1792, m. Uriel Spooner of Brk., pub. 26 Ap. 1843, and d. 10 Nov. 1857, a. 65; 

Elizabeth, b. 1794, m. Wynian Spooner 10 Nov. 1818, and d. at Elkhorn, 

Wis., in 1867; Nancy, b. 1797, m. Daniel ^Yarner 29 May 1821, and d. 2 

Feb. 1875, a. 77 ; these four were prob. b. at Upton, and were baptized at Hk. 
22 May 1803 ; Catherine Holmes, bap. 30 Ap. 1809, m. Foster Marsh of Ware 

17 June 1846, and d. 18 Oct. 1873, a. nearly 64 ; Elvira, bap. 26 Ap. 1812, m. 
Rev. Rufns Case of St. Johnsbury, Vt., 2 June 1842./ Henry the f. was a 
farmer, and prob. rem. from Upton to Hk. about the year 1798, when he was 
styled lieutenant; he was elected deacon of the church 18 Ap. 1819, which 
office he resifjned 20 May 1830; he was selectman five years, and d. 28 Ap. 
1850, a. 85; his w. Eliza'beth d. 30 June 1854, a. 84. 

2. Henry, s. of Henry (1), m. Sarah Ross cTf Brk., pub. 21 Sep. 1823; she 
d. 18 Aup;. 1850, a. 51, and he m. Hannah Davis, pub. 11 Feb. 1851; his chil. 

were: Sarah Jane, b. 1825, m. Rev. Amos Holbrook of Sturbridire, 26 Mar. 

1851 ; John R., b. 1827; Henry Dirl(/ht, b. 1829; a child ^d. 31 Aug. 

1831, a. 7 days ; HoUoway, h. l833;'d. 24 Aucr. 1835. Henry the f. was 

a farmer, res. on the homestead, and d. 19 Dec. 1864, a. nearly 75. 

3. John R., s, of Henry (2), m, Pauline M. Ruggles 27 May 1855, and had 
Mary Elizabeth, b. 9 July 1856, d. 15 June 1858 ; Laura Elvira, b. 1 Oct. 
1857. John R. the f. d. 3 Mar. 1857, a. 30 ; his w. PauHne M. m. Isaac S. 
Bonney 10 Mar. 1864. 

4. Henry Dwight, s. of Henry (2), ni. Abby B. Mann 10 Mar. 1853; she 
d. 26 Oct. 1859, and he m. Almira C. Brown, 1861. His chil. were: Abble 
Carrie, h. 18 Feb. 1854; Sarah Isabel, b. 29 Mar. 1856, d. 19 July 1858; Harry, 

b. 1859, d. 9 Sep. 1877, a. 18; Joh7i Dwight, b. 14 Oct. 1861; Freddie 

Thomas, b. 29 Ap. 1863; Bertha, b.- 1865; Gertrude, b. 1873. 

Martha, m. Dene. Nathaniel Paige, pub. Aug. 1783. Nathaniel, of 

Prescott, m. Mrs. Sila Dean 30 Dec. 1835. 

FiSK, Jacob, came from Wenham, and by w. Elizabeth had Elizabeth, b. 4 
Mar. 1745 ; Jonathan, b. 17 May 1748 ; Abigail, b. 17 Aug. 1750; Sarcdi, b. 28 
Dec. 1752; a daughter b. 24 Sep. 1758. 

2. Ebenezer, by w. Dorcas, had Simeon, b. 15 July 1762. 

3. Samuel, by w. Sabrina, had Jydla, b. Feb. 1791, d. 3 Nov. 1791. 

Samuel the f. d. 6 Sej). 1818, a. 55. 

4. Charles W., m. Sarah Lawrence 17 Mar. 1818, and had Sarali Ann, b. 

18 Jan. 1820, m. Ebenezer Briggs 8 July 1840, d. at Amherst 16 Nov. 1858 ; 
Charles W., b. 17 Ap. 1823. Sarah the mother d. 4 Ap. 1840, a. 43. 

Mary, of Sturbridge, m. John Fay, jjub. 22 Oct. 1757. Stephen, of Green- 
wich, m. Anna Green 29 June 1758. Elizabeth, m. David Allen 12 Nov. 
1761. Dorcas, m. Watson Freeman 26 Feb. 1761. Susan, of Sturbridge, 
m. Stephen Fay, Jr., pub. 18 Ap. 1762. Elizabeth, m. Nathaniel Dickin- 
son 1 Nov. 1764. ]\Iary, m. Henry Higgins 9 Nov. 1768. Anna, m. Ezra 
Conant of Warwick 21 Mar. 1770. Nancy, m. Daniel Wilson of Lynn, pub. 
8 Nov. 1807. Fanny, m. Alvah Packard 4 Dec. 1820. 

Fitzgerald, John, by w. Margaret, had Edward, b. 22 Mar. 1871 ; Gerald 
Dean (or Geraldlne), h. 27 Mar. 1874; John, h. 13 Oct. 1877. 

2. William, by w. Margaret, had Mary Ann, b. 28 Nov. 1872. 

FiTZPATRiCK, Michael, by w. Margaret, had Mercy W., h. 7 May, 1851. 

2. William, m. Margaret Bucklev 25 Feb. 1865, and had Catherine, b. 29 
May 1866; John, b. 18 July 1868; a child b. and d. 9 Feb. 1871; William, b. 19 
Ap. 1876; Francis Cornelius, b. 23 June 1879. 

Fletcher, Benjamin, by w. Lucy, had Marjory, b. 8 Dec. 1759. 

Capt. Jo.vATHAN, of Barre, m. Mary Sears 1 May 1760. Alpheus, m. Ruth 
Hey wood 26 Feb. 1797. Polly, m. Caleb Nurse of Barre, pub. 12 Feb. 1809. 
JoKL W., m. Mary Ann Marsh 28 Ap. 1845. 

Forbes, Theodore (prob. s. of Stephen Forbush, named below), by w. 
Elizabeth, had Lancy, b. 3 Aug. 1781; Luther, b. 10 Mar. 1787. 

2. Daniel, by w. Mary Ann, had Jane It., b. about 1834, m. Samuel W. 

Knight of Barre 3 Sep. 1861 ; Olean Augusta, b. 1836, m. Joseph Dud- 

ley,"jr., 31 Dec. 1856; Mary Ellen, b. about 1841, m. Elmer M. Thayer 10 
July 1861; Mary, b. 8 Aug. 1844, d. 24 Feb. 1846; Charles, b. 12 June, 1848. 



FORBUSH — FOSTER. 377 

FoRTSUSH, Aaron, otherwise written Furrowbusli,i perliaps s. of Aaron of 
Brk., m. Sarah Lainson of Ipswich, pub. 1 Dec. 1746, and had here Sarah, b. 
25 Feb. 1747-8, m. Gideon Wheelock 14 Jan. 1771; JMargcry, b. 28 Nov. 
1749, m. Moses Wincliester 9 Mar. 1780; Uicy. b. 20 Sep. 1751, ni. Paul 
Knowlton of Shrews. 8 Nov. 17G9; Aaron, b. 29 \\i\y 1753; Marlha^h. 14 Dec. 
1754, m. Asa Hull of Montague 12 Oct. 1778; Edna,h. 21 Nov. 1756, m. 
Jacob Whipple 30 Dec. 1777 ; Moses, b. 15 July 1759 ; lihoda, b. 26 Feb. 1761, 
m. Ephraini Hunt, Jr., of Gr. 5 Ap. 1781, and d. here 15 Aug. 1855, a. 94; 
Lydia, h. 25 Aunr. 1762, m. Noah Marble 17 Nov. 1785; Siisanna, b. 15 Ap. 
1764, m. Abel Butterfield 13 Ap. 1785. Aaron the f. d. 10 Aug. 1811, a. 89 
or 90; his w. Sarah d. 21 Nov. 1808, a. 87 or 88. 

2. Stephen, by w. Mary, had Alexander, b. 20 Feb. 1755; Theodore, b. 2J. 
Dec. 1756 (probably the same who is named above as Theodore Forbes) ; Re- 
becca, h. 4 July 1759; Asa, b. 25 Dec. 1761 ; Eunice, b. 23 May 1764; Salhj, 
h. 2 Nov. 1766 ; Johi, b. 1 Ap. 1769; Polli/, b. 25 Sep. 1771 ; Kate, b. 20 Mar. 
1774; Stephen, b. 12 Oct. 1776. Stephen the f. was a cordwainer, and rem. 
from Brk. to Hk. about 1754, and prob. to Wilmington, Vt., about 1779. 

3. Aaron, s. of Aaron (1), m. Catherine Rice, 27 Ap. 1774, and had Luke, 
b. 9 May 1775 ; Huldah, b. 25 June 1778; Aaron, b. 28 Aug. 1780; Chloe, b. 
6 ]\Iar. 1782. 

4. Moses, s. of Aaron (1), m. Patty Marble of Pet. 9 Jan. 1785, and had 
Moses Wiley, b. 5 Sep. 1785, d. 4 July 1786; Zehina, b. 7 Mar. 1788; Patty, 
b. 21 June 1792; Burt, b. 11 July 1800, d. 11 Feb. 1801. Moses the f. d. 28 
June 1810 ; his w. Patty d. 6 July 1830, a. 64. 

5. Zebina, s. of Moses (4), m. Zeby, dau. of Josiah Manly, 24 Ap. 1811 ; 
she d. 27 or 28 July 1849, a. 59, and he m. Hannah ]\Iills of Orange, pub. 1 

Feb. 1851. His chil. were: a son, b. , d. 18 Jan. 1813; Cynthia, b. 26 

June 1814, m. Chester Gore 12 Nov. 1845; Patty, b. about 1817, d. 27 Jan. 
1830, a. 12; Polly, b. 16 Feb. 1818; Susan, h. 15 Jan. 1828, m. Charles P. 
Clark of Barre 11 Nov. 1853 ; Elizabeth M., b. 8 July 1831 ; and perhaps others. 
Zebina the f. d. at Brk. 23 Feb. 1873, a. 85. 

Katherine, m. Moses Whipple 25 May 1758. Patty, m. Micajah John- 
son of Shrewsbury, Vt., 31 Dec. 1811. Mrs. Lois, d. 22 Feb. 1867, a. 67. 

Foster, Thomas, by w. Elizabeth, had Thomas, b. 18 Aug. 1640, a phy- 
sician in Cambridge; John, b. 7 Oct. 1642; T^voh. Increase, b. ; Elizabeth, 

b. , m. Deac. James Frost of Billerica, 22 Jan. 1666-7; Hopestill, b. 26 

Mar. 1648, a blacksmith in Woburn, d. 26 May 1679 ; Joseph, b. 28 Mar. 1650, 
a farmer and deacon in Billerica, d. 12 Dec. 1721. Thomas the f. res. in 
Weymouth as early as 1640, and subsequently in Brainti'ee and Billerica. 
He was a blacksmith and the progenitor of a long line of similar artisans. He 
was one of the early Anabaptists ; but his posterity, for several generations, 
were steadfast adherents to the established church. He was selectman six 
years, and d. in Billerica 20 Ap. 1682; his w. Elizal)eth d. 29 Jan. 1694-5. 

2. John, s. of Thomas (1), m. Mary, dau. of Thomas Chillingsworth^ of 

Marshfield; she d. 25 Sep. 1702, and he m. Sarah Thomas 30 Dec. 1702. 

His chil. were: Elizabeth, b. 24 Sep. 1664, m. William Carver of Marshfield 

^18 Jan. 1682-3 (he d. 1 Oct. 1760, a. 102, as it is said; she d. — June 1715); 

John, b. 12 Oct. 1666, a blacksmith and deacon in Plymouth, d. 24 Dec. 1741 ; 

1 This name imderwent many transfer- in 1648 and 1052. He had no son to perpet- 
mations. In IGfiO it was written Farrabas, at uate his name, yet it appears even to this 
Cambridge; at Marlborough if was written day as a Christian name in the posterity of 
Farrowbush, in 1088, and Forbush in 1693; some of his daughters, who were lilizabeth, 
at Westborough, Forbes, at a latter date. d. unm. 28 Sep. 1085 ; Meh etabel, n\. ,]ii>^t\is 
At Hardwick it certainly had the two forms, Eames of Marshfield; Mnvy, m. Deacon 
F'urrowbush and Forbush, applied to the John Foster; Sarah, m. Sanuiel Sprague, 
same person, and probably Forbes as the the last secretary of riymoutb ('olony, 
name of another. Thomas the f. d. prob. about Marcli 1052- 

2 J[r. Ciiillingsworth was probably the 3, when administration on his estate was 
only male bearing tiiis name in New Eng- granted to his w. Joanna, who m. Thomas 
land in the seventeenth century. After a Doggett of Marshtield 17 May, 1654and was 
short residence in Lynn and Sandwich, he buried 4 Sep. 1684. 

settled in Marshtield, and was representative 



378 FOSTER. 

Josinh, b. 7 June 1669, a farmer in Pembroke, d. about 1757; Mary,h. 13 Sep. 
1671, m. John Hatch of Marshfield 30 Dec. 1696, and d. 3 Ap. 1750; Joseph, 
b. about 1674, res. in Barnstable and Sandwich, d. — Ap. 1750; Sarah, h. 
about 1677, d. unra. 7 Ap. 1702; Chillingsworth, b. 11 June 1680; James, h. 
22 May 1683, d. 21 July 1683; Thomas, b. about 1685, a farmer, town clerk, 
and deacon in Marshfield, d. 6 Feb. 1758, a. 72 ; Deborah, b. about 1691, d. unm. 
4 Nov. 1732, a. 41. John the f. was a blacksmith, selectman, and deacon in 
Marshfield, where he d. 13 June 1 732, a. nearly 90; his w. Sarah d. 26 May 1 731. 

3. Chillingsworth, s. of John (2), m. Mercy, dau. of John Freeman ^ of 
Harwich (now Brewster); she d. 7 July 1720, a. 33, and he m. Susanna, wid. 
of Nathaniel Sears, dau. of John Gray; she d. 7 Dec. 1730, and he m. Ruth, 
wid. of Samuel Sears, dau. of William Merrick, 7 Dec. 1731. His chil. were : 
James, b. 6 Jan. 1705-6; Chillingsworth, b. 25 Dec. 1707, a blacksmith, se- 
lectman, representative ten years, justice of the peace, and special justice of 
the Court of Common Pleas; he d. in Harwich about 1779 ; Mary, b. 5 Jan. 
1709-10, m. David Paddock of Yarmouth 12 Oct. 1727; Thomas, b. 15 Mar. 
1711-12, m. ]\Iary Hopkins, 11 July 1734; Nathan, h. 10 June 1715, m. Sarah 
Lincoln 14 June 1739; Isaac, b. 17 June 1718, a blacksmith, res. on the home- 
stead, m. Hannah Sears, dau. of his stepmother, 2 Nov. 1738, and d. 10 Sep. 
1777; Mercy, b. 30 Mar. 1720, d. 28 Aug. 1720; Mercy, h. 29 July 1722, m. 
Isaac Crosby 7 Oct. 1742; Nathaniel, b. 17 Ap. 1725; Jerusha, b. 9 Dec. 1727. 
Chillingsworth the f. settled early in that part of Harwich which is now 
Brewster. Like his father and grandfather, he was a blacksmith, ami trans- 
mitted the mysteries of that craft to at least three sons. Like his father also, 
he was deacon of the church from 4 July 1731 until he died. He was select- 
man nine years, treasurer twenty-five years, town clerk twenty-eight years, 
and representative eight years. He d. 22 Dec. 1764; his w. Ruth d. 13 Feb. 
1766, a. 82. 

4. James, s. of Chillingsworth (3), m. Lydia, dau. of Major Edward AVins- 
low of Rochester, 10 July 1729; she d. 7 Jan. 1770, a. 60, and he m. Phebe 
Actil of Berkley, pub. 11 May 1771. His chil. were Mercy, b. 4 July 1730, 
m. Seth Rider of Roch., pub. 2 May 1747; Mary, b. 11 Ap. 1732, m. Col. 
Timothy Paige of Hardwick, 24 Oct. 1754, and d. 21 July 1825, a. 93; Chil- 
lingsworth, b. 8 Dec. 1733, m. Margaret Pope of Dartmouth, pub. 29 June 
1754, and (2d) Mrs. Sarah Freeman of Roch., pub. 3 Aug. 1794, and d. 3 
Mar. 1807; James, b. 17 Ap. 1735, d. 29 May 1735; lAjdia, b. 13 Ap. 1736, 
m. Nathaniel Haskell of Hk., pub. 3 Ap. 1757; James, b. 12 Ap. 1737, a black- 
smith and deacon in Roch., m. Mary Lewis, pub. 30 Nov. 1 755, and d. — Nov. 
1829, a. 92; Edward, b. 3 July 1738; Nathan, b. 4 Ap. 1740, d. 28 Oct. 1742; 
John, b. 5 Aug. 1742, d. 9 Sep. 1742; Nathan, b. 26 Jan. 1743-4, m. Hannah 
Haskell of Hk., 14 Mar. 1765, res. in N. Sal. and afterwards in Wilmington, 
Vt.; John, b. 30 July 1745. James the f., like many of his ancestors, was a 
blacksmith and deacon ; he was also selectman, town clerk, and treasurer. He 
res. in Roch. until 1774, when he rem. to Athol with his son John, and d. about 
1788. 

5. Edward, s. of James (4), m. Deboi-ah Bangs of Hk., 13 Jan. 1762, and 
had Seth, h. 19 Feb. 1764 ; Deborah, b. 16 Oct. 1766 ; Edward, b. 6 Ap. 1769; 
James, b. 18 Jan. 1771. Edward the f. rem. from Hk. to that part of Pel- 
ham which is now Prescott. 

6. John, s. of James (4), m. Rebecca, dau. of Deacon William Paige of Hk. 
6 Oct. 1768, and had William, b. 17 Oct. 1769; Lydia, h. 10 Feb. 1772; John, 
b. 3 Sep. 1776 ; Jatnes, b. 22 Sep. 1778, a Universalist clergyman in Onondaga 
County, N. Y., and d. at Bridgeport in the winter of 1854-5, a. 76; Ebenezer, 
b. 19 Oct. 1780; Shadrach, b.'^20 Mar. 1783 ; Aikens, b. 7 Feb. 1788; Rebecca, 
b. 24 Feb. 1791. John the f. rem. from Roch. to Athol in 1774, and after 
1791 to Barnard, Vt. 

1 John Freeman (b. Dec. 1G51, d. 27 July, Thomas Prence (rl. 29 Mar. 1673, a. 73), by 

1721), father of Mrs. Mercy Foster, was son his w. Patience (d. 1634), who was dau. of 

of Major John Freeman of Eastham (d. 28 Elder William Brewster, of blessed mem- 

Oct. 1719, a. 97), by his w. Mercy (d. 28 Sep. ory. 
1711, a. 80), who was daughter of Governor 



FOSTER — FREEMAN. 379 

[For a more full account of the descendants of Thomas Foster (1), see N. 
E. Hist, and Gen. Register, xxvi. 394.] 

7. John, parentage not ascertained, by w. Eunice, had Jonathan, b. IS Aug. 
1740. He apparently rem. to Hk. from Grafton, and was selectman and town 
clerk in 1740 and 1741; he seems to have returned to Grafton, and the va- 
cancies in oflice were filled 23 Nov. 1741; but he bought land again in Ilk. 9 
Sep. 1742, and is described as of Hk. in the inventory of his estate 27 Feb. 
1745-6, which estate was divided, 4 Aug. 1751, between his chil. Joseph, John, 
Jacob, Jonathan, Abigail, and /ji/<Iia. 

8. Emory B., by w. Adeline, had George Emory, b. 27 Oct. 1842; Frederick, 
b. 21 Aug. 1844, d. unm. 16 July 1877; William Alfred, b. 1 Mar. 1849. EM- 
ORY B. the f., assessor 1858, and deacon 1841, formerly res. in Petersham. 

Joseph, prob. s. of John (7), ni. Susanna Roberts of J5rk., pub. 9 Feb. 
1751-2. Abigail, prob. dau. of John (7), m. Jacob Pepper of N. Br. 28 Feb. 
1754. Susanna, of Ware, m. Jacob Lawton, ]iub. 16 Nov. 1777. William, 
of Barnard, Vt., prob. s. of John (G), m. Polly Paige, pub. 10 Oct. 1793. 
Jedediaii, of Wilmington, Yt., m. Mrs. Tamasen Billings 12 Nov. 1804. 
Lewis, of Palmyra, N. Y., m. Hannah Carjjenter, pub. 24 Sep. 1827. 
,,,--Fr E EM an, Edmund, of Lynn in 1635, was one of the grantees of Sand- 
wich 3 Ap. 1637, where he d. in 1682, at the supposed age of 92. By w. 
Elizabeth he had ^//cc, m. Deac. William Paddy 24 Nov. 1639; Edmund; 
Elizabeth, m. John Ellis; John; Mary, m. Edward Perry. Edmund the f. 
was one of the assistants in the Plymouth Colony from 1640 to 1645, inclusive. 
See Freeman Genealogi/, pp. 12-24. 

2. Edmund, s. of Edmund (1), m. Rebecca, dau. of Gov. Thomas Prence 
22 Ap. 1646; she d. and he m. jNIarsraret Perry 18 July 1651. His chil. were 

Rebecca, b. , m. Ezra Perry; Mare/aret, b. 2 Oct. 1652; Edmund, b. 5 

Oct. 1655; Alice, b. 29 Mar. 1658; Rachel, b. 4 Sep. 1659, m. John Landers; 
Sarah, b. 6 Feb. 1662, m. Richard Landers; Deborah, b. 9 Aug. 1665, m. 
Thomas Landers. Edmund the f. res. in Sandwich, and was deputy at the 
General Court of Plymouth seven years. 

3. John, s. of P^dmund (1), m. Mercy, dau. of Gov. Thomas Prence, and gr. 
dau. of Elder William Brewster, 13 or 14 Feb. 1649-50, and had John, b. 2 
Feb. 1650-1, d. young; John, b. — Dec. 1651; Thomas, b. — Sep. 1653, dea- 
con, selectman, town clerk, and treasurer of Harwich; Patience, b. , 

m. Lieut. Samuel Paine 31 Jan. 1682-3; Hannah, b. , m. John Mayo 

14 Ap. 1681; Edmund, b. —June 1657; Mercy, h. — July 1659, m. Sam- 
uel Knowles — Dec. 1679; William, b. ; Prince, b. 3 Feb. 166.5-6, d. 

young; Nathaniel, b. 20 Mar. 1669, selectman and town clerk of Eastham, 
justice of the peace and judge of the County Court, d. 4 Jan. 1760; P>ennett, 
b. 7 Mar. 1670-1, m. Deac. John Paine 14 Mar. 1689. John the f. early rem. 
to Eastham; he was a captain in 1675, actively engaged in King Philip's War, 
and major in 1685; he was also deacon of the church, selectman ten years, 
deputy at the General Court seven years, and assistant twenty-four years; 
sheriff of the county, under the Andros administration, and the first named 
judge of the Court of Common Pleas after the union of Plymouth ^nd Massa- 
chusetts. His grave-stone in Eastham bears this inscription: " Here lies the 
body of Major John Freeman, died October y" 28"" 1719, in y° 98th year 
of his age."^ His w. Mercy d. 28 Sep. 1711, a. 80. 

4. Edmund, s. of Edmund (2), by w. Sarah, had nine chil., res. at Sand- 
wich, and d. 18 May 1720, a. 65. 

5. John. s. of John (3), m. Sarah, dau. of William Merrick, 18 Dec. 1672; 
she d. 21 Ap. 1696, and he m. Mercy, wid. of Capt. Elkanah Watson of Plym- 
outh. His chil., prob. all by his first w., were : John, b. 3 Sep. 16 74, d. young; 
Sarah, b. — Sep. 1676, m. Edward Snow; John, b. — July 1678; Rebecca, b. 
28 Jan. 1680-1, prob. d. young; Nathaniel, b. 17 Mar. 1682-3; Benjamin, b. — 

1 Some writers have supposed that " 98th " he was born in 1622, and that the figures in 

should be 93d. As Major Freeman was a the inscription are rijjht. At that day, it 

deputy in 1654, when he was only 27 years was verj' unusual to elect a man as deputy 

old, if born in 1627, I am of opinion that before he was thirty years old. 



380 FREEMAN. 

July 1685; Mercy, b. 3 Aug. 1687, m. Deac. Chillingsworth Foster; Patience, 

b. , m. Eleazar Crosby 24 Oct. 1706; Susaiuidh, b. , m. Jolin Mayo, 

Jr., 22 Oct. 1712; Elizabeth, b. , m. Jobn Bacon, Jr., 2 May 1726; Mart/, 

b. , m. Judah Berry 1713. John the f. res. near the Hne between East- 
ham (now Orleans) and Harwich (now Brewster), and his death, 27 July 1721, 
was recorded in both towns; his head-stone remains in Brewster; his w. Mary 
d. 27 Sep. 1721, a. 62. 

6. WiLMAM, s. of Edmund (4), m. Mary Bodfish 6 Dec. 1726, and had 
Hannah, b. 13 Sep. 1728, m. Silas Tujiper 2 June 1757; Thomas, b. 4 Mar. 
1729-30; Rebecca, b. 2 Mar. 1731-2, m. Jonathan Nye. Jr., 18 Mar. 1756, and 
rem. to Hk.; William, b. 3 June 1734; Joanna., b. 21 Mar. 1736-7, m. Deac. 
Nathaniel Paiffe of Hk. 13 Sep. 1759; Sarah, b. 26 July 1739, m. Levi Nye 
9 June 1767 ■,''Elisha, b. 21 Nov. 1741; Joshua, b. 6 Ap. 1744; Man/, b. 20 
July 1746, d. unm. "at a great age." William the f. res. in Sandwich, and 
d. 13 Mar. 17.S6. 

7. Isaac, s. of Edmund (4), m. Deborah Foster of Barnstable 22 Nov. 1733. 
and had Ebenezer, b. 19 Aug. 1734; Nathan, b. 19 Nov. 1735; Deborah, b. 2 
Feb. 1738-9; Isaac, b. 11 Feb. 1741-2. Isaac the f. res. at Sandwich, and 
d. 16 Sep. 1766. 

8. John, s. of John (5), ra. Mercy, dau. of Capt. Elkanah "Watson of Plym- 
outh about 1701, and had in Harwich Elkanah, h. 28 Oct. 1702, d. 21 Jan. 
1713-14; Sarah, b. 26 Jan. 1704, m. Constant Merrick, pub. 17 Feb. 1726-7, 
and rem. to Hk.; Mercy, b. 24 Ap. 1707; John, b. 13 Aug. 1709, rem. to Hk.;- 
Phehe, b. 28 Nov. 1711; Thankful, h. 6 Oct. 1714, m. Barnabas Sears 25 Sep. 
1732, rem. to Hk. , Elkanah, b. 6 Feb. 1716-7; Mari/, b. 13 Oct. 1719, m. 
Roland Sears, pub. 11 Nov. 1738, rem. to Hk.; Eli, h. 27 Ap. 1722; Elisha, b. 
21 May 1724; Hannah, bap. 17 Jan. 1728. John the f. rem. from Harwich 
(Brewster) to Rochester about 1723, and was styled "deacon" about 1729. 

9. Thomas, s. of William (6), m. Phebe Hall 9 Oct. 1752, and had Lijdia, 
b. about 1754, m. John Newton of Hk. 15 Jan. 1778; William, b. 12 or 22 July 
1757; Marij, hup. 16 Sep. 1759; Thomas, b. 1 Ap. 1762; Joshua, h. 10 Ap. 
1764; Elisha, b. 3 Oct. 1766; Stephen, b. 16 Dec. 1768. Thomas the f. res. 
in Sandwich until 1757, when he bought a farm in Hk., and prob. removed 
immediately, as all his children born after that year were bap. in Hk., when 
infants, though their births are recorded in Sandwich as well as in Hardwick. 
In March, 1 7 75, he rem. to Barnard, Vt.,^ of which town he was one of the first 
settlers, and both himself and his sons were among the most energetic and dis- 
tinguished inhabitants. He d. 29 May 1811, a. 81 (the date on his head-stone 
is 1812); his w. Phebe d. 1 Feb. 1806, a. 76. 

10. Nathan, s. of Isaac (7), by w. Mary, had in Hk. Jane, bap. 19 July 
1761 ; Deliverance, bap. 19 July 1761, m. Jonathan Childs 13 Jan. 1778; Nathan, 

b. 30 May 1762; Joseph, b. 1 May 1764, d. 1767; Sarah Pope, bap. 14 

Sep. 1766; Joseph, bap. 13 May 1770, prob. m. Hannah Howard 26 Sep. 1796. 
Nathan the f. d. 8 Nov. 1769, a. 34, and his w. Mary prob. m. Nathaniel 
Whitcomb, Jr., of Gr. 17 Oct. 17 79. 

11. John. s. of John (8), m. Joanna Rickett of Plympton, pub. 29 Jan. 
1730-1, and had Mercy, b. 15 July 1732, m. Silas Newton of Hk. 9 Nov. 1749 
(bed. 7 Dec. 1763, and she m. Leonard Robinson of Bennington 13 Mar. 1766, 
by whom she became the mother of Samuel L. Robinson, who d. in Hk. IS Jan. 
1863, a. nearly 96); Watson, h. 25 Oct. 1734; John, b. 17 Sep. 1736; Sarah, 
b. 15 Oct. 1737, m. Stephen Gorham 16 Mar. or Ap. 1757; Thankful, b. 13 
Nov. 1741, m. Samuel Dexter 25 Nov. 1759; Susanna, bap. 9 Sep. 1744; Mary, 
bap. 8 Jan. 1746 ; Eli, b. 3 July 1749. John the f. accompanied his father to 
Rochester about 1723, and thence rem. to Hk. before 16 Oct. 1748, when he 
was dism. from the ch. in Roch. to the ch. in Hk., being then described as 
"deacon." He was a farmer, res. on a farm adjoining the Barre line, on the 

1 In a description of Barnard, the ex- in this town by Thomas Freeman and others, 

traordinarv tale is toki that, " At the time of a distance of more than one hundred miles." 

the battle of Bunker's Hill — on the 17th of Thompson's Verinont, part iii. p. 7. 
June, 1775 — the firing was distinctly heard 



FREEMAN — FROST. 381 

easterly side of Moose Brook, and tauglit the school in that part of the town 
eight years between 1748 and 1757. He d. 24 Jan. 1804, a. 94; his w. Joanna 
d. 29 Mar. 1797, a. 87. 

12. Nathan, s. of Nathan (10), m. Polly, dau. of Col. Stephen Rice, 1 Ap. 

1790, and had Hollis, b. ; Nathan, b. 1798, d. 14 Nov. 1800, a. 2; 

and perhaps others. 

1 3. Wa rsox, s. of John (11), m. Dorcas Fisk 26 Feb. 1 761, and had Alpheus, 
b. 23 Nov. 1767; John, b. 10 Aug. 1 769; Elijah, b. 7 Oct, 1770; Watson, b. 2 
May 1772; Mernj, b. 14 Mar. 1774; Abigail, b. 8 Mar. 1777; Edmund, bap. 
11 July 1779; Eunice, bap. 24 Feb. 1782; and perhaps others before 1767. 
Watson the f. and his w. were dism. from the ch. in Hk. to the ch. in Wil- 
mington, Vt., 24 July 1785. 

14. John, s. of John (11), by w. Mary, had Chloe, bap. 15 Veh. 1767, prob. 
the same who ni. Andrew Haskell of Wilmington, Vt., 12 Oct. 1780. Nothing 
further ascertained. 

15. Eli, s. of John (11), m. Mary Rice of Barre 26 Mar, 1767; she d. 9 July 
1812, a. 60, and he m. Lucy, dau. of Amaziah Spooner, 22 July 1813. His 
chil. were llacJiel, b. 10 Sep. 1769, m. Abel Stowell of Pet. 5 July 1792; Sam- 
uel, bap. 2 Oct. 1774, d. young; Hannah, bap. 5 May 1776, d. young; Hannah, 
b. 14 Nov. 1778, m. Reuben Newton of Pet. 18 Feb. 1800; Marij, bap. 24 Feb. 
1782, d. unni. 27 Jan. 1800; Samuel, b. 7 Ap. 1786 ; Luther, b. 19 Mar. 1790, 
m. Hannah King of Barre, pub. 24 Nov. 1810, Eli the f, d. 10 May 1816; hia 
w. Lucy d. 4 Jan. 1849, a. 93. 

16. HoLLis, s. of Nathan (12), m. Margaret Gray 20 Feb. 1822, and had 
Jo!<eph Allen, bap. 2 Feb. 1823; Sapphira, bap. 31 Oct. 1824; Henry Deven, 
bap. 20 I\Liy 1827. Removed from Hk. early. 

17. Samuel, s. of Eli (15), m. Abigail Rice 23 Ap. 1807; and had Wash- 
inf/ton Rice, bap, 17 Nov. 1813, m, Sarah Fobes of Oakham, pub, 31 Jan, 1830; 
Mary Rice, bap. 17 Nov. 1813, m, David P, Bond 22 Mar, 1831; John Phi- 
lander, bap. 17 Nov, 1813; Samuel Henry, bap, 21 Sep 1817, d. 11 Aug, 1818; 
Rebecca, h. 1825, d. 18 June 1830, a. 5, Samuel the f, d, — July 1825. 

18. Dan, Jr,, parentage not ascertained, m, Sally Mason, pub. 10 Sep. 
1812, and had a child b, ^ , d, 27 Jan, 1813, 

Nancy, m, Asaph Cleveland, pub, 20 Dec, 1824, Julia Ann A., of Oak- 
ham, m, AValter Mandell, pub. 15 Dec. 1828, Hiram, m, Olive Chamberlin 
of Ware 11 Dec, 1834, Susan, m. Daniel W, Fairbanks of Cincinnati 25 
June 1832. Dr. Nathaniel, of N. Sal,, m, Sarah E. Hemenway, pub. 6 May 
1843, Hannah, d, 22 Aug. 1826, 

French, Samuel, m, Lydia, dau, of Capt, Daniel Warner, 23 Feb, 1775, 
and had Lydia, h. 12 July, 1775, m, Charles Paige 20 Sep, 1795; Samuel, b. 5 
Mar, 17 79, m, Tabitha, sister of Lorenzo Dow, erected at his own expense 
a Free Church at Hardwick, Vt,, and d, in 1848 ; see Vt. Hist. May. i, 325; 
Daniel, b. 18 Jan. 1781 ; Polly, b. 5 Oct. 1784; Jonathan Warner, h. 28 Jiuie 
1787; Justus TF«mer, b, 20 Ap. 1793; Fordyce, b. 13 Ap, 1795, Samuel the 
f. rem. with his family, in March 1799, to Hardwick, Vt,, of which town he 
and his sons were active and useful inhabitants. He d. 17 June 1832, a, 78; 
his w, Lydia d, 28 Aug, 1814, a, 54. 

2. Lemuel, m. Sally P, Luce, pub, 30 Mar. 1789, and had Lemuel, Sally, 
Timothy, all bap. 20 Aug. 1794; Hash-ell, bap, 5 June 1796; Bartlett Luce, bap. 

10 June 1798; a child b. , d. 16 March 1800; William, bap, 7 June 1801; 

Jotham, bap. 12 Aug, 1804, Lemuel the f, rem, to Westford, Vt., about 
1809, 

3. Timothy, s. of Lemuel (2), by w. Betsey had Orin Ruggles, bap, 1 June 
1820, d, 15 Aug. 1822, a. 6; Almond, bap. 1 June 1820, 

Samuel, of Craftsbury, Vt., m. Polly Ruggles 17 July 1796, 

Frink, Peter, by w. , had Patty, bap. 20 Ap, 1777. 

Frost, William, m, Harriet, dau, of Theophilus Hastings, 5 Feb. 1813; 
she d, 29 June 1845, a, 40. and he m. her sister, Henrietta Hastings, 22 Sep, 
1846, The birth of only one child is found on record in Hk, : Henrietta, 
b, 15 Dec. 1843, m, Alonzo L. Alden 15 Ap. 1868, William the f, was b, 
in Hubbardstou, and d. 21 Ap. 1867, a. 66. 



382 FROST — GRIFFIN. 

2. Orin D., by w. Sophia, had Benjamin Franklin, b. 19 Nov. 1869. 

Fryk, Nathaniel, by w. , had a child d. 9 Oct. 1831, a. 6 days; a dau. 

d. 25 Sep. 1838, a. 3. Nathaniel the f. d. 12 Mar. 1838, a. 38. 

Benjamin, d. 30 Dec. 1851, a. 88. Olive, w. of Jedeiliah, d. 20 June 
1843, a. 72. Auhilia, m. Ira Miller 27 Mar. 1824 ; and Maktha, ni. Ira 
Miller 12 May 1830. 

Fuller, Thomas, m. Lydia, dau. of Col. Timothy Paige, 26 Nov. 17 78, 
and had Martin, b. 6 June 1780, m. Letitia Duncan of Hancock, N. II., and 
d. at Hardwick, Vt., 18 Oct. 1816 (his son, Thomas James Duncan, was 
several years a member of Congress, and d. at Washington, D. C, in 1876); 
Thomas, b. 24 Mar. 1782, m. Sally House, was a merchant in Enosbnrg, Vt., 
deacon, and representative in the General Court, d. 23 Feb. 1860 (his dau., 
Cordelia H. L., m. Dr. Horace Eaton, Governor of Vermont) ; Lydia, b. 6 
June 1784, m. Daniel Weld; Malinda, b. 3 Feb. 1787, m. Charles Stevens, and 

d. Feb. 1857; a son b. 7 Mar. 1789, lived five days; Timothy Paif/e, h. 30 

Mar. 1790, ni. Rebecca Duncan of Hancock, N. H., was a farmer in Hard- 
wick, Vt., representative, justice of the peace, judge of the County Court, 
and d. s. p. 21 July 1854; Austin, b. 13 Ap. 1792, m. Betsey Maynard, the 
first white child born in Bakersfield, Vt., was a merchant and manufacturer, 
representative, justice of the peace, and judge of the County Court. He rem. 
from Hai-dwick, Vt., to Bakersfield about 1815, to Enosburg in 1822, and to 
Saratoga, N. Y., in 1866, where he d. s. p. 24 Sep. 1870; Francis Enos, b. 
20 Mar. 1794, a farmer in Hardwick, Vt., m. Martha Worcester of HoUis, N. 
H., who d. 9 Sep. 1824, and he m. Hannah Worcester of HolUs. He d. 24 
Feb. 1869 ; Rebecca Paige, b. 29 Ap. 1796, m. Alvin House of Enosburg, and 
(1. — Sep. 1872; John Washington, b. 4 Jan. 1799, d. 15 Aug. 1803. Thomas 
the f. rem. to Westminster, Vt., about 1786, and thence to Hardwick, Vt., in 
1798. The first church in that town was organized in his house, and he was 
its first deacon. He endured his share of privation in the infancy of the town,^ 
and afterwards shared bountifully in its prosperity. He d. 1 Dec. 1823; his 
w. Lydia d. 8 July 1810, a. 55. 

2. Edward J., was pastor of the Calvinistic Church from 3 Nov. 1835 to 22 
Mar. 1837. By w. Anna C. he had Edward Francis, bap. 8 Jan. 1837. 

Mrs. Temperance, of Barre, mother of Thomas (1), m. James Lawton, 
pub. 14 June 1772. William, of N. Br., m. Mercy Bowers 3 Dec. 1767. 
Sarah, of Middleborough, m. William Oliver, pub. 25 Feb. 1770. Mercy, 
of Oakham, was pub. to Edmund Willis 26 Feb. 1775, and again pub. 23 Feb. 
1777. ]\Irs. Lucretia, d. 5 J'eb. 1873, a. 81. 

Gale, Elisha, by w. Mary, had Elisha, h. 21 Nov. 1767; PJioda, b. 4 June 
1769. 

Gardner, Benjamin, by w. Nancy, had Walter R., b. 28 Aug. 1843. 

Sarah, m. Lemuel Gilbert 3 Nov. 1816. Roxana, m. Anson Ramsdell, 
28 Ap. 1820. Martin, m. Clarissa Ruggles 7 Feb. 1821. Sarah Jane, m. 
Harvey Gage of Ware 9 Feb. 1852. Benjamin O., m. Sai-ah P. Peck 7 Dec. 
1853. 

GiBBEN, Peter, m. Sarah Green 7 Dec. 1751, and had Elizabeth, b. 7 Nov. 
1752; Peter, b. 1 Aug. 1754; Lemuel, bap. 22 Oct. 1758. 

GiBBS, Jacob, of Quobbin, m. Bethiah Bacon 13 Mar. 1753, and had in 
Hk. Daniel, bap. 3 Sep. 1755. 

Abraham, of Quobbin, m. Kezia Atwood, pub. 10 Mar. 1743-4. Isaac, 
killed in the army, 8 Sep. 1755. Uriah, m. Lucy Townsend of Gr. 3 Mar. 
1766. 

GiFFiN, Simon, m. Abigail Higgins 24 Mar. 1761, and had Edward, b. 3 
Dec. 1761; James, b. 22 Feb. 1764 ; David Dodge, b. 8 Sep. 1766, d. at Og- 
densburg, N. Y., in Mar. or Ap. 1840. 

1 "In 1798 Thomas Fuller came to settle numbered eleven. There was a stone fire- 
in Hardwick with his wife and cliildren. place in the centre of the house, and a hol- 
Fov six months, he, with a family of eleven, low log for a chimney." Vt. Hist. 3fag., 
occupied a log-house, 24 feet square, with i. 325. 
Mr. William Cheever, whose family also 



GRIFFIN — GLAZIER. 383 

2. Joiix, a drummer from the beginning to the end of the Revohitionary 
War, ni. Mary Weeks 7 Sep. 1769, and perhaps m. (2d) Kezia Smith 22 July 
1783. His chil. were: Calvin, b. 11 ]\Iar. 17 70; Janet, b. 4 Sep. 1173;' Luther, 

b. 23 I\Iar. 1775; Abner, b. Sep. 1777; Anson, b. 1787, a painter and 

a famous (h-umnier, m. Anna, dau. of Paul Paige, 30 May 1809, rem. to Hard- 
wiek, Vt., and afterwards to N. l>rk., where he d. 9 Aug. 1870, a. 83; and 
perhaps Fanny, b. , who m. Willard Clark 25 JNIar. 1810. 

3. Abnkk, s. of John (2), m. Polly Stratton of Gr., pub. 3 May 1801 ; she 
d. 4 Sep. isil, a. 29, and he m. Mary (or Mercy) Wicker, pub. 20 Dec. 1813, 

who d. at Ware 29 Jan. 18G5, a. 80. llis chil. were : Alma, b. 1802, d. 

26 Nov. 1809, a. 7; John W., b. 1804; a child b. 1810, d. 12 Nov. 

1815, a. 5 ; James F., b. about 1823. Abner the f. d. 4 Nov. 1836. 

4. Joiix AV"., s. of Abner (3), m. Achsah Berry 25 Uec. 1834, and had 
William IL, b. about 1852. John W. the f. d. in Barre 20 May 1874, a. 69 
years and 9 months. 

5. James F., of Ware, s. of Abner (3), m. Elvira A. Newton 12 Dec. 1848, 
and had Eliza Augusta, b. 3 Aug. 1856, m. William A. Newton of Dana 8 
Dec. 1875. 

6. William II., son of John W. (4), m. Eliza J. Stevens 29 June 1875, and 
Lad Grace Elizabeth, b. 7 ]Mar. 1877. 

Mary S., m. Erastns P. Giffen of N. Brk., 12 Ap. 1842. Lauriston, of 
Barre, m. Mary L. Conkey 9 Ap. 1867. 

Gilbert, John, by w. , had Jemima, bap. 23 May 1756. 

2. David, Jr., of N. Br., ni. Esther Jenney 23 Mar. 1758, and had in Hk. 
Esther, b. 1 Ap. 1763; Cornelius, b. 10 Mar. 1765; Susanna, b. 16 Feb. 176 7. 

3. Timothy, b. 25 Jan. 1747, m. Martha Rogers, pub. 13 Oct. 1771, and had 
Timolhij, b. 13 Mar. 17 72; Charles, b. 5 Ap. 1773, m. Lydia Warner 25 Feb. 
1796; Joseph, b. 1 May 1774; Paltj/, b. 20 Feb. 1776, m. Gamaliel Collins 21 
June 1798; Rhoda, b. 12 Ap. 1778, m. Seth Pebbles of Gr. 25 Sep. 1803; 
Polly, b. 13 Feb. 1780, m. Ebenezer Collins, pub. 28 Sep. 1800; Mehetabel, b. 
7 Aug. 1781; Lemuel, b. 1 Aug. 1783, m. Sarah Gardner 3 Nov. 1816; Abner, 
b. 20'T\Iar. 1785; William, b. 14 Jan. 1787; Jason, b. 19 Jan. 1789; John, b. 11 
Ap. 1792, m. Fanny Cummings 26 May 1816, selectman two years, rem. to 
Prescott, and d. 4 Feb. 1862. Martha, the mother of this large family, d. 
30 Jan. 1824, a. 77. 

4. Lemuel, prob. brother of Timothy (3), d. 9 Mar. 1817, a. 68; his w. Be- 
thiah d. 28 May 1816, a. 70, and lie m. Sarah Gardner. 3 Nov. 1816. 

5. Joseph, s. of Timothy (3), m. Sally Wheeler of Gr., pub. 21 June 1801, 

and had Loring, b. 1802, m. Kacbel Warner, 5 May 1831, and d. at Ware 

15 Aug. 1868, a. Gd; Hiram, b. 1808, d. at Southampton 26 Oct. 1874, a. 

66. 

6. Alanson, m. Ammadulce, dau. of Sylvanus Cobb, pub. 18 Sep. 1825, and 
had Alanson A., b. 6 Mar. 1827. Alanson the f. d. 3 Ap. 1827, a. 31; his 
•w. Ammadulce d. at Charlestown 18 May 1881, a. 93. 

Joseph, died in the army 4 Nov. 1755. Jonathan, of N. Br., m. Sarah 
Amidon 5 Jan. 1779. Jacob, of N. Br., m. Anna Dexter 7 Oct. 1794. Per- 
sis, m. John Dexter 29 July 1821. Sophronia, m. Newcomb Cleveland 17 
Feb. 1824. Tilly, m. Sarah Holmes of N. Br., pub. 7 Nov. 1825. Mary E., 
dau. of Theron H., b. about 1840, m. Charles H. Barnes of Westminster, pub. 
18 Nov. 1861. 

GiTCHELL, David (otherwise written Getchell), by w. , had David, 

bap. here 26 May 1735, by Rev. Timothy Ruggles of Rochester, ^ before Mr. 
White was settled. 

2. Robert, by w. -, had Esther, h. 19 July 1737. 

Glazier, Isaiah, m. Hannah, dau. of William Thomas, 8 Nov. 1738, and 
bad 'Thankful (twin), b. 8 Aug. 1739, d. young; Submit (twin), b. 8 Aug. 

1 On the fly-leaf of his Church Record, Isaiah son of Nathan Carpenter, and Davul, 

Rev. Mr. Ruj^gles entered the following son of David Getchell; all of Lambstown, 

memorandum: "26 May 1735. I baptized now Ilardwick.'^ The last two words were 

Hannah, daughter of Stephen Griffith, also added at a later time. 



384 GLAZIER — GOODSPEED. 

1739, m. Elisha Gilbert of Oakham 26 Nov. 1768; David, h. 1 Mar. 1741-2; 
Olive, b. 16 Mar. 1744; Joseph and Benjnmin (twins), b. 31 Jan. 1745-6; 
Thankful, b. 10 Mar. -1747-8, m. Stephen Rice 23 Oct. 1770; Jonathan, b. 13 
May 1751, ni. Aziibah Nye 23 June 1774; William, b. 1 Sep. 1753; Benjamin, 
b. 20 June 1757. Isaiah the f. was living in 1761 ; his w. Hannah d. 20 June 
1759. 

2. David, s. of Isaiah (1), m. Sarah, dau. of Ezekiel Pratt, 6 Feb. 1766, 
and had Hannah, b. 20 Sep. 1766; Ezekiel, b. 12 Ap. 1769. 

Rev. Joseph, m. Hannah W. Wilson of Southbridge, pub. 11 Ap. 1834. 

Gleason, Nathaniel, m. Sarah Johnson 14 Jan. 1771, and had Nathan- 
iel, b. ; Salh/, h. , m. John Gallond of Pet. 11 June 1804; John, b. 

25 Feb. 1783; Joe/, b. 15 July 1785; Alexander, b. 31 Oct. 1787. Nathan- 
iel the f. d. 19 June 1806, a. 62; his w. Sarah d. 28 May 1807, a. 59. 

2. Nathaniel, s. of Nathaniel (1), ni. Lucinda Gleason of Pet., pub. 5 
May 1800, and had Horace, h. 30 Aug. 1801, grad. W. C. 1828, lawyer and 
justice of the peace many years in Boston, d. at Maiden 18 May 1877. Na- 
thaniel the f. rem. to Pet., where he perhaps had other children. 

3. John, s. of Nathaniel (1), m. Luthera, dau. of David Allen, 18 Nov. 
1813, and had Charlotte Eliza, b. 3 Sep. 1814, m. Rev. John H. Willis 24 Nov. 
1833; Charles Allen, h. 6 Jan. 1817; Mary Ann, b. 13 Dec. 1819 or 1820; 
Henry, h. 25 Feb. 1823; Louisa L., b. 9 Feb. 1831; Sarah F., h. 1 Mar. 1833, 
m. Nelson Anisden, res. in Hk. ; Helen R., b. 3 Feb. 1835. John the f. rem. 
to Dana about 1825, and d. 17 Mar. 1845; his w. Luthera d. 3 Oct. 1875, a. 
80. 

4. Joel, s. of Nathaniel (1), m. Sarah Whipple, pub. 24 June 1811, and 
had Alexander W., b. about 1814, and perhaps others. Joel the f. d. 26 Sep. 
1823. 

5. Alexander W., s. of Joel (4), m. Mary Williams of Dana, pub. 9 Jan. 

1835; she d. , and he m. Mrs. Mary Ryan 4 Feb. 1867, and had Daniel 

Willard, b. 18 Aug. 1867. Alexander W. the f. d. in Ware 17 Ap. 1869, a. 
55. 

6. James H., parentage not ascertained, by w. Charlotte, had James Henry, 
b. 15 Sep. 1849; Frederick Wilson, h. 6 Ap. 1853; a daughter b. 19 Mar. 
1856; Frank Leslie, b. 16 June 1862. 

Henry F., b. in Lee, d. 18 Ap. 1867, a. 43. Ebenezer W., m. Bethia 
Richardson, pub. 10 Mar. 1849 she d. 14 Jan. 1854, a. 55. Charles A., of 
N. Br., m. Lizzie, dau. of Joel Dwight Mandell, 17 Nov. 1875. 

GooDALE, Joseph, m. Abigail Warden of Pet. 15 Aug. 1780, and prob. d. 
not long before 23 Jan. 1801, when Mrs. Abigail Goodale's child d. a. 3 
months and 14 days. 

Aauon, of Salem, N. Y., m. Betsey, dau. of Benjamin and Elizabeth Rug- 
gles, 9 Feb. 1802. 

Goodenow, Jonathan, by w. Hannah, had Hannah, b. 8 Sep. 1744, m. 
Aaron Powers 10 Mar. 1768; Elizabeth, b. 20 July 1746. Jonathan the f. d. 
12 Ap. 1750, and his w. Hannah m. Ichabod Stratton, Jr., 1 July 1755. 

2. Benjamin, ni. Ruth Sanderson of Sudburv 23 Mar. 1762, and bad Lydia, 
b. 11 July 1763; Benjamin, b. 11 Feb. 1765; Ruth, b. 4 Ap. 1767, m. John Car- 
ter of Gr., pub. 15 Mar. 1790; Luke, b. 11 Sep. 1768; Anna, bap. 8 July 
1770. 

Elizabeth, m. Isaac Abbott 14 Aug. 1760. 

Goodspeed, Edward, prob. from Barnstable, m. Judith, dau. of Thomas 
Winslow, 19 Oct. 1764, and had Elizabeth, bap. 24 Nov. 1765. No further 
trace found. 

2. Shearjasiiub, perhaps brother of ICdward (1), m. Elizabeth, dau. of 
Capt. Benjamin Rnggles, 20 Nov. 1766, and had Alice, b. 20 Feb. 1767; 
Rhoda, b. 19 Nov. 1769, m. Philip Amidon 27 Nov. 1788; Anna, b. 31 Aug. 
1775; Jocktan, b. 13 Mar. 1778; Seth, b. 11 May 1780. Sheahjashub the f. 
was a Revolutionary soldier, and prob. rem. fr. Hk. before 1800. 

Martha, of Barnstable, m. Samuel Winslow 12 June 1760. Abigail, of 
Barnstable, m. Caleb Nye, Jr., pub. 24 Mar. 1771. Nancy, m. Cyrus Perry, 
pub. 28 June 1795. John, m. Mary Billings 31 Dec. 1807. 



GORE — GRANGER. 385 

Gore, William N., m. Sarah M. J. Cleveland, pub. 11 Feb. 1851, and had 
a dau. b. 14 Nov. 1852; Almon Cleveland, b. 5 May 1858; Ecert Edwurd, b. 
28 May 18G0; Charles Clarence, b. 22 Nov. 1862. 

Chestek, ni. Cynthia M. Forbush 12 Nov. 1845. 

GoKHAM, Stephen, prob. of the Barnstable family, ni. Sarah, dau. of Dea. 
John Freeman, 16 Mar. 1757, and had John, b. 4 Jan. 1759; Josiah, h. 12 June 
1760; StepJien, b. 19 July 1762; Silas, b. 19 Ap. 1764, m. Cyntliia Hanmer, 
pub. 24 Oct. 1784, and had a child, who d. (infant) 26 Jan. 1797; Joseph, b. 
13 Feb. 1766; David, b. 17 June 1768, m. Jane Luce 8 Aug. 1791, res. in 
Barro; Challis, b. 23 Feb. 1770: Joanna, 1). 6 June 1771, m. Mayo Luce of Pet. 
1 July 179;J; Priscilla, b. 26 — 1773 ; Eli, b. 10 May 1775. 

2. John, s. of Ste])hen (1), m. Mary, dau. of Capt. Samuel Dextei-, 3 June 

1784, and had Thomas, h. 1784, ni. Hannah Utley 12 Dec. 1811, and d. 

in Barre 15 Dec. 186 7, a. 83; Susan, h. , m. Nathan Taylor, pub. 27 Nov. 

1806; John, bap. 10 Feb. 1805 ; Sally and De La Fayette, both bap. 24 Mar. 
1805. John the f. d. in Barre 24 Ap. 1847, a. 88. 

3. Stephen, s. of Stephen (1), m. Lettice, dau. of Samuel Thurston, 6 
Nov. 1798, and had Hiram, b. 30 Aug. 1799, m. Mary M., dau. of Sylvanus 
Taylor, 26 Nov. 1829, and d. at Worcester 15 Ap. 1880; Lewis, b. 15 Mar. 
1801, d. at Springfield 26 Jan. 1868; Sally Weston, b. 20 Ap. 1803, m. Beals 
Thomas, pub. 2l'0ct. 1837, d. 19 Dec. 1857; Lucinda, h. 15 Mar. 1805 ; Ches- 
ter Field, b. 16 Mar. 1807; Joseph Warren, b. 21 Mar. 1809, d. at Springf. 18 
July, 1855; William Osman, b. 10 Oct. 1811, d. 29 June 1812; William Os- 

man, b. 19 Sep. 1814, d. at Athol 7 Nov. 1869 ; a child b. , d. 27 Jan. 

1817, a. 3 days; Elhridye, b. 8 Ap. 1818, d. at Worcester 19 Nov. 1858. 
Stephen the f. d. 7 Jan." 1825, a. 62 ; his w. Lettice d. 22 Ap. 1831, a. 55. 

Antis, ni. Seth Hinkley, pub. 25 Aug. 1822. Mrs. Ruth, m. Dr. Convera 
Cutler, pub. 9 July 1824, Jason, ni. Anna Newcomb 12 July 1827, and d. 
at Barre 23 May 1^881, a. 84. Mary Ann, m. Daniel B. Hinkley of Bucks- 
port, ]\Ie., pub. 8 Ap. 1830. 

Gould, Samuel, by w. Alice, had Levi, b. 22 Ap. 1763. 

2. Haffikld, b. in Milbury, res. in Wore, where his w. Judith d. 1808, a. 
25, and in Pelham, where his w. Betsey d. 8 July 1815, a. 35 ; he then rem. 
to Hk., and m. Lydia, dau. of Lemuel Ruggles, 26 Oct. 1817. His chil. were : 
Ira P., b. about 1814; Henry Brigham, b. 7 Sep. 1818; Austin, b. 21 Dec. 
1819, m. Arathusa C. Powers 16 Oct. 1851, and d. 31 Aug. 1864; Jonathan 
Lewis, b. 21 Sep. 1821, d. 27 Feb. 1823; Grin, b. 9 Dec. 1823; Cordelia, b. 
20 Nov. 1827, ui. John J. Newcomb, pub. 13 ]\Iar. 1857. Haffield the f. 
was a farmer, res. on Ruggles Hill, at the place marked " H. Gould" on the 
R. Map, was selectman fourteen years, and d. 21 Sep. 1856, a. 78; his w. 
Lydia d. 10 Mar. 1850, a. 67. 

3. Ira P., s. of HalHeld (2), was a school-teacher, member of the school 
committee nine years, rem. to Ware, where he d. 15 Nov. 1861, a. 47; Mrs. 
Martha M. Gould, jirob. his w., and dau. of Arba IListings, d. at AV^are 19 Ap. 

1850, a. 31. 

4. Henry B., s. of Haffield (2), m. Nancy M., dau. of Joseph D. Dexter, 
6 May 1847, and had Ella Maria, b. 9 Sep. 1851, d. 13 Mar. 1858; Nancy 
Maria, b. 18 June 1859, d. 26 June 1859; Henry Brigliam, b. 23 July 1860, 
d. 30 July 1860. Henry B. the f. was a selectman seven years, and d. 8 
July 1863 ; his w. Nancy M. ra. Joseph C. Paige 2 Nov. 1865. 

5. Oren, s. of Haffield (2), m. Sarah A., dau. of Stillman Clark, 25 Nov. 

1851, and had Sarah Alice, b. 13 Oct. 1858, m. Joseph S. Hillman 3 M.iy 
1882; Anna Emma,h. 31 May 1861; Lura Adelia, b. 8 Feb. 1865, Oren 
the f., a farmer, res. on the turnpike, at the place marked "Mr. Brownino- " 
on the R. Map; his w. Sarah A. d. 25 Feb. 1878, a. 48, and he m. Mrs. 
Sarah H. Jones of Prescott, dau. of Benjamin Aiken, 16 Sep. 1879. 

Olive, m. Joseph D. Dexter 15 Nov. 1818. Joseph A., m. Relief Shum- \ 
way of Pet. pub. 18 Jan. 1839. \ 

Granger, Daniel, had w. Catherine, who d. 25 Mar. 1825. a. 38, and he ^ 

m. , dau. of Jonathan Mead. His chil. were: William F., b. about 1806; 

25 



386 GRANGER — GREEN. 

John II., b. about 1808, d. at Boston 20 Jan. 1859, a. 50 ; a cbild b. 1814, 

d. 20 Oct. 1815, a. 10 months; Henry H., b. about 1817 ; Tiwothy D., b. 

1819; Ca^/(e;/ne, b. about 1822, d. 31 Oct. 1831, a. 9; and jierbaps others. 
Daniel the f. was a painter, and res. at the Furnace Vilhige. 

2. William F., s. of Daniel (1), ni. Elizabeth K.Mead, sister of his father's 
second wife, 2G Nov. 1829, and had Helen J., b. about 1841, ni, Josiah AVliite 
26 May 1863; and prob. others. William F. the f. d. 12 Feb. 1864, a. 57; 
his w, Elizabeth K. d. 14 June 1879, a. 68. 

3. Henky II., s. of Daniel (1), ni. Lucy M. Woodward 30 INIar. 1837, and 
had Henri/ C, h. about 1840, a soldier in the war of the Rebellion, killed in 

battle at \Villiamsbur<i, Va., 5 May 1862; Katie, b. , m. John King;; 

Francis Wilson, b. 24 Mar. 1845, d. 23 Mar. 1846; Louis E., b. ; Carrie 

Louisa, b. 22 Mar. 1853 ; Leslie Mansoii, b. 30 July 1855; and perhaps others. 
Hexry H. the f. was a painter, and res. in the Hinkley liouse, at the north 
end of the Common, lie ])erformed faithful and honorable service as a lieu- 
tenant in the war of the Rebellion, was wounded in the battle at Hatcher's 
Run, Va., 27 Oct. 1S64, and d. three days later (30 Oct.), at City Point, a. 
47. He was buried in the new cemetery, with public ceremonies. 

4. Timothy D., s. of Daniel (1), m. Ruth Carter 4 June 1844, and had 
Lydia Jane Josephine, h. 20 Ap. 1845; George W., b. 22 Nov. 1850; Louisa 
Lilian, 20 June 1852. Timothy D. the f. d. at N. Brk. 20 June 1867, a. 48. 

6. Daniel (2d), m. Emily Moulton 16 June 1837, and had Emily Ann, b. 
10 July 1838; Rebecca Bardwell, b. 2 Sep. 1840, d. unm. 12 Mar. 1858 ; Ella 
Charlotte, b. 13 Jan. 1843; Susan Elizabeth, b. 1 Aug. 1846 ; Daniel Franklin, 
b. 9 Dec. 1848, d. 4 Oct. 1857; Sarah Robinson, b. 19 Feb. 1851. Emily 
the mother d. 11 Dec. 1855, a. 40. 

6. William P., m. Samantha M. Stone 28 Oct. 1852, and had Lizzie Jose- 
phine, b. 3 Mar. 1856; Nellie 31., b. — Feb. 1859, d. 31 Oct. 1865; Cora 
Louisa, b. 28 Nov. 1861, d. 13 June 1865. Samantha M. the mother d. 9 
Feb. 1865, a. 29. 

Ann Maria, m. Joseph Robbins, pub. 23 Nov. 1851. 

Grant, Philip Rosan, by w. Susan, had Susan, b. about 1783, d. unm. 25 

Mar. 1813, a. 30; prob. Hannah, h. , m. Nathan Robinson 16 Oct. 1804 ; 

Philip, b. about 1787; Joseph, b. 1790, d. 6 July 1791, a. 1 year, 4 

months; prob. Susanna, b. , m. Samson Presho, pub. 4 Nov. 1808; Lii- 

cinda, h. 1792, d. 8 Aug. 1795, a. 3 ; and perhaps others. Philip the f. 

is understood to have been a Hessian soldier, captured with Burgoyne's army. 
He d. 2 Jan. 1812, a. 52. 

2. Philip, s. of Philip (1), m. Lucy Allen, 2 Nov. 1809; she d. 2 Feb. 1837, 
and he m. Lucy, dau. of Eli Barnes, 28 Feb. 1839 ; she d. 26 Jan. 1846, a. 60, 
according to the record. His chil. were: Electa, b. 20 July 1811 ; Lucy, b. 15 
June 181;!, d. unm. 10 Aug. 1835 ; Lewis, b. 31 Mar. 1815, m. Susan M. Davis 
of Falmouth, pub. 16 Sep. 1845 ; George, b. 20 June 1817; Hannah Robinson, 
b. 15 Mar. 1820, d. unm. 15 Dec. 1838; Suscuma, b. 21 Sep. 1822; Philip, b. 
9 Feb. 1825 ; Esther Elizabeth, b. 14 May 1827, m. Luther Smith 21 July 

1847; Harriet, h. 16 Sep. 1830, m. • Cowles, and d. at Chicopee, 12 July 

1870; Joseph, h. 9 Oct. 1832. 

Abigail, m. Horace Stone, 14 Ap. 1822. 

Green, John, ])rob. s. of Thomas, and b. in Shrewsbury 2 Mar. 172G, m. 
Anna Bradish 7 Dec. 1751, and had William, b. 21 Sep. 1752; John, b. 3 May 

1754. John the f. was a tanner and a soldier. He was killed in battle 8 Sep. 

1755. In his will he made provision for his wife and two children, and also 
for his mother jMary. His w. Anna prob. m. Stephen Fisk of Gr. 29 June 
1758. Mary, of Southborough, who m. John Bradish, pub. 12 May 1746, 
and Sarah, who m. Peter Gibben 7 Dec. 1751, were prob. his sisters. 

2. Larkin, m. Elizabeth Rose, pub. 15 Feb. 1756, and had Thomas, b. 16 
Ap. 1757; Josiah, h. 26 Sep. 1758. 

Dr. John, of Worcester, m. Mary, dau. of General Timothy Ruggles, pub. 
19 Mar. 1762. Solomon, of Leicester, brother of Dr. John, m. Elizabeth, 
dau. of Colonel Timothy Paige, 29 Dec. 1763; she d. 1 Ap. 1802, a. 59. Ben- 



GREEN — IIANMER. 387 

jAMix, m. Hannah, dan. of James Robinson, 31 Auoj. 1764. Ebenezer, m. 
Elizabeth Doane of Brk., pub. 5 Nov. 1798. John, m. Asenath Burden 29 
Jan. 1801. Hkx.tamin, m. Eliza Barrows, pub. 29 May 1813. Thomas R., 
of Bel., m. Persis M. Nye 9 May 1844. Luckktia, m. James Jackson 2 Ap. 
1848. JNIks. IlANNAHj'd. 25 May 1750. 

GuiFirni, Stkphkx, by w. Hannah, had Stephen, b. 20 Mar. 1720-1 ; 
Nathaniel, b. 24 Feb. 1722-3; Elnalhan, b. 9 Feb. 1724-5; Hannah, bap. 
in Hk. by Rev. Timothy Ru^^gles 26 May 1735 (see note under David 
Gitchcll) ; Seth, ba]). 23 0(!t. 1737. Stephkn tlie f. was prob. b. at Har- 
wich ; he res. in Rochester, where his first three chil. were born, but rem. to 
Hk. as early as 1735, and was selectman in 1737. He is styled "Gent." 
in a deed of land, having been ensign of militia. 

2. David, s. of William, b. in Rochester 21 Dec. 1717, by w. Eleanor, liad 
Abraham, b. 29 Dec. 1745; Susanna, b. 17 Mar. 1748; Mehetabel, b. 5 Mar. 
1752. David the f. settled in Hk. as early as 1745. 

Hagar, Joel, for many years manag'ed the farm formerl\' owned by INIaj. 
Timothy Billings, was a jolly " trooper " in the cavalry, ni. Mary Fairbanks 
27 Ap. 1824, and rem. from the town. 

Hale, Joseph, m. Nabby Hanmer, pub. 3 Dec. 1786, and had Melinda, 
b. 18 July 1 787 ; N'abhi/, b. 4 Ap. 1791 ; Paltjj, b. 29 Sep. 1796 ; Zenas Han- 
mer, h. 11 Nov. 1798; Mordecai, b. 8 May 1800. Joseph the f. was a black- 
smith, and res. in what is now Gilbertville, He prob. rem. from the town 
about 1802. 

Almiua, m. Hiram Lawrence, pub. 26 Nov. 1827. Thojias, m. Harriet 
Nye of Springf., pub. 12 Sep. 1848. 

Hall, Thomas, by w. Harriet M., had Electa Luella, b. 27 May 1851. 

2. Houghton, had w. Joanna F., who d. 13 Aug. 1862, a. 42, and he m. 

Priscilla McClintock 25 Dec. 1862. His chil. were : George, b. 185.5, d. 

14 Jan. 18G0, a. 4 years and 8 months ; Josephine Augusta, b. 20 Nov. 1858, 
d. 29 Sep. 1800; Joanna Louisa, b. 30 July 1861, d. 6 Feb. 1862 ; Charles 
Herbert, b. 7 July 1865; Franklin Putnam, b. 19 Ap. 1868; Alfred Houghton, 
b. 8 Feb. 1870. 

Daniel, m. Alma Spooner, pub. 9 Feb. 1806. Sarah, m. Joseph Lee 21 
June 1851. Sarah E., m. Alfred C. King 1 Oct. 1873. 

Hamilton, Joseph N., m. Clara D. Prouty 16 June 1866, and had Lidu 
Hannah, b. 28 Oct. 1868. 

2. John, by w. Harriet E., had John Lucius, b. 25 Sep. 1868 ; and by w. 
Ellen, James Frederick, b. 6 Jan. 1871. 

Widow Margaret, d. 7 Dec. 1819, a. 91. 

Hammond, Thomas, by w. Abiah, had Nathaniel, b. 3 Oct. 1746 ; Isaac, 
h. 25 Oct. 1748; Bridget, b. 11 Sep. 1750. 

2. Nathaniel, m. Martha, widow of John Wells, 6 Aug. 1746, and had 
Timothy, b. 13 May 1748. At the time of his marriage, Nathaniel the f. 
was styled captain. He had previously res. at Lower Ashuelot, now Swaa- 
sea, N. H , which was that year abandoned by the English to the fury of the 
Indians. He d. before 19 July 1758, when his w. Martha m. Nathaniel 
Kello2g of PLidley. 

3. Gideon, had w. Abigail, who d. 31 Aug. 1795, a. 51, and he m. Lucy 
Jackson 15 i\Liy 1796. His chil. were : Elisha ; Nabby, m. Nathaniel Perry 
of Pittsford, Vt., 17 Oct. 1793; Molly Nye; Sylvina ; Sally, b. 3 Feb. 
1780 ; all bap. 15 Sep. 1782. Gideon the f. was a blacksmith, and res. near 
the Old FiuMiace. He rem. to Plainfield. 

Lois, of Rochester, in. Nathaniel ^lerrick 29 May 1764. Hannah, of Pet., 
m. J)avid Pratt 12 Oct. 1780. Mary, m. Timothy Fay, Jr., 7 Nov. 1822. 
Perley, m. Harriet, dau. of Scotto Berry, 1 Ap. 1832. Timothy ^\'., m. 
Mary A. Houghton of Pet., pub. 25 Ap. 1835. Joseph W., of Pet., m. 
Abigail Paige, pub. 26 Ap. 1844, and rem. to Cambridge. 

Hanjier, John, son of John (who rem. from Halifax to Bridgewater in 

1739), m. Martha, dau. of Joseph Prior, 176U, and liad Nabby, b. 1 

Sep. 17G1, m. Joseph Hale, pub. 3 Dec. 1786 ; Lucinda,h. 1763; Cynthia, 



388 HANMER — HARWOOD. 

b. 16 July 1765, m. Silas Gorham, pub. 24 Oct. 1784; Zenas, b. 5 Nov. 
1767 ; Perninah, b. S May 1770, m. Paul Paige 15 July 1790 ; Salmon, h. 15 
Feb. 1773, d. 20 Mar. 1791. John tlie f. rem. to Ilk. in 1770 ; all bis cbil, 
except tlie last were born in Bridgewater, though recorded hei-e ; his wid. 
Martha d. 1 Feb, 1823, a. 86. 

Polly, m. Ishmael Bowker of Ware 16 Sep. 17D2. 

Hakmon, Elijah B., by w. Nancy, had Ilenry, b. 14 May 1791; Celia, b. 
1 Dec. 1793, m. Francis Slason of Rutland, Vt., pub. 11 Aug. 1822; Charles, 
b. 26 Aug. 1795 ; Ralph, b. 3 Nov. 1797, d. 30 Ap. 1803 ; ''William, b. 1 July 
1802, d. 12 May 1803. Elijah B. the f. was a hatter, selectman two years, 
treasurer seventeen years, res. on the turnpike, at the place marked " Mr. 
Stimpson " on the R. Map, until 1798, and afterwards at the place marked 
" W. Mandell," adjoining the estate of Hon. William Mixter. After 1825 
he rem. to Rutland, Vt., where both he and his w. attained a good old age. 

Harrington, Stephen, was here in 1735, and, by w. Elizabeth, had Dariiel, 
b. 16 Dec. 1737. 

2. Lemuel, with w. Eleanor, dau. of Capt. John McClenathan, came to 
Hk. from Rutland ; he was a tanner, and res. at the place marked " S. 
Berry " on the R. Map, and afterwards, in connection with Col. Thomas 
Wheeler, erected the New Furnace near Gilbertville, and engaged in the 
manufacture of iron-ware, residing at the place marked " L. Harrington." 
He was an assessor two years, and d. s. p. 1 Feb. 1833, a. 69 ; his w. Eleanor 
d. 23 Nov. 1846, a. 90. 

Lawson, m. Elizabeth McClenathan of Brk., pub. 13 Aug. 1821. 

Harris, George, by w. Hannah, had William, b. 24 Feb. 1764. 

2. Stephen, by w. Arathusa, had Sarah Abiyail, b. 6 Feb. 1841 ; Harriet 
Alzina, b. 4 Jan. 1843. 

Oliver, m. Mehetabel Shaw 4 Sep. 1781. Margaret, m. Solomon 
Mason, Jr., of Gr. 30 Jan. 1783. John, m. Abigail Ware of N. Br. 2 July 
1787. Susanna, m. Calvin Bryant, pub. 25 Jan. 1789. Oliver, Jr., of 
Dana, m. Mary Barlow, pub. 24 June 1811. 

Harvey, John, m. Elizabeth M., dau. of Phineas Beaman, 28 Feb. 1860, 

and had John Bernard, b. 24 Dec. 1860; Herman J., b. 1861, d. 6 Sep. 

1863 ; Eddie B., b. 26 Nov. 1864, d. 10 Aug. 1865 ; Elmer Phineas, b. 4 Oct. 
1868. 

Mary W., m. F. La Fayette Tibbetts of Charlestown 12 Jan. 1853. 
Charles A., m. Abbie H. Flint of Athol, pub. 17 Dec. 1855, and rem. to 
Boston. Cornelia K., m. Elijah Bridges 1 Aug. 1861. Jane A., m. 
Horace Knight, pub. 20 Feb. 1866. Hiram W., s. of Charles M., d. 21 Dec. 
1852, a. 16. Hannah R., wid. of Charles M. and dau. of Phineas Bond, d. 27 
Jan. 1879, a. 77. 

Harwood, Peter (otherwise written Harrard and Harrod), res. at Con- 
cord, and had Nathaniel, John, Benjamin (b. 30 Ap. 1713), Joseph, Ebenezer, 
Mary, and Hannah. See Hancood Gen., by Mrs. Sarah Robinson. 

2. John, prob. s. of Peter (1), by w. Mary, had (all recoi-ded liere, though 
two or three were prob. b. elsewhere) Sarah, b. 26 Feb. 1729-30 ; Lydia, b. 
22 Jan. 1731-2 ; Mary, h. 3 Mar. 1734 ; John, b. 25 June 1736 ; James, b. 3 
Aug. 1737; Andrew, bap. 20 Sep. 1743, m. Rachel Higgins, pub. 3 Feb. 1771. 

3. Benjamin, s. of Peter (1), m. Bridget Brown — May, 1733, and had 
at Concord Peter, b. 14 July 1735 ; he then rem. to Hardwick, where he had 
Eleazar, b. 28 Sep. 173 7 ; Benjamin, b. 20 Ap. 1739, m. Catherine Chauncy, 
and d. at Amherst in 1760 ; Zechariah, b. 11 Mar. 1742, m. Lovina, dau. of 
Oliver Rice, 30 Ap. 1767 ; Mary, b. 10 June 1745 ; Ebenezer, b. 2 Feb. 1749, 
d. about 1753 ; Stephen, b. 25 June 1751 ; Abigail, b. 4 Nov. 1753; and 
Hepzibah, b. at Amherst 26 Nov. 1756. Benjamin the f. was a zealous 
Separatist, rem. to Amherst about 1756, and d. 19 Aug. 1758 ; his w. Bridget 
went with the first company of emigrants to Bennington, Vt., in June 1761, 
and d. there 8 Nov. 1762, a. 47; her chil. accompanied her to Ben., and 
Benjamin, son of her son Peter, was the first white child born in that town, 
12 Jan. 1762. See Harwood Gen., ut supra. 



HARWOOD — HASKELL. 389 

4. Abel, parentacje not ascertained, m. Sarali, dan. of Capt. Benjamin 
Rufr2;les, 27 Nov. 1765, and had Benjamin, b. 13 Nov. 1766, m. Elizabeth, (ban. 
of Rev. Robert Cutler, and (b in Enfield 24 Dec. 1852 ; Sarah, b. 21 Feb. 
1769. Arkl the f. was a blacksmith, bon<j;ht five acres of land here 1 INIar. 
1762, and d. 2 Mar. 1770, a. 28 ; his w. Sarah m. Ezra Alden of Gr. 2 Jan. 
1772. 

5. Andukw J., by w. Harriet, had Alhcrt L., b. 10 Sep. 1847. 

6. D.\iii'iiiN, by w. Sylvia, had Mani M., b. , d. 10 Feb. 1856, a. 14; 

Ellen, b. about 1850, m. Thomas F. Boyle of W. Dover, Vt., 22 Jan. 1873; 
Manj Amelia, b. IS May 1851. 

S.\RAn S., m. William W. Parks of Pal., pub. 10 Feb. 1866. 

Haskkli,, Rogkk, b. in En^jjland, 1713, ni. Elizabeth Hardy, and had John 
(settled in Middleborousjh), William, j\Iark, Elizabeth, Hannah, Jasiah, Roger, 
Samuel, and Sarah. RoGKU the f. was a fisherman, res. at Salem in 1636, 
and afterwards at Beverly, where he d. in 1667. He had brothers William 
and Mark. 

2. Mark, s. of Ro^er (1), m. Mary, dan. of John Smith, 20 Mar. 1677-8, 
and had Ror/er, b. 17 Oct. 1680; John. h. 14 Feb. 1681-2; Mark, b. 5 Feb. 
1683-4; Elizabeth, b. 10 Nov. 1686; Mar>/, b. 23 Ap. 1689; Joseph, h. 3 Nov. 
1692. ^Iauk the f. was a carpenter, and res. in Beverly until 3 Ap. 1693, 
when he bon<iht a large tract of land in Rochester, to which place he rem. 
soon, was town clerk in 1697, and d. 17. May 1699; his w. ilary survived. 

3. Roger, s. of Mark (2), m. Joanna Swift of Sandwich 25 Jan. 1707-8, 
and had Mark, b. 28 Mar. 1709; Ephraim, b. 9 Feb. 1711-12; Hannah, b. 9 
Sep. 1714; Ebenezer, b. 20 Feb. 1716-17; Elizabeth, b. 11 June 1720; Joanna, 
b. 26 May 1725; Suaanna, b. 18 Oct. 1730. Roger the f. res. in Rochester. 

4. Jonx, s. of Mark (2), by w. Mehetabel, had Sarah, b. 24 Sep. 1706; 
Rebecca, b. 14 Dec. 1707; John, b. 13 May 1709, perha[)s m. Elizabeth Law- 
rence of Hk. 4 Mar. 1753 ; Rexjer and Anilrew, twins, b. 8 Mar. 1710-11 ; Me- 
hetabel. h. 3 Jan. 1712-13, m." Cornelius Cannon 5 Jan. 1732-3; Mart/, h. 23 
Ap. 1714, m. Dudley Jordan 23 Dec. 1739; Thomas, h. 27 Jan. 1715-16; 
Zechariah, b. 11 Ap. 1718; Moses, b. 18 Sep. 1719. John the f. res. in Roch- 
ester; administration on his estate was granted to his w. Mehetabel 21 June 
1728. The larger part of his children rem. to Hardwick. 

5. Mark, s. of Mark (2), by w. Rebecca, had in Rochester Joanna, b. 29 
Jan. 1710-11 ; Manj, b. 3 Jan."' 1 712-13; Thomas, b. 11 Sep. 1714 ; Mark, b. 22 
Sep. 1716. 

6. JosEprr, s. of Mark (2), by w. Bethia, had Nathaniel, b. 26 July 1717, 
d. 27 May 1729; Jane, b. 17 May 1719, m. Joshua Lawrence 13 July 1743, 
and res. in Hk. ; Sarah, b. 4 Oct. 1720; Joseph, b. 5 Mar. 1721-2; Marij, b. 22 
Mar. 1723-4; Elnathan, b. 29 Dec. 1725, m. Dorothy, Avid. of David Peckham 
and dau. of James Robinson, 26 Nov. 1749; John. b. 1 JNIar. 1727-8; Bethia, 
b. 25 Jan. 1729-30; Abigail, b. 6 Feb. 1731-2; Hannah, h. 16 Aug. 1734. 
Joseph the f. was a carpenter, and one of the early proprietors of Hardwick, 
but res. in Rochester. 

7. jNL-vrk, s. of Roger (3), m. Mary Spooner of Dartmouth 21 Dec. 1730, 
and had Nathaniel, b."26 Feb. 1731-2, rem. to Hk.; Samuel, b. 6 Feb. 1733-4; 
Aficah. h. 20 Nov. 1735 ; Joanna, b. 11 Dec. 1737; by second w. Abiah, he had 
Marij,'h. 24 May 1741 ; Roger, b. 31 May 1742 (settled in Middleborough and 
had s. Simeon, who was father of Mark Haskell of Oakham) ; Elisha, b. 22 
Feb. I 743-4. Mark the f. res. in Rochester. 

8. Epiiraim, s. of Roger (3), by w. Mehetabel, had Joanna, b. 13 JNLay 
1740; Elizabeth, h. 2 July 1741, prob. m. Nathaniel Merrick 26 June 1775; 
Deborah, b. 15 July 1743; Ephraim, h. 25 Feb. 1744-5; Jabez, b. 15 Nov. 
1746; Barnabas, b. 25 Sep. 1748; Elias, b. 24 ]\Iar. 1750-1; Ebenezer, h. 1 
Ap. 1754. Ephraim the f. res. in Rochester; he bought a farm here 23 Feb. 
1773, but d. before 25 Feb. 1774, and his son Ephraim had the farm. 

9. Roger, s. of John (4), m. Alice Spooner of Rochester, 13 Mar. 1736-7, 
and had Rebecca, h. 20 Nov. 1738, d. young; Mehetabel, h. 17 Jan. 1740-1; 
Rebecca, b. 29 Mar. 1743; Roger, b. 11 July 1746, m. Joanna, dau. of Thomas 



390 HASKELL. 

Haskell, 28 May 1772; Hannah, b. 15 May 1750. Roger the f. rem. to Hk. 
before his in;irriao;e and res. on the east side of the river (now New Braintree), 
near Ditch Meadow. He d. 21 Dec. 1750 ; the inventory of his w. Alice was 
filed 31 May 1759, 

10. Andhkw, s. of John (4), m. Jane Clark 25 Nov. 1733: she d. and he 
m. Susanna Paine of Shutes. 10 July 1777. His chil, all b. in Rochester, 

wiire Mehetahd, b. 22 Dec. 1735, d. young; Mary, b. 26 Mar. 1738, m. 

Whitcoinb ; John, b. 28 July 1741, m. Hannali, dau. of Rev. Robert Cutler of 
Gr., 28 Ap. 1763; Mehetabel, h. 9 July 1744, m. Freeuian Sears 22 Oct. 1761. 
Andrew the f. was a housewriizht ; he rem. from Roch. to Dartmouth after 
1744, and thence to Hk. about 1761, when he bought a farm in the north part 
of the town, which he exchanged in 1779 for the parsonage formerly owned 
by Rev. David White. His son was joint owner of the estate, and it was sold, 
27 May 1795, to Dr. William Cutler. Mr. Haskell's will was proved 21 Ap. 
179G, about which time he d. , and his son rem. from the town; his w. Su- 
sanna was living in 1795. 

11. Thomas, s. of John (4), m. Hannah Goss of Brk. 12 Nov. 1742 ; she d. 
15 May 1749, a. 25, and he m. Joanna Hunt of Gr., pub. 13 Jan. 1749-50. 
His chil., all recorded here, were: Hannah, h. 12 May 1744, m. Nathan Foster 
14 Mar. 1765 ; Alice, b. 17 Ap. 1746, d. 25 June 1746; Lois, b. 15 Sep. 1747, 
m. Asa Curtis of N. Sal. 27 Nov. 1766 ; Joanna, b. 19 Jan. 1750-1, m. Roger 
Haskell 28 May 17 72; Rhoda, h. 20 Dec. 1753 ; Thomas, h. 14 Mar. 1755; An- 
drew, bap. 10 Ap. 1757, perhaps the same who (then of Wilmington, Vt.) m. 
Chloe Freeman 12 Oct. 1780. Thomas the f. was a farmer, and res. on the 
Barre road, at or near the place marked " W. Sturtevant " on the R. Map. 
He prob. rem. to Wilmington, Vt., about 1779. 

12. Zechakiah, s. of John (4), ni. Kezia Goss of Brk. 20 .Aug. 1745, and 
had Sarah, h. 8 Ap. 1747; John, b. 17 July 1749; Kezia, b. 19 May 1751; 
lioffer, b. 2 Ap. 1753; Philip, bap. 13 July 1755; Simeon, bap. 21 INIay 1758. 
Zechauiah the f. was a tailor, and res. about a hundred rods northerly from 
the turnpike on the road from Mandell Hill to Ruggles Hill. 

13. Moses, s. of John (4), m. Lydia Clark of Roch., pub. 18 ]\Lay 1751, 
and had Mar^, b. 22 June 1752, m. John Hedge 7 Sep. 1777; Lydia, b. 4 July 
1753, m. Edward Taylor 23 Nov. 17 75; Thankful, b. 10 Aug. 1754; Mehetabel, 
b. 17 Mar. 1756, d.'young; Moses, b. 20 Dec. 1757, m. Priscilla Hinkley 12 
Jan. 1780; Mehetabel, h. 15 Oct. 1760; Alice, h. 13 July 1762; Rebecca, b. 6 
Mar. 1765. Moses the f. was a blacksmith, and res. on the Barre road at the 
place marked " S. Clark " on the R. Map. 

14. Nathaniel, s. of Mark (7), m. Lydia, dau. of Dea. James Foster of 
Roch., pub. 3 Ap. 1757; she d. and he m. Sarah Carter of Gr., pub. 25 May 
1790. His chil. were : Prince, b. 26 Ap. 1758; George, b. 23 Ap. 1761 ; Nathan- 
iel, h. 15 July 1762, settled in Barnard, Vt. ; Mar//, b. 1 July 1765; and 
perhaps David, who d. at Shutes. 22 Feb. 1850, a. 81, and Li/flia, who ni. 
Jeremiah Bowers 3d, of Gr., pub. 24 Dec. 1788. Nathaniel the f. was a 
farmer and cordwainer, and res. in the. north westerly part of the town, at the 
place erroneously marked "Dea. Haskins " on the R. Map; he d. 16 July 
1821; his w. Sarah d. 15 Sep. 1809, a. 69. 

15. Ephraim, s. of Ephraim (8), m. Eunice Nye of Roch. 22 Jan. 1769; she 
d. 11 Sep. 1796, a 48, and he m. Mary Hammond of N. Sal., pub. 26 Feb. 1797. 
His chil. were : Nathan, b. about 17 70, ni. (then of Wendell) Lucy Knowlton 
2 June 1795; Micah, b. about 1772, m. Betsey Cobb 8 May 1797; Stephen, 
b. 23 Sep. 1775, m. Phebe Robinson 27 Dec. 1801 ; Ephraim, b. 14 Mar. 1778 
(these four were bap. 1 Oct. 1780) ; Eunice, h. 4 July 1781, m. Chester Powers 
of Western, (now Warren), 15 Oct. 1805; Joanna, b. 27 Ap. 1784, m. the 
same Chester Power.s 1 Sep. 1830; Lucy, b. 27 Aug. 1786, m. Seth Clark of 
Conway 17 Fel). 1808; Elizabeth, b. 17 July 1789. Ephraim the f. was a 
farmer, rem. from Roch. to Hk. in 1774, and res. in the northerly part of the 
town, on a farm bought bv his father the previous year, at the place marked 
"]\Ir. Haskell" on the R. Map. He attained old age but the date of his 
death is not recorded. 



HASKELL — ri ASKINS. 391 

IG. TiuxcK, s. of Natlianiel (14), m. Leah Wildor of Hiiu^ham 4 Oct. 1780, 
and had E<lwnr<l Wih/er, h. 5 June 1782, d. young; Deborah, b. 18 Mar. 1784; 
and, at HanianL Ildrriet, h. 9 June 1786; Prince, b. 2 ]\Iav 1788; Edward 
Wilder, h. 2'J Sep. 178S); Nathaniel, b. 30 Oct. 1791; PoUj/,' h. 6 Feb. 1798; 
Adeline, b. 29 Autj. 1801. Piuxcf: the f. settled early in IJarnard, Vt., and 
was there oaptureil by the Lidians, 9 Aug. 1780, and carried to Canada. Hig 
captivity, however, was short; for he was exchanged in season to be married 
in the succeeding October, having been pub. in February. It would seem 
that lie did not expose his family to the dangers of a frontier life until after 
the birth of his second child. He rem. his family to Barnard, was an active 
citizen, and was living in 1824 on the same farm from which he was taken 
captive. 

17. Geougk, s. of Natlianiel (14), m. Comfort Knowlton 25 Ap. 1782, and 
had Charles Holman, b. 19 Jan. 1783; Abraham, b. 3 July 1784; Lydia, b. 11 
Mar. 178G; i'omforl, b. 22 Ap. 1789, m. Freeman Dexter, 14 Jan. 1812; Sarah, 
b. 23 Dec. 179l" m. Lemuel AVicker 5 Oct. 1813; Mary, b. 22 Dec. 1793, m, 
Ira Wicker of Uridport, Vt.. 1 Oct. 1812; Abigail, b. 8 Sep. 1795, m. William 
Haskell of Pet. 16 May 1821 ; Mark, b. 6 Mar. 1798; Benjamin Franklin, b. 
9 Mar. 1801 ; Deborah, b. 30 Sep. 1802, m. Joseph Whipple 2d, 15 Ap. 1824. 
Gkokge the f. was a farmer and cordvvainer; he inherited the homestead, and 
d. at Waldoboro', Me., 25 May 1837, a. 76; his w. Comfort d. 14 or IG Mar. 
1837, a. 76. Both have head-stones in the new cemetery. 

18. Ei'UKAiM, s. of Ephraim (15), m. Thankful, dau. of Capt. Zenas Phin- 
ney, 24 Oct. 1S05; she d. 15 Nov. 1841, a. 60, and he m. IMaria Ayers of N. 

Br., pub. 5 Mar. 1842. His chil. were: Mary Clark, b. , prob. d. unm. 3 

Oct. 1838, a. 28; Thankful, b. 8 June 1813, prob. d. young; Sarah Berry, b. 

, d. unm. 2 Sep. 1836, a. 23; William Nye, b. 12 Mar. 1817, m. Susan B. 

Johnson of Pet., pub. 29 iMar. 1841 {Mary C., Sarah B., anil William N. were 
bap. 16 June 1820); J\f(irtha Phinney, bap. 7 June 1821, d. unm 5 May 1837. 
Ephr.vim the f. was a farmer and inherited the homestead. He erected a new 
house at the northwest corner of his farm, on the Petersham road, at the place 
marked " E. Haskell " on the R. Map. He d. at Pet. 5 or 6 IMar. 1863, but was 
buried here by the side of his first wife. 

19. Mark, s. of George (17), m. Sarah Haskell of N. Brk., pub. 6 Jan. 1823; 
she d. 22 Mar. 1824, a. 25, and he m. Charlotte C. Holt of Brk., pub. 13 Mar. 

1826. Some of his chil. were: Sarah Carter, h. 1824, bap. 29 Jan. 1829; 

Matthew Wood, b. 1827, bap. 29 Jan. 1829, grad. A. C. 1853, d. at Am- 
herst 25 Nov. 1856, a. 29; Charlotte Cordelia, bap. 2 July 1830; Abby M., b. 

1831, d. unm. at Anih. 19 Ap. 1851, a. 19 years and 6 months; William W., 
bap. 22 June 1834, d. at Amh. 7 May 1854; Caroline Eliza, bap. 1 July 1836. 
INIark the f. was a farmer and deacon, res. on the homestead, and rem. to 
Amherst about 1841. 

20. Jonathan R., m. Eliza H. Hunt 3 Dec. 1829, and had Eunice J"., 
who m. Horace Chase 4 July 1864. Jonathan R. the f. d. 16 Jan. 1879, 
a. 76. 

John, m. Hannah Rice of Rutland District, pub. 22 July 1765. Paul, of 
Brk., m. Sally Carter, pub. 10 Jan. 1796. 

Haskins, Samuel, Jr., had w. Elizabeth, who d. 23 Feb. 1806, a. 81 (82 
on grave-stone), and he m. Sarah Stetson, pub. 16 Nov. 1806. His chil. were: 
Esther, b. about 1755, m. Nathan Allen 17 Dec. 1789, and d. 16 Feb. 1835, a. 
79; Samuel, b. 2 Feb. 1759; Shiverick, b. 18 Aug. 1763 ; Bethia, b. about 1765, 
d. — Sep. 1825, a. 60; and prob. William, who m. Polly Ide 29 Sep. 1788, and 
Rebecca, who m. Darius Rice of Gr. 17 Dec. 1789. S.\muel the f. res. in 
Rochester when his s. Shiverick was bap., 12 Aug. 1764, but prob. rem. to Hk. 
soon afterwards. He res. in the northerly part of the town, and d. 4 Feb. 
1819, a. 86; his w. Sarah d. 16 Aug. 1814, a. 79. 

2. Samuel, s. of Samuel (1), by w. Persis, had Betsey, b. 31 Oct. 1783 (she 
seems to have been published to Isaac Lasell of Needham, 30 Nov. 1806, and 
also to Thomas Walton, 19 Aug. 1810, but to which she was married, if either, 
does not appear); Samuel, b. 22 Jan. 1785; Aaron, b. 21 Aug. 1786; David, 



392 HASKINS — HASTINGS. 

b. 14 July 1788, m. Nancy Mason of Dana, pub. 20 Jan. 1811 ; Nathaniel, b. 
4 Feb. 1791: Persh, b. 3 Jan. 1793, ni. Luther Mason 20 June 1813; Thomas, 
b. 15 Sep. 179.5; Jui^eph, b. 19 Jan. 1797, m. Caroline Mar.^h of Dana, pub. 10 
Jan. 1820; Seth, b. 26 Ap. 1801, d. 24 Nov. 1816. Samuel the f. was chiefly 
remarkable for liis immense size; after his death, 2.5 Feb. 1818, it was ascer- 
tained that his body weighed four hundred and fifty pounds. 

3. Shivkrick, s. of Samuel (1), m. Anna Lincoln, and had Shivenck, b. 29 
Mar. 1789, d. in Roxbury 2 Feb. 1861 ; Josiah, b. — Oct. 1790, d. 8 Nov. 1790; 
Martin, b. 8 Oct. 1791, d. 3 Nov. 1813; Anna, b. 5 Oct. 1793; Rnfm, b. 2 
Oct. 1795; Amos, h. 13 Oct. 1797; Joel, b. 17 July 1799; Jason, b. 3 May 
1801, m. Susan A. C. Fales 28 Dec. 1834, and d. in Wore. 23 Oct. 1848; 
Daniel (ov Daciil), b. 18 Mar. 1803, prob. d. at Boston (drowned) 19 Mar. 
1829; M((n/, b. 14 Jan. 1805, m. Cyrus Chipman, pub. 14 Nov. 1825, and d. 
at Barre 9 May 1864; Hosea, b. 27 Nov. 1806, d. 1 Feb. 1808; MeVmda, b, 7 
Nov. 1809, m. John Newland 31 July 1831. Shiverick the f. d. 5 June 
1836. 

4. Samuel, s. of Samuel (2), m. Hannah Clark 19 Jan. 1804, and had 
Philena Clark, b. 8 Ap. 1801; Marj/ Clark, h. 26 May 1804; Hiram Kinsley, 
b. 25 Oct. 1805 ; Lucinda Johnson, b. 23 Ap. 1807, ni." Hiram Castle 29 Nov. 
1832; Elcira Washburn, h. 1 Jan. 1809; Benjamin Clark, b. 2 May 1811, d. 
at Barre 1 Mav 1843; Sarah Ann, b. 23 July 1813; Henry, b. 19 Ap. 1815; 
Samuel, h. 25 Mar. 1817, d. at Barre 6 Nov. 1844; Seth, b. 15 May 1819; 
Clarissa, twin, b. 30 Ap. 1821, m. Ira A. Barlow 25 Sep. 1842; Clarinda, 
twin, b. 30 Ap. 1821, m. Hiram Joyal 1 Dec. 1842; David, b. 21 Jan. 1823; 
Joseph, b. 20 Jan. 1824, d. 26 Jan. 1844; Hosea, b. 11 Aug. 1825, d. 28 Ap. 
1846; Caroline Elizabeth, h. 24 Aug. 1828, d. 24 July 1830. There is apparent 
confusion in the early dates, indicating precocity ; but I copy the record as I 
find it. Samuel the f. d. at Barre 14 Ap. 18'64; his w. Hannah d. here 7 
Feb. 1846, a. 63. 

5. Aaron, s. of Samuel (2), m. Nancy Barton 27 Jan. 1811, and had Wil- 
liam, h. 16 Oct. 1812; Lemira, b. 9 May 1814. 

6. Thomas, s. of Samuel (2), m. Susanna Stone of Dana, pub. 25 Mar. 1818, 
and had Sojihia Stone, b. 22 Ap. 1819; Tliomas Alonzo, b. 23 June 1820; John 
Stone, b. 19 Feb. 1822; Marcus Houghton, b. 14 Feb. 1824; Eleanor Adams, 
b. 10 Sep. 1825; Horatio Dwight, b. 17 Aug. 1827, d. young; Persis Malvina, 
b. 23 July 1829, m. Reuben A. Snow, pub. 16 Nov. 1849; Horatio Dwight, b. 
3 July 1831; Susanna Jane, b. 26 Feb. 1833; Julia Ann, b. 19 Oct. 1834; 
Sarah Orinda, b. 2 Aug. 1836; Henry Harrison, b. 10 Feb. 1840. Thomas 
the f. d. at Orange 25 Ap. 1868. 

7. Joel, s. of Shiverick (3), m. Maria Williams 31 Dec. 1826, and had 
Frederick, b. 6 July 1827; Daniel, b. 19 Jan. 1829; Irene, b. 21 June 1830, d. 
3 Feb. 1833; Erndy Maria, b. 30 June 1832; Rufus Chase, b. 7 June 1834, d. 
16 June 1837; Alfred L., b. about 1835, a physician, d. at Boston 3 Ap. 1876, 
a. 40; Lydia P., b. about 183 7, m. Richard C. Noyes, and d. at Wore. 17 Ap. 
1853, a. 16; Jason A., b. about 1844, a hairdresser, d. at Boston 19 Nov. 1874, 
a. 30-,, Joel J., b. 4 May 1846. Joel the f. d. 15 Feb. 1848. 

8. Thomas Alonzo, s. of Thomas (6), m. Almira M. Andrews 25 Sep. 
1844, and had George A., b. 1845, d. 25 Jan. 1846, a. 4 months; a daugh- 
ter, b. 27 Mar. 1847; Lucy Ann, b. 22 June 1852. ni. Daniel Crossmanof 
Athol, 2 Sep. 1873; Frederick Alonzo, b. 2 Mar. 1855; Mani Almira, b. 28 
July 1857; Lizzie Jane, b. 23 Aug. 1860, m. Frederick W. 'Ward 18 Dec. 
1879. 

9. John Stone, s. of Thomas (G), by w. Sarah, had Elizabeth Field, b. 25 
Sep. 1848. 

Bethia, pub. to John Howard of Gr. 2 Feb. 1812. Lysander F., of 
Pres., m. JNIary Ann A. Paige, 20 May 1833. Prudence, of Shutes., m. Sim- 
eon Nye Atwood 6 June 1835, Celia, m. William Fay of Barre 19 Mar. 
1842. 

Hastings, John, freemnn 1643, rem. from Braintree to Cambridge about 
1654. His first wife d. at Braintree and he m. Ann, wid. of John Meane of 



HASTINGS. 393 

Carab. His cliil., all by first w., were Walter and Samuel, bap. in England, 
and Joint and E/lzaliefh, bap. in Braintree. Jonx the f. was a tanner, and d. 
in Ciuiib, 2 Dec. 1657; his w. Ann d. 25 I\Iar. 1G66. 

2. Joux, s. of John (1), m. Hannah Moore 1 Mar. lo55-6; she d. 10 June 
1667, a. 24, and he ni. Lydia, dan. of Elder Richard Champney, 20 May 1668; 
she d. 23 Jan. 1690-91, a. about 47, and he ni. Rebecca, wid. of Benoiii Eaton, 
28 Sep. ]t;91. His chil. were : John, b. 17 Ap. 1667; Joseph, b. 6 :Mav 1669 ; 
Li/dia, I). 30 Sep. 1671, m. Ebenezer Allen; Hannah, h. 13 Mar. 1672-3, d. 16 
Ap. 1691; Elizabeth, b. 11 Ap. 1675, d. unni. — May 1727; Daniel, b. 3 Feb. 
1676-7. JoHX the f. res. in Cambridge, was a tanner, and d. about 1720. 

3. Danipjl, s. of John (2), ni. Abigail Cooksey 13 Nov. 1701, and had Abi- 
gail, b. 9 and d. 27 Aug. 1702; Walter, b. 24 Mar. 1703-4; Abigail, bap. 19 
May 1706; Daniel, b. 8 Jan. 1708-9; Sarah, bap. 9 May 1714, m. John Aini- 
don 14 July 1737. Daniel the f. was a blacksmith, rem. from Cambridge to 
JMarlborough before 6 June 1722; he was in Sudbury 1727, in O.xford 1732, 
after which he rem. to Hk. with his son Walter, and d. 25 Jan. 1755. 

4. Walter, s. of Daniel (3), m. Mary Thompson 1 Nov. 1733, and had in 
O.xford Daniel, h. 23 Aug. 1734; Jacob, b. 9 Aug. 1737, m. Mary Ban^s 22 
July 1762; Lijdia, h. 31 July 1739, d. num. 5 Jan. 1757; Martha, h. 19 Sep. 
1741, d. young; and in Hardwick, John, b. — Sep. 1743; Martha, h. 9 Dec. 
1745, m. Ebenezer Cobb 5 Oct. 1780; Elizabeth, b. 11 Aug. 1748, m. Samuel 
Hopkins 17 Dec. 1778; Joseph, b. 27 Feb. 1750-1, d. 17 Aug. 1753; Jonathan, 
b. 23 Oct. 1752; Joseph, b. 4 June 1755, d. 21 Sep. 1756. Besides these, there 
is a tradition that there were two daughters by a former wife, one of whom 

m. Partridge, and the other Peacock. Walter the f. was a farmer, 

rem. from Oxford to Hardwick before 21 June 1743, res. near Barre, at the 
place marked " S. Jamerson " on the R. Map, and d. 6 July 1792, a. 88 ; his 
w. Mary d. 25 June 1799, a. 87. 

5. Daniel, s. of Walter (4), m. Submit Jordan of Rutland District 
(Barre), pub. 22 July 1746, and had Theophilus, b. 25 Dec. 1764 ; Jacob, b. 
17 July 1767; Stephen, b. 7 Feb. 1771; Lucinda, b. 19 May 1773; and perhaps 
others. 

6. John, s. of Walter (4), m. Mehetabel Berry 11 Ap. 1779, and had Lem- 
uel, b. 13 Dec. 1779, d. at Saratoga Springs 23 Sep. 1801; Joseph, b. 16 Oct. 
1781, manufacturer of ink in Cambridge, where he died ; Sophia, b. 27 Sep. 
1783, in. Moses Lawrence, pub. 18 Sep. 1814; Anson, b. 6 Aug. 1785, d. at 
Boston 14 Oct. 1815; John, b. 24 Sep. 1787, ni. Ruth W. Newcomb 18 Sep. 
1821; Lgdia, h. 22 Ap. 1790, m. Seth Jamerson 3 Oct. 1814; Marg, h. 20 June 
1792, m. Daniel Cutter of Gr. 31 Oct. 1839, and d. at Gardner 18 Aug. 1874; 
Clark, b. 6 July 1794, d. 10 Sep. 1812. John the f. was a farmer, and res. on 
the homestead. He was captain of militia, selectman four years, assessor four 
years representative seven years, and justice of the peace. He d. 29 May 
1829; his w. Mehetabel d. 15 Dec. 1836, a. 87. 

7. Jonathan, s. of Walter (3), m. Hannah Shaw of N. Sal. in 1778, and 
had in Hk., Barnabas, b. 22 July 1780; Betseg, h. 3 Feb. 1782; a child b. 26 
Mar. 1787 ; and at Wilmington, Vt., Pollt/, b. 3 Feb. 1789; Chauncy. h. 2 Jan. 
1791; Hannah, b. 3 Oct. 1793; Francis, b. 12 Feb. 1798. Jonathan the f. 
was so deeply involved in the Shays Insurrection that he fled in 1787 to Wil- 
mington, Vt., where he d. 3 Oct. 1822.^ 

8. Theophilus, s. of Daniel (5), m. Betsey Prince Ames of Barre 22 Dec. 

1785. Some of his chil., gathered from various records, were: Betsey, b. 

1786, m. Timothy P. Anderson 17 Oct. 1811, and d. 25 Nov. 1868, a. 82; prob. 

Anna, b. , m. Sewell Marsh of Ware 11 May 1815; Arba: prob. Walter, 

b. , m. Mary Babbitt of Barre, pub. 27 ISIay 1822; John Ames, b. 

1798, d. 29 June 1801, a. 3 ; prob. Hiram, b. 1801, d. 27 Dec. 1831, a. 30; 

Harriet, b. 1805, m. AVilliam Frost 5 Feb. 1843, and d. 29 June 1845, a. 

40; Barnabas, b. 1807, d. 9 May 1807, a. 3 months; Henrietta, b. • 

1 This account of Jonathan Hastinjrs was whograd. H. C. 1872, but d. of overwork the 
furnished to me by James P. Richardson of same year. 
Portland, a young man of great promise, 



394 HASTINGS — HATHAWAiT. 

1810, m. William Frost 22 Sep. 1846. Theophilus the f. was a carpenter, 
and res. on the Barre road, at the place erroneously marked " S. Hastings "on 
the 11. Map. Although by no moans one of fortune's favorites, he had an ex- 
uberance of animal spirits, and met the trials of lite with cheerfulness; con- 
stantly full of fun and frolic, he would keep his company in a roar with his 
flashes of merry wit. He d. 31 Oct. 1842, a. 81 ; his w. Betsey d. 14 Aug. 
1844, a. 76. 

9. Area, s. of Theophilus (8), m. Laura Hunt of Barre, pub. 15 June 1818, 

and had Martha il/., b. al)Out 1819, m. Gould, and d. at Ware 19 Ap. 

1850, a. 31 ; Henri/, b. about 1828, d. 31 Jan. 1833, a. 4; and prob. others. 

Mns. M. MiNF.KVA, m. Samson Ames 1 Dec. 1865. 

Hatch, Thomas, s. of Thomas of Scitnate, " m. Sarah, dau. of Rho- 
dolplius Ellms, 1662, and had eleven children born from 1664 to 1684." 
Deane's Hist, of Scituate, p. 280. Thomas the f. d. 1686. 

2. Rhodolphus, s. of Thomas (1), b. 26 Dec. 1674, by w. Elizabeth, had 
John, b. 16 Dec. 1703, resided in Truro; Joseph, b. 19 May 1705, res. ia 

Falmouth ; Ezekiel (or Nathaniel), b. 1707, res. in Plymouth ; Mary, b. 

24 July 1710, m. Mayo; Sarah, b. 12 May 1713, ra". Joshua Atwood ; 

Asa, b. 15 Aug. 1716. Rhodolphus the f. res. in Rochester, where his chil. 
were born, but is described as of Plymouth in the appointment of his admin- 
istratrix, 28 Mar. 1 744. 

3. Asa, s. of Rhodolphus (2), by w. Mary, had Asa, b. ; Richard, 

b. . Asa the f. was a mariner, res. in Plymouth, and d. before 8 Mar. 

1745-6, when his w. Mary was appointed administratrix; she m. Isaac 
Thomas 12 May 174 7, and rem. with her chil. to Ilardwick, and d. between 
22 Oct. 1765 and 28 Feb. 1766. 

4. Asa, s. of Asa (3), described as a mariner, res. in Hk., discharged his 
late guardian, Edward Thomas of Pembroke, 28 ]May 1764 ; he m. Lucy, dau. 
of Jonathan Warner, 23 Jan. 1766, and res. on the lot next north of the Uni- 
versalist meeting-house. No record of children. 

5. RiciiAUD, s. of Asa (3), a miller in Hk., discharged his late guardian, 
Edward Thomas of Pembroke, 10 May 1766. 

6. Samuel, s. of AValter and grandson of Elder William Hatch, all of 
Scituate, b. 22 Dec. 1653, in his will dated 13 June 1728, and proved 7 July 
1735, mentions sons Ebenezer and Josiah, deceased, and Samuel, Isaac, Elisha, 
and Ezekiel; also dau. Desire, Hannah Tinkham, and Elizabeth Bonney. 

7. Ezekiel, s. of Samuel (6), by w. Ruth, had Ruth, b. 23 June 1719, m. 
Ebenezer Hathaway of Dartmouth 10 Sep. 1741, and d. in Ilk. 31 May 1789 ; 
Man/, b. 29 Nov. 1721 ; Hemnah, b. 29 Mar. 1724; Isaiah, b. 11 Sep, 1729; 
Lucy, h. 10 Sep. 1732; Sarah, h. 6 June 1736. EzEiiiEL the f. res. in 
Rochester, and d. between 19 June 1765 and 14 July 1768, as appears by the 
date and proof of his will. 

8. Isaiah, s. of Ezekiel (7), m. Joanna, dau. of Nathaniel AVhitcomb, 31 

Jan. 1756, and prob. bad in Rochester, before he rem. to Ilk., Lois, b. , 

m. Jesse Dunhaui 7 Oct. 1779 ; Molly, h. , m. Aaron Fay 19 Dec. 1782 ; 

Noah, b. about 1760; Olive, h. , m. Lot Jenney of Hartland 4 Autr. 

1784 ; and in Hk., Lucy, b. 27 May 1774 ; Sarah, bap. 21 Mar. 1779. Isaiah 
the f. was a farmer, and res. near the brook, on the southerly side of the road 
running easterly from the present residence of Mr. George Warner, marked 
"Mr. Bolster" on the R. Map. He was selectman, 1781 and 17S2, and re- 
moved to Westminster, prob. about 18 Ap. 1786, when he sold his farm to 
Maj. Martin Kinsley. 

9. Noah, s. of Isaiah (8), m. Jemima Cox 4 Feb. 1783, and had Ira, b. 
13 Mar. 1784, d. 16 Oct. 1786; Molly, b. 3 July 1785; Isaiah, b. 28 Oct. 
1786. Noah the f. was a Revolutionary soldier, and was described as 20 
years old, and of a ruddy complexion, in a descriptive roll dated in July 
1780. He d. at Westminster about Feb. 1791, a. 31. 

Hathaway, Arthuh, " jNIarsh field 1643, m., 20 Nov. 1652, Sarah Cook, 

"Trmlrrrps dau. of Rev. John, had John, b. 1 7 Sep. 1653, and Sarah, b. 28 Feb. 

1656; ten years later was at Dartmouth, and took oath of fidelity 1684 there." 



HATHAWAY. 395 

Savage's Gen. Diet. In his will, 9 Feb. 1709-10, proved C Feb. 1711-12, he 
names w. Sarali, and chil. Johi, 7'lininas, Mary Hammond, Lydia Sisson, and 
Hannah Codman. Bristol Reg. Probate. 

2. Joiix, s. of Arthur (1), m. Joanna Pope 5 Mar. 1G82-3 ; she d. 2o Dec. 

1695, and he m. Patience 29 Sep. 1696. His chil. were : Sarah, b. 24 Feb. 

1683-4, m. John Ciinnon 11 Oct. 1709; Joanna, b. 28 Jnn. 168.5-6, m. ■ 

Blackwell ; John, b. 18 Mar. 1687-8; Arthur, b. 3 Ap. 1690; Hannah, h. 16 
Feb. 1692, ni. Prower ; Mary, h. 4 June 1694, m. Douglass; Jona- 
than, h. 23 June 1697; Puchard, b. 21 May 1699 ; Thoma.<<,h. o Feb. 1700-1 ; 
Hunneirell. h 21 Ap. 1703 ; Abiah (son), b. 21 Oct. 1705 ; Elizabeth, b. 6 May 
1708 ; Patience, b. 27 Ap. 1710, m. — - — Peckham ; Benjamin, b. 10 Jan. 1712; 
James, h. 24 Jan. 1713-14; Ebenezer, h. 12 May 1717. John the f. res. in 
Dartmouth and d. between 11 July and 15 Aug. 1732, when his w. Patience 
and all his chihh-en, except Thomas, were living and named in his will. 

3. Ehf.nezeh, s. of John (2), m. Ruth Hatch 10 Sep. 1741, and had 
Lucy, b. 17 Ap. 1742; Samuel, b. 9 Dec. 1744 ; James, b. 9 July 1747 ; 
Ebenezer, b. 6 Sep. 1749 ; Abiah, b. 7 July 1751 ; Ruth, h. 13 Ap. 1754 ; 
Timothy, h. 24 jNIar. 1756. Ebenezer the f. res. in Dartmouth, and d. prob. 
not long before 10 Sep. 1759, when the inventory of his estate was filed in 
the Probate Office. PPis w. Ruth rem. to Hk. with her son Timothy, and d. 
31 May 1789. 

4. Timothy, s. of Ebenezer (3), m. Rhoda, dan. of Isaac Clark, 23 
Sep. 1 784, and had Luey,^ b. 7 Aug. 1 785, taught school many years, m. 
Dr. Cyrus Washburn of Vernon, Vt., pub. 24 vSep. 1827, and d. about 1850 ; 
Ebenezer, h. 13 Aug. 1787, d. — 1822, leaving a daughter Ann ; Susan, h. 
16 I\Iay 1790; m. Ira Ruggles 18 Jan. 1825, and d. in Iowa ; Timothy, h. 27 

Mar. 1794, m. Harriet (who d. 1850, a. 55), was an auctioneer in 

Boston, but returned to Hk., and d. 19 Mar. 1836, leaving one son, James E., 
who d. at West Townsend, Vt., 10 Jan. 1882, a. 57 years, 9 mouths, and 10 
days ; Alvah, b. 1 Sep. 1796, m. Susan A. Parker 13 Sep. 1824, res. here and 
in Barre, and afterwards several years in Boston, where he d. 19 Nov. 1877, 
leaving widow and sons and daugliters: Ruth, b. 5 June 1800, m. Grover 
Spooner 28 May 1829 and res. in Barre; Rhoda, h. 9 Nov. 1802, ni. Crighton 
Ruggles 30 Ap. 1820, rem. to Barre, where she d. 2 Nov. 1879. Timothy 
the f. was a shoemaker and farmer, rem. about 1777 from Dartmouth to Hard- 
wiek, resided on the Petersham road, at the place marked " T. Hathaway " 
on the R. Map, and closed his long life 31 Aug. 1849, a. 93 ; his w. Rhoda d. 
27 Oct. 1838, a. 76. All the sons in this family taught music ; and all the 
daughters (especially the eldest) were famous singers in the church. 

5. Jeremiah, lineage not ascertained, by w. Lettice, had several chil. 
whose birth is not found on record, but other traces of them appear ; among 
them were Samuel, b. about 1784; Lettice, b. about 1786, m. Marshall John- 
son 1 Jan. 1811, and d. 3 Mar. 1859, a. 72 ; Jeremiah, b. 1788 ; prob. 

Salh/, h. , m. William Eaton 5 Dec. 1811; Celia W., h. , m. 

Shiverick Weeks 26 Nov. 1821; William, h. 1794, d. 20 Mar. 1795, a. 

1 year; John, b. 22 May 1797; and Eliza, h. , m. John B. Bond of 

Wore. 13 Nov. 1834. Jeremiah the f. res. near Enfield, at the place 
marked " J. Hathaway " on the R. Map ; his w. Lettice d. 20 Aug. 1830, a. 
66, and he m. Mrs. Sarah Gilbert of AVare, pub. 28 Dec. 1831. He d. 29 
Mar. 1835, a. 78. 

6. Samuel, s. of Jeremiah (5), m. Fannv, dan. of Isaac Clark, 17 Oct. 
1805 ; she d. 6 Nov. 1809, and he m. Ruth, dau. of Maj. Seth Hinkley, 15 

Mar. 1810. His chil. were : Henry, h. , d. 28 Ap. 1809, a. 1 year and 

5 months; Eanny Clark, b. 19 Oct. 1810 ; Henry,h. 21 Ap. 1813; Isabella, b. 6 
May 1815 ; and others born in Woi'cester. Samuel the f. was a shoemaker, 
and res. at the northerly end of the Common, at the place marked " Wid. 
Paige" on the R. Map; he rem. to Wore, about 1815, and erected a hotel 
on Washington Square, which he successfully conducted several vears ; He d. 
between 14 Dec. 1830 and 5 Sep. 1831; his w. Ruth d. 8 Mar. 1859, a. 68". 

1 Miss Lucj' Hathawaj' is affectionately school, bj' whom for several vears my early 
remembered by me as my first teacher at love of books was fostered and encouraged. 



396 HATHAAV AY— HEDGE. 

7. Jeremiah, s. of Jeremiah (5), m. Sarah Gilbert of Ware, and had 

Ahhy, b. , d. 10 Aug. 1815, a, 3 years and 4 months; Charles, b. ; 

and perhaps others. Jeremiah the f. d. 29 Nov. 1836, a. 48 ; his w. Sarah 
d. at Ware 9 June 1874, a. 80. 

8. John, s. of Jeremiah (5), m. Claramond Winslow, pub. 10 Nov. 1823; 
she d. 27 Ap. 1834, and he m. Mary A. Howes of Boston 30 May 1837. His 

chil. by first wife were : a child b. , d. 14 Ap. 1828; Francis Ebcnezer, 

b. 9 ]\rar. 1829; Catherine Elizabeth, b. 18 Feb. 1833. John the f. rem. to 
Enf. and afterwards to East Hampton, where he died 4 Ap. 1873. 

9. Charles, s. of Jeremiah (7), m. Mary A., dau. of Giles Warner, 24 Ap. 
1845 ; she d. 28 Nov. 1847, a. 23. 

Caroline, m. Tilly Mead, pub. 30 Ap. 1822. Richard L., m. Alma 
Ruffgles, pub. 29 Mar. 1846. Gardner, m. Levina Taylor, pub. 25 Aug. 
1855. 

Hayford, Samuel, of Hk., m. Bathsheba Tinkham of Halifax 1 Mar. 
177G. He d. and she m. Samuel Work of Leicester, 3 May 1783. 

INIercy, m. Silas Wright 15 Feb. 1781. 

Hazeltine, Simeon, prob. s. of Daniel (who d. in Uxbridge between 25 
May and 18 Aug. 174 7), was here as early as 1758, when he was a soldier in 
the French War, at the age of twenty years. He shared largely in the vicis- 
situdes of life. The town voted, 5 Mar. 1764, "to release to Paul Dean Sim- 
eon Hazeltine's rate, committed to him to collect, if he never comes in his 
reach again." He returned, however, bought a farm 9 Dec. 17 71, and in 1 774 
was elected captain of the minute-men, -whom he led to the field on the mem- 
orable 19th of April 1775. In 1787 he was so deeply involved in the Shays 
Rebellion that he left Hardwick permanently, and retired to Sandgate, Vt., 
•which town he represented in the General Assembly in 1794. Nothing is 
found on record concerning his family. 

Hedge, Elisiia, of Shrewsbury, " m. Martha, dau. of Daniel Johnson 
of Marlboro', Dec. 30, 1728, admitted to the church here [Shrewsbury] in 1736 
from the New North Church in Boston. . . . Chil.: Josiah, bap. July 12, 1730, 
and d. in 1733; Samuel, bap. May 14, 1732; Lemuel, bap. July" 7, 1734." 

Ward's Hi!<t. of Shreiosbury, p. 325. Besides these -were Elisha, b. , and 

Martha, b. ■—, m. Joseph Robinson of New Rutland (now Barre), pub. 7 July 

1 753. His w. Martha d. , and he m. Mrs. Elizabeth Stratton of Marlb., 

pub. 4 Nov. 1765, who appears to have left him, before his death, and re- 
turned to her former home. Elisha the f. did not confine himself to a single 
place of residence or a single branch of business. He was dismissed from the 
ch. in Shrewirbury in 1740 to the eh. in Worcester; he bought 280 acres of 
land in Hk. 1745, and a year afterwards 300 acres more adjoining Rutland 
(now Barre), " lying on both sides of INIoose Brook," and not long afterwards 
became a resident; he was in Marlborough from 1766 to 1769, but returned to 
Hk. In various documents he is styled taylor, 1745; shop-keeper, 1761; 
trader, 17C5, and gentleman, 1767. He served also as commissary in the 
French War, 1755. He d. in Biirre; Samuel H. Robinson was appointed ad- 
ministrator, and presented an inventory 20 Jan. 1789. 

2. Elisha, s. of Elisha (1), by w. Deliverance, had John, b. 12 Oct. 1751; 
Mary, b. 4 Mar. 1753; Solomon, b. 3 Mar. 1755, m. Dorcas Smith 8 Mar. 
1781 ; Am, b. 9 June 1756, m. Miriam Dexter 31 May 1780 ; Daniel, b. 7 Feb. 
1758; Samuel, b. 19 Dec. 1760. Elisha the f., it is said, was not a brilliant 
man; yet he rendered good service to his country, for he was a soldier in the 
French War; and in the War of the Revolution he served in the army, with 
three of his sons, John, Solomon, and Asa, The date of his death does not 
appear; his w. Deliverance d. 4 June 1819, a. 93, having for many years re- 
ceived aid from the public. 

3. Samuel, s. of Elisha (1), gave his life for his country, in the French 
War; he was a corporal in the company commanded by Capt. AVilliam Baige, 
from 1 Ap. to 11 Sep. 1760, on which day he probably died, as the word 
"dyed" was attached to his name; his pay-roll was made up to that date, 
and his successor in office was appointed the next day afterwards. 



HEDGE — HIGGINS. 397 

4. Lemuel, s. of Elislia (1), m. Sarah, dau. of Rev, David White, 5 Nov. 
1761, and had Lemuel, b. , grad. H. C. 1784, devoted himself to the busi- 
ness of school-teathing; Levi, b. 19 Ap. 1766, grad. H. C. 1792, in wliicli he 
was tutor 15 years, and professor 22 years; he d. at Cambridge 3 Jan. 1844; 

Ahraliam, b. , a physician in Windsor, Vt., d. 26 Ap. 18U9, a. 38; Samuel, 

b. , also res. in Windsor; lie had also daughters Sarah ; Su.san, m. Josiah 

Dunhamj Lulhera, m. Prof. Daniel Chipman ; and perliaps others, Lkmuel 
the f. grad. II. C. 1759, was ordained pastor of the churcli in Warwick 3 Dec. 
1760. " After a ministry of nearly 1 7 years, Mr. Hedge died at Hardwick, 
Oct. 17, 1777, in the 44"" year of his age. Mr. Hedge was a Tory in the Rev- 
olution, or strongly suspected to be such. On the 6"* of March, 1775, the in- 
habitants voted to disarm him and confine him to the town. He was perse- 
cuted most remorselessly." Hist, of Western Mass., ii, 447, I find no record 
of his deatli in Hardwick; and it seems probable that he was buried in War- 
wick, where a monument was erected to his memory, bearing an inscription 
which was copied for me by Rev. John Goldsbury, formerly [)astor of the 
church in Hardwick : '• In private life he was clieerful, exemi)l:iry, and benevo- 
lent. In his ministerial character, faithful, solemn, and instructive. In full 
belief of the truths he preached to others, he fell asleep in Jesus, with the 
Christian hope of rising again to eternal life." His w. Sarah survived him, 
and is said to have d. in Middlebury, Vt,, in 1808, 

5. Joiix, s. of Elisha (2), m. Mary Haskell 7 Sep, 1777, and was prdb, 
father of Sail//, who long had the care of her aged " grandmother Deliverance 
Hedge," and who died unm, 15 Ap. 1841; her age was probably 62 years, 
although the town record indicates 72. 

Sally, m. Moses Fay 24 Feb. 1788. 

HiGGiNS, Elisha, by w. Hannah, had Joseph, b, ; Uriah, h. 24 May 

1742; he prob. had also Edward, b. ; Abiel, b, , m, Ebenezer Saf- 

ford 24 Nov, 1759; Abigail, b, , m, Simon Githn 24 Mar. 1761 ; and per- 
haps others. Elisha the f. rem. prob. from Palmer to Hardwick, and be- 
came a member of the church 16 Jan. 1742-3. 

2. Jonathan, perhaps brother of Elisha (1), by w. Rachel, had Jonathan, 
h. 20 Ap, 1736; Lurania, b. 9 June 1738; Hennj, b. 27 Dec. 1740, d. young; 
Henry, b. 24 July 1743; Bcthiah, b. 26 j\Iar. 1746; Joshua, bap. 18 Sep, 1748; 
Rachel, bap. 19 May 1751, m. Andrew llarwood of Ware, pub, 3 Feb. 1771; 
Philip, bap. 13 Jan. 1754. 

3. Joseph, s. of Elisha (1), m. Anna Hooker, i)ub. 6 Mar. 1756, and had 
Joseph, b. 6 Sep. 1760; Charles, b. 29 Aug. 1762; Anna, b. 5 July 1764; Pal- 
atine, b. 18 May 1766, 

4. Uriah, s. of Elisha (1), m. Esther Cooley of Gr., pub. 7 Ap. 1763, and 
had Sybil, b. 30 Dec. 1763; Abigail, b. 21 Dec, 1765; David, b. 24 Sep. 1767; 
Caleb, b. 2 June 17 70; Uriah, b, 10 Ap, 1772; Frederick (or Shadrach, as in 
the record of baptisms), b. 31 July 1774; Alpheus, h. 14 Sep. 1776; Hadassah, 
b, 6 Nov. 17 78; Lewis (^Zenas in rec. of baptism), b. 9 Sep, 1780; Shady 
(Shadrach ?), h. 17 Feb. 1783, 

5. Edward, prob. s. of Elisha (1), m. Thankful Rice, 17 Oct. 1764, and 
had Solomon, b. 1 Mar, 1765; Anna, b. 1 May 17 79; Mercy, b. 26 June 1781; 
and prob. others. Edward the f. joined the Hk. church 10 Aug. 1752, res, in 
Palmer at the time of his marriage, but returned very soon to Hk. 

6. Henry, s. of Jonathan (2), m. jNIary Fisk 9 Nov. 1768, and had Mary, 
h. about 1771, m, Enoch Tha^'er, and d, at Amh. 15 Ap. 1860, a. 89; Henry, 
b, 27 July 1779; Rachel, b. about 1782, d. unm. 30 Mar. 1858, a, nearly 76; 
and prob. others, Henry the f. was a deacon of the Baptist churcli, res, 
near the line between Hk. and Enfield, at the place marked " Dea. Higgins" 
on the R. Map, and d, 16 Mar, 1837, a, 94 ; his w. Mary d. 7 Feb, 1821, a, 71; 
they and their dau. Rachel were buried in the cemetery near the place where 
the Baptist meeting-house formerly stood. 

7. Henry, s. of Henry (6), m. OUa (OUveV) JMetcalf of Royalston (b, 9 
June 17S9), pub, 19 Sep. 1813, and had Henry Melville, b, 22 Oct. 1814; OUa 
Metcalf, b. 8 Ap, 1816; Sarah Luthera, b, 11 Jan. 1818; Whitman Fisk, b, 26 



898 HIGGINS— HINKLEY. 

Feb. 1821 ; Lurnnia Maria, b. 12 Dec. 1822 ; Elon GahisJia, b. 11 May 1825, 
m. Lucy M. Graves of Worcester, pub. 31 Jan. 1845. Hknry the f. rem. to 
Ware, where he d. 21 Feb. 1860 ; his w. d. also at Ware 19 Aug. 1866. 

8. Alvah M., parentage not ascertained, by w. Sarah J., had Alary, b. 25 

Aug. 1845 ; Henri/ A., b. 1847, d. 19 Nov. 1850, a. 3; Abhy A., b. 13 

Nov. 1854, d. 16 Jan. 1855. 

9. William, by w. Ellen, had John, b. 14 Sep. 1853, m. Catherine Connor 
of Ware 3 Aug. 1872; Lucy, h. 30 Jan. 1855; Jeremiah, b. 13 July 1856, d. 
27 Oct. 1850; ']Villia7n, b. 4 Feb. 1859, d. 14 Aug. 1859; Bridget, b. 29 Dec. 
1861, d. IS Mar. 1863. His w. Ellen d. 29 Jan. 1871, and he m. Mary Sul- 
livan 9 Feb. IS 73. 

10. Michael, by w. Ann, had Michael, b. IG June 1857. 

11. Thomas, by'w. Winifred, had Patrick, b. 29 Mar. 1858; Dominick, b. 
12 Oct. 1861; Michael, b. 19 Feb. 1864. 

12. Timothy, by w. Mary, had John, b. 31 Aug. 1858. 
HiLDKETii, Isaac, Jr., by w. Esther, had Isaac, b. 5 Dec. 1750. 
HiLLMAN, Stephen, of Dana, m. Chloe Barnes 7 Mar. 1820, and rem. to 

Hardwick, where his w. Chloe d. 28 June 1881, a. 82. No record found of 
children. 

2. Stephen P., prob. s. of Stephen (1), m. Alma Maria Newcomb 4 Dec. 
1851, and had Joseph, b. 17 Ap. 1855, m. S. Alice Gould 3 May 1882; a dau. 
b.«25 Nov. 1858; Chaiies Dexter, b. 9 May 1860; John Newcomb, b. 12 May 
1864. 

HixDS, Enoch, by w. Elizabeth, had Ahner, Solomon, and a dau., all bap. in 
Oct. 1742; Enoch, bap. 5 June 1743. 

2. Neheml\h, by w. Sarah, had Sai-ah, bap. 25 July 1747 ; Abigail, bap. 1 
Aug. 1756; Moses, bap. 27 Mar. 175 7. 

Hxnkley, Tikjmas, prob. grandson of Governor Thomas Hinkley, ni. Ruth, 
dau. of Nathaniel j\Ierrick, 31 Mar. 1730, and had Seth, b. 2 Sep. 1730; I'homas, 
h. 22 July 1731; Nathaniel, b. 25 June 1738; prob. Mercy, b. about 1744, m. 
Job Dexter 17 July 1766; and perhaps others. Thomas the f. res. in Har- 
wich, and was living in 174 7. 

2. Seth, s. of Thomas (1), m. Sarah, dau. of Judah Berry of Harwich, 2 
Feb. 1755, and had Samuel, h. 16 May 1757; Seth,h. 21 June 1759; Judah, b. 
15 Dec. 1761 ; Rebecca, b. 15 Feb. 1764, m. Jonathan Childs of Barre 3 Feb. 
1785; Mark, b. 14 Ap. 1766; Ruth, b. 22 Aj). 1768 ; Scottoway, b. 10 Ap. 17 71, 
a physician, res. in Vernon, Conn. ; Barnabas, b. 23 Jan. 17 73. Seth the f. 
was a cordwainer, and {n'ob. rem. here immediately after his niarringe; he res. 
on the Barre road, at the place marked " S. Hinkley" on the R. ^hvp, and d. 
21 Ap. 179 7, when all his chil. were living, except il/a/•^• and Ruih; his w. 
Sarah d. at the house of her son Samuel, 18 Ap. 1813, a. 81, after enduring the 
"shaking palsy" man}- years. 

3. Samuel, s. of Seth (2), m. Tabitha, wid. of Dr. Charles Doolittle, pub. 27 
May 1787 ; she d. s. p. Sep. 26 Dec. 1816, a. 69, and he m. Ann, wid. of Robert 
M. Peck, and dau. of Hon. Joseph Allen of Worcester, 18 Mar. 1817, by whom 
he had Samuel Allen, h. 4 Sep. 1820. Samuel the f. was a cordwainer, and 
res. at the north end of tlie Common, at the place marked " S. Hinkley " on the 
R. Map. After middle life he devoted most of his time to official duties; for 
many years he was a deputy sheritf and a famous detective; he was also select- 
man eleven years, assessor two years, and town clerk seventeen years. He 
was a useful and honored citizen, and d. in a good old age, 19 Jan. 1849, a. 
nearly 92; his w. Ann d. 29 June 1828, a. 49. 

4. Seth, s. of Seth (2), m. his cousin Lydia, dau. of Lemuel Berry of 
Brewster, 12 May 1782, and had Zenas, b. 3 Feb. 1783, d. 17 Mar. 1786; Isa- 
bella, h. 3 Dec. 1784, m. Chauncy Doty 4 Mar. 1804; he d. 2 Sep. 1804, and 
she m. Josiah StockwcU; she d. at Vineland, N. J., 9 Aug. 1879; Arathusa, b. 
5 Nov. 1786, ni. Harmon Chamberlain, pub. 27 Ap. 1806, and d. 20 Dec. 1872; 
Lydia, b. 7 Sep. 17S8, m. Otis Shurtleff 14 Feb. 1810, and d. at Wore. 17 Oct. 
1858; Ruth, b. 16 July 1790, m. Samuel Hathaway 15 Mar. 1810, and d. 8 
Mar. 1859; Abigail, b. 1792, d. 19 June 1796, a. 4; Rebecca Berry, b. 



HINKLEY — IIOLDEX. 399 

1794, (1. 3 Jan. 179G, a. 1 year and 7 months; Hiram, b. 13 Oct. 1798, 

res. and d. in Biicksport, ]\Ie. ; Hnrrington, b. 7 Sep. 1804, res. in Biicksport, 
Me., and in Boston. Sktii the f. was a mason, but much engaged in public 
affairs ; he was miijor of militia, coroner, selectman two years, and assessor 
four years; his w. J^ydia d. 27 Aug. 1805, a. 45, not long after which he rem. 
from Ilardvvick, and d. at Wore. 30 Ap. 1851, a. nearly 92. 

5. Jun.\ii, s. of Selh (2), m. Sally, dau. of Timothy llnirgles, Jr., and gr. 
dan. of Gen. Timothy lluggles, 15 Dee. 1785. He res. in Barre, where he d. 
between 7 Jan. and 6 Ap. 1819; in his will arc mentioned his w. Sally, and 
chil. Ildrrief, w. of Moses Boyden, Mark, Melafhih Bourne, Juduh, Samuel, 
Simeon Dwight, Barnabas, Rujus, Fannij, Salhj, Tiinotlnj Jiuc/t/lcs. 

6. Bakxauas, s. of Seth (2), m. Mary, dau. of Daniel Billings, 8 Oct. 1 797, 
and had Selh, b. 24 June 1798; Daniel B., b. 13 Sep. 1800, m. Mary Ann Gor- 
hani. j)ub. 8 Ap. 1830, extensively and successfully engaged in the manufacture 
of iron in INlaine ; Mart/, b. 24 tfan. 1803, m. Daniel Wheeler 2d, pub. 5 Nov. 

1826 ; Sallij, b. 1806, d. 11 Dec. 1810, a. 4. Baknabas the f. res. on the 

homestead, was an ensign of nalitia, and d. 2 Mar. 1807 ; his w. Mary m. Luther 
Paige 4 Sep. 1816, and d. at Bangor, Me., 11 Mar. 1849, a. 77. 

7. Samuel Allen, s. of Sanuiel (3), by w. Cordelia, had liosilla Adeline, 
b. 15 May 1843; Ellen M., b. at Hartford about 1846, d. here 3 Aug. 1848, a. 
1 year and 6 months. Samuel A. the f. rem. to Kockingluim, Vt. 

8. Seth, s. of Barnabas (6), m. Antis Gorham of Barre, pub. 25 Aug. 1822, 
and had several chil., whose names are not found on recor(]. He res. on the 
homestead, and d. 30 Dec. 1836; his w. Antis d. 5 Nov. 1851, a. 49; their 
chil. (or most of them) res. in California. 

Pkiscilla, m. Moses Has-kell, Jr., 12 Jan. 1780. Abigail, of Brk., m. 
Ca[)t. Seth Peirce 19 Jan. 179 7. 

Hitchcock, Pelatiah, m. Hannah, dau. of Gen. Jonathan Warner 17 
July 1791, and had George Au,/ustus, h. 28 Ap. 1792; Henry, b. 7 May 1800, 
an upright and successful merchant in Boston, resided at Jamaica Plain, where 
he d. 30 Oct. 1880. Pelatiah the f. was b. at Brookfield, grad. H. C. 1785, 
and soon after conuwenced the practice of law in Hardwiek. His brilliant 
talents gave promise of success, and his tiashes of wit, as well as his words of 
wisdom, still survive in tradition. ^ His ardent hopes, however, were not real- 
ized, and he returned to his native town, where, after experiencing his full 
share of the trials and troubles of life, he d. 28 Ap. 1851, a. 86. 

2. Charles F., a merchant, and assistant postmaster at Gilbertville, by w. 
Hannah, had William King, b. 26 July 1865; An>ia Minerca, h. 6 June 1870, 
d. 25 Jan. 1879. 

Clarence, of Springf., m. Laura G. Wetherell 23 May 1S72. 

Hodges, Ephraim, m. Catherine Johnson 25 Nov. 1779, and hud Ephraim, 
b. 5 June 1 780. 

2. EuMUXi), was a captain of militia, and went with a part of his company 
to the northern frontier in July 17 77, when Bennington was threatened; he 
was also a lieutenant in a previous campaign. No record is found of his fanuly. 
He rem. to Barnard, Vt., and was one of the assessors elected at the organiza- 
tion of that town 9 Ap. 1778, and representative the same year. 

Abraham, Jr., m. Tripliena Snnth of Dana, jiub. 25 Dee. 1815. 

HoLDEN, Thomas, m. Ruth Baker 21 Mar. 1751; and, on the same day, 
Abig.^il, m. Josiah Bacon. 

1 Under the provisions of the old law, he argument, ]\Ir. Hitchcock uttered some ex- 
was at Worcester, confined to the "jail lim- pressioii bordering on profanity. Instantly 
its," for debt. A stranger, entering the perceiving that his language was otTensive, 
apartment where he was sitting, inquired he gravely addressed Dr. (JrilRn, whose noble 
if he was the jailor: "No sir," he replied, stature towered, head and shoulders, above 
"I am the jailee." At another time, in his own: "I ought not to have used such 
Brooklield, he iuid a chance iiUerview with words; I ask your pardon; and if I need 
the Kev. Dr. tiritlin. Though entire siran- pardon from a liigiier source, I beg you to 
gers to each other, they became deeply in- ask it for me, as you are much nearer heaven 
terested in conversation on literary and sci- than I am." 
entitle subjects. At length, in the heat of , 



400 HOLMES — HOWARD. 

Holmes, Philip, ni. Ann Powers of Gr., pub. 22 Nov. 1772. James, m. 
Prudence Gibbs of Gr. 31 Oct. 1784. 

Holt, Thomas, m. Sarah, dau. of Rev. Ebenezer Chaplin of Sutton, 5 May 
1796, and had Marij Chaplin, twin, b. 19 Sep. 1797, m. Dwight INIarsh 4 Nov. 
1817, and d. 20 Ap. 1866; Sarah Chaplin, twin, b. 19 Sep. 1797, d. unm. 13 
July 1848; Th()7nas Russell, b. 30 June 1799, studied law, settled in Connecti- 
cut, but soon disappeared, and his subsequent history is unknown; Ann Tyler, 
b. 15 Feb. 1801, d. unm. at Athol, 11 Jan. 1869; Daniel Leander, h. 4 Nov. 
1802, m. Sophronia Briggs of Athol, pub. 11 June 1840; through lack of skill 
and energy he became a public charge, and d. at Athol 28 Ap. 1876; Fidelia 
Morse, b. 9 Sep. 1804, d. 3 Jan. 1805; John Jay, b. 2 Nov. 1805, d. unm. 10 
Jan. 1832; he was the flower of the family, and many bright hopes were blasted 
by his early death. Thomas the f., sou of Daniel and Mary, was b. at Meri- 
den, Conn., 9 Nov. 1762, grad. Y. C. 1784, ordained at Hardwiek 25 June 
1789, dismissed 27 Mar. 1805, installed at Chebacco (a parish in l])swich, now 
the town of Essex) 25 Jan. 1809, dismissed 20 Ap. 1813, returned to Hard- 
wiek labored in various places as a missionary, and cultivated his farm; he d. 
21 Feb. 1836; his w. Sarah d. 4 July 1854, a. 84. 

Hopkins, Samuel, ni. Elizabeth, dau. of Walter Hastings, 17 Dec. 1778, 
and had Moses, b. 4 Sep. 1779; Abiathar, b. 14 July 1781, grad. D. C. 1806, a 
lawyer in Harrisburg, Pa. , d. num., while on a visit at Petersham, 27 Sep. 1821 ; 
Alinda, b. 8 Feb. 1784, m. Timothy l^illings, pub. 10 Nov. 1805, d. 6 Aug. 
1832; r/»Vra, b. 4 May 1786, m. James Paige of Boston 8 July 1810, d. at Med- 
ford 17 Feb. 1870; Henrietta, b. 16 July 1788,d. unm. at Boston 3 May 1854; 
Betsey, b. 22 July 1790, m. Thomas Hapgood of Petersham 3 Feb. 1818; lie d. 
and she ni. Hon. William Gates of Lunenburg, Vt., 28 Jan. 1829. Samuel 
the f. rem. fr. Hk. to Pet. soon after 1781, where he subsequently resided. 

Sarah, m. Constant Merrick, Jr., 18 Mar. 1781. 

Howard, Nehemiah (otherwise written Hay ward and Heywood), m. Han- 
nah Wilder of Hingham — Dec. 1772, and had Hannah, b. 4 ]\Lxr. 17 75, m. 
Joseph Freeman of Ware 26 Sep. 1796; Ruth,h. 5 Jan. 1777; Cetia, b. 20 Sep. 
1778, m. Silas Johnson 24 Feb. 1799; Nancy, h. 6 Nov. 1780, d. unm. 30 ]\lay 
1859; -Tamazitie,]). 20 Ap. 1782; Pyain, b. 4 Feb. 1784; Emma, b. 22 Dec. 
1785; Nehemiah, b. 8 Feb. 1788; Roxana, b. 1 Jan. 1790; Calista, b. 12 Oct. 
1791 ; Edward Wilder, b. 1 Nov. 1793; Roicena, b. 22 Sep. 1796. Nehemiah 
the f. rem. to Enlield. 

2. Carey, s. of Carey, m. Fanny, dau. of George Field, 26 Nov. 1813, and 
had Eleuthera Field, b. 11 Nov. 1814, m. Zeba Howard ofEaston 21 June 1836; 

Charlotte, b. , d. 5 June 1816, a. 4 months; Prudence Whipple, b. 

1817, bap. 30 Nov. 1819, m. Rev. Dana Goodsell of East Haven, Conn., 12 
Jan. 1841, d. 6 or 8 Sep. 184 7, a. 30, and was buried here in the new cemetery; 
Catherine, bap. 30 Nov. 1819, m. Martin L. Brett of Easton 12 Jan. 1841; 

George C, b. 1823. Carey the f. res. on the road to Gilbertville, at the 

place marked " Wid. Howard" on the R. Map; he d. 8 Ap. 182a, a. 35; his 
w. Fanny d. in Easton — Nov. 1865, a. 80. 

3. George C, s. of Carey (2), m. Eliza J., dau. of Capt. John Lawton, 16 
May 1850, and had Mary Catherine, b. 6 ]\lar. 1851, m. John A. Nutter of 
Montreal 2 Mar. 1876 ; Flliza Jane, b. 28 Feb. 1853, m. Frank M. Rice 6 Feb. 
1879; Dwiyht Field, b. 3 Jan. 1856, m. Harriet J. Newton 15 Jan. 1883; 
George C, h. 21 Sep. 1858; Anna, h. 28 Feb. 1862; William Henry, b. 25 
Aug. 1864, d. 26 Aug. 1866 ; Mattie Sanford, b. 28 Aug. 1867 ; Prudence Good- 
sell, b. 29 June 1871. George C. the f. res. on the homestead. 

4. Clinton, of Sturbridge, ni. Maria, dau. of Lemuel Ruggles, 20 June 
1858, and had Marion Lucretia, b. 28 May 1859; Arthur Clinton., b. 26 Oct. 
1861; Franklin S., b. 10 Jan. 1864, d. 19 May 1865. Clinton the f. rem. to 
Hk. about the time of his marriage, was a farmer, res. on the Moose Brook 
i-oad near the Old Furnace, at the place marked " D. Billings "on the R. Map, 
and d. 8 Feb. 1876, a. 60; his w. Maria d. 13 May 1877, a. 51. 

Benjamin, bro. of Carey (2), m. Barbara Baker 19 Mar. 1809. Thomp- 
son, bro. of Carey (2), m. Irene Sumner 25 July 1816. John Heywood, a 
State pauper, d. 30 July 1812, a. 65. ' 



HOWE — HUNT. 401 

Howe, Thomas, m. Sarah Corlie — Feb. 1737-8, and had Jo.tepJi,h. 22 
July 1739; Mary, b. 15 Sep. 1743 ; Hannah, b. 15 Sep. 1745; Martha, b, 9 
June 1 748. 

2. Samukl, of Rutland, m. Hannah Smith 29 May 1739, and had Benjamin, 
bap. 29 Aug. 1742; Sylranm, bap. — M\\\: 1743; Elizabelh, bap. 1 June 1746; 
Estes, bap. 27 Sep. 1747; and in Rut. Sarah, Moses, and Hannah. Samukl 
the f. was s. of Moses and Eunice, and was the first male white cdiild born in 
Rutland, 23 Sep. 1719; his parents had previously rem. to Rut. from Brk. He 
" was an active and useful citizen while at Rut., went into the war in 1 755, and 
in 1759 was one of the committee to build the meeting-house, after which he 
moved to Belchertown, and was respectable and wealthy." Reed's Hist, of 
Rutland, p. 127. The author of this Hist, of Rut. represents all the chil. in this 
family to have been born there ; but the first four were baptized here, and 
were prob. born here. 

3. Aktemas, of N. Br., m. (his second wife) Susanna, dau. of Gen. Jona- 
than U'arner, 16 Feb. 1786, and in October of the same year was appointed as 
his aid-de-camp, thus superseding Major Martin Ivinsley. 

4. Lewis, s. of Artemas (3), by first wife, m. Sarah, dau. of Joseph Robin- 
son, pub. 21 Aug. 1808, and had an infant, b. , d. 16 Aug. 1809; an infant, 

b. , d. 11 Nov. 1811 ; Lucy Rugyles, b. 28 May 1813 (or 20 May 1814), d. 

unm. 4 Mar. 1835. Leavis the f. res. on the old Warner homestead (now 
owned by Mr. Frazier Paige), in the centre of tlie town, and managed both the 
farm and the tavern; he d. 23 ]\Iav 1814, a. 37, and his w. Sarah m. Hon. 
John U. Niles of Hartford 17 June 1824. 

Jonah, m. Betsey White 21 Sep. 1812. George L., m. Ann M. Rutledge 
of Wore, pub. 18 June 184C. 

HoYT, Isaac H., of Brookfield, m. Melita Bonney 27 May 1846, and had, 
in Hk., Isaac Harvey, b. 23 Aug. 1848, d. 25 Jan. 1850 ; Emily Jane, b. 12 
June 1852. 

PIUBBARD, Chester, of Templeton, m. Mary R., dau. of Cyrus Danforth, 
pub. 3 Feb. 1844, and had, in Hk., Joseph Reuben, b. 23 Nov. 1846. Ches- 
ter the f. d. at Keokuk, Iowa, 29 June 1861, a. 45; his monument stands very 
near the northerly gate of the new cemetery in Hai'dwick. 

Hudson, Sarah, of AVare, m. Nathaniel Perry, Jr., pub. 22 Nov. 1807. 
Celia, dau. of Eli, m. ApoUos Fay 7 July 1817. Olive, m. William Winter 
5 June 1831. Sarah, wid. of Eli, d. 2 Mar. 1845, a. 92. 

PIuNT, John, s. of Isaac of Sudbury, grandson of Isaac of Concord, and 
great-grandson of William of Concord, the emigrant ancestoi", b. 12 Feb. 1711, 
was one of the earliest inhabitants of Hk. (having previously res. a few years 
in Grafton), and by w. Mary had Samuel, b. 27 Sep. 1736; Moses, b. 18 Dec. 
1738, d. 20 June 1747 ; Hannah, b. 22 Ap. 1741, m. Nathan Wheeler 1 July 
1762; Aaron, b. 18 Mar. 1744; Mary, b. 13 Oct. 1746, m. James AVright 18 
Jmie 1766; John, b. 31 Jan. 1749-50; Moses, b. 28 Oct. 1756; Joseph,, b. 8 
Dec. 1759, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Daniel Fay, 16 May 1779, and rem. to Ben- 
nington. His w. Mary d. 2 Ap. 1765, a. 45, and he m. Patience Wright 25 
Dec. 1765. John the f. res. three quarters of a mile northerly from the Com- 
mon, at the place marked " Dr. Ward well " on the R. Map, long famous as the 
AVillis tavern-stand; here he kept a tavern and cultivated a farm. During the 
Revolutionary War, his house was frequented by soldiers on their marcli to and 
from the army; the small pox was prevalent; and through fear of becoming 
infected, he went to a pest-house in New Braintree, was vaccinated, died 14 
Feb. 17 78, and was buried in an orchard at the angle of the N. Br. road, a few 
rods south of the former residence of Col. Stephen Fay. 

'2. Samuel, s. of John (1), m. Sarah Osgood of Rut. Dist., pub. 20 Sep. 
1758 ; she d. and he m. Abigail Fisk 20 Feb. 1766. His chil. were : Anna, b. 
17 Jan. 1761 ; Samuel, h. 3 Aj). 1763, d. at Shoreham, Vt., 15 Feb. 1825. 
Sajiuel the f. rem. to Pawlet, Vt., in 1762, as ajjpears by the town records, 
and thence to Shoreham, where he d. in 1799. Goodhue's Hist, of Shoreham, 
p. 31. 

3. Aaron, s. of John (1), m. Sarah Robinson 24 Oct. 1765, and had David, 
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402 HUNT. 

b. 15 Oct. 1766; Polly Palmer, b. — July 1770; Aaron, ha.}^. 4 Oct. 1772; 
Sally, bap. 19 June 1774, d. young; Sally, b. 1 Ap. 1777; John, b. 26 Mar. 
1779 ; Betsey, b. 28 July 1781. 

4. JoHN,"^s. of John (1), m. Elizabeth Webster 23 Dec. 1772; she d. 2 Oct. 
1779, and he in. Sarah Fay 1 Oct. 1784 ; res. in Ware. 

5. Moses, s. of John (1), m. Esther, dau. of John Jenney, 10 Dec. 1778, 
and had Sophia, b. 2 Oct. 1779, m. Josejah Dexter 13 July 1800; Moses, b. 27 
Aug. 1781 ; Abigail, b. 23 Sep. 1786 ; Jolm, b. 26 June 1788, m. Mabel Hop- 
kins 4 Jan. 1816, res. at Hadley; Mary Palmer, b. 19 Ap. 1790, m. Lemuel 
Wicker 15 Jan. 1811; Esther Jenney, h. 10 Feb. 1792, m. Lindsey Fay 20 Mar. 
1810; Zephaniah, b. 4 Aug. 1793, m. Mary Howland 19 Nov. 1821, res. Barre, 
d. 1 Sep. 1856; Orsamus, b. 16 Feb. 1797; Horace (ov Hirani), b. 15 Ap. 
1799, d. 15 Jan. 1803 ; William, b. 27 June 1800, d. 11 Jan. 1803; Hammond, 
b. 8 July 1802, d. 20 May 1803; William, h. 6 Sep. 1804, m. Patty, dau. of 
Capt. Edmund Mayo, pub. 3 Dec. 1827, d. at Sturbridge 17 June 1877. 
Moses the f. was a farmer, res. in the northerly part of the town, and d. 10 
July 1822. 

6. Moses, s. of Moses (5), m. Kebecca Winslow of Barre, pub. 20 Oct. 

1805, and had Elisha Winslow, h. 180G, d. 14 May 1807, a. 5 months ; 

Eliza, b. 9 Mar. 1808, m. Jonathan R. Haskell 3 Dec. 1829; Elisha Winsloiv, 
b. 9 July 1810; Hammond, b. 15 Ap. 1812; Abel Herod, bap. 16 Oct. 1814, d. 
19 Dec. 1814; He7iry, b. 14 Jan. 1816 ; John Winslow, b. 30 Nov. 1818, res. in 
Springfield; Moses, b. 12 Aug. 1821; William, b. 14 Dec. 1824, d. at Spring- 
field 29 July 1849. Moses the f. d. 8 Oct. (or 15, as on grave-stone) 1833. 

7. Orsamus, s. of Moses (5), m. Laura, dau. of Silas Newton, 7 Jan. 1821 ; 
she d. at Granby, 14 Jan. 1851, a. 56, and he m. her sister, Caroline New- 
ton. His chil. were: Addison, b. here 20 Jan. 1822, m. Clarissa E. Thomas, 16 
Mar. 1852, and rem. to Wore. ; and at Granby, Calvin Ne^vton, h. 8 June, 1825, 
d. 21 May 1830; Charles Edward, b. 21 May 1830; Edwin Newton, b. 14 Dec. 
1834. Orsamus the f. d. at Shrewsbury 25 May 1864. 

8. Elisha Winslow, s. of Moses (6), m. Louisa Vineca, pub. 20 Aug. 1841, 

and had Edwin, b. ; Newell, b. 1 Oct. 1843; William Sprague, b. here 28 

Feb. 1846, d. 24 Sep. 1852; William N, b. , Elisha W. the f. rem. to 

Springfield and d. 12 Dec. 1858. 

9. Hammond, s. of Moses (6), ni. Susan Walker 30 Ap. 1839, and had 
Eunice Mary Ann, b. 12 Ap, 1840, d. 15 Nov. 1841; Mercy Ann, b. 17 Nov. 
1841, d. 23 Sep. 1842; Susan Elvira, b. 28 Jan. 1845. Hammond the f. d. 
28 Aug. 1845, and his w. Susan m. Joshua Conkey of Rochester, N. Y., 3 Jan. 
1848. 

10. Henry, s. of Moses (6), m. Eliza P. Sexton 12 June 1844, and had 
E7nily F., h. 20 Sep. 1845 ; Eliza A., b. 12 Sep. 1847 ; Daniel Sexton, b. 4 Nov. 
1850, d. 30 Nov. 1850; Daniel, b. 25 Dec. 1851; Williajn Henry, b. 20 Jan. 
1855; George, h. 20 May 1857 ; Fanny, b. 8 Aug. 1859 ; John, b. 12 Dec. 1861; 
Mary Walker, b. 29 June 1864 ; a son, b. 19 Nov. 1866. Henry the f. was 
killed by lightning 22 Ap. 1867. 

11. Moses, s. of Moses (6), m. Jane Grier 31 Dec. 1856, and had Hammond, 
b. 31 July 1858, d. 3 Aug. 1858. Moses the f. rem. to Springf., and d. 6 Feb. 
1873. 

12. Charles Edward, s. of Orsamus (7), m. Laura Warner 4 Sep. 1855, 
and had Hattie Maria, b. 21 Mar. 1858. Charles Edward the f. i-em. to 
Gi-eenfield. 

13. Ephhaim of Gr., s. of Ephraim of Dartmouth and grandson of Rev. 
Samuel of Dartmouth, m. Rhoda Forbush 5 Ap. 1781. It does not appear 
whether they had children. He d. 5 Sep. 1831, a. 72; his w. Rhoda d. 15 Aug. 
1855, a. 94. There are indications that Ephraim of Dartm, rem. to Hardwick; 
and his sister Joanna, then of Gr., was pub. to Thomas Haskell 13 Jan. 
1749-50. 

14. John, a merchant in Boston, not known to be of near kin to either 
of the foregoing, was an early aid extensive land-owner in Hardwick. After 
his death, his real estate was divided between liis thi'ee sons, John, Shrimpton, 



HUNT — JENNEY. 403 

and Thomas, and bis dau., the w. Elizabeth Wendell, 10 Jan. 1754. One lot 
extended from the present southeasterly line of j\lr. William C. Wesson's 
homestead i\\in\^ the northerly side of the street to the Common, and thence up 
the hill where the old road is still visible, nearly or quite to the ^V'^are road, 
beino; ISO rods deep, at the easterly end ; 174 rods, at the southeasterly corner 
of the Common; and 207 rods, at the westerly end; the northerly line was 
straiolit, and measured 125 rods. This lot included the present Common and 
burial-jjround. 

Jackson, Nathaniel, of Gr., m. Lucy Seavcr, pub. 10 Jan. 1794. He 
was prob. the same who resided on the road connecting the (iilbertville and 
Ware roads, at the place marked " Mr. Warner " on the R. Map. No record 
found of children. 

2. Otis, of Woodstock, Conn., m. Ruth Jamerson 3 Jan. 1854, and had 
Man/ Jane, b. 15 Nov. 1854, m. Henry W. Ayers of N. Br. 19 Jan. 1880; Wll- 
Ham' Otis, b. 6 Oct. 1861; both b. in Hk. * 

Salome, m. Luther Seaver, pub. 4 Nov. 1808, d. 13 Ap. 1809, a. 22. Re- 
becca, d. unm. 23 Sep. 1814. a. 30. 

Jamerson, Seth, m. Lvdia, dau. of John Hastings, Esq., 3 Oct. 1814, and 
had Clark Hastings, b. — March 1815, d. 6 May 1816; Rebecca, b. 9 June 1818, 
m. Hiram Barrows of Dana, 26 May 1847; Clark, b. 20 Dec. 1819; Ruth, b. 
26 Dec. 1821, m. Otis Jackson 3 Jan. 1854; an infant d. 8 Sep. 1828. Seth 
the f. was b. in Barre, a farmer, and resided at the place marked with his 
name on the R. Map (the Hastings homestead on the Moose Brook road, near 
Barre) ; he was a jovial and feai-less rider in the troop of cavalry, and with 
his companion, Joel Hagar, was accustomed to keep the company wide awake. 
He d. 30 May 1858, a 67; his w Lydia d. 9 May 1872, a. 82. 

2. WiNTUROP, m. Caroline Fairbanks, pub. 27 Mar. 1826; he rem. to 
Barre. 

James, Humphrey, m. Mary Ann Newland, pub. 30 May 1855, and had 
Sarah Jane, b. 12 Feb. 1856 ; Mary Ahhy, b. 24 Feb. 1857; John Dean, b. 24 
Ap. 18G1, d. 5 Oct. 1863. 

Jenkins, Southworth, m. Huldah Wright 15 Nov. 1770, res. in Barre, 

where he had Southworth, b. , established himself in business as a clothier, 

at the Furnace Village in 1803, but ret. to Barre ; Ja7iies Wright, b. 1780; 

Joseph, h. 1781, res. in Boston, was a builder. Grand Master of the Grand 

Lodge of Masons, and d. 11 Oct. 1851; Benjamin, b. about 1784; Charles, b. 
about 1786, grad. W. C. 1813, pastor of a church in Portland, where he d. in 
1831, a. 45; and prob. others. Southworth the f. (if not his son of the 
same name) d. in Barre about the beginning of the year 1821; his w. Huldah 
d.— Nov. 1810, a. 62. 

2. James Wright, s. of Southworth (1), m. Betsey Whipple of Grafton, 
pub. 1 Jan. 1804, and had Josiah Whipple, b. here 6 Oct. 1805 ; and others 
(among whom was James W.), after his removal to Barre. James W. the 
f. kept a tavern in the Furnace Village 1807 and 1808, was Master of 
Mount Zion Lodge in 1811, returned to Barre, was captain of militia, and d. 
19 Sep. 1866, a. 86. 

3. Benjamin, s. of Southworth (1), m. Hannah Atwood of Barre, pub. 21 
Aug. 1808, and had Benjamin Franklin, bap. 11 Aug. 1811, d. at Barre 19 
May 1877, a. nearly 68; Jason, bap. 11 Aug. 1811 ; Benjamin Atwood, bap. 8 
Ap. 1814; d. at La Crosse, Wis., 19 Jan. 1880. Benjamin the f. was a clothier, 
succeeded his brother Southworth in business at the Old Furnace, and his 
brother James W., as Master of Mount Zion Lodge in 1812; he was also 
lieutenant of militia, and d. 12 March 1814. 

Jenks, Francis, m Alice Nye 28 July 1793. Sukey, m. Seth Ruggles, 
pub. 18 May 1794. Mrs. Sally, m. John Ruggles 26 Ap. ISOI. 

Jenney, John, of " Plymouth, who was a brewer of Norwich, went to 
Holland in his youth, lived at Rotterdam, came in the James, a little 
vessel of 44 tons, built for the Pilgrims of Leyden, arrived Aug. 1623, with 
w. Sarah (whom he m. at Leyden 1 Nov. 1614, by the name of Carey), and 
chil. Samuel, Abigail, and Sarah, at the same time with the Ann, there- 



404 JENNEY — JOHNSON. 

fore with her passengers reckoned among 'old comers,' had born here John 
s,x\il Smanna; was an assistant 1637-39, and representative 1()41." Savage's 
Gen. Diet. ii. 546. He d. between 28 Dec. 1643 and 5 June 1644. 

2. Joiix, s. of Samuel or John, and grandson of John (2), settled in Dart- 
mouth, Avhere by w. he had Sarah, b. 21 May 1672, ni. Sherman ; 

3Iehetabel, h. 26 Sep. 1673, m. (iifibrd ; Elizabeth, b. 5 Feb. 1676-7; 

Samuel, b. 4 Feb. 1678-9; Lyiiia, h — Aug. 1682, m. Benson ; John, b. 

18 Ap. 1684. John the f. d. between 21 Mar. and 26 Ap. 1727. 

3. John, s. of John (2), m. Abigail, dau. of Isaac Pope, and had Joanna, 
b. 8 Dee. 1714 ; Ephrabn, b. 20 Feb. 1716-17; Alice, b. 1 Oct. 1718; Margaret, 
b. 25 Mar. 1722; Elizabeth, b. 28 Jan. 1724-5; John, b. 2 Nov. 1730. John 
the f. res. in DartmoiJth. His will, dated 7 Nov. 1749, was proved 6 May 1755. 

4. John, s. of John (3), m. Abigail, dau. of Samuel Spooner, 23 Nov. 
1752, and had Zej>haniah, h. 2 Aug. 1753, was a physician, took the name of 
Jennings, m. Marthfl Eddy of Shrews. 28 Nov. 1799, and prob. soon rem. 

from Hk.; John, b. 16 Mar. 1755; Joanna, h. 1757, d. unm. 10 Mar. 

1835, a. 78; Esther, b. about 1759, m. Moses Hunt 10 Dec. 17 78; Elnathan, 

b. about 1762, was living in 1796; Abigail, b. , m. Elijah Billings 24 Ap. 

1796. John the f. rem. from Dartmouth to Hk. with his family, probably 
soon after the birth of his son John in 1 755 ; he was a farmer, and d. 31 May 
1796 ; his w. Abigail d. 10 Dec. 1829, a. 97, 

5. John, s. of John (4), m. Hannah Perry of Barre 10 Ap. 1788, and had 
Justus, b. 25 Nov. 1788 ; Esther Gates, h. 6 May 1790, m. Benjamin Gates of 
Barre 18 Nov. 1817; John, b. 16 Feb. 1792 ; Chiron, b. 26 Ap. 1794 ; Calvin, 
b. 3 July 1796; Seth, b. 21 July 1798; Hannah Perry, b. 19 Nov. 1800, m. 
Cyrus Danforth 6 Mar. 1817, and (2d) Clark Stone of Enfield 30 Sep. 1858, 
and d. 31 Oct. 1873; Hiram, b. 23 Aug. 1803, d. 5 Jan. 1805 ; Lucretia 

Perry, b. 21 Aug. 1805, m. Cary, and d. at Enf. 19 Sep. 1870 ; Abigail 

Spooner, b. 27 July 1808, m. Gardner Bartholomew, pub. 3 Feb. 1831. John 
the f. was a farmer, res. on the Ware road, at the place marked ''J. Kobin- 
son " on the R. Map (probably tbe homestead of his father), and d. 23 Aug. 
1814; his w. Hanmih m. Dr. William Stone of Enf., 23 Nov. 1819. 

6. Justus, s. of John (5), m. Lucy Wicker 19 Feb. 1811, and had Jane 
Parsons, b. 25 Sep. 1811; Charles Austin, b. 20 Nov. 1813; Sophronia, b. 
8 Dec. 1815; John, b. 18 Aug. 1818; Susan, bap. 19 Aug. 1821. Justus the 
f. res. on the homestead, but rem. from the town soon after 1821. 

7. John, s. of John (5), was a blacksmith, and rem. from Hk. prob. about 
1828. 1 find no record of marriage or children. 

8. Chiron, s. of John (5), m. Sophronia, dau. of Charles Paige, 28 Sep. 
1817; she d. 25 Feb. 1854, and be m. Mary C. Bowker 23 Mar. 1865. His 
chil. were: Clarissa Paige, b. 25 Sep. 1818, m. David Elwell 2d, 7 Sep. 1842; 
Algernon' Sidney, b. 6 Sep. 1821; Hattie Bell (a child of her father's old age), 
b. 5 July 1869, d. 11 Aug. 1870. Chikon the f. was a tanner, res. at the old 
Furnace Village, and d. 29 June 1874. 

9. Calvin, s. of John (5), m. Mary Bassett 19 Sep. 1824, and had Mary 
E., b. 19 June 1825 ; Louisa, b. 2 July 1827, d. 21 Oct. 1831 ; Eideliu, b. 9 

Aug. 1829, m. Wheeler, and d. at Ware 20 Jan. 1861; Clarissa, b. 11 

Aug. 1831, and d. at Ware 3 May 1853. Calvin the f. was a farmer and 
cajjtain of militia, res. on the Ware road for some years, at the place 
marked " C. Buggies " on the R. Map, but rem. from the town. 

10. Algernon Sidney, s. of Chiron (8), m. Mary J. Brigham of Pres., 
pub. 14 Feb. 1846, and had Mary Jane Frances, b. 3 Mar. 1851. 

Jemima, m. Gideon Carpenter 31 May 1753. Esther, m. David Gilbert, 
Jr., of N. Br. 23 Mar. 1758. 

Johnson, Experience, m. Mary Hamlin, at Rochester, 18 Ap. 1728, 
and had William, b. 26 Aug. 1729 ; Thomas, b. 13 Nov. 1733, pub. to Hannah 
Chelson 10 Mar. 1759 ; he soon rem. from Roch. to Hk., and both his sons 
were bap. here 5 Dec. 1736. 

2. Zebadiah, pi-ob. s. of Zebadiah and Esther of Shrewsbury, and, if so, 
bap. 1 Ap. 1733, came here about 1753, m. AHce, dau. of Capt. Constant 



JOFINSON. 405 

Merrick, 25 Nov. 1756. and had Samuel, h. 23 May 1758 ; Mary, h. 10 iMar. 
17fiO, d. iinin. 5 Oct. 1837; Constant, b. 9 Jan. 1762; Jnnh, b. 9 Mar. 1705; 
Zehudlah, b. 10 June 1 767, m. Sally Powisrs 9 Feb. 1 791 ; John, b. 4 June 1 709. 

3. SkTm, proi). brother of Zebadiah (2), and b. at Slirews. 15 Feb. 1736. 
pub. to Kezia Cooley of Gr. 2 Aujr. 1760, and had Jonah, b. 19 ]\Iar. 1761; 
Catherine, h. 3 Aii'^. 1763, in. Ephraim Ilodijes 25 Nov. 1779; Phehe, h. 29 
Sep. 1704, m. Noah Beacli of Rut., jiub. 9 July 1780 ; Elecln, b. 31 Jan. 1767, 
ni. Jauu's Whipple 21 Ap. 1785. Widow Kkzta Joiin30X, the mother, d. 
15 Feb. 1822, a. 85. 

4. Israel, prob. brother of Zebadiah (2), and b. at Shrews. 11 Sep. 1737, 
m. Abiel, wid. of Ebenezer Safford, 29 Dec. 1761, and had Challis, b. 1 Oct. 
1762. 

5. NAxnANFEL, by w. Sarah, had prob. Nathaniel, h. ; Triphena, b. 15 

Sep. 1704, m. Sylvanus Brimhall 14 Sep. 1783. Nathaniel the f. d. 3 Nov. 
1790, a. 71. 

6. Silas, m. Patience Walker of Pet., 27 Nov. 1760, and had Silas, b. 27 
Nov. 1707 ; Susanna, b. 15 Ap. 1770. Silas the f. d. 12 July 1822, a. 76; his 
w. Patience d. 18 Oct. 1813, a. 69. 

7. N.\Tii.\xiEL, prob. s. of Nathaniel (5), ni. Mary Nye 5 Sep. 1783, and 
had Otis, b. 5 May 1 784. 

8. Stephen, m. Abip;ail Rice of Barre 31 May 1774 ; she d. 22 Ap. 1777; 
and he ni. Elizabeth Witt of Paxton, pub. 16 May 1779. His chil. were : 
Abiqail,h. 19 Ap. 1776; m. Wyatt Richardson, pub. 6 May 1795; Elizabeth, 
b. 17 June 1780 ; Stephen, b. 14 Dec. 1781. 

9. Aarox, m. Susanna Bridgeman of Gr. — June 1787, and had Aaron, b. 
22 May 1788. 

10. Daniel, m. Lucy Brings of Orange — IMay 1797, and had Samuel, b. 
29 Jan. 1798, m. Polly Sprout, pub. 15 May 1825, and d. 14 Aug. 1847 ; she 
d. 22 Jan. 1829, a. 37; Ezra, h. 22 Oct. 1799, ni. Abigail Sprout, pub. Nov. 
1830, and d. at Presc. 1 Ap. 1878; Philip, b. 3 May 1802, ni. Civilla R. 
Thayer, pub. 20 Mar. 1830; she d. 19 Dec. 1801. a. 58, and he m. Mrs. 
Elizabeth C. Stevens 21 Awx- 1862 ; his dau. Mary E. d. unm. 30 Nov. 1867, 

a. 36; and he d. 24 Mar. 1875 ; Lncj/, b. 6 July 1804, ni. Orville Lathrop of 
Shrews., pub. 31 Jan. 1825. Lucy the mother d. 3 Feb. 1814, a. 41. 

11. Silas, s. of Silas (0), m. Hannah Nye 15 Dec. 1785; she d. and he ni. 
Celia Howard, or Havwood, 24 Feb. 1799, and had Silas Nye, b. 3 Sep. 1799, 
d. at Dana 1 Ap. 1879; Alansnn, b. 9 Nov. 1800; Hiram, h. 3 Sep. 1802; 
Gardner, h. 25 Oct. 1804; Nehemiali Hai/wood, b. 20 May 1807, res. in Illinois 
21 Sep. 1841, when he m. Eunice Randall; Karf/lan, h. 15 July 1809. Silas 
the f. d. 19 ]Mar. 1840, and his w. Celia m. John Peckhan/of Pet. 20 Ap. 
1841. 

12. Aaron, m. Celia Richardson of Gr., 11 Sep. 1800, and had Alice, b. 21 
Mar. 1801, m. Seth Richardson, pub. 3 Ap. 1820; William, h. 1 Nov. 1803, 
m. Eliza Wldpple 15 Aug. 1822, and d. 16 Aug. 18 71. Aaron, the f. d. 1 
May 1813, a. 41; his w. Celia d. 2 Sep. 1840, a. 66. 

13. John, prob. s. of Zebadiah (2), by w. Mary, had Chester, h. about 1801; 
John, b. about 1805, m. Arathusa Dexter 5 Oct. 1828 (she d. Ap. 1862, a. 
50 ; he d. 2 May 1870, a. 71) ; their son, William W., m. Eunice C. Sturte- 
vant 18 Aug. 1880; Samuel, b. about 1810, d. 31 May 1848, a. 38. John the 
f. d. 25 Ap. 1828. 

14. Maush.\ll, m. Lettice Hathaway 1 Jan. 1811, and had Balarah, b. 19 
Oct. 1811; Mary, b. 9 Dec. 1812, m. Ebenezer H. Egery 26 Feb. 1828; Sarah, 

b. 25 Dec. 1814, m. Hosea Cummings 22 Feb. 1831; Justus, b. 31 Aug. 1816. 
Marshall the f. d. 28 Oct. 1857, a. 81; his w. Lettice d. 3 Mar. 1859, a, 72. 

15. Alanson, s. of Silas (11), m. Amanda Wheeler, pub. 8 May 1826, and 
had Henri/ A.,h. 7 Ap. 1827 ; William W., b. 4 Nov. 1835. 

16. William, by w. Ellen, had Halsea Hurlhurt, b. 1843. 

17. Justus, s. of JNIarshall (14), m. Sylvia S. Smith of Gr., pub. 28 Feb. 
1840, and had Genrcie Franklin, b. 3 Jan. 1845. 

18. Chester, s. of John (13), by w. Rebecca had George, b. 11 Jan. 1847. 
Chester the f. d. 31 Aug. 1848, a. 38; his w. Rebecca d, 24 July 1851, a. 46. 



406 JOHNSON — JORDAN. 

19. Philander, by w. Susan, had William Warren, b. 7 Aug. 1848. 

20. David W., by w. Clarissa A., had Frederick D., b. 29 July 1850 ; Oren 
Alpheus, b. 9 July 1852. 

21. GARDNt:R"^N., by w. Eliza, had Joseph French, b. 24 Aug. 1853. 

22. John J., m. Harriet E. Covell, 11 Mar. 1852, and had Lestella, b. 26 
Oct. 1853; a son b. 27 Ap. 1861, d. 19 May 1861; Cleola A., b. 4 Mar. 1863, 
m. Rollin D. Newton, 3 Mar. 1881. 

23. John, by w. Julia, had Thomas Francis, b. 21 Jan. 1857. 

24. Alpheus, ni. Fi'ances M. Turner, pub. 28 Ap. 1853, and had Fanny 
Adella, b. 24 Feb. 1861. 

25. Aarox F., by w. Adeline, had William Harvey, b. 1 June 1861. 

26. Halsea H., s. of William (16), m. Mary E. Kendall 20 Oct. 1863, and 
had Samuel Hurlbwi, b. 30 May 1864. 

27. Enos T., m. Emma C. Bacon of Gr. 16 Mar. 1864, and had Charles 
Albert, b. 23 Ap. 1873; Rupert E., b. 20 Oct. 1881. 

Solomon, of Gr. (prob. bro. of Zebadiah (2)), m. Sarah Dexter 28 Dec. 
1762. Joel, ni. Eleanor Parks 27 Sep. 1768. William, m. Hannah John- 
son 26 Jan. 1775 or 1776. John, m. Nancy Thayer, pub. 10 Nov. 1797. 
Joshua, m. Rachel Whij)ple 12 Aug. 1798. Seth, m. Sally Hillman, pub. 
27 Nov. 1800. Stephen N., m. Susanna Whipple 3 Feb. 1823. Samuel, m. 
Betsey Cumniings 29 June 1829. Peebles, m. Eliza Ellen Whipple 21 May 
1861. Joel, d. 10 Oct. 1813, a. 70. Milo, d. 31 Aug. 1845, a. 21. 

The registration of births was so much neglected by the parents for many 
years, that I am unable to give a satisfactory account of the numerous families 
bearing the name of Johnson, and of their relationship to each other. 

Jordan, Edmund, a nephew of Benjamin Smith and one of the pioneers, 
m. Temperance, dau. of William Thomas (at Brk.), 12 Mar. 1734, and had 
Elizabeth, h. 27 Ap. 1735, m. John Mellard, pub. 19 Ap. 1761; William, h. 
13 Dec. 1737; Submit, b. 19 Ap. 1740, m. Daniel Hastings, pub. 22 July 1764; 
Man/, b. 23 Dec. 1743; Sarah, b. 13 Aug. 1746, d. 25 Oct. 1746; Sarah, h. 
24 July 1748, d. unm. 24 Mar. 1771; Eleazar, b. 2 Mar. 1750; ]S[eits (a son), 
b. 1 May 1752. Edmund the f. was b. in Taunton, and was a carpenter; 
he was a corporal in Capt. Samuel Robinson's company 1755, in the French 
War; also in 1756, during which campaign he died, a. 45. 

2. John, prob. brother of Edmund (1), was hei"e in 1735, in^ Nitchev,'aug 
(Petersham) 1738, returned to Hk., was a soldier in Captain Robinson's 
company 1755, and d. 14 Dec. 1755. His son Dudley was bap. in Nitche- 
waug by Rev. Mr. White, 30 July 1738, was a soldier in Captain Robinson's 
company 1756, and d. during that campaign, a. 20. 

3. Dudley, prob. brother of Edmund (1), m. Mary, dau. of John Haskell, 
23 Dec. 1739, and had Susanna, b. 20 Mar. 1740-1, m. Abraham Knowlton 
12 Mar. 1764; Philip, b. 17 Mar. 1742-3; Mercy, b. 10 (or 14) June 1745, 
m. John Raymond 7 Mar. 1771; Sarah, b. 22 July 1747; Dudley, b. 8 Mar. 
1749. Dudley the f. res. on Ruggles Hill, at or near the place marked " A. 
Ruggles " on the R. Map; he was a remarkably expert gunner, and is said to 
have alarmed the town by discharging his gun at a catamount three times in 
such rapid succession that it was su])posed to be the "alarm," or established 
signal of danger. He d. 26 Ap. 1750; his w. Mary d. 27 May 1750. 

4. Dudley, s. of Dudley (3), m. Bathsheba Rice 8 Aug. 1776, and had 
Hannah, b. 29 Ap. 1777; Bathsheba, b. 11 Jan. 1779; Polly, b. 19 Jan. 1781 ; 
Prudence, b. 11 Nov. 1782, d. unm. at Gr. 16 Dec. 1869; Mercy, b. 6 Jan. 
1785, m. William Morton of Gr. 20 Mar. 1813; William Piit, b. about 1786; 

Cijnthia, b. , m. Seth B. Manly 12 May 1824; Alma (or Almira), b. about 

1793, d. unm. 21 Mar. 1814, a. 21; John Tyler, b. 3 Sep. 1799, res. in Gr., d. 
17 Sep. 1879, a. 80 years and 14 days; George Anson, b. about 1805, d. 11 
July 1814, a. 9. Dudley the f. was a tanner, res. several years near Gilbert- 
ville, on the old road, now little used, a few rods below the place marked " R. 
Field " on the R. Map, in a house apparently one of the earliest erected in the 
town; he d. at Ware 5 July 1820 ; his w. Bathsheba d. 5 Dec. 1813, a. 53. 

5. William Pitt, s. of Dudley (4), m. Sophia Bliss of Jamaica, Vt., pub. 



JORDAN— KINSLEY. 407 

19 Ap. 1813; she d. and he m. Mary Presho, 25 Mar. 1818; she d. 25 May 
1834, a. 37, and he m. Electa Grant, who d. 4 Jan. 1838, a. 26, and he m. 

Mrs. Sophia King 26 June 1838. His chil. were : Anson, b. 1818, d. 24 

Mar. 1820, a. 2 ; Cynthia, b. 3 Nov. 1821, m. James Davis, Jr., 11 Auir. 1836 ; 
3Iary Nye, b. 9 Jan. 1823; William P., b. 1828, d. 31 Dec. 1860, a. 32 ; and 
perhaps others. William Pitt the f. was a tanner, res. on the road to Barre, 
at the place marked "P. Jordan " on the R. Map, and d. 24 Ap. 1869. 

JoSLix, DiXAH, m. Prince Nye 15 Dec. 1774. Elizaretii, m. Abraham 
Bell of N. Br. 29 Dec. 1785. Peter A., m. Hannah T. Newcomb, pub. 31 
Oct. 1829. Matthews, m. Mrs. Margaret Holdridge 12 Dec. 1830, and d. 

20 Mar. 1840, a. 73. A child of Matthews, Jr., d. 26 Oct. 1834, a. 6 mos. 
Keith, Ephraim, s. of Joseph, and grandson of Rev. James, b. at Bridge- 
water in 1707, grad. H. C. 1729, preached here about a year, commencing 2 
May 1734, but was probably never ordained; he i-eturned to Bridgewater, 
was justice of the peace, m. Sarah, dau. of Israel AVashburn, had seven chil., 
and d. in 1781. 

2. JoHX, prob. b. in Bridgewater, m. Ann Belcher of Bridgew., pub. 10 Ap. 
1774; she d. and he m. Zerviah Willis 21 Oct. 1782. His chil. were: John, 
bap. 9 July 1775; Joseph, b. 5 Oct. 1783; Benjamin, b. 17 Feb. 1785; Seth, b. 
17 Feb. 1788. 

Reuel, m. Abigail Allen, pub. 11 Ap. 1784. 

Kelly, William, m. Annis Thayer, pub. 25 Dec. 1820, and had Merrick 
Thayer, b. 14 Feb. 1822; James Han-ey, b. 20 Sep. 1824. 

Margaret, m. Cornelius AVrin, pub. 8 Nov. 1856. 

Kennedy, Daniel, by w. Margaret, had Nancy, b. 24 Aug. 1856; Daniel, 
b. 24 Sep. 1858; Timothy, b. 24 Jan. 1861 ; Jeremiah, b. 5 Mar. 1864. 

2. Richard, by w. Margaret, had Michael, h. 23 Sep. 1856. 

3. David, m. Catherine Cronan, pub. 12 Jan. 1855, and had Thomas, b. 1 
Ap. 1861; Dennis, h. 26 July 1863; Cornelius (posthumous), b. 6 June 1867. 
David the f. was b. in Ireland, and d. 20 Oct. 1866, a. 45. 

4. Alexander, m. Jane , who d. , and he m. Jeannettc Alex- 
ander, pub. 31 Aug. 1868. His chil. were: William, b. 30 Oct. 1862; Mary, b. 

11 Jan. 1869. 

Ellen, of AVare, ra. Peter Alexander 7 Feb. 1867. Catherine, m. Timo- 
thy Daley 7 Sep. 1868. Jessie, ni. Samuel Ross 23 Dec. 1876. 

Kenney, Jesse, m. Hannah Stearns, 11 Aug. 1776. 

Kerley, Anna, m. Elisha Pike 29 Nov. 1744. 

Kimball, Jude, m. Joanna, dau. of James Lawton, 25 Aug. 1793, rem. 
to Lyndon, Vt., where he had James Lawton, b. 25 Ap. 1799, gracl. L). C. 1824, 
and at And. Seminary 1828, became secretary of the Amer. Tract Soc. at 
Boston 1831, and d. unm. at Lyndon 8 Sep. 1833. 

King, Samuel, of Barre, m. Sybil Raymond 5 May 1840, res. here, and had 
Samuel Sumner, b. 6 Mar. 1845, d. 2 Feb. 1876; John, b. 1 Mar. 1847, d; 4 Ap. 
1862. 

2. John, m. Mary J. Richardson 3 Oct. 1844, and had a son, b. 13 Nov. 
1849; Haroey Walker, h. 16 Aug. 1852; Elizabeth Arlella, b. 8 Feb. 1857; Mar- 
shall Johnson, b. 20 Feb. 1859; Albert, h. 30 Sep. 1862. 

3. Jesse ^Y., m. Huldah M.Barnes 21 Oct. 1848, and had Charles Walter,h. 

12 Nov. 1849. Jesse W. the f. d. 3 Dec. 1855, a. 30; his w. Huldah M. m. 
Billings Cummings 22 Nov. 1859, and d. 10 Dec. 1868, a. 38. 

4. Thomas, by w. Catherine, had Edward Norbert, b. 5 June 1855; Mary 
Jane, b. 27 Oct. 1856; Caroline, b. 25 June 1859, d. unm. at AVare 16 Sep. 
1879; William Wallace, b. 20 May 1868. 

5 Edward T., by w. Mary J., had Nellie May, b. 2 May 1872. 

Joel (b. Enfield, Conn.), d. 29 July 1861, a. 81. AVarren M., m. Louisa 
Cummings of Barre, pub. 17 Sep. 1821. George H., m. Lucy J. Barnes 7 
May 1846. Alfred C, m. Sarah E. Hall 1 Oct. 1873. AA^id. Elizabeth 
F., d. 23 Ap. 1880, a. 78. 

Kinsley, Martin, s. of Samuel, was born at Bridgewater in 1754, grad. 
H. C. 1778, settled immediately in Hardwick, m. Polly Bellows of AValpole, 



408 KINSLEY — KNOWLES. 

N. IT., pub. 3 Oct. 1784, and had Pollji Huhhard, b. 26 May 1787, d. 28 Aug. 
1791; Sophia W., b. 1 7 July 179 7, d. 12 Jan. 1800; and, after his removal from 
Hk., Mary, b. 6 July 1801, m. Samuel Gardner, Esq., of Roxbury, and d. in 
1839; Martin, b. 23 Sep. 1808, d. 31 May 1811. Martin the f., soon after 
he rem. here, en2;a<;ed in the sale of Enjxlish and West India 2;oods, and res. 
at the place marked " J. IMixter " on the R. Map. About 1 780 he was com- 
missioned as one of the aids of Maj. Gen. Warner, and was thenceforth known 
as Miijor Kinsley ; from this office, however, he was removed in 1 78G. probably 
on account of his sympathy with the Shays Rebellion, against which removal 
he ])ublished a protest in the " Worcester Magazine " for Deceml)er, p. 450, 
under date of 24 Nov. 1786. The Shays party, then a majority of the town, 
rewarded him for his services and mortification by electing him town treasurer 
six years, from 1787 to 1792, and representative eight years, from 1787 to 1796, 
except 1789 and 1793, when no representative was chosen. Between 4 Ap. 
1797 and 16 Feb. 1798, he removed to Hampden, in the province of Maine, 
where he was actively engaged, on the Democratic side, in the fierce political 
contest which marked the commencement of the present century. He was jus- 
tice of the peace, while at Hardwick, in 1789, recommissioned in 1802, repre- 
sentative of Hampden in the General Court 1801 to 1806 (except 1805), senator 
from Hancock County 1814, member of the executive council 1810, 1811, and 
member of Congress in 1819 and 1820. He was appointed justice of the Court 
of Sessions 3 Sep. 1811, and on the eighth day of the following October, judge 
of the Court of Common Pleas for the Eastern Circuit; he was afterwards, for 
several years, judire of Probate. In his old age he retired from public office, 
and removed to Roxbury, where he died, at the house of his daughter, 20 June 
1835. 

IvNAPr, CiiARLKS, by w. Hannah, had Caroline Wisicell, b. about 1807, d. 
22 Sep. 1811, a. 4; Mary Jane, h. 21 June 1809; Charles William, b. 9 Oct. 
1811; Daniel Field, b. 7'Sep. 1813; Amasa Mason, bap. 17 Sep. 1816, d. 16 
Aug. 1818, a 2; Catherine Wisicell, bap. 25 Dec. 1818. 

2. Georgp: W., of Franklin, m. Clarissa Snow 21 Sep. 1823, and had twin 
chil, who d. 20 and 22 Oct. 1830. 

Knight, Tiieopiiilus, b. at Plainfield, Conn., 2 June 1788, m. Theodotia 
Bliss, who was b. at Western (now Warren), 1 Feb. 1792, and had in AVarren 
Mary E., b. 20 Ap, 1814, d. 25 Oct. 1821 ; Albert E., b. 2 Nov. 181G; Lucij P., 
b. 1 Dec. 1818, d. unm. 24 Feb. 1872; Wealthy S., b. 1 Jan. 1821, m. Frazier 
Paice 11 Mar. 1844; Royal, h. 7 Mar. 1824, d. 3 May 1838; Aaron B., h. 15 
June 1826, d. 13 May 1861; Mart/ Ann, b. 10 Nov. 1829, m. Dr. Almon M. 
Orcutt 16 Oct. 1850 ; Samuel H., b. 3 Dec. 1831, res. in St. Louis ; Franklin S., 
b. 9 May 1835, was a member (clerk) of the 31st Regt. Mass. Vols, in the Union 
Army, and d. unm. in St. Charles Hospital, New Orleans, 10 Jan. 1863. 
Thkophilus the f. was a farmer, rem. to Hardwick, with his family, 1 Ap. 
1837, res. at the south end of the Common, and d. 14 Alar. 1844 ; his w. Theo- 
dotia d. 2 Feb. 1875. 

2. Albert E., s. of Theophilus (1), came here 1 Ap. 1837, and m. E. 
Augusta Phelps of Ware 12 May 1841 ; she d. 20 Feb, 1864; a. 46, and he m. 
Harriet J., dau. of Joseph Robinson and wid. of AVilliam Browning, 5 Ap. 1866; 
she d. 16 Sep. 1869, a. 39, and he m. Cornelia E., dau. of Capt. Pliny Alden, 
25 Oct. 1870. His chil. were: Jane E., b. 21 Dec. 1842, m. Joel L. Powers 1 
Jan. 1866; Elizabeth H., b. 29 May 1846, m. Julius A. Dennis 8 Oct, 1868; 
Samuel H. P., b. 8 May 1852, d, 25 Sep, 1853 ; William H., b. 26 Ap. 1855, d. 
9 June 1857; Harry Phelps, b. 26 Nov. 1856. Albert E. was for several 
years a clerk in the store of Mixter & Delano and Delano & Co. ; afterwards 
a merchant, on his own account, at the south end of the Common; postmaster 
since 1850; town clerk since 1861; town treasurer eleven years from 1867 to 
1878; justice of the peace since 1861 ; and representative in 1864. 

Knowles, Simeon, by w. Eunice, had Simeon, b. about 1766; Elisha, b. 
about 1779, d. 14 Aug. 1858, a. 79; Phebe, b. about 1783, d. unm, 7 Ap. 1824, 
a. 41 ; and prob. others. Simeon the f. res. in Eastham until after the birth 
of his son Simeon ; and perhaps all his chil. were born there. His w. Eunice 
d. here 5 Ap. 1819, a. 79. 



KNOWLES — KNOWLTON. 409 

2. SiMKOX, p. of Simaon (1), by w. Priscilla, had Bnnga, b. about 1789, d. 
17 Sep. 1806, a. 17; Simeon, h. about 1791 ; Leonard, h. about 1795, d. 7 Feb. 
1811, a. 16; Edward, b. about 1799, d. at Leicester 29 Oct. 1876, a. 77; Har- 
riet, b. about 1805, m. Calvin A. Burnett of Oxford 29 June 1830, and d. at 
Leicester 20 Ap. 1865, a. 60; and perhaps others. SIM^;ON the f. d. 22 Auor. 
1823, a. 57 ; his w. Priscilla d. 5 Feb. 1839, a. 75. 

3. SiMKON, s. of Simeon (2), m. Lucetta, dau. of Silas Newton, 14 Mar. 
1814, and hud Laura Loraine, h. 10 Oct. 1816, m. Riifiis Washburn, Jr., of 
Johnstown, N. Y., 21 Feb. 1837; Lttciua James, b. 2 July 1819, an eminent 
inventor and manufacturer in Warren and Worcester; ^ Harriet Ereline, b. 24 
July 1821, m. Lorin Brown of Fitcliburg 1 Oct. 1844; Francis B.,h. 29 Nov. 
1823, a successful manufacturer in Worcester. Simkox the f. res. about three 
miles northerly from the Common. His w. Lucetta d. at Warren 23 Auo-. 1868, 

a. 76. 

AiuA, m. Elisha T. Mason, pub. 3 June 1816. Eunice, m. Moses Whipple, 
Jr., 6 Ap. 1823. 

KxowLTox, Joseph, said to have been son of Thomas and Margery (Good- 
hue), was b. in Ipswich and res. there until about 1733, when he rem. to 
Shrewsbury. He m. Abigail Bird and had, in Ipswich, Joseph, b. prob. about 
1720; Abit/ail, b. about 1722, d. in Ilardwick unm. 4 Mar. 1807, a. 84; Jacob, 

b. about 1729; Abraham, b. about 1731; and in Shrews., N^athan, b. 28 Jan. 
1733; Samuel and Nathaniel, twins, b. 21 Jan. 1737; Israel, b. 28 Jan. 1740. 
These eight children are named in their ftither's will, dated 17 Mar. 1756; and 
besides these. Ward says {Hist. Skn-wshuri/, p. 348), there were Margery, 
who d. at Shrews. 5 Feb. 1740, and " Thomas, who was killed by the French 
and Indians at Hoosac Fort, Aug. 17, 1745." Joseph the f. d. at Shrews., 
between 17 Mar. 1756 and 2 Sep. 1760. His w. Abigail d. 3 July 1748, and 
he m. Ann , who survived him. 

2. Jacob, s. of Joseph (1), settled in Hardwick as early as 1752, m. Sarah 
Pratt of Shrews. 21 Nov. 1759; she d. and he m. Sarah Smith, pub. 1 Nov. 
1762. His chil. were: Joseph, b. 20 Nov. 1760; Sarah, b. 29 Sep. 1763, m. 
Ebenezer Rich, Jr., of Gr., pub. 14 Dec. 1786 ; Elizabeth, bap. 23 June 1765; 
Elijah, b. 2 Mar. 1767, d. 2 Dec. 1790; Anna, b. 17 July 1769 ; Abigail, b. 26 
June 1771; Jacob, b. 16 June 1774, d. 22 Sep. 1775; Jacob, b. 6 Oct. 1776. 
Jacob the f. was a blacksmith, and owned a farm bounded north by Muddy 
Pond and south by Ware. He served two campaigns in the French War, as a 
corporal in Capt. Samuel Robinson's company. He d. before 6 Aug. 1789, 
■when his w. Sarah m. Deac. Joseph Allen. 

3. Abraham, s. of Joseph (1), was in Templeton as early as 1756, and m. 
Comfort Holman; she d. about 1761, when he rem. to Hk. and m. Susanna 

Jordan 12 Mar. 1764. His chil. were: Comfort, b. 1761 at Templeton, m. 

George Haskell 25 Ap. 1782; Sarah, b. 13 June 1765, m. Elijah Bant^s 21 Ap. 
1791; Israel, b. 11 Jan. 1767 ; Thomas, b. 23 Jan. 1769, d. 8 Sep. llil ; Lucy, 
b. 21 Dec. 1770, m. Nathan Haskell of Wendell 2 June 1795; Abraham, b. 6 

May 1774, d. 1777 ; Philip, b. 30 July 17 76, d. 1777 ; Thomas, b. 9 

Feb. 1782, settled in Winchendon. Abraham the f. was a tanner, and res. 
ion the Petersham road, at or near the place marked "Mr. Woods " on the R. 

1 "Lucius J. Knowles, a native of Hard- be readily produced. Mr. Knowles has an 
wick, engaged in tiie manufacture of looms inventive' genius, which has produced other 
at Warren, with his brother, F. B. Knowles. important inventions besides his tooms. He 
In 186G this branch of his business was re- has been engaged in the manufacture of cot- 
moved to Worcester, where it has. since been ton and woollen; and tiie Knowles' steam- 
conducted. The looms first made by the jiumps, which he manufactures in large 
firm were constructed to weave narrow fab- quantities at Warren, have a world-wide 
rics, which still constitute an important part reputation. He has been state senator, al- 
of the product of tlie firm. In 1863, Mr. L. dennan, president of the Board of Trade, and 
J. Knowles took out his first patent for an is now (1879) president of tiie People's Sav- 
open-shed fancy cassimere loom, which he ings Bank, and a trustee of the Free Insti- 
has recently adapted to the weaving of many tute." Hist, of Worcester County, ii. 665. 
newfiibrics, and he has devised mechanisms While Mr. Knowles resided in Warren, he 
by which almost every kind of fancy textile was a representative in the General Court 
fabrics, whether of cotton, wool, or silk, can 1865, and senator ia 1869. 



410 KNOWLTON — LAWRENCE. 

Map. He was a lieutenant in the Revolutionary War. In his old age his 
long white locks gave him a venerable aspect. He d. 9 June 1812, a. 81; 
his w. Susanna d. 27 Ap. 1816, a. 75. 

4. Israel, s. of Abraham (3), m. Abigail Carter 2 May 1793, and had 
Is^rael, b. 12 Mar. 1795, d. 28 Mar. 1795; Calvin, b. 2 Sep. 1797, m. Abigail 
Powers of Rye, N. H., 20 Sep. 1822, and d. there 30 Jan. 1878; Israel, K 22. 

Dec. 1799, d. Ap. 1800; a son, b. and d. 1802; Maria, b. 8 June 

1804, m. Williams Dexter 3 June 1828; Abraham, b. 12 Jan. 1807, a mason, 
res. unm. in Cambridge; Timothy Carter, b. 14 Aug. 1810, ra. Susan Locke of 
Rye 18 Feb. 1836 ; she d. 17 July 1842, and he m. Augusta Locke of Rye 8 
Sep. 1843; he d. 9 July 1869; Luaj, b. 28 July 1816, d. unm. in Cambridge 1 
Sep. 1878. Israel the f. rem. to Brighton, where he d. 12 Oct. 1842; his w. 
Abigail d. in Cambridge 9 Oct. 1851, a. 77. 

Paul, of Shrewsbury, m. Lucy Forbush 3 Nov. 1769. 

Knox, Joseph, m. Susan, dau. of Jason Mixter, 7 Sep. 1831, and had 
Charles Mixter, b. 19 Jan. 1835. Joseph the f. was a lawyer, and after a short 
residence here rem. in 1837 to Rock Island, 111., where he'd. 6 Aug. 1881. 

Lajib, Jonathan, by w. Rebecca, had Martha, b. 3 Aug. 1 765°; Jonathan, 
b. 26 Nov. 1767; Armilla, b. 16 Aug. 1769; Eunice, b. 14 June 1771. 

Lane, Elijah, by w. Hannah, had Elijah, b. 29 July 1798; Dan Wilmarth, 
b. 7 May 1800; Justus, b. 19 Mar. 1802; Hannah Brown, b. 24 Mar. 1804, m. 
Luke Earl 2 Feb. 1826; Nancy, b. 15 Feb. 1807; Rebecca Snoio, b. 15 Mar. 
1809; Elbridge, b. 6 Dec. 1813 ; Elizabeth Copeland, b. 30 Nov. 1815, Calvin, 
b. 15 Mar. 1818; Charles Foster, b. 20 Ap. 1821, d. at Enfield 27 Jan. 1861. 
Elljah the f. was a farmer, and rem. from Norton to Hk. about 1799; his w. 
Hannah d. 18 June 1824, a. 46; and he was dism. to the church in Enfield 24 
Jan. 1830. 

2. Ephraim, brother of Elijah (1), m. Rebecca Snow 13 Nov. 1803 ; she d. 
20 Mar. 1835, and he m. Mrs. Nancy Hemenway, pub. 29 Sep. 1837. No 
record found of children. 

3. Dan Wilmarth, s. of Elijah (1), m. Alma, dau. of Orin Trow, 6 Jan. 
1824, and had Clarissa 7'., b. 24 Aug. 1825, d. the same year; Joanna Maria, 

b. 1 Nov. 1826; Orin Trow, b. 12 Ap. 1828; Charles E., h. 1830, d. at 

Orange 11 Oct. 1854, a. 24. 

Obed, m. Abigail Smith 16 Feb. 1802. Rebecca, of Gr., m. Deac. Eben- 
ezer Willis, pub.l3 May 1811. 

Lawrence, Joshua, by w. Elizabeth, had Sarah, h. 2 July 1704; Joanna, 
b. 14 Oct. 1706, m. Robert Whitcomb 13 Jan. 1731-32; Ebenezer, b. 10 Oct. 
1708 ; Experience, b. 18 May 1711, d. unm. in Hk. 3 Dec. 1796 ; Elizabeth, b. 
3 Jan. 1713-14, perhaps m. John Haskell of Roch. 4 Mar. 1753 ; Joshua, b. 7 
Ap. 1719; Benjamin and Deliverance, twins, b. 21 Dec. 1727. Joshua the f. 
res. in Rochester, where all his chil. were born. 

2. Ebenezer, s. of Joshua (1), m. Sarah Hammond 6 Feb. 1733, and had 
Susanna, b. 24 May 1735, m. Nathaniel Merrick 13 Feb. 1755; Joseph, b. 12 
Jan. 1736-37; Ebenezer, b. 16 Ap. 1739 ; Sarah, b. 10 Ap. 1741. Ebenezer 
the f. was a farmer, rem. from Roch. to Hk. before 28 Dec. 1748, res. on the 
road from the Old Furnace to Taylor's Mills, at the place marked " Wid. 
Lawrence" on the R. Map, and d. 29 Nov. 1797, a. 89. 

3. Joshua, s. of Joshua (1). m. Jane Haskell 13 July 1743, and had JosAwa, 
b. 24 July 1744, d. here 16 Dec. 1835 ; Joanna, b. 18 Oct. 1746, prob. m. 
Antipas Howe of Swansey 20 Jan. 1782; Elizabeth, b. prob. 1748, m. Nathan- 
iel Rice of Rut. Dist. 24 Nov. 1768; Anna, b. prob. 1750, m. Experience Luce 
30 Nov. 1769 ; Deliverance, b. 25 Mar. 1753, m. Barnabas Cushman of Wil- 
mington, Vt., 15 Feb. 1781; Bethia, bap. 13 May 1758; Moses, bap. 16 Nov. 
1760. Joshua the f. was a farmer, rem. from Roch. to Hk. soon after 1 Ap. 
1751, res. on the Barre road, near Taylor's Mills, marked " M. Lawrence " on 
the R. Map, and d. between 9 Ap. and 4 June 17 77; his w. Jane d. 15 Nov. 
1795, a. 77. 

4. Ebenezer, s. of Ebenezer (2), m. Lydia Richmond of N. Br. 18 Dec. 
1763, and had Noah, b. 22 Jan. 1765, d. unm. at the town farm 22 Jan. 



LAWRENCE — LAWTON. 411 

1847; Suxntuia, b. G Dec. 176G; RacM, b. 18 May 1769; Lj/din, b. 26 June 
1771, d. iinm. 21 July 1817; Elizabeth, b. 1 Ap. 1773, ni. William Newell, 
pub. 3 Mav 1797; Joshua, b. 27 June, 1777; Wilder, h. 16 Dec. 1779; Salhj, b. 
31 Oct. 1783, m. Charles W. Fisk 17 Mar. 181.S. Erenezer the f. was a 
farmer, res. on the homestead, and d. 2 Aug. 1811 ; his w. Lydia d. 21 June 
1811, a. 68. 

5. MosKS, s. of Joshua (3). m. Abigail Johnson of Barre 15 Feb. 1781; she 
d. (killed by falling upon the handle of a fire-shovel, which pierced her body) 
16 July isil, a. 51, and he m. Sophia, dau. of John Hastings, Esq., pub. 18 
Sep. 1814. Ilis chil were: William, h. 8 Ap. 1782, ni. Betsey Bridges 25 Mar. 
1804, who d. 16 May 1818, a. 38; Elnathan, b. 21 Oct. 17«3; Lucinda, b.- 6 
June 1785, m. Joshua Lawrence 15 Oct. 1812; Ira, b. 9 jNLay 1787; Harloiv, b. 

18 Sep. 17,sS; infant b. , d. 2 Dec. 1791; Keuel, b. 12 Mar. 1792 ; I\foses, 

b. 1 ^Tay 1793; infant, twin with Moses, d. 17 Aug. 1793; Aaron, h. 22 Dec. 
1794, d."'2 ■NLay 1819 ; Sally, b. 30 :May 1797; Abigail, b. 28 Oct. 1799, prob. 
m. Alonzo Emmons 3 Dec. 1838 ; Hiram, b. 20 Feb. 1801; Anna, b. 5 Oct. 
1802, m. Noah W. White 5 Nov. 1826, and d. at Brk. 24 Jan. 1868; Ahiathar, 
b. 14 Aug:. 1804, m. Harriet Ilapgood of Barre, pub. 5 Nov. 1831, and d. at 
Barre 6 May 1877; Manj, b. 17 Ap. 1816; Henry H., b. 5 Oct. 1817; and prob. 
three more by first wife, who was said to be the mother of eighteen children. 
IMosES the f. was a farmer, res. on the homestead, and d. 12 Oct. 183G; his w. 
Sophia d. in 1848. 

6. Joshua, s. of Ebenezer (4), m. Lucinda, dau. of INIoses Lawrence, 15 

Oct. 1812, and had Lucinda, b. 1813, ni. Erastus W. Paige 2 May, 1833, 

and d. 18 Mar. 1849. Joshua the f. was a farmer and lieutenant of cavalry; 
res. on the homestead, and d. 22 Mar. 1814; his w. Lucinda d. 30 Mar. 1856, 
a. 70. 

7. ]\IosES, s. of Ivfoses (5), m. Maria Howe of Barre, pub. 8 Feb. 1819, and 
had Aaron, b. 14 Feb. 1820 ; Charles Emory, b. 13 July 1824, d. (drowned) 9 
Aug. 1845; Hannah Maria, b. 11 Ap. 1827, m. John Y. Ellsworth 1 May 
1849, and d. 15 Sep. 1856. Moses the f. res. near the Barre line, at the place 
marked '• M. Lawrence, Jr.," on the R. iNLip. 

8. HiUAM, s. of Moses (5), m. Almira Hale, pub. 26 Nov. 1827; she d. 10 
Sep. 1850, a. 44, and he m. Emily Whitney of Clinton, pub. 17 June 1851. His 
chil. were: Samuel Edmunds, b. 15 July 1829; Charles Elnathan, b. 15 Oct. 
1830; Perley Hale, b. 12 July 1832; Hiram Henry, b. 24 Sep. 1834; Elvira 

Lucrelia, h. 28 May 1837, d. 3 Feb. 1838; Lucius W, b. 1842, d. 14 May 

1848, a. 6; Moses Johnson, b. 8 Nov. 1844, d. 8 Sep. 1845; E77wry J., b. 26 
Jan. 1848, d. 16 Feb. 1848. 

9. Aarox. s. of Moses (7), m. Mary A. Perry 27 Dec. 1843, and had George 
Howe, b. 24 Dec. 1844. Aarox the f. d. at Worcester 9 Mar. 1859. 

10. Francis, by w. Sophia, had Mary, b. 15 Oct. 18G5. 

Ebenezer, perhaps Ebenezer (2), was pub. to Jemima Shurtleff of Plymp- 
ton 30 Sep. 17 76. George F., of Cornplanter, Pa., m. Josephine H. Barthol- 
omew 1 Oct. 1870. 

Lawton, John, of " Suffield, had James, Benedicta, Mary, and perhaps 
others, d. 19 Dec. 1C90, and his wid. Benedicta d. 18 Nov. 1692." Savage's 
Gen. Diet. 

2. James, s. of John (1), of Suffield, "had Jacob, who was several years 
representative, and, from caprice, adopted in his business as a lawyer the name 
of Christo/)her Jacob.'" Savage's Gen. Diet. He had also a son James. Both 
the sons rem. to Leicester in 1735. 

3. James, s. of James (2), had son Jeimes, and perhaps others. He -was a 
saddjer, and after 1735 i*es. in Leicester. No record is found of births or 
deaths of his family. 

4. James, s. of James (3), prob. b. in SufHeld about 1714, went with his 
father to Leicester, where he m. Mary Earl 1 July 1741; she d. and he m. Jo- 
anna, dau. of Richard Clark of Watertown, 16 Nov. 1746 ; she d. at Hk. 31 July 
1759, a. 41, and he m. Mrs. Temperance Fuller, of Rut. Dist. (Barre), pub. 14 
June 1772. His chil. were: James, b. 22 Sep. 1747; Clark, b. about 1749; Ja- 



412 LAWTON". 

coh, b. about 1752; John, bap. 28 July 1754; Israel, bap. 12 Feb, 1758. 
Jamks the f. was a saddler, rem. from Leicester to Hk. about 1752, bought 
the farm of Experience Johnson on the easterly road to Gilbertville, marked 
" J. Lawton " on the R. Map, and d. there 24 Sep. 1787, a. 73; a head-stone 
of peculiar appearance, in the southerly part of the old cemetery, marks the 
spot where he and his wife Joanna, the mother of his children, were buried. 

5. James, s. of James (4), m. Mary Raymond 3 Jan. 1771, and had Pliny, 
b. 29 July 1771; James, b. 24 Ap. 1773, d. young; Joanna, b. 7 Feb. 1775, m. 
Jude Kimball 25 Aug. 1793; Relief, b. 30 June 1777, m. Abijah Lathrop of 
Rutland, Vt., 22 Feb. 1801 ; James, b. 18 Aug. 1781 ; Marj/, b. 18 Oct. 1783, 
m. Nathan Weeks 12 Ap. 1807 ; Livij, b. about 1785 ; Almira, b. — Nov. 1788, 
bap. 28 June 1789, d. 18 Feb. 1790 ; Franklin, bap. 22 Aug. 1790 ; Dwight Fos- 
ter, bap. IG June 1793, res. in the State of New York. Jamks the f. was a far- 
mer and res. on the homestead ; he marched with the " minute-men " in April 
1775, was adjutant to Col. Timothy Paige, in opposition to the Shays Insur- 
rection, a licensed retailer in 1778, innholder 1779, a deputy sheriff several 
years, coroner 1803, and d. 1 Jan. 1804 ;i his w. Mary m. Major James Paige 

22 Mar. 1807. 

6. Clark, s. of James (4), m. Joanna Cook of Amherst, pub. 20 Sep. 1774, 
and had Martin, b. 19 Jan. 1776 ; Hannah, bap. 27 Mar. 1782; and in Amh., 
Chester, bap. 15 Aug. 1784; James, bap. 14 June 1789; Joanna, bap. 1 May 
1790. Clark the f. was a saddler, res. a few rods south of the Common, at 
the place marked " W. Mandell " on the R. Map, but rem. to Amherst before 
the 15th of August 1784. His subsequent history is not ascertained. 

7. Jacob, s. of James (4), m. Susanna Foster of Ware, pub. IG Nov. 1777; 
she d. at Barnard, Vt., 27 Nov. 1819, a. 64, and he m. Mrs. Anna Sabin 14 
Dec. 1820. His chil. were : Christopher Jacob, b. 2 Oct. 1778, m, Polly Sabin at 
Barnard, Vt., 20 Sep. 1802; John, b. 14 Aug. 1780, grad. Mid. Coll. 1805, 
was a teacher at Pougbkeepsie and Salem, N. Y.. pastor of the church at Wind- 
ham, Vt., 1809-19, and at Hillsborouoh, N. H,, 1819-34, afterwards mis- 
sionary in Illinois, and d. at Newport, N, H., 17 Ap, 1842; Joseph, b. 5 Feb. 
1784, d. at Bar, 15 Oct. 1807; Ci/rus, b. 10 Ap. 1786, m. at Bar., Deborah, 
dau, of Prince Haskell, 6 Sep, 1807, and d, there 16 Jan, 1817; and in Bar- 
nard, Susamia, b. 5 Aug. 1788; Joanna, b. 4 Jan. 1793 ; Lydia, b. 14 June 
1795. Jacob the f. rem. to Barnard, Vt., about 1787, and d. there 23 Aug. 
1836, a. 84 ; his w. Anna d. 2 Aug. 1831, a, 76. The graves of Mr. Lawton 
and his two wives are in the southeasterly part of the central burial-place in 
Barnard. 

8. John, s. of James (4), m. Sarah Healy of Dudley, and had Lucinda, b. 
about 1791, d. unm, 22 Dec. 1819, a, 28; John, h. about 1792; ThMotia, b. 
about 1794, m. Crighton Ruggles 21 Nov. 181 G, and d. s. p. 27 June 1817, a. 

23 ; Sarah, b. about 1796, d. unm. 5 May 1821, a. 24; Sanford and Danforth, 
twins, b. 11 Dec, 1798. John the f. was a farmer, and lieutenant of cavalry; 
he res. in Dudley and Charlton from the time of his marriage until about 1807, 
when he rem. to Hk. with his whole family, and bought the homestead for- 
merly occupied by his father and by his brother James. Late in life he rem. to 
Monson, where he d. 4 Ap. 1842, a. 88 ; his w. Sarah d. " near the same time," 
a. 76, " and was buried with him in the same grave." ]\IS. Letter. 

9. Israel, s, of James (4), by w, Catherine, had Pollj/:h. 13 Ap, 1782. So 
says the record. He then m. Dolly, dau. of Elisha Billings, 26 Aug. 1784, 
and rem. to Wilmington, Vt., where he had Charlotte, h. 28 Nov. 1784; Mersi- 
loa, h. 25 May 1788; Harriet, b, 22 Ap, 1790; Dency, b, 14 Jan. 1792; Dul- 
cena, b. 4 Feb. 1796; Israel, b. 10 Feb. 1798; James, b. 30 Nov. 1799. Israel 
the f. was a sergeant in the Revolutionary Army 1780, and a representative of 
Wilmington in the General Assembly of Vermont in 1801 and 1802. He d. at 
Wilm. 26 Sep. 1844, a. about 87 ; his w. Dolly d. 12 Feb. 1816, a. 52. 

1 At the time of his decease, INIr, Lawton Grand Master of Masons in Massachusetts, 

was IMaster of Mount Zion Lodge, and his and other representatives of the Grand 

funeral was conducted witli public Masonic Lodge were present, 
ceremouies, at which Isaiah Thomas, the 



LAWTON — LEONARD. 413 

10. Pliny, s. of James (5), m. Polly, dau. of George Field, 22 Feb. 1801, and 
had Elulheni Field, b. 10 July 1802, m. Rev. George Stone of Sandgate, Vt., 
10 July 18^1 ; Plim/, b. 29 Dec. 1804; James, b. 1 Oct. 1807, m. MaryL. Nich- 
ols of Brinifield, pub. 26 Feb. 1835; Lucius, h. 2 Jan. 1812, m. Susan Clark 3 
Ap. 1834 ; Laura Lnraine, h. 10 July 1816, d. unm. 5 June 1837. Pliny the 
f. was a farnuT, for several years a member of the school committee, and res. 
near Gilbertviile, at the place marked •' P. Lawton " on the R. Map. About 
1838 he rem. to Patterson, N. J. 

11. Jamks, s. of James (5),m. Patty Wilson 12 Ap. 1804, and had James 
Clark, b. 20 Sep. 1805. James the f. res. on the homestead, but early rem. 
from the town. 

12. LiVY, s, of James (5), m. Mary, dau. of Maj. JNIoses Mandell, 5 Feb. 
1810, and had Algernon Sidney, b. about 1811, d. 11 jNIar. 1828, a. 17. LivY 
the f. was a merchant in Rutland, Vt., at the time of his marriage ; afterwards 
kept a hotel at Saratoga ; he d. at Keene, N. H., when on a journey, in June 
1824 ; liis w. returned here and d. 5 Aug. 1874, a. nearly 88. 

13. John, s. of John (8), m. Mary Dwiglit of Warren, pub. 24 Jan. 1820, 
and had William B.,h. 29 Ap. 1821 ; Mara Ann, b. 1 Sep. 1823, m. Brainnard 
T. Brewer of Wilbraham 11 Sep. 1844 ; Mariha M., b. 25 Aug. 1825, m. Wil- 
liam P. Ruggles 22 Feb. 1846; Emibj P., b. 12 Aug. 1829 ; Eliza June, b. 14 
Nov. 1832, m. George C. Howard 16 May 1850; Ellen Frances, bap. 28 Dec. 
1838. John the f. was a farmer, and caj)tain of cavalry ; he res. on the home- 
stead, rem. to Willjraham about 1851, and d. 16 Nov. 1854, a. 62. 

14. Saxfori), s. of John (8), grad. Y. C. 1825, studied for the ministry, 
and appears to have been ordained, but devoted himself to teaching in schools 
of high grade at Dudley, Monson, Springfield, and Long Meadow. He ra. 

, and had Manj Ann, who d. unm. 22 Nov. 1870, a. 40; Sanford, grad. 

Y. C. 1852, a physician in Springf., where he d. 23 July 1882, a. 50; Jolni 
William, a physician in Syracuse, N. Y''. Sanford the f. rem. from Lono- 
Meadow to Springf. in 1874, and d. 7 Nov. LS.S2. Jn the notice of his death 
it is stated tliat "his wife died in 1878, and his four children are all dead." 
My etibrts to obtain a more full account of this family have been unsuccessful. 

15. Danforth, s. of John (8), entered Williams College, but did not com- 
plete his course. He res. in Wilia'aham, and was living unm. in 1882. 

Leach, Lemuel, m. Rebecca "Washburn 12 Oct. 176 7, and had Oliver, b. 
at Bridge water 3 June 1768, and bap. at Hk. 1 Nov. 1772; Matilila, b. at Hk. 
2 Mar. 17 70; Rebecca, b. 25 Mar. 1773; Lemuel, b. 2 July 1775, d. at Sliutes- 
bury 26 Ap. 1860; Stephen, b. 13 Nov. 1777; and at Wendell, Gardner, Bar- 
nabas, Lewis, and Arlemas. Lemuel the f. was s. of Stephen, and b. at 
Bridgewater in 1745, rem. to Hk. in 1769, and thence to Wendell about 17 78, 
having served, in 1776, as an ensign in tlie Revolutionary AVar. 

Legate, Charles, by w. Maria, had Charles F., b. — jNIar. 1840, d. 29 
Nov. 1840: a son, b. 19 Feb. 1844; a son, b. 3 Ajj. 1847; Edwin Orlando, b. 
10 July 1849. 

2. Francis, s. of Charles and Abigail, and prob. brother of Charles (1), b. 
in 1817, m. Jane R. Peck 2 June 184 7, and had Francis Augustus, h. 14 Feb. 
1854 ; Lizzie June, h. 23 Dec. 185C, d. 30 Nov. 1858. 

3. Augustus F. (called Francis Augustus in the record of birth), s. of Fran- 
cis (2), m. Ida F. Fldridge 26 Oct. 18 76, and had Theron F., h. 4 June 1878. 

Henry A., s. of Charles and Martha, d. at Rowe, 14 Jan. 1878, a. 56. 

Leonard, Moses, m. INIercy, dau. of Moses Newton (and sister of Deac. 
Josiah Newton), by whom he had Moses, b. 1 Nov. 17U6; Ezra, b. 19 Sep. 
1711 ; Merc//, b. 1 Dec. 1714, m. Samuel Robinson 29 May, 1732; and by 
second wife Hannah he had Jowas, b. 19 Oct. 1717; Moses the f. res. in Marl- 
borough (where his chil. were born), Southborough, Brookfield, Rutland, Barre, 
and for a short period in Hardwick. He d. in extreme old a^e. 

2. Ezra, s. of. Moses (1), m. Olive, dau. of Benjamin Smith, 1 June 1737, 
and had Sarah, b. 7 jNLir. 1739, d. 15 Sep. 1746; Benjamin, b. 5 Aug. 1741, 
d. 7 Sep. 1746; Nathan, h. 25 Sep. 1743; Merci/, b. 3 Feb. 1746, d. 19 Sep. 
1746; David, b. 30 July, 174 7, res. at Cummington, m. Hannah Whipple 15 



414 LEONARD — LOCKE. 

Feb. 1773; Levi,h. 10 Oct. 1749; Sarah, twin, b. 8 Sep. 1751, m. Samuel 
Whipple 30 Mar. 1775; Merc//, twin, b. 8 Sep. 1751, m. Jonathan Flvnt of 
Western (Warren) 18 June 1772; Olive, b. 1 Nov. 1753, m. Timothy Fay 23 
Mar. 1775; Ezra, b. 2 Nov. 1757. Ezra the f. was in Brk. 1735, but rem. to 
Hk. before June 1737, and res. in the westerly part of the town, at the place 
marked " D. Utley " on the R. Map. He was a farmer, selectman four years, 
and assessor in 1760. In 1757 he was ension of Capt. Joseph Warner's com- 
pany, whii'h marched for the relief of Fort William Henry. In his old age he 
rem. to Wilbraham, with his son-in-law Flynt, and d. 29 June 1798; his w. 
Olive d. 16 Feb. 1798, a. 83. 

3. Nathan, s. of Ezra (2), m. Amittai, dau. of David Cutler of Lexington, 
26 Nov. 1766, and had Joseph, b. 24 Oct. 1767; Molli/, h. 7 Feb. 1770; Na- 
than, b. 17 July 1772; Benjamin, b. 23 Oct. 1774; Luther, h. 20 Ap. 1777. 
Nathan the f. was a cordwainer, and captain of militia. He was a member 
of the company of " minute-men " which promptly responded to the summons 
on the 19th of April, 1775, and served his country in the year 1778 as captain 
in Col. Nathaniel Wade's regiment. 

4. Ezra, s. of Ezra (2), m. Abia Allen 23 Oct. 1781 ; and prob. m. (2d) 
Lucy Seaver, pub. 5 July 1807, He had dau. Joanna, b. 9 Aug. 1783; and 
jierhaps others. 

5. Hiram W., parentage not ascertained, m. Huldah S. Billings 23 Feb. 
1834, and had William Henry, b. 29 Jan. 1844; a daughter, b. 3 Oct. 1851; 
and perhaps also Carrie R., who m. Warren T. Tolman of Dana 18 Ap. 1866. 

Beulah, of Rut., m. Amos Marsh, pub. 16 July 175 7. Prudexck, of Taun- 
ton, m. Capt. Israel Trow, pub. 1 Ap. 1811. Alvira, of N. Sal, m. Pliny 
Clifford, pub. 11 June 1825. Hope C, m. Samuel Pike of Tolland, Conn., 3 
Nov. 1831. Eliza, m. Orestes S. Thayer of Dana 22 Dec. 1867. Widow 
Persis, d. 28 Mar. 1845, a. 73. 

Lincoln, Samuel, by w. Mehetabel, had Eoxana, b. 27 Feb. 1788; Emer- 
son, b. 2 Nov. 1789; Obed, b. 15 Ap. 1792. 

2. Burt, by wife Mary, had George Burt, b. 25 Aug. 1817; Marietta, b. 17 
Sep. 1820, m. Nehemiah Conkey 28 Nov. 1844. Burt the f. was a cooper, 
rem. here from Pet. in 1817, res. on the Barre road at the place marked "Mr. 
Lincoln " on the R. Map, and d. 14 Dec. 1866, a. 81; his w. Mary d. 2 May 
1857, a, 66. 

3. Joseph N., m. Abbie Jane, dau. of Gardner Bartholomew, and formerly 
w. of Charles L. Trow, 12 May 1870, and had Mabel Caroline, b. 11 Feb. 
1871; Joseph Gardner, b. 18 Oct. 1876; Waldo Chandler, b. 1 Sep. 1878. 
Joseph N. the f., a carpenter and insurance agent, res. in the Old Furnace 
village. 

Seth, of Western, m. Lucy, dau. of Deac. Christopher Paige, 10 Oct. 1751. 
Chloe, m. Perez Rice 8 Ap. 1779. Betsey, m. Robert Sprout, 17 Sep. 1781. 
Lucy, late of, Abington, m. Sylvanus Brimhall 3 July 1810. Fanny, of 
Western (Warren), m. Joseph Paige 23 Ap. 1816. Mrs. Hannah C, dau. of 
Stephen Chandler, Rochester, Vt., d. 24 Mar. 1873, a. 81. 

Locke, Josiah, by w. Persis, had in Westborough, Catherine, b. 31 Aug. 
1760, m. Amos AVheeler; John, b. 11 Nov. 1763, m. Phebe Matthews; in 
Leicester, Persis, b. 13 July 1766, m. George Jenkins, and d. s. p. 1844; Jo- 
siah, b. 14 Feb. 1768, m. Elizabeth Ilartwell 1791; and in Hardwick, 

Hannah, b. 26 Aug. 1770, m. Elijah Easton 1793; Hepzibah, b. 16 Aug. 1772, 
ra. Oliver Perry; Fanny, b. 4 Sep. 1775, m. Silas Hamilton 3 Ap. 1803; Ira, 
b. 14 Nov. 1777, m. Persis Hamilton — Nov. 1800. Josiah the f. was b. at 
Westborough 6 Feb. 1735, and was s. of Joshua, and a descendant from Deac. 
William Locke of Woburn. He m. Persis Matthews of New Braintree, who d. 
at Litchfield, N. Y., 21 Ap. 1839, reputed to have attained the extraordinary 
age of 103 years, 5 months, and 7 days, having had 8 chil., 67 gr. chil., 147 gr. 
gr. chil., and 32 of the fourth generation. Captain Locke rem. from West- 
borough to Leicester about 1765, to Hardwick about 1768, to Wilmington, Vt., 
about 1779, where he was a justice of the peace, and finally to Litchfield, 
N. Y., where he d. 18 Ap. 1819, a. 84. This sketch is condensed from a more 



LOCKE — MANDELL. 415 

full account in the " Book of the Lockes," which represents Captain Locke as 
a storekeeper in Hardwick. It may be added, that he was an assessor in 1774, 
lieutenant of the '* minute-men," and marched with them to Cambridge on the 
memorable 19th of April, 1775, but did not enter the regular service. He 
was commissioned as captain of a company of militia in Hk. 31 May 1776. 

Luce, Experikxce, res. near Bari'e, at the place marked " N. Kichmond " 
on the R. Map, m. Anna Lawrence 30 Nov. 1769, and had Anna Drusil/a (d. 
3 Feb. 1803, a. 17), Apollos, and Pattij, all bap. 29 Aug. 1794. Of these, 
Apollos was lieutenant of militia, and m. Mercy Childs of Barre, pub. 30 Oct. 
1808; and Anna, prob. m. Benjamin Padden of Kingsboro, N. Y., 28 Dec. 
1806. As no other record is found of births or deaths in this family, my 
account is necessarily very imperfect. 

2. Mayo, prob. s. of Experience (1), m. Joanna, dau. of Stephen Gorhani, 

I July 1793, then res. in Pet., but soon rem. to Barre, where he had ten chil., 
all baptized here, to wit: Arteynas, Gamaliel, Calvin, Anson, Horace, all bap. 
25 Jan. 1803; Drusilla, bap. 4 Sep. 1803; Anna, bap. 22 June 1806 ; Eluathan 
Gorham, and Lyndon, both bap. 10 Oct. 1811; and a dau. named Emera, baj). 

II June 1815. 

PitUDExcE, m. Noah Rice of Barre, 30 Aug. 1781. Sally, m. Lemuel 
French, pub. 30 Mar. 1789. «Jane, m. David Gorham 8 Aug. 1791. Rhoda, 
m. Moses Ruggles, 25 Jan. 1798. Jemima, m. Ii'a Draper, pub. 28 July 1822. 

Lyscom, JEiiEXEZER, m. Mary Hooker 8 Oct. 17G4, and had Samuel, b. 
30 Nov 1765 ; Persis, b. 19 Mar. 1772. Mary the mother d. 16 May 1797, 

a. 57. 

Maccoye, William, by w. Mary, had Hannah, bap. 4 June 1738; Beulah, 
bap. 24 ]May 1741. William the f. was perhaps the same who m. Tabilha 
Fay of Sturbridge, pub. 20 Oct. 1 744. He was prob. a carpenter, an assessor 
in 1 737, and seems to have i-em. and d. before 7 Mar. 1 747-8, when it was voted 
to raise fifty pounds old tenor, "to maintain Hannah Maccoye sent to this 
town for that intent." She was the first pauper named on the records, re- 
mained chargeable until 1765, and is supposed to have been dau. of William. 

jNIary, m. Benjamin Warren 29 May 1744. 

McEvoY, Patrick, m. Ann Fehan 12 Feb. 1872. 

AIahax, Michael, m. Ellen Carney 3 Mar. 1867, and had Daniel, b. 19 
Sep. 1870; John Patrick, b. 22 Dec. 1876. 

Maxdell, Johx (or jMendall, as the name was formerly written, and still 
is written in Bristol and Plymouth counties), res. in Marshfield, was a roj)e- 
maker, and executed a will 10 May 1711, being then "aged and weak in 
body," which was proved 8 Feb. 1720. He devised to his son John, one 
shilling, having previously provided for him; to "grandson Francis Crooker 
all my rope-making tools that I do use in or about the making of ropes after 
I have done using them myself;" and the remainder of his estate to his 
daughters, Mercy Tinkum, Sarah Torry, Hannah Tilden, and Ruth Doty. 

2. Johx, s. of John'^l), m. Joanna, dau. of Richard Standlake of Scituate, 
and had in Rochester, John, b. 15 Dec. 1688; Joanna, h. 13 May 1690 ; Moses , 

b. 24 Mar. 1695. John the f. was a farmer, res. in Rochester, and executed 
his will 6 June 1738, proved 14 July 1743, dii'ecting his " body to be decently 
buried by my executor after named, and my son John to be at the charge of 
it, in consideration of what I have given him by deed ; " specific legacies of 
personal estate are bequeathed to dau. Joanna, and son Moses, who is named 
as executor. 

3. Moses, s. of John (2), res. in Rochester, 1715, in Falmouth 1725, and in 
that part of Dartmouth now Acushnet, 1 740 ; he was successively styled 
" house carpenter," " drover," " innholder," "dealer," and " gentleman "; he 
d. at Dartm. 18 May 1746, and his sons Lemuel and Paul were appointed ad- 
ministrators 27 July 1746. His real estate, valued at 1200 pounds, was divided 
in 1748 between his widow Susanna, and children Lemuel (or Lamuel, as he 
seems generally to have written his name), Noah ^ (who was here in 1 756, 

1 " We hear that on the 20th ult. a daiigliter about 13 years of age, intending to take a 
of Mr. Noah Mandeli, of liutland District, dose of brimstone (her parents being from 



416 MANDELL. 

and (1. in Barre in 1800 or 1801), Paul, Susanna Bailey, Hannah Weaver, Jo- 
anna Nichols, and Mary, unmarried. 

4. Paul, s. of Moses (3), m. Susanna, dau. of Rev. Timothy Ruggles of 
Rochester, 8 Feb. 1746-7, and had Hannah, b. at Dartmouth 10 or 20 Jan. 
1747-8, ni. Gen. Jonathan Warner 5 Feb. 17GG; Susanna, b. here 16 Nov. 
1749, m. John Stone 12 May 1768, and d, at Dana 28 July 1844; Moses, b. 16 
Dec. 1751; Paul, b. 31 Oct. 1753, m. INIary Briggs of Pet. 28 Nov. 1776, res. 
in Athol; his inventory was presented by his son Barnabas 25 Mar. 1807; 
Barnabas, b. 1 Dec. 1755, d. 2 May 1758; Marij,h. 3 Oct. 1759, m. John 
Doty 19 Sep. 1779. Paul the f. changed the orthography of his name from 
Mendall to Mandell, was a " shopkeeper "in Dartm. until the spring of 1749, 
when he rem. to Hk., having purchased the valuable farm notable for its 
immense extent of stone wall, which still remains in possession of his pos- 
terity ; his house stood on the old turnpike, at the place marked " ]\I. Man- 
dell " on the R. Map. He was a very active, energetic, and useful citizen. He 
was captain of militia, and led his company in the expedition against Crown 
Point from 20 Sep. to 12 Nov. 1756 (his brother Noah being promoted from 
the office of ensign to that of lieutenant on the 29th of October), and a 
second campaign in 1758, after the surrender of " Fort AVilliam Henry." At 
the commencement of the Revolution, when the militia was reorganized, as 
recommended by the Convention at Worcester,^ he was again elected captain 
22 Sep. 1774, and was commissioned as brigade major 13 Mar. 1778. He was 
a selectman eleven years, between 1756 and 17 75, assessor thirteen years, 
between 1751 and 17 75, town clerk 17 70, representative 1773, 1774, delegate 
to the first and second Provincial Congress 1774, 1775, was appointed justice 
of the peace by the revolutionary government 25 Seji. 1775, and held that 
office many years, being generally designated "Squire Mandell." He d. 16 
Sep. 1809, a. 86; his w. Susanna d. 16 Dec. 1813, a. nearly 92. 

5. Moses, s. of Paul (4), m. Mary, dau. of Capt. Daniel Wheeler, 28 May 
1777; she d. 20 Ap. 1782, and he m. Abigail, dau. of John Mason, Esq., of 
Barre, pub. 22 Dec. 1782. His chil. were : Daniel, b. 27 Oct. 1783; Martin, b. 
20 July 1785; Mart/, h. 20 Nov. 1786, m. Livy Lawtou 5 Feb. 1810; and d. 
here 5 Aug. 1874; Sidney, b. 4 July 1788, m. Eliza, dau. of David Jones of 
Boston, 27 Dec. 1812, res. in Boston, had chil., among whom was David J. of 
Athol, in early life a clergyman; Mason, b. 4 Mar. 1790, res. in Ban-e, where 

he m. , had chil., and d. 4 July 1825 ; Abigail, b. 13 Mar. 1792, m. Elijah 

Utley of Boston, 25 Sep. 1820, and d. 13 Mar! 1834 ; 3Ioses, h. 1 Dec. 1793, 
res. at Dorchester and afterwards at Barre, where he d. 3 Sep. 1866, leaving 
posterity: Walter, b. 16 Dec. 1796; Clara, b. 3 Oct. 1799, m. Ebenezer 
Jones, of Augusta, Me., pub. 11 Ap. 1825, and is still living, a widow, in 
1883. Moses the f. was a farmer, and inherited the homestead. He was aid- 
de-camp to his brother-iu-law, ]\Iaj. Gen. Warner, before Dec. 1782, probably 
in 1781, and was thenceforth known as "Major Mandell." He was selectman 
six years, between 1785 and 1817, and assessor seven years, between 1801 and 
1819. He d. 18 June 1826 ; his w. Abigail d. 6 (or 7) Aug. 1840, a. 82. 

6. Daniel, s. of Moses (5), m. Eliza Patrick 30 Ap. 180 7, and had Martha 
Eliza, b. 10 June 1808; Delphia Maria, b. 23 Feb. 1810, m. A. W. Seaver of 
Northborough; William Andrew, b. 13 July 1811, grad. A. C. 1838, pastor of 
the church in Lunenburg, and elsewhere, now res. in Cambridge; Moses John- 
son, b. 14 Ap. 1813; infant b. , d. 22 Ap. 1815; Mary Ann, b. 29 Mar. 

1816, d. unm. 10 Aug. 1839; Thaddeus Sobieski, b. 15 Feb. 1820, a merchant 
in Boston, d. 23 June 1882; George, b. about 1822, d. unm. at Lunenburg 23 
May 1861, a. 39. Daniel the f. was a farmer, and lieutenant of militia; he 
res. on the road to Barre, at the place marked " Mr. Haven " on the R. Map, 
and d. 26 June 1822. 

home), through a mistake took from a shelf four and five o'clock in the morniug and 

some copperas, and took about a spoonful in expired in about five minutes." Mass. Spy, 

milk; soon after complaining, a physician 6 i'eb. 1772. 

being sent for, and an emetic immediately i Journal of Each Provincial Congress, 

given, she was thought to be in a fair way p. 643. 

of recovery; but was again taken between 



MANDELL — MANLY. 417 

7. jMautix, s. of Closes (5), m. Pliila, dan. of Joel INTarsli, pub. 18 Sep. 
1808, and had Delphia, h. 25 Dec. 1810, d. uiim. 19 May 1832 ; Elbrldge, b. 
8 Ap. 1812; Ilmri/, b. 12 Jan. 1.S14, rem. to Ohio; Charles, b. 7 Jan. i.Sl6; 
Harriet,]}. 24 Oct. 1818, d. 27 Feb. 1S21 ; Joel Diright,h. G Nov. 1820; Phi/a, 
h. 5 Ap. 1824, m. Dr. Jason B. Thomas of Pahuer (now Thorndike) 17 Ap. 
1850. Mahtix the f. was a farmer, a captain of militia, and inherited the 
homestead; he was selectman in 1825, and d. 12 Sep. 1855; his w. Fhila d. 14 
Feb. 1879, a. 91. 

8. Walter, s. of Moses (5), m. Julia Ann Freeman of Oakham, pub. 15 
Dec. 1828; she d. 29 Sep. 1833, a. 29, and he m. Olive P. Whitin<r 30 Nov. 
1837; she d. 29 July 1838, a. 31, and he m. Adeline, dau. of Capt. Steplien 
W. Paiu-e, 31 Jan. 1842; she d. 3 Oct. 1842, a. 31, and he m. a fourth wife. 

His chil. were Ilcnr;/ E., h. ; Danirl Wchster, b. 19 Nov. 1S31, <rrad. Mid. 

Coll. 1850, a teacher at Brandon, Vt., and Fiushinj^, L. I.; llV///r^/- Gri-noille, 
b. 1 Oct. 1848. Walter the f. was a farmer, and captain of militia; he res. 
on the farm formerly occupied by his brother Daniel, and afterwards near the 
Connnon. He was selectman three years, assessor nine years, member of 
school committee sixteen years, and d. 25 June 1853. 

9. Elhkidge, s. of Martin (7), m. Lucy R., dau. of Capt. Stephen W. 
Paige, IS June 1844, and had Murtin Elbrldge, b. 16 Feb. 1849, d. 14 Dec. 
1852; W'dliam Diviij/d, b. 25 Ap. 1853, m. Emlna F. Clapp 10 May 18.S2, and 
res. in Springfield; Caroline Lucy, h. 11 Mar. 185(); West Paiqe,h. 3 Nov. 
1859, d. 18 Aug. 1861; Mabel I'leed, b. 16 Jan. 18G2. Elbridge the f., a 
farmer, res. near the old homestead, at the place marked " B. Fay " on the 
R. Map. He was selectman in ]<S63. 

10. Charles, s. of Martin (7), m. Martha, dau. of Dr. Joseph Stone, 3 
Mar. 1846, and had Joseph Stone, b. 25 Aug. 1847; Charles Martin, b. 29 Nov. 
1852; Calvin, b. 8 Mar. 1855, d. 29 Sep. 1863; George, b. 8 June 185.S. 
Charles the f., a farmer, res. on the former homestead of Brigadier Ruggles, 
on the easterly road to Gilbertville, at the place marked "J. Mann " on the 
R. Map. 

11. Joel Dwight, s. of JVLirtin (7), m. Mary Elizal)eth, dau. of John Dean, 
2 Ap. 1846; she d. 17 Ap. 184 7, and he m. Malinda H. Winter of Ware, pub. 
28 June 1851; she d. 27 Nov. 1863, a. 39. His chil. were Dwiyhl Dean, b. 8 
Ap. 1847, d. 23 Ap. 1849; Frmd; b. 14 Ap. 1852; Elizabeth, b. 22 Oct. 1853, 
m. Charles A. Gleason of N. Br., 17 Nov. 1875; Elliott, b. 28 June 1855, d. 31 
Aug. 1859; Louis, h. 2 Dec. 1858; Arthur,h. 27 Oct. 1860. Joel Dwight 
the f., a farmer, assessor three years, 1861-3, res. on the homestead, rem. to 
Minnesota about 1880. 

12. Algernon S., by w. Marietta, had Eliza Marietta, b. 3 May, 1852. 
Widow Sahah, m. Ammiel Weeks 26 Feb. 1778. 

Manly, Ichabod, m. Experience Phillips in Easton, 1739, and had 

Josiah, b. 21 Ap. 1740, prob. d. young; Mary, b. 1742; Nathaniel, b. 

1744; Freeloce, b. 1746 ; Reuben, b. 1757, res. in Enfield; prob. 

Josiah, b. about 1761. Ichacod the f. res. in Easton, but in his old age (i)rob. 
in 1794, with his son Josiah) rem. to Hardwick, where he d. 11 Jan. 1799, a. 
89; his w. Experience d. in 1805, a. 82. 

2. Josiah, in all probability son of IchaI)od (1), though the birth is not 
found on record, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Seth Bryant of Bridgewater, in 1789, 
and had Zebij, b. 24 Feb. 1790, m. Zebina Forbush 24 Ap."l811; Ichabod, b. 
2 July 1791, m. Lucinda Reed at Brookfield, Conn., 25 Ap. 1817; Lillia Staf- 
ford, b. 12 Mar. 1794, d. 13 Feb. 1795; IJUi/ Staford, b. 16 Sep. 1796; Seth 

Bryant, b. 14 June 1798, m. Cynthia Jordan 12 May 1824; Benjamin Paif/e, b. 
10 Aug. 1803, m. Sarah E. Barker. Josiah the f. rem. from Easton to Hk. in 
the autumn of 1794, and d. 6 Feb. 1844, a. 82; his w. Elizabeth d. 17 Mar. 
1846, a. 80 ; she was cousin to Dr. Peter Bryant of Cunimington, the father of 
the poet William Cullen Bryant. 

3. Lilly Stakeord, s. of Josiah (2), m. Susanna Horr, pub. 20 Feb. 1826, 
and had Adeline, h. 10 ]\Iar. 1827; Dwiyht, b. 11 Nov. 1828, d. 11 Oct. 1829; 
Georcje, b. 17 Oct. 1830; Carlena, b, 29 Jan. 1833; Elulheriu, b. 13 Feb. 1835, 

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418 MANLY— MARSH. 

m. Charles Baker of Worcester 1 Sep. 1863; Fanny, b. 5 Nov. 1836, m. Wil- 
liam Paige 26 June 1861; Clara, b. 11 Jan. 1839; Dickjht, b. 13 May 1841, d. 
27 Ap. 1842; Benjamin, b. 8 Mar. 1843, ni. Nellie F., dau. of Forester B. Ai- 
ken, 23 aiay 1874; Jane, b. 16 Sep. 1845; Charles, twin, b. 25 Dec. 1849, d. 
unm. 20 June 1878 (drowned at Portland, Oregon); Ellen, twin, b. 25 Dec. 
1849. Lilly S., the f. was an iron-founder, res. on the road to Gilbertville, at 
the place marked " L. Manly " on the R. j\ lap, was selectman three years, and 
assessor three years; he d. 16 Sep. 1863. 

4. George, s. of Lilly S. (3), m. ]\Lary Ann, dan. of Forester B. Aiken, 23 
Feb. 1864, and had George Forester, b. 14 Nov. 1865; Susan Bnjant, b. 24 Jan. 
1868; Fanwi Maria, b. 20 June 1872; May, b. 1 May 1877, d. 19 Aug. 1877; 
Charles, b. 18, and d. 19 Aug. 1879. George the f., a farmer, res. on the 
homestead, was assessor three years, and has been selectman twenty years, up 
to the present time. 

Mann, widow Sarah, had Joseph and SnraJi, both bap. 24 Sep. 1820. 

2. SouTHWORTH Jenkins, m. Isabella Whiting, pub. 19 Nov. 1827, and had 
Ahirjail B., b. 22 Aug. 1828, m. Henry D. Fidi 10 Mar. 1853 ; Calvin Whiting, 
b. 2 Ap. 1831; Sarah Jenkins, b. 15 June 1834, d. 9 :\Iay 1845 ; Mary Morton, 
b. 31 Oct. 1837. SouTiiwoRTH J. the f. was a farmer, res. on the easterly 
road to Gilbertville, at the place marked " J. Mann " on the R. Map, and d. 
10 Ap. 1863, a. 64; his w. Isabella d. 31 May (1 June on the head-stone), 
1869, a. 70. 

3. Calvin Whiting, s. Southworth J. (2), m. Dclphia M., dau. of Moses 
M. Warner, 2 Ap. 1856, at Lee Centre, Illinois, and had Jennie Eliza, b. 15 
Jan. 1857; I^ucius Calvin Jenkins, b. 17 Ap. 1870. Calvin W. the f., a far- 
mer, was selectman 1869, 1870, 1871, assessor from 1879 to the present time, 
and res. on the easterly road to Gilbertville, at the place marked " Wid. 
Marsh " on the R. Map.' 

4. Asa, was pastor of the Calvinistic Church from 19 June 1844 to 14 Oct. 
1851, and acting pastor in 1880 and 1881. He m. Mercy W., dau. of Timothy 
Bruce, pub. 31 Mar. 1848, and had Ellen Louisa, b. 11 June 1849 ; Grace, b. 
22 Sep. 1869. He rem. to P^xeter, N. H., in 1851. 

Sarah Ann, m. Reuben Edward 28 Ap. 1828. Sarah, m. William Cush- 
man of Tolland, Conn., 11 May 1831. 

Marsh, John, of Hartford 1639, rem. to Hadley, thence to Northampton, 
and ret. to Hartford, where he d. in 1688. He m. Anne, dau. of Gov. John 
Webster; she d. 9 June 1662, and he m. widow Hepzibah Lyman, who d. 11 
Ap. 1683. His chil. were John; Samuel, b. about 1645; Joseph, bap. 24 Jan. 
1647; Joseph, bap. 15 July 1649; Jonathan, b. about 1650; Daniel, b. about 

1653; Hannah, b. , m. Joseph Loomis; Grace, b. , m. Timothy Baker; 

Lydia, b. , m. David Loomis. 

2. Samuel, s. of John (1), res. in Hatfield and was representative in 1705, 
1706. He m. Mary Allison 6 May 1667, and had Mary, b. 27 Feb. 1668; 
Samuel, b. 11 Feb. 1670; John, b. 6 Nov. 1672; Rachel, b. 15 Oct. 1674, m. 
John Wells; Grace, b. 7 Jan. 1677, ni. Thomas Goodman; Mary, b. 24 May 
1678, m. Joseph Morton; Thomas, b. 10 Jan. 1680 ; Hannah, b. 18 Sep. 1681, 
m. Richard Billings; Elizabeth, b. 31 July 1683, m. IMaynard Day of Hartford; 
Puith, b. 16 June 1685; Ebenezer, b. 1 May 1687. Samuel the f. d. 7 Sep. 
1728, a. 83; his w. Mary d. 13 Oct. 1726, a. 78. 

3. Thomas, s. of Samuel (2), m. Mary Trundiull of Suffield, Conn., 1702, 

and had Thomas, b. 1 May 1703, d. unni. 1728; Mary, b. 27 Oct. 1704, 

m. Moses Smith 1726; Samuel, b. 1700; Rachel, b. 1708; 

Ruth, b. 15 Feb. 1710; Judah, h. 25 July 1712; Joseph, b. 14 Ap. 1714, per- 
haps m. Abigail Simons 17 May 1750; J^pliraim, b. 5 Jan. 1717 ; Daniel, b. 12 
June 1719 ; Martha, b. 12 Ap. 1721, prob. m. Ebenezer Marsh 17 Nov. 1741. 
Thomas the f. res. in Hatfield, and afterwards in Ware ; he d. in 1759.^ 

4. Samuel, s. of Thomas (3),m. Zerviah, dau. of William Thomas, 18 Jan. 
1731-2, and had Eunice, b. 15 Jan. 1733, d. young; Amos, b. 15 Nov. 1733 ; 

1 Thus far I have followed the genealogy of this family as published in Judd's History 
of Hadley, pp. 532, 533. 



MARSH. 419 

Mary, b. 13 June 1735, m. Solomon Emmons of Quobbin. 31 Jan. 17.")4; Eu- 
nice, b. 20 Nov. 1737; I'dtieure, b. 20 July 1740, m. Henry (Jiil)crt of lirk. 5 
Ap. 17G4; Thaiikfid and Submit, twins, b. 1 Feb. 1741-2; Miriam, b. l.S Jan. 
1743 ; Samuel, b. 18 Feb. 1744-5. Samukl tbc f. d. about 1745, and his w. 
Zerviab ni. Isaiah Pratt 2 JNIar. 1746-7. 

5. JuDAii, s. of Thomas (3), m. Hannah, dau. of Jabez Olmstead 4 Nov. 
1736, and had J'JliJah, bap. 1 Jan. 1737-S; Joel, bap. 8 Ap. 173!), d. yonnij;; 
Rachel, bap. 28 Aug. 1743; Doroth)/, bap. 28 Ap. 1751 ; Jonathan, bap. 31 May 
1752; Marji, bap. 7 July 1754; Joel, b. 1<S July 1759. Besides these were 
Thomas and Judah.^ JuDAll the f. res. at Ware, near the mills still known as 
Marsh's Mills, but his chil. were bap. at Hk.; he d. 7 May 1801, a. nearly 8L». 

6. Fpiikaim, s. of Thomas (3), ni. Sarah, dau. of Jabez Olmstead, 8 Oet. 
1741, and had Noah, bap. 17 Ap. 1743; Huldah, baj). 14 Sep. 174G; Sarah, 
bap. 28 Ap. 1751; Mar//, bap. 5 Oct. 1755. Ephuaim the f. res. at Ware, but 
his chil. were bap. here. 

7. Amos, s. of Sumuel (4), m. Beulah Leonard of Rut., pub. 16 July 1757, 
and had Samuel, ba|). 24 Sep. 1758 ; Merci/, bap. 5 Oct. 1760. 

8. JoKL, s. of Judali (5), m. Annis Smith 20 Sep. 1785, and had Phila, b. 17 
Feb. 1788, m. Rhirtin Mandell 18 Sep. 1808, and d. 14 Feb. 187!); JJel/)hia, h. 
12 June 1790, d. unm. of spotted fever 25 Mar. 1810; I)nir/ht, b. 19 Aug. 
1793; Joel Smith, b. 21 Oet. 1803. Joel the f. rem. from Ware to Hk. about 
the year 1800, was a farmer, and res. on the easterly road to Gilbertville, at 
the place marked " A. Warner" on the R. Map. He d. 12 Ap. 1804; his w. 
Annis m. Jonathan Warner 18 Oct. 1807, and d., his widow, 17 May 1859, a. 
nearly 94. 

9. 'Dwu;ht, s. of Joel (8), m. INIary C, dau. of Rev. Thomas Holt, 4 Nov. 
1817, and had iMary Ann, h. 1 Mar. 1819, m. Jnel W. Fletcher of Leominster 
28 Ap. 1845, and d. 25 Ap. 1850. Dwight the f. was a farmer, and res. on the 
easterly road to Gilbertville, at the place marked " Wid. ]\Iarsh " on the R. 
Map; he was a member of the .school committee, 1821-2, and d. 25 Jan. 1823; 
his w, Mary d. 20 Ap. 1866, a. 68. 

10. Joel Smith, s. of Joel (8), ni. Abigail Drury, dau. of Josiah Glenson, 
N. Br., 6 June 1837, and had Joel Divi(/ht, b. 10 May 1838, d. 18 Ap. 1845; 
Josiah Glcason, h. 1 June 1839, d. 5 Feb. 1844 ; Char/es Smith, h. 15 May 1842, 
res. in Springfield, a partner in business witli his fatlier; Abliy Maria, b. 4 Dec. 
1843, d. 9 Sep. 1863; Henry Mandell, b. 15 Sep. 1845, d. 24 June 1847; 
G'eorye Parsons, b. 16 Jan. 1848, d. 13 Ap. 1866. Joel S. the f. owtied the 
farm on the easterly road to Gilbertville, marked "J. Marsh" on the R. ]\Lap, 
but after his marriage generally resi(U!d near the Common, and managed a 
store of English and W. L goods until about 1850, when he rem. to Sprim'f , 
where he has since transacted an extensive business as a grocer. 

11. Maucus, parentage not ascertained, by w. Taniar, had prob. Zenas, h. 
about 1793; prob. Triphena, b. about 1798, d. num. 7 Jan. 1843, a. 44; ]\[ar- 

cm J., b. about 1800; Mary, b. about 1801, m. Bartlett, and d. 24 Jan. 

1873, a. 71; Tyler, b. about 1802, d. 8 Jan. 1875, a. 73; Sally, b. about 1813, 
d. unm. 2 Dec. 1873, a. 60. These, and perhaps others, were probably born 
before their parents rem. to Hk. Maucus the f. prob. resided on the road to 
Ware, at the i)lace marked " M. J. Marsh" on the R. Map; he d, 10 JNIay 
1823, a. 52; his w. Tamar d. 11 Sep. 1864, a. 93. 

12. Zenas, prob. s. of Marcus (II), by w. Fanny, had Samuel Clifford, b. 
10 Dec. 1819. Zenas the f. d. 2 Jidy 1834, a. 41. " 

13. Marcus J., s. of Marcus (11), m. Amelia Dexter 29 June 1823, and 
had Marcus, b. about 1825, d. 3 Ap. 1855, a. 29 years and 9 months; Closes T., 

h. ; Addison Jefferson, b. 28 July 1843; and prob. several others; but 

their birth is not found on record. Maucus J. the f., a farmer, res. on the 
road to ^Vare, at the place marked " M. J. Marsh " on the R. Map. He d. 9 
Mar. 1880, a. 80; his w. Amelia d. 10 Mar. 1880, a. 81. 

14. Moses T., s. of Marcus J. (13), m. Sarah B. Newcomb, ptdi. 30 ^lar. 
1854, and had Carrie L.,h. 1 Jan. 185 7; a sou b. 5 Ap. 1859; Jennie L., b. 
27 Nov. 1872. 

1 See Hj'de's Hist. Address at Ware, 1847, p. 50. 



420 MARSH — MAYO. 

15. Erastus, formerly of Townsend, Vt., by w. Sarah J., had Ellen Maria, 
b. 9 Nov. LSG9. Erastus the f. d. 18 Aug. l.sso, a. 57. 

Sally, m. Elijah Cleveland, pub. 14 May 1789. Polly, m. John Oakes, 
pub. 14 Julv 1793. Prudence, m. Joseph Barnard, Jr., pub. 28 Nov. 179G; 
Judaii, of "Ware, in. Jerusha Collins 20 Feb. 1800. Joxatiian, of Ware, ni. 
Mary, wid. of JMoses Paiije, 1 Dec. 1824. Foster, of Ware, m. Catherine S. 
Fish" 17 June 1846. Mary E., m. Dimiok Willis, Jr., pub. 2 Nov. 1851. 
Martha, ni. Alonzo Richardson, pub. 4 Feb. 1863. William A., m. Anna 
A. Marsh of Ware, pub. 7 Ap. 1863. Joel B., m. Julia E. Babbitt, pub. 28 
Feb. 1865. Lucretia, m. Alfred H. Richardson 21 Nov. 1870. 

Martin, Daniel, by w. Fanny, had Fanni/, Mary Ann, Louisa Maria, 
James Freeman, Lorenzo, Rachel, Thomas, DwiglU Manly, allbap. here 10 Sep. 
1820, and Sarah Wilde, bajs. 17 June 1821. Daniel the f. rem. to N. Br. 
about 1.S35. 

Mason, Elizabeth (wid. of John, Esq., of Barre), d. 2 Feb. 1822, a. 95. 

May, Samuel B., by w. Maria, had Clinton, b. at Hadley 6 Dec. 1827; 
Franklin, b. here 15 Jan. 1831, res. at Southbridge, and d. at New York 12 
Oct. 1869. Samuel B. the f. d. 4 Oct. 1834, a. 32. 

Maynard, George C, m. Adeline E. Perry of Wore, pub. 4 June 1849, 
and hiid Hester Newton, h. 26 Feb. 1851; Cornelia, b. 9 Ap. 1852; and the 
family soon afterwards left the town. 

Patty, of Shrews., m. Dr. Joseph Stone, pub. 11 Mar. 1816. 

Mayo, John (son of John, who d. at Eastham about 1706, and grandson of 
Rev. John, who was ordained colleague with Rev. John Lothrop at Barnstable 
15 Ap. 1640, rem. to Eastham 1646, and thence to Boston, where he was in- 
stalled first minister of the North Church 9 Nov. 1655, was dismissed in 1G73, 
anil after short residence in Barnstable and Eastham d. at Yarmouth in May 
1676), was b. at Eastham 15 Dec. 1652, m. Hannah, dau. of Major John Free- 
man of Eastham, 14 Ap. 1681, and had Hannah, b. 8 Jan. 1682 ; Samuel, b. 16 

July 1684; John, b.. ; Mercy, b. 23 Ap. 1688; Rebecca, b. ; Mary, b. 

26 Oct. 1694; Joseph, b. 32 Dec. 1696; Elizabeth, b. 1706. John the f. 

res. in Hingham until about 1700, when he rem. to Harwich, was representa- 
tive six years, and d. 1 Feb. 1726. Savage's (Jeneal. Diet., iii. 187. 

2. Joseph, s. of John (1), m. Abigail Merrick 20 Feb. 1717-18, and had 
Joseph, b. 11 Nov. 1718; Moses, b. 1 Feb. 1720-1; Lydia, b. 23 Mar. 1721-2; 
Thomas, b. 1 Ap. 1725; Abigail, b. 1 Dec. 1727 or 1728; Elizabeth, h. 28 Mar. 
1731, d. young; Isaac and Elizabeth, twins, b. 28 Mar. 1733; A'^athan, b. 5 Ap. 
1735 or 1736 ; Eunice, h. 7 Ap. 1738. Joseph the f. res. in that part of Har- 
wich which is now Brewster, was elected deacon of the church 9 Mar. 1739, 
was selectnuxn elevfen years, and d. in 1772. 

3. Moses, s. of Josei)h (2), m. Phebe Freeman 10 Mar. 1742-3, and had 
Phebe, Moses, Mary, Hannah, Issachar, Elkanah, Edmund, all bap. 3 Sep. 
1758 ; Phebe, bap. 30 Dec. 1759; Watson, bap. 7 Feb. 1762; Katherine, bap. 7 
Sep. 1766; Benjamin, bap. 28 Aug. 1768. Moses the f. res. in Harwich 
(Brewster) ; but in his old age rem. here, prob. with liis son Edmund, .and d. 
7 Mar. 1812, a. 94, according to the record of his death; but actually 91. 

4. Nathan, s. of Joseph (2), by w. Anna, had Melietabel, bap. 15 Aug. 
1762; and prob. by 2d w. Mary,i had Nathan, bap. 16 Feb. 1766; Anna, 
bap. 10 July 1768; Daniel, bap. 3 Dec. 1769; William, bap. 28 Ap. 1771; 
Peter, bap. 3 July 1714; Joshua, bap. 24 Jan. 1779. Nathan the f. res. in 
Harwich. 

5. Edmund, s. of Moses (3), m. Martha , who d. 20 Feb. 1797, and he 

m. Abigail . His chil. were Martha, bap. 19 Nov. 1786, d. young; Ed- 
mund and EzeJdel, twins, bap. 22 Feb. 1789 {Ezekiel was bap. privately, being 
snj)posed near death); Ezekiel, bap. 4 Sep. 1791; George, b. 24 Oct. 1801; 
Patty, b. 9 Jan. 1807, m. Wm. Hunt of Northampton, pub. 3 Dec. 1827. Ed- 
mund the f., styled captain, was prob. a master mariner, and res. in Brewster 

1 The Church Record calls Melietabel, was adm. to full communion 3 June 1704. 
bap. 15 Aug. 1702, dau. of Natlian and The name of the mother of the other children 
Anna, yet says that Marv, w. of Nathan, is not mentioned in the record of baptisms. 



MAYO — MERRICK. 421 

until about 1<S00, wlien lie rem. here and lived on the Barre road, Ijetween the 
places marked " Dr. Stone " and "Mr. Lincoln " on the R. Map, on which 
his name was accidentally omitted. He d. 9 Dec. 1841, a. 85; his w. Abigail 
d. 10 Nov. 1831, a. (i4. 

6. I'ktku, s. of Nathan (1). m. Bcthia, dan. of John Smith, and had Me- 
hetaheL h. 4 Dec. 1799, m. Nathan T. Chase of Hk. 17 May 1854; Prtr-r, b. 24 
May 1802; William, b. 30 Nov. 1804 ; B/'/hia, b. 30 Oct. 180G; John S., b. 13 
Dec. 1808; Eliztibeth S., twin, b. 24 Oct. 1810, ni. Leonard Mellen of Ilk.; 
Hannah, twin, b. 24 Oct. 1810, m. Joseph Burgess of Ilk. 5 Sep. 1841 ; Nathan, 
b. 13 :\Iay 1812, d. 10 Ap. 1816 ; Joseph, b. 8 or 18 July 1814; Isaac, b. 22 Aug. 
181G; HarricI, b. 16 Alay 1818, m. Rev. IMarlin J. Steere of Rhode Island, who 
afterwards rem. to Mk., and d. 18 Jan. 1877; Warrtn, b. 26 Sep. 1820. Pktkh 
the f., styled captain, was prob. a master mariner, and res. in Harwich until 
after 1810; his later years were spent in Ilk., and he d. here 27 Jan. 1857, a. 
82; his w. Bethia d. 12 Oct. 1870, a. 94 ; they were buried near the front of 
the new cemetery, and in the same lot were deposited, in 187 7, the remains of 
his cousin Capt. Edmund Mayo, and his wife Abigail, which had long rested 
in a tomb. 

7. Edmund, s. of Edmund (5), was a merchant in West Brookfield and 
Warren; he d. in Newark, N. J., in 1865 ; but I have no record of his family. 

ViKGixiA, m. John Young 27 Dec. 1865. 

IMcIntyrk, Robert, m. Hhoda. dau. of Jonathan Warner, 26 Nov. 1772, 
and had Fannij, b. 13 July 1773; William Little, b. 3 July 1775. Robkkt the 
f. d. 29 Aug. 1775, a. 25, and his w. Rhoda m. Jonathan Lynds of Petersham 
26 Ap. 1778. 

Mkad, Jonathan, rem. from Pet. to Hk., was for many years the grave- 
digger, and d. 24 Mar. 1814, a. 50. I have not seen a record of his family; 
but he had son J'ilhj and dau. Elizabeth K., who in. William F. Granger 26 
Nov. 1829; another dau. who m. Daniel Granger, f. of William F. ; prob. 
Mary Ann, who m. Benjamin Cummings, Jr., of Ware 25 Oct. 1830; and 
perhaf)S others. 

2. Tilly, s. of Jonathan (1), b. in Pet., m. Caroline Hathaway, pub. 30 Ap. 
1822, and had Abner AUlen, b. 14 Feb. 1823, d. 29 Aug. 1846; Caroline Hatha- 
ivay, b. 15 Sep. 1825, d. 3 May 1843; Rebecca J., b. 8 Jan. 1832, m. William 
Adams, Jr., of W. Brk. 3 Oct. 1854; John B., b. about 1834. Tilly the f. was 
a cabinet-maker, res. less than half a mile northerly from the Common, and d. 
28 Mar. 1849, a. 54. 

3. John B., s. of Tilly (2), m. Sarah Carter 24 Feb. 1863, and had Lucy 
C, b. 11 Ap. 1864; John A., b. 22 Jan. 1866, d. 12 Feb. 1866; Charles L., 
b. 22 Feb. 1867, d. 26 Oct. 1875. John B. the f. was a cabinet-maker, res. 
on the homestead, and d. 10 May 1868, a. 34. 

Mellen, Leonard (b. in Mendon), m. Elizabeth S., dau. of Capt. Peter 

Mayo, and had Mary, b. ; Hannah, b. ; James Franklin, b. 31 Jan. 

1845; and perhaps others. Leonard the f. d. 20 Jan. 1873, a. nearly 67. 

2. Edward D., by w. Julia M., had Lauretta Elizabeth, b. 27 Oct. 1853. 

David (b. in Prescott), d. 20 May 1854, a. 70. 

Merrick, William (otherwise written Mirick and Myrick), by w. Re- 
becca, had William, b. 15 Sep. 1643; Stephen, b. 12 May 1646, ui. Mercy 
Bangs 28 Dec. 1670; Rebecca, b. 28 July 1648; Mary, b. 4 Nov. 1650, m. 
Stephen Hopkins 23 May 1667 ; Rtilh, b. lo' May 1652 ; Sarah, b. 1 Aug. 1654, 
m. John Freeman, Jr., 18 Dec. 1672; John, h. 15 Jan. 1656-7; Isaac, b. 6 
Jan. 1660-1; Joseph, b. 1 June 1662, m. Elizabeth Howes 1 or 8 May 1684; 
Benjamin., h. 1 Feb. 1664-5. William the f. was a lieutenant, res. in East- 
ham. In his will, dated 3 Dec. 1686, and proved 6 ^Nlar. 1688-9, he is de- 
scribed as " about eighty-six years of age ; " by which it would seem that he 
was forty-three years old when the first of his ten children was born, and he 
might be supposed the grandfather of this fandly, rather than their father, 
were it not that he names his wife Rebecca and chil. William and Stephen in 
his will. 

2. AViLLiAM, s. of William (1), m. Abigail Hopkins 23 May 166 7, and had 



422 MERRICK — MILLER. 

Rebecca, b. 28 Nov. IfiGS ; William, b. 1 Aug. 16 70. William the f. res. in 
Eastham, where he d. 20 Mar. 1670-1, at the early age of 27 years and 6 
months. 

3. William, s. of William (2), an ensign, res. in Harwich (now Brewster). 
I have not seen a record of his family ; but in his will, dated 5 May 1723, and 
proved 9 Nov. 1732, he names w. Elizabeth (apparently not his first wife), 
ehiltiren Benjamin, Nathaniel, Stephen, Joshua, John, Ruth Sears (wife of Sam- 
uel Sears, and subsequently the third wife of Deac. Chillinojsworth Foster), 
and the children of dauiihter Rebecca Sparrow, deceased. He d. 30 Oct. 1732. 

4. Nathaniel, s. of William (3), by w. Alice, had nine children, named in 
his will, dated 18 Oct. 1743, to wit: William (deceased, leaving cliil. Wil- 
liam and Gideon), Constant, Benjamin, Hannah Snow, Mercy King, Fcntli. (w. 
of Thomas), Hinkley, I^riscilla Cobb, Alice (w. of Capt. Benjamin) Rug- 
gles, and Sarah, who m. Abner Lee of New Rutland (liarre) in Oct. 1744. 
Of this family, Constant was b. about 1701 ; Benjaviin, 20 Mai-. 1717-18, and 
Sarah, 5 July 1720. Nathaniel the f. res. in Harwich (Brewster), was a 
caj)tain, and d. 13 Nov. 1743; his w. Alice was prob. the "widow Merrick" 
who (1. liere 24 Dec. 1756. 

5. Constant, s. of Nathaniel (4), m. Sarah, dau. of John Freeman of 
Rochester (and sister of Deac. John Freeman of Hk.), pub. 17 Feb. 1726-7, 
and had William, h. 22 Ap. 1728; Nathaniel, b. 22 May 1730; Sarah, b. 30 
Sep. 1732, m. Timothy Newton 5 July 1751; Constant, b. 21 Feb. 1734-5, d. 
young ; Alice, b. 29 Autr. 173 7, m. Zebadiah Johnson 25 Nov. 1756 ; Constant, 
b. 13 Sep. 1740. Constant the f. rem. from Rochester to Hk. about 1735, 
and res. on the road to Bai-re, at the place marked " F. Fay " on the R. Map. 
He was captain of militia, selectman eleven years, assessor nine years, and d. 
17 Mar. 1792, a. 91. 

6. William (s. of Constant (5), ni. Sarah, dau. of Samuel Billings, 7 Sep. 
1749, and had Gideon, b. 22 Aug. 1750; WilUam, b. 7 July 1752, m. Hannah, 
dau. of Josej)li Nye, 15 Nov. 1798, and d. about 1803; his wid. Hannah m. 
Aldrich Worley of Boston, pub. 8 July 1805; Sarah, b. 9 Ap. 1754. Sarah 
the mother d, before 1778, as noted in her father's will of that date. 

7. Nathaniel, s. of Constant (5), m. Susanna, dau. of Ebenezer Law- 
rence 13 Feb. 1755 ; she d. and he m. Lois Hammond of Rochester, 29 May 
1764; she d. and he m. Elizabeth Haskell of Roch., 26 June 1775; she d. 4 
Sep. 1796, a. 54 or 55, and he m. Susanna Taylor of Athol 23 Oct. 1797. 
His chil. were Elizabeth, b. 13 Jan. 1756, m. John Pratt 19 Jan. 1775; Su- 
sanna, b. 16 Feb. 1758, d. young; Constant, b. 7 Jan. 1760; Nathaniel, bap. 4 
July 1762, prob. d. young; Nathan, b. 12 Mar. 1763; Susanna, b. 24 Sep. 
1766, m. James Peirce 20 Nov. 1785; Phebe, h. 20 Aug. 1768; Sarah, b. 
19 Dec. 1769, m. Heman Shurtleff 30 Nov. 1788; Lois, bap. 1 May 17 73, m. 
Stephen Nye 10 Jan. 1802; William and Elmira, named in their father's will, 
of whom the former jn-ob. m. Hannah Nye 15 Nov. 1798. Nathaniel the f. 
d. 5 Feb. 1799. 

8. Constant, s. of Nathaniel (7), m. Sarah Hopkins 18 ]\Iar. 1781, and 
had Prince, b. 14 Dec. 1781 ; Barna, b. 2 Jan. 1783 ; Polhj^ 
Nathan, b. 13 July 1789. No further trace found. V^Wt 

Rev. John M. (pastor of the Congregational Church), 
wood of Portsmouth, N. H., pub. 1 Dec. 1828. 
- Mehritt, Elbridge W., acting pastor and pastor of the Calvinistic Church 
from October 1870 to October 1876, by w. Eliza Jane, had Lucii Sophia, bap. 
2 July 1871 ; il7ar;/ Catherine, bap. 5 July 1874. He rem. to Dana. 

Polly, m. Eli Barnes 21 July 1 789. Benjamin, of Ware, m. Sarah Wheel- 
ock 8 Jan. 1797. 

Miles, Palmer B., ni. Elizabeth A. Bacon of Barre, pub. 19 Aug. 1842, 
and had Frederick Brooks, h. 16 Dec. 1845. He soon afterwards removed. 

Miller, William R., by w. IMary Jane, had William Hernando, b. 12 
Sep. 1866. 

Ira, ni. Aurelia Frye 27 Mar. 1824. Ira, m. IMartha Frye 12 May 1830 
John F., m. Amanda Drury of Shutes., pub. 6 Aug. 1835. 



IS io mar. iioi, anu 

Poll II Aj. 3 May 1787; ., . 

), m. Harriet L. Under- 



MIXTER. 423 

MiXTER, Samuel, m. Elizabetli, dan. of Jason Rinclow of Rrk., and had 
Elizabeth, b. 18 Nov. 17G8, ni. Ebenezer Tidd ; Jason, h. 27 July 17 72 ; 
Sarah, h. 22 ^lar. 1774, in. Samncl Pope; Mary, b. 9 Sep. 177G, m. Gen. 
Samufl Lee of Barre ; Lucij, b. l."5 Nov. 177S, d. nnni. 28 Oct. 1823; Asenaih, 
b. 14 Mar. 1782, ni. Josepli (Jreen ; Samuel, b. 15 Get. 1784. All res. and d. 
in N. Br., except Jasoti und Man/. Samukl the f. was s. of Josiab, and a 
descendant in the fonrth generation from Isaac Mi.xer of ^Vatertown, where 
he was born 7 Aug. 1743. He was a farmer, lieutenant of militia, res. a short 
time after marriage at Brk. and thence rem. in 1770 to New Braintree, where 
he d. 17 Jan. 1821 ; his w. Elizabeth d. 2 July 1834. 

2. Jasox, s. of Samuel (1), m. Susan, dan. of Dr. Robert Cutler of Am- 
herst, pub. 30 Mar. 1808, and had William, b. 5 Ap. 1800 ; Charles, b. 18 
Mar. 1811; Susan, b. 7 Sep. 1813, m. Joseph Knox, Escj., 7 Sej). 1831, and 
rem. to Koek Island, 111.; (Jeorqe, b. 28 Ap. 1815, Y. C. 1S3G, settled in 
Rock Island; Mary Anu, b. 19 May 1818, d. 8 Feb. 1830. Jason tlie f. was 
b. in Brk., went early witli his f. to N. Br., and on the 15th of November, 
1788, became a resident liere for tlie remainder of his life, lie was at first a 
clerk in the store of Gen. Jonathan Warner, then a partner, and afterwards, 
for many years, sole nianager of the business, justice of the j)eace, member 
of the school conunittee, 1807, selectman thirteen years, town treasurer 
six years, and representative three years. He res. near the Common, 
at the place markecl with his name on the R. Map, and d. 31 Jan. 1850 ; his 
w. Susan d. 30 Oct. 18G1, a. 84. He bequeathed to the First Calvinistic 
Society five thousand dollars, as a fund for tlie maintenance of the ministry. 

3. Samukl, s. of Samuel (1), m. Clarissa Moore, and liad William, b. , 

d. unm. 17 Feb. 18G9, a. 44; James, b. , d. young. Samukl the f. taught 

school in Hk. iive winters, res. in N. Br., was much emplo\ed in jjublic life, 
colonel of militia, justice of the peace, member of tlie school committee, 
selectman, assessor, representative, senator, and councillor. He d. 30 Mar. 
1862. 

4. William, s. of Jason (2), m. Mary, dan. of Anson Ruggles. 7 July, 

1840, and had George, b. 10 Sej). 1842, grad. II. C. 18G3, a banker in Boston; 
Mary Ann, b. 24 Jan. 1845 ; Fanny Louisa, b. 29 Sep. 1850, m. Daniel Waldo 
Howard of Philadelphia 15 Feb. 1881 ; Samuel Jason, h. 10 May 1855, a gradu- 
ate of the Technological School and of the Harvard Medical School, a jibysician 
in Boston, m. Wilhelmina, (Jalloupe 12 Aug. 1879; William An<on, h. 24 Oct. 
185G, d. 5 Jan. 1859. William the f. entered Harvard College, in the 
famous class of 1829, l)ut by the failure of his health was prevented from 
completing the prescribed course; he received the customary' (h'gree, however, 
from his Alma Mater in 187G, and liis name was assigned to its i)roper place 
in his class. He was a merchant for several years, in the store, formerly 
occupied by his father, from which be retired witli a plentiful estate. He 
purcliased a house in Beacon Street, Boston, where he spends his winters, but 
retains his homestead and his legal residence in Hard wick. He was a mem- 
ber of the school committee, 1831 and 1832; selectman, 1841 to 1843; town 
clerk, 1849 to 1857; town treasurer, 1846 to 18G2, except in 1850; representa- 
tive, 1854, 1856, 1858; and senator, 1857. He has been a justice of the 
peace since 1845; and in 18G6 was appointed to the office of harbor com- 
missioner. 

5. Charles, s. of Jason (3), m. Frances Louisa, dau. of Nathaniel Curtis, 
Esq., of Boston, 30 Mar. 1848, and had Emily Louisa, b. in I{oxl)ury 9 Sep. 

1841, d. in Newport, R. L, 2 Oct. 1853 ; Madeleine Curtis, b. in Newport 27 
May 1856; Charles Cutler, b. in Boston 15 Nov. 185 7, d. in New York 22 
Feb. 18GI; Helen Kortriyht, b. in Boston 27 Ap. 1864. Chaulks the f. was 
a memijer of the mercantile house of Jabez C. Howe & Co. of Boston; he 
pros[)ered abundantly, and retired in comparatively early life, fully satisfied 
with his accumulations. He had a pleasant summer residence in Newport, 
R. I., but spent much time in other cities, both here and abroad, at Paris 
and elsewhere. He embarked with his family for Europe on board the 
steamer Ville du Havre, and was wrecked and drowned, together with his 



424 MONROE — MOULTON. 

wife and lier father, 22 Nov. IS 73. His two daughters were also engulfed in 
the sea, but were providentially rescued; they now reside in Boston. 

Monroe, Jonas, b. in Plainfield 15 Dec. 1773, m. Alice Butler in Oakham, 
13 Sep. 1801; she was b. in Oak. 9 June 1775. Their chil., all b. in Oak., 
were Lucretia Butler, b. 26 Ap. 1803, d. 10 Ap. 1871; Sail)/, h. 11 Nov. 1804, 
d. 8 Feb. 1843; Nelson, b. 5 May 180C, d. 9 Ap. 1856; Rutli Proufy, b. 26 Oct. 
1807, d. 28 Dec. 1874; JoJm., b. 30 Mar. 1809, d. 26 May 1848; Jonas, b. 22 
Sep. 1810; Harrison Gray Otis, b. 29 June 1812; Alice, b. 28 Nov. 1813; 
James, b. 25 Jan. 1818, grad. Y. C. 1845, d. in California 20 Nov. 1861. 
Jonas the f. rem. to Hk. late in life. res. at the place marked "J. Monroe " 
on the K. Map, and d. 12 Jan. 1849; his w. Alice d. 2 Sep. 1857. 

2. Harkison Gray Otis, s. of Jonas (1). m. Roxana. dau. of John Barlow, 
18 May 1843, and had Ellen M., b. 1 Ap. 1844, m. Albert L. Wiley of Bos- 
ton 2 June 1865; Mary E., h. 24 Mar. 1846, d. 5 July 1862; Louisa Roxana, 
b. 2 May 1S48, m. Marshall Richards of Springf. 28 Jan. 1869; Martha Lucre- 
tia, b. 15 Oct. 1850, m. John B. Stebbins 11 Ap. 1877. Harrison G. O. 
the f. came here before his marriage, was a farmer, res. on the homestead, 
about a mile and three quarters southerly from the Common (long ago known 
as the Winslow farm), and d. 26 May 1880. 

]\IooRK, Timothy (othervvi.se written More and Mores), m. Mary Warner 
26 May 1768, and had Thomas, bap. 17 Sep. 1769; Jonathan, bap. 29 Dec. 
1769 {Jonathan is styled in the record son of Timothy and Lois Mores). 

INIorgan, Paul, res. on the northerly side of the turnpike in a small house 
which formerly stood at the foot of the hill on the westerly side of Great 
iNIeadow Brook, and had the care of a grist-mill tlien standing on the south- 
erly side of the road, but demolished long ago. He was sini])le and shiftless, 
and became a state pauper. He seems to have died in 1789, when an account 
was allowed for the expense of his last sickness and funeral. His w. Hannah 
d. 17 Jan. 1824, in extreme old age, — estimated on the town record at 95, 
though it is doubtful whether any one knew with certainty. In her da}', most 
of the spinning and weaving was done in families; she could neither spin nor 
weave, when I knew her, but she would card wool, or comb worsted, for spin- 
ning;, from morning until night. She thus made herself useful, going from 
house to house, as her services were required, until she was disabled by the 
infirmities of age, when she also became a public charge. 

Mary, m. Simon Oliver of Barre 24 July 1785. 

Morse, William, by w. Philadelphia, had Led, b. 1 Oct. 1820. 

2. Ransom M., by w. Francina, had Charles Willard, b. 19 Mar. 1869. 

3. Franklin, by w. Catherine, had Rosanna, b. 27 May 1869; Napoleon, 
b. 18 Jan. 1871. 

Caroline, of Southbridge, m. Albert E. Rice, pul). 13 Nov. 1835. 

Morton, Stephen, m. Abigail Whiiing, 15 Ap. 1805, and had Plnnelias, 
b. 12 Oct. 1805; Eleanor, b. 14 Oct. 1807, m. William M. Yerrin<rton 19 May 
1836, and d. 16 May 1855; Mary, b. 8 Oct. 1809, d. 1 Mar. 1833; Lucia, b. 
16 Mar. 1812 ; Almjail, b. 19 Feb. 1814, m. Nelson Robinson of Norwich, Vt., 
12 Jan. 1841, and d. here 3 Sep. 1877; Stephen, b. 22 Dee. 1816, d. 5 Ap. 
1834. Stephen the f. was a blacksmith, noteworthy for his unflagging indus- 
try, thorouiih workmanship, and punctuality ; his sho]) was on the easterly 
corner of the turiq)ike, and the way leading to the Petersham roail; his house 
remains on the same lot, at the place marked " S. Morton" on the R. jNIap. 
He d. 26 Ap. 1835, a. 56; his w. Abigail d. 24 May 1845, a. 63. 

2. Phineiias, s. of Ste])hen (1), m. Mary A. ; she d, 2 Aug. 1840, a. 

28, and he m. Sarah S. Brindiall of Wore, pub. 14 Feb. 1846. His chil. were 
Sarah A., b. about 1835, m. Alden B. Spooner 26 Jan. 1858, and d. 2 (or 3) 
Dec. 1864; Stephen I\, b. about 1838, d. 19 Sep. 1860, a. 22; George Lyman, 
b. 18 July 1849 ; Frank Allen, b. 14 Oct. 1850. 

Tabitha, of Whateley, m. Dr. Charles Doolittle 3 Oct. 1771. Esther, of 
Whateley. m. Dr. Lucius' Doolittle 12 May 17S3. 

MouLTON, Rev. Horace, by w. Jufia Ann, had Julia Ann, b. 29 Oct. 
1852. 



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2. INI ACE, by w. ]\rary A., had Orsou, b. 1 Nov. 1801. 

Julia, in. Daniel Brig^s, Jr., of Windsor, pub. 25 Oct. 1834. Sally S., 
m. Sanuud L. Robinson, Jr., 19 Ap. 1835. David, m. Mary Soagrave of Ux- 
bridire, pnb. 7 Mar. 1840. Samuel, s. of Nathan, d. 26 Dec. 1833, a. 11. 

MuxDKN, Daniel, m. Rebecca Wheeler 8 Ap. 1771. No record of chil- 
dren. He survived to old age. 

Chaki.es, s. of Oliver, d. 17 Nov. 1832, a. 1 yeai\ 

MuzzEY. Joseph, m. Lucinda Pai'^e 25 Ap. 171)0. 

INIyek. Johx L., in. Abigail Ranisdell, pub. IS Nov. 1782. 

Nazko, Aahox, m. Diiley Day, 21 ]\Iar. 1808. 

Nklsox. I\Iaky, ni. Thomas Barlow 2(j Sep. 17D3. Charles, of Warren, 
m. Elizabeth Alexander, 28 jMar. is 74. 

Newcomh, Annas, s. of Joseph (and a descendant from Francis New- 
comb, who came to Boston 1635, rem. to Mount Wollaston 1G3S, and d. in 
1692, rep\ited to be one hundred years old), m. Abigail, dau. of Nathan Bab- 
bitt, 18 Dec. 1783, and had Annas, b. 28 Oct. 1784; Ahiquil, h. 22 Oct. 1787, 
m. Edward Babbitt of Savoy 11 June 1S12; Sarah Wild, b. 14 May 1792, d. 
unm. 9 Jan. 1871; Ruth ]Vashhi(rn, h. 2 Feb. 1796, m. John Hastings, Jr., 
18 Sep. 1821, and d. in So. Shaftsbury, Vt., 20 Ap. 1861; Man/, b. 14 Mar. 
1798, m. Alvan Dunham of Savoy, 23 Jan. 1827; Joseph, h. 16 Dec. 1800; 
Anna, b. 13 Jan. 1804, m. Jason Gorham 12 July 1827; Nathan Babbitt, h. 

18 May 1806. Annas the f. was b. in Norton 25 Mar. 1762, and rem. to 
Hk. in 1791; he was a clothier and fanner, res. on the Petersham road, at the 
place marked "J. Newcoml) " on the R. Map, and d. 5 Aug. 1823; his w. 
Abigail d. 11 (or 16) Mar. 1S4 7, a. 83. 

2. JosETii, s. of Annas (1), m. Alma, dau. of Capt. Samuel Dexter, pub. 
11 Feb. 1828, and had Alma Maria, b. 29 Mar. 1830, m. Stephen P. Hillman 
4 Dec. 1851; John Joseph, b. 29 June 1832; Sarah W., b. 15 Oct. 1834, m. 
Charles S. Clark 14 Dec. 1856; Samud Williams, b. 9 Oct. 1836. Joseph 
the f. was a farmer, res. on the homestead, and d. 21 (or 22) Sep. 1840. 

3. John Joseph, s. of Joseph (2), m. Cordelia Gould, pub. 13 Mar. 1857; 
no record of children. He res. on the Petersham road, opposite the home- 
stead, and afterwards on the turnpike at the place marked " A. Fay" on the 
R. Map; he served the town as an assessor seven years, from 1871 to 1877. 

4. Samuel Williams, s. of Joseph (2), m. Julia Ann, dau. of Adonijah 
Dennis, 23 Ap. 1863, ami had William Adonijah, b. 6 Mar. 1865; Julia Alma, 
b. 25 Ap. 1869. Samuel W. the f. res. on the homestead. 

5. Elisha, s. of David (and a descendant from Andrew Newcomb, who 
was in Boston as early as 1664), was b. in WelHleet 15 Jan. 1765, rem. with 
his father to Oxford 1772, and to Greenwich 1782, m. Rachel, dau. of Capt. 
Gamaliel Collins, 23 Feb. 1790, had twelve children, of whom the first two 
were b. in Hk. (but not found on record), and the other ten in Enfield; his 
third child, Rachel Collins, m. Levi Jones of Shutesbury, and their dau. Eliz- 
abeth, b. 18 Mar. 1817, m. William Cutler Wesson, pub. 29 May 1840. Sec 
Genealofpj of the Newcomb Famibj, pp. 203, 204. 

6. Foster, s. of Nehemiah, and grandson of David, named in the preced- 
ing paragraph, was b. at Gr. 26 Jan. 1789, m. Hannah Latham 1 May 1816; 
she d. 12 May 1817, and he m. ^''anny, dau. of Gamaliel Collins, 18 Feb. 1819. 
Two of his eight chil. were Anson Foster, b. 15 Feb. 1821, and John Holmes, 
b. 28 Oct. 1838, m. Alice E. Powell 1 Oct. 1863, was a sergeant, and was 
wounded in the war of the Rebellion, and afterwards a wool-sorter at Gilbert- 
ville. Foster the f. was b. at Greenwich (now Enfield) 26 Jan. 1789, was a 
farmer, and res. principally in Enf., but owned grist and saw-mills in Hk. He 
d. 12 Feb. 1869. See Gen. of Newcomh Fam., pp. 181, 182. His w. Fanny d. 

19 Nov. 1878. 

7. Moses, s. of Nehemiah, as above, was b. at Gi-. 31 Aug. 1790, m. Susanna 
Thayer 2 Dec. 1819, res. at Ware, and d. 3 Mar. 1832; his w. Susanna d. 2 
Oct. 1868; and both were buried in Hk. 

8. Isaiah, s. of Nehemiah, as above, m. Betsey Fuller of Enf. 4 Dec. 1822; 
she d. 13 Feb. 1831, and he m. Lucina Carey of Ware, pub. 9 Aug. 1831. His 



426 NEWCOMB — NEWTON. 

chil. were Hannah Dorinda, b. 22 Sep. 1823, d. 3 Oct. 1823 ; Alanson La Fayette, 
b. 15 Oct. 1824, d. 11 Aug. 1830; Johi Fuller, b. 20 June 1826, rem. to Michi- 
p;an, where lie in. Bethany Bettis in 1858; Anna Fuller, b. 19 INIay 1828, m. 
Sylvanus j\1. Danforth of Sprino;f. 5 Feb. 1851 ; William, b. 81 Oct. 1829. d. 
unm. 27 Mar. 1881; Sarah Blair, b. 12 Nov. 1832, ni. Moses T. Marsh, pub. 
30 Mar. 1854; AuguMa Maria, h. 20 May 1835, ni. Sardius J. Sibley 13 Nov. 
1856; AhbyJane, b. 23 June 1838, m. Elijah F. Tucker of Ware, pub. 19 Feb. 
1856. Isaiah the f. was b. at Gr. 26 July 1799, was a farmer, res. on the Ware 
road, at the place erroneously marked " T. Newcomb" on the R. Map, and d. 
23 July 1868, a. 69; his w. Lucina d. 25 Oct. 1873, a. 72. 

9. Anson Fostkr, s. of Foster (6), m. Maria F. Richards, and had Charles 
Amon, b. 2 Oct. 1864. 

Hannah T., m. Peter A. Joslyn, pub. 31 Oct. 1829. Bethany, of Eiif., m. 
Bradford Newland, pub. 21 Nov. 1834. 

Nkwkll, Lucy, of Danvers, m. Jedediah Shurtleff 7 July 1785. William, 
ni. Betsey Lawrence, pub. 3 May 1797. 

Newland, Jeukmiah, res. in the southwesterly part of the town, and d. 18 
Jan. 1821, a. 90. Susanna his wife d. 7 Ap. 1815. No record is found of the 
birth of his cliildrcn ; but he named in his will, 23 Jan. 1808, five sons: John, 
Ziba, Enas, David, Masa, and three daughters, Experience, Lucy (who d. 
unm. 10 Dec. 1818, a. 54), and Matilda (who d. unm. 9 Jan. 1824, a. 56). The 
record of their descendants is very defective. 

2. Enos, s. of Jeremiah (1), m. Lucy , and had Enos, b. about 1799; 

perhaps 7t«(7/<?/ i/., b. about 1800, d. unm. 10 Feb. 1822, a. 22; Lorenzo, b. 
about 1810; and prob. others. Enos the f. was a deacon of the Baptist Church, 
and d. 9 Oct. 1830, a. 60; his w. Lucy d. 26 Nov. 1840, a. 67. 

3. Masa, s. of Jeremiah (1), m. Nancy Bassett 31 Oct. 1802, and had 
Nancy W., h. about 1804, d. unm. 28 July 1857, a. 53; and prob. others. 
Masa the f. d. 7 Aug. 1851, a. 78; his w. Nancy d. 28 July 1854, a. 79. 

4. Ends, s. of Enos (2), m. Sophia Cutler 29 Dec. 1818, and had Jason, b. 

1834, (1. 18 Jan. 1835, a. 6 months; and probably others. Enos the f. d. 

26 June 1835, a. 35. 

5. Vincent, m. Betsey Brown 6 Sep. 1820, and had a child who d. 26 Feb. 
1823. 

6. Arbr D., m. INIary Borden of Belchertown, pub. 7 Sep. 1833, and had 

Benjamin D., b. 1834, d. 6 (or 11) Ap. 1836, a. about a year and a half; 

Mary Ann, b. 31 May 1836, m. Humphrey Jame^^, pub. 30 May 1855; George 
Masa, b. 13 Aug. 1837 ; Franklin Bassett, b. 28 Feb. 1839, m. Fanny M. Snow, 
pub. 31 Jan. 1862; Phebe Caroline Augusta, b. 17 Dec. 1843, m. Franklin E. 
Rogers of Gr. 16 Sep. 1865; Nancy Ardelia, h^ 2 Sep. 1845 ; Lorenzo D., b. 28 
July 1852. 

7. LouENZO, prob. s. of Enos (2), m. Prolexana Sturtevant 22 Ap. 1835, and 
had Mary, b. 26 Sep. 1840; Elvira, b. 4 Ap. 1842; Maria Louisa, b. 2 Aug. 
1844; Ella, b. 10 Ap. 1850. 

Dexcy, m. Ezra Sprout of Gr. 3 Dec. 1818. Hiraim, m. Lucy Brown 30 
Mar. 1831. Jowx, m. Melinda Haskins, 31 July 1831. Bradford, m. Bethany 
Newcomb of Enf., pub. 21 Nov. 1834. Anna D., ni. Charles W. Kendall of 
Athol, pub. 18 Oct. 1867. Mrs. Peda, d. 2 Mar. 1825, a. 65. 

Newton, Josiah (s. of Moses, who d. at Marlborough 23 May 1736, a. 90, 
and grandson of Richard, who d. at ]\Iarl. 24 Aug. 1701, "almost a hundred 

years old"), m. Elizabeth , who d. and he m. Huhamah , about 1730. 

His chil. were FJlizabelJi,^ prob. b. about 1716, m. Silas Warren; Paul, b. 24 
Sep. 1718, d. at Northborough 18 May 1797; Thankful, b. 1720, m. Ste- 
phen Maynard; Tabitha, h. 8 Feb. 172'l-2, d. 23 Sep."l728; Silas, b. 1724; 

Mary, b. 1726, said to have d. the same year; but in the division of her 

father's estate, 12 May 1755, a share was assigned to daughter Mary, wife of 
Asa Hrigbam; Timothy, b. 23 Feb. 1728; Sarah, h. 4 Oct. 1731; Barnabas, h. 
18 Sep. 1733; Stephen, b. 3 Sep. 1735, d. 11 Aug. 1751; Hannah, b. 17 Feb. 

1 In the division of Deacon Newton's helh, wife of Silas Warreu, apparently the 
estate, 1755, a share was assigned to Eliza- eldest daughter. 



NEWTON. 427 

1737, (]. yonnc:; John, b. 15 Feb. 1730, d. yonnpr ; Bacliel, b. 21 Feb. 1741 ; 
Lydia, b." 22 iMay 1743; Peter, b. 9 Oct. l"745, d. 29 July 1751 ; Jo^^uth, b. 9 
May 1748. JosiAii tlit! f., born in Marl., was a tanner, and was elected deacon 
of the cluircli S June 1738. Jn 1737 he boufjht for £377, "six tentlis of one 
whole share that is already lotted out, or to be lotted out ; there being twelve 
shares or whole proprietors," in Lanibstown, now Ilk.; out of which property 
he gave farms to his sons Silas and 7'imnthi/. He d. 9 F'eb. 1755, a. about 67, 
leaving what was then a large estate, valued at £1,282. 4.s-. Id. ; his w. Ruhamah 
survived. 

2. Silas, s. of Josiah (1), ni. Mercy, dau. of Deac. John Freeman, 9 Nov. 
1749, and had Lemuel, b. IG Feb. 1750-1 ; Stephen, b. 2.S June 1754; Susanna, 
b. 7 Aug. 17G1, m. Frederick AV^icker 24 June 1784. Silas the f. was a farmer, 
and jjrob. res. near the road to Enfield, about three and a lialf miles from the 
Common, at the place marked " S. Newton " on the R. Mnp. lie was clerk 
of a company in the French War, 1757. He d. 7 Dec. 17G3, at the enrlv age 
of 39; his w. Mercy m. Leonard Robinson of Bennington 13 Mar. 1766 (and 
had son Samuel Leonard Robinson, b. 1767, d. liere 18 Jan. 1863, a. nearly 
96) ; she found her second marriage relation unpleasant, and ret. to Hk., res. 
with her s. Lemuel, and d. 24 Nov. 1814, a. 82. 

3. Timothy, s. of Josiah (1), m. Sarah, dau. of Capt. Constant Merrick, 5 
July 1751, and had John, b. 12 Aug. 1753; Timothy, b. 1 Sep. 1755; Elizabeth, 
b. 26 Nov. 1757, m. Thomas Martin Wright 19 Dec. 1776; Gideon, h. 6 June 
1760; Sarah, b. 11 Mar. 1763, m. Asa Brigham of Barnard, Vt., 25 Dec. 1783 
(these five chil. rem. to Barnard); Silas, b. 11 Feb. 1766; Josiah, b. 21 Sep. 
1768; Chloe, b. 15 Nov. 1771, m. Samuel Chamberlin of Pet. 15 Jan. 1804. 
Timothy the f. was a farmer, and res. on the road to Barre, at the place 
marked "Mr. Lincoln" on the R. Map. He was clerk of Capt. Mandell's 
company in the French AVar, 1756, and afterward? ensign ; he was also select- 
man three years, and d. 10 July 1811, a. 83; his w. Sarah d. 23 Nov. 1803, 

a. 71. 

4. Lemuel, s. of Silas (2), m. Chloe Hitchcock 12 June 1777; no record is 
found of the birth of his children; but some of their names are gleaned from 
other sources; Betsey, b. about 1778, d. unm. 23 Ap. 1854, a. 76; Tahitha, b. 
about 1780, m. Ephraim Bassett 1 9 Jan. 1804, d. at Enf. 24 A]). 1865, a. nearly 

85; prob. Prudence, b. , ni. Aaron Day of Sutton, 19 Jan. 1797; prob. 

Loesena (Lucinaf), h. , m. Lemuel Cobb, Jr., 2 June 1803; Chloe, b. 

1785, d. 7 Feb. 1796, a. 10 years and 2 months ; Silas, b. about 1788; Anson, 

b. 1793, d. 10 Feb. 1796, a. nearly 3. Lemuel the f. was a farmer, res. 

on the supposed homestead, and d. 22 Oct. 1837, a. 86; his w, Chloe d. 26 Nov. 
1843, a. 92. 

5. John, s. of Timothy (3), m. Lydia, dau. of Thomas Freeman, 15 Jan. 
1778, rem. with him to Barnard, Vt., at the commencement of the settlement 
of that town, was taken prisoner, 9 Aug. 1780, by the Indians, and carried to 
Canada, where he was detained until the next spring, when he escaped and re- 
turned to his familv, after suffering great hardship. His chil. were Pollij, b. 9 
Oct. 1778, d. 19 Oct. 1790; Timothy, h. 26 Jan. 1780; Salh/, b. 14 Nov.' 1781; 
John, h. 18 Aug. 17.S3; Asa, h. 27 Aug. 1785; Nancy, b. 5 July 1788; Phebe, 

b. 18 Feb. 1790; Hannah, prob. b. 1792, d. 29 Aug. 1795 ; Polly, b. 12 

Ap. 1 794 ; Lydia, b. 6 .June 1796. John the f. prob. m. for second wife widow 
Hannah Kenney 25 Nov. 1813, and was living in 1824. 

6. Timothy, s. of Timothy (3), settled in Barnard, where, by w. Nabby, he 
had Josiah, b. 5 Mar. 1784; Earl, b. 6 Mar. 1787; J^uthera, b. 27 Oct. 1791. 

7. GiDKOX, s. of Timothy (3), settled in Barnard, wdiere he ni. Betsey 
Spooner 11 Oct. 1787, and had Fanny, b. 28 Oct. 1788; Ansi.n,h. 9 Nov, 
1790. 

8. Silas, s. of Timothy (3), m. Naomi, dau. of Eliphalet Washburn, 9 Ap. 
1789, and had Gardner, b. 9 Oct. 1789; Lucetia, b. 2 Jan. 1792, m. Simeon 
Knowles 14 Mar. 1814; Clarinda, b. 11 Sep. 1794, d. unm. 9 Feb. 1865: Laura, 
b. 3 Feb. 1796, m. Orsamus Hunt 7 Jan. 1821; Rvfus Washburn, h. 27 Mar. 
1798, a carpenter, d. in Wore. 18 Sep. 1861 ; Merrick; b. 21 May 1801 ; Caro- 



428 NEWTON— NICHOLS. 

line, b. 23 Oct. 1803; Silas Wesson, b. 29 Dec. 1805 ; John Calvin,h. 19 Aug. 
1810, and settled in Worcester. Silas the f. was a farmer, and for some 
years after the death of Mr. Mead was the principal crrave-digprer. He res. on 
the homestead until 1817, an(i afterwards about a hundred rods farther cast- 
ward, at the place marked " S. Newton " on the R. Map. He d. 19 or 21 Oct. 
1847, a. 81; his w. Naomi d. 15 Mar. 1850, a. 79. 

9. JosiAH, s. of Timothy (3), m. Philena, dan. of Capt. Benjamin Cox of 
Barnard, pub. 29 Nov. 1792, and had Franliin, h. 19 Oct. 1796 ; Lurenza, b. 
20 Feb. 1799; Warren, b. 3 Oct. 1801, d. at Petersham 2 July 1878 ; Philena, 
b. 9 Jan. 1809. Josiati the f. res. on the easterly part of the homestead, at 
the place marked "J. Knowlton " on the R. Map; but at some time after 1809 
rem. to Petersham, where he d. 5 May 1858, a. nearly 90. 

10. Sn.AS, s. of Lemuel (1), m. Bathsheba C. dau. of Eleazar Dexter, 21 
June 1810, and had Elvira Augusta, bap. 27 Oct. 1811, d. 28 Dec. 1812; 
Stephen Dexter, bap. 14 Ap. 1814, d. 12 Sep. 1837; Benjamin D., b. about 
1816, d. 7 Nov. 1837, a. 21 ; Susanna Freeman, bap. 29 Oict. 1819, m. Calvin 
H. Bassett of Enf. 6 Dec. 1854; Elivira A., bap. 12 May 1822, m. James F. 
Giffin of Ware, 12 Dec. 1848; Stephen E., b. about 1826. ' Silas the f. res. on 
the homestead, and d. 22 Feb 1873, a. nearly 85 ; his w. Bathsheba d. 29 Sep. 
1855, a. 66. 

11. Gakdxer, s. of Silas (8), m. Charity W., dau. of Eleazer Dexter, pub. 
17 Sep. 1827, and had Luke, b. 12 Sep. 1829, d. 3 Sep. 1858 ; John, b. 28 Mar. 
1833, d. 5 Mar. 1866; Charles, b. 28 Mar. 1837, m. Mary D. Sturtevant 14 
Mar. 1861, d. in Pelh. 9 Ap. 1862, and was buried in Hk.; his w. Mary D. m. 
John S. Kelmer, pub. 5 Oct, 1863. Gardner the f. d. 23 ]\Lir. 1864. ' 

12. Stephex E., s. of Silas (10), m. Thirza L. Peirce 27 Dec. 1849, and 

had Amy Levina, b. 6 June 1851, m. Richardson, and d. 20 July 1881; 

Jiollin D., b. 1857, m. Leora A. Johnson 3 INLar. 1881 ; still-born child, 

25 Sep. 1854; William Arthur, h. 14 July 1859; Lewis Edgar, b. 25 Auo-. 
1867. 

13. William Arthur, s. of Stephen E. (12), m. Eliza A. Giffin 8 Dec. 
1875, and had Elhelle Elcira, b. 18 June 1876. If the dates be correct, he was 
married Ijcfore he was seventeen years old. 

14. Oliver, parentage not ascertained, by w. Elizabeth, had Electa, bap. 
12 Nov. 1775. 

15. Reuben (then of Pet.), m. Hannah Freeman 18 Feb. 1800; she d. 17 

Jan. 1812, a. 33, and he m. Prudence ; his chil. b. here were a child who 

d. 25 Sep. 1802; William, b. about 1812. d. 9 Aug. 1818, a. 6; Elijah C, b. 
about 1815. Reuben the f. d. 12 Aug. 1817, a. 38. 

16. Eli.jaii C, s. of Reuben (15), m. Harriet Stedman 16 Nov. 1848, and 
had Albert Eastman, b. 20 Nov. 1851; Samuel Elijah, b. 3 June 1856, d. 18 
May 1857; Freddie Lincoln, b. 25 July 1860, d. 17 Aug. 1862; Harriet Jane, 
b. 19 June 1863, m. Dwight F. Howard 15 Jan. 1883. 

17. Ephraim, by w. Polly, had Marji S., h. about 1821, m. Almon Snow 31 
Dec. 1845; Harmon, h. about 1831, a soldier in the AVar of the Rebellion, d. 
at W^ashington, D. C, 18 Sep. 1864, a. 33. 

Zachariaii, m. Hannah Goodnow, pub. 25 Nov. 1766. Hannah E., m. 
Ebenezer T. Fox, 29 June 1834. Polly M., m. Horace Barnes of Gr., pub. 
7 Mar. 1837. Elizabeth, widow of Davis Newton, d. 1 Jan. 1837, a. 81. 

Neylon, Michael, m. Johanna Carney, pub. 3 Ap. 1864, and had Marqa- 
ret, b. 22 Dec. 1866; John D., b. 7 Dec. 1868; William, b. 5 Feb. 1871 ; Joseph, 
b. 18 Jan. 1873; Francis Martin, h. 22 Jan, 1877; Michael Edward, b. 23 
June 1880. 

2. John, m. Catherine Ilogan of Springf., pub. 27 Dec. 18G7, and had Mi- 
chael Joseph, b. 12 Dec. 1868. 

Nichols, Jacob, by w. Elizabeth, had Joseph, bap. 23 Mar. 1739-40 ; Ben- 
jamin, bap. 20 Dec. 1741; Jesse, bap. 27 Nov. 1743; Elijah, bap. 5 Mar. 
1748-9. 

2. Jacob, by w. Alinira, had Eda Bell, b. — Mar. 1872 ; Walter J., b. 2 
Jan. 1876, d. 16 Ap. 1876. 



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Timothy, m. Joanna Dean 13 Jan. 1774. Susanxa, w. of John, d. 9 Oct. 
179G, a. 19. Stephex, d. 24 Sep. 1«79, a. nearly 90. 

NouRis, RiciiAKD, by. w. , had John, b. ; P(ttricl;h. . Rich- 
ard the f. d. 28 Au<r. 1879, a. 70. 

2. John, s. of Richard (1), m. ^fary Flynn, pub. 17 Dec. 1864, and liad 
Richard, b. 8 Jan. 18fi(); Mari/ S., b. 24 Jan. 18G7. 

3. Patrick, s. of Richard (1), ni. Bridget Sullivan 1 Jan. 187G, and had 
Richard E., b. 20 Jan. 1880. 

Nurse, Caleb, of Barre, m. Polly Fletcher, pub. 12 Feb. 1809. 

Benjamin, d. 5 Nov. 1812, a. 81; and his w. Lucy, d. 14 Oct. 1809, a. 
70. 

Nye, Benjamix, was in Sandwich as early as U)37, ni. Catherine Tupper 
19 Oct. 1640, and had John; Ebenezer ; Jonathan, b. 29 Nov. 1649; Mercy, 
b. 16.52; Caleb; Manj ; Benjamin; Timothij. 

2. JoxATHAX, s. of Benjamin (1), m. Hannah ; by whom he had two 

chil, and (2d} Patience Burgess, by whom he had nine chil., one of whom was 
Jonathan, b. — Nov. 1'691. 

3. Caleb, s. of Benjamin (1), by w. Elizabeth, had Elizabeth and Hannah, 
twins, b. 1697; and prob. Caleb. 

4. Jonathan, s. of Jonathan (2), m. Deborah Blackwell 7 Feb. 1723 ; she 

d. , and he ni. Remember or Rememl)rance , who survived him. His 

chil. were Thomas, b. 1726; Hannah, b. 1728; Jonathan, h. 23 Ap. 

1731 ; Joshua, b. 1733.^ Joxatiian the f. rem. to Hardwick about 1762. 

lie prob. d. in 1770, as his will, dated 1 June 1761, at Sandwich, was proved ■ 
as the last will of Jonathan Nye of Hardwick, 18 Sep. 1770. 

5. Caleb, prob. s. of Caleb (3), m. Hannah Bodfish and had, at Sandwich, 
Silas, b. 27 Dec. 1732; Joseph and Benjamin, twins, b. 18 Ap. 173.5. He had 
also Simeon, Caleb, Ebenezer, Hannah (who m. Benjamin Robinson 3 Nov. 
1768), Azuhah (whom. Jonathan Glazier 23 June 1774), and Prince, h. about 
1752. Caleb the f. rem. from Sandwich to Hardwick, and prob. res. about 
a mile northerly from the Old Furnace, at the place marked " jNI. Nye " on the 
R. Map. His will, dated at Hk. 13 Dec. 1775, and proved 5 June 1787, 
names w. Hannah (who d. 7 Mar. 1779, a. 68), and the nine children before 
mentioned; and the homestead was bequeathecl to his son Prince. His w. Han- 
nah d. 7 Mar. 1779, a. 68, and he added a codicil to his will, 7 June 1781, dis- 
tributing several articles of furniture inherited from his " honored mother-in- 
law, Lydia Bodfish of Sandwich." 

6. JoxATiiAX, s. of Jonathan (4), m. Rebecca, dau. of William Freeman of 
Sandwich, 18 Mar. 1756 (she was sister of Thomas Freeman and of Joanna, 
w. of Nathaniel Paige, both of whom res. in Ilk.). His chil. born here were 
Oliver, bap. 4 Ap. 1762; Mary, bap. 5 Aug. 1764, in. Nathaniel Johnson, Jr., 
5 Sep. 1783; Hannah, bap. 12 Oct. 1766, m. Silas Johnson, Jr., 15 Dec. 1785; 
Rebecca, bap. 28 Jan. 1770; Jonathan, b. 12 Feb. 1773; Thomas, b. 13 Aug. 
1776 ; and perhaps he had one or more others before he left Sandwich, about 
1762, 

7. Joshua, s. of Jonathan (4), by w. , had Lydia, bap. 18 May 1766; 

Sarah, bap. 17 Ap. 1768; Joshua, bap. 26 Jan. 1770. 

8. Silas, s. of Caleb (5), m. Patience, dau. of Nathan Carpenter, 27 Nov. 
1766, and had Surah, h. 13 Jan. 1768; Hannah, h. 22 Nov. 1769. No further 
trace found. 

9. Joseph, s. of Caleb (5), m. Thankful , who d. 19 Feb. 1768, in 

childbed, and he m. Patience, dau. of James Robinson, pub. 14 Ap. 1771. His 
chil. were Caleb, b. 27 Sep. 1758, d. 8 Oct. 1758; Jemima, b. 28 Sep. 1759, m. 
Gamaliel Ellis 21 F''eb. 1782; Meribah, b. 27 Oct. 1761, m. Stephen Chandler 
23 JNIay 1782; lluinlful, b. 10 Feb. 1764, m. William Davis 5 July 1787; Mary, 
b. 18 Jan. 1766, d. 21 Feb. 1767 ; Joseph, b. 5 Feb. 1768; also, by second wife, 
and named in his will, dated 14 iNlay 1806, Elizabeth, b. , m. Levi Robin- 
son of Barre 20 Sep. 1798; Mary, b. about 1773, in. W^illiam Woods 15 Nov. 

1 The early residence of this family was names and dates, I am indebted to the Rev. 
in Saudwicli, and, thus far, for most of the l-'redericlv Freeman of that town. 



430 NYE. 

1798, and d. at Pelham 19 Feb. 1855, a. 81; Hannah, m. William Merrick 15 
Nov. 1798, who d. early in 1803, and she m. Aldrich Worley of Boston, pub. 

8 July 1805; Step]i.en,h. about 1778; Lucinda, h. , m. Delano Wilherell 10 

July 1804, and d. before the date of her father's will, 14 May 1806; Zenas, 
h.- — . JosKPH the f. d. 21 May 1806, a. 71. 

10. SiMEox, s. of Caleb (5), by w. Alice, had Batlislieha, b. 10 Dec. 1769, 
m. Elijah Robinson of Barre, pub. 31 May 178G, and d. 21 Oct. 1843; Alice, 
b. 1 1 Oct. 1771, ni. Francis Jenks 28 July 1793; Jolin liugqles, b. 27 June 
1770- Hannah, b. 10 July 1779 ; Kezlah, b. 27 May 1784, m. Isaac Atwood, and 
d. -^ Oct. 1861. 

11. Caleb, s. of Caleb (5), m. Abij^ail Goodspeed of BMrnstable, pub. 24 
Mar. 1771. No record of children. They res. in a house which formerly stood 
on the easterly road to Gilbertville, about half a mile southerly from the Com- 
mon, between the places marked '■ O. Trow " and " J. Mann " on the R. Map. 
I suppose he lacked energy, as he and his wife in their old age were dependent; 
but 1 never heard aught against their moral character; on the contrary, they 
were " Uncle Caleb" and "Aunt Nabby " to all the neighborhood. Person- 
ally, I cherish an aifectionate memory of them for their kindness to me in my 
childhood, when I so often resorted to their fireside to Avarm myself, being 
chilled and nearly frozen on my way to and from school. Mr. Nye d. 15 Oct. 
1811, a. 69. 

12. Ebkxezer, s. of Caleb (5), res. in Oakham, and executed a will 5 July 
1793, which was proved 3 Sep. 1793 ; legacies were devised to his wife, and to 
chii. Crocker ; Temperance, w. of Jonathan Richardson; Lucrelia, w. of Alpheus 
Stone; Mart/, w. of Bowman Chaddock ; Timothij ; Meletiah, w. of Calvin Chad- 
dock; Achsah ; Salmon; John. 

13. Prince, s. of Caleb (5), m. Dinah Joslyn 15 Dec. 1774. No record is 
found of the birth of their children; but from other records and from his will 

the following names and dates are gleaned: Anna, h. , m. Jonathan 

Makepeace 10 July 1799; Rufus, b. about 1778; Joseph, b. ; Martin, b. 

; Marshall, b. about 1787; Frances, b. about 1790, d. unm. 14 Ap. 1820, a. 

30; Seivall, b. about 1792,. d. 13 Nov. 1816, a. 24; Francis. Prince the f. was 
a farmer, and inherited the homestead. He was selectman twelve years, be- 
tw"een 1793 and 1810. He was very corpulent, and d. suddenly 24 July 1812, 
a. 59; his w. Dinah d. 9 July 1842, a. 87. 

14. Stephen, s. of Joseph (9), u]. Lois, dau. of Nathaniel Merrick, 10 Jan. 

1802, and had Sarah Ellis Howe, b. 13 Jan. 1803, m. Holbrook, and d. at 

Holdcn 23 Dec. 1870 ; Elmira Mary Blackmnre, b. 4 Dec. 1805. Stephen the 
f. d. 28 Jan. 1807, a. nearly 29; his w. Lois survived. 

15. John Ruggles, s. of Simeon (10), m. , and had a child b. , 

1802, d. 11 June 1803, a. 1 year and 3 months. He prob. rem. early to Barre, 
where he d. 12 Ap. 1852. 

1(). Rufus, s. of Prince (13), m. Betsey Edson of Oakham, pub. 4 Jan. 

1801", and liad Calvin Edson, h. ; Hosea W., b. 1804; Lydia. Rufus 

the f. d. 15 May 1806, a 28; his w. Betsey m. John Bruce of Springf. 19 May 
1813. 

17. Joseph, prob. s. of Prince (13), m. Mary Robinson, pub. 10 ]Mar. 1805, 
and had a clnld d. 2 Feb. 1806, a. 3 months; a child d. 7 Feb. 1807, a. 2 
weeks. 

18.. Marshall, s. of Prince (13), m. Polly Whittemore, pub. 29 Nov. 1813, 
and had Persia Maria, b. 10 Nov. 1816, m. Thomas R. Greene of Bel. 9 May 
1844, and d. 16 iMiir. 1848; Susan, b. 1 Mar. 1818, m. William W. Dunbar of 
Rochester, N. Y., 26 May 1846; Aim Makepeace, b. 22 Mny 1820, m. John D. 
Dunbar of W. Brk. 26 Dec. 1844; Marshall Prince, h. 6 Nov. 1822, m. Sarah 
P., dau. of Apollos Fay, 16 Nov. 1848; she d. 13 Sep. 1851, a. 24, and he m. 
Emily Ann, dau. of Hosea W. Nye, 9 Nov. 1^52; he res. in Boston; Sewall, h. 
5 Jan. 1832, m. Mary A. Pike of Pet., pub. 6 Ap. 1855, and res. in Boston. 
Marshall the f. was a farmer and inherited the homestead ; he was select- 
man in 1832, and d. 2 Mar. 1860; his w. Polly rem. to Boston. 

19. Hosea W., s. of Rufus (16), by w. Emily , had Emily Ann, h. 



NYE — OLMSTEAD. 431 

about lS-2f), m. JMarshall P. Nye, as above, 9 Nov. 1852; Sarah Elizabeth, b. 
about 1S3S, m. Rufiis J. I'eirce of N. Br. 16 Ap. 1860; Charles Bartlett, b. 3 
Aug. 184-1; a dau. h. 'i.'} Feb. 1846 ; Heury H., b. 1 Ap. 1848, d. at Auburn 3 
Sep. 1865; Lisetle Frances, b. 23 May 1850. IIoska W. the f. d. at Wore. 14 
Aug. 1874. 

20. Samukl, parentage not ascertained, m. Lydia ; she d. 30 June 1756, 

and he ni. JMehetabuI, widow of Cornelius Cannon, 16 Nov. 1756. His ehil. 
were Ehenezer ; Suaanna ; Ann; all bap. 16 Sep. 1750; Lydia, bap. 16 Sep. 
1750, ni. Lot Wliitconib f) Dec. 1762; Deborah, bap. 16 Sep. 1750, ni. Joseph 
Chamberlin of Pet. 18 Ap. 1776; Jabez, b. 13 June 1741), prob. d. young; 
IchaboiJ, h. 28 3[ar. 1753; Joseph, h. 28 Mar. 1755. 

21. Si'KXCKK, parentage not ascertained, by w. Sarah B., had Ilarnj Spencer, 
h. 11 Ap. 1870. 

Jo.SEi'U, ni. Sarah Bradish, 27 Dec. 1764; Isaac, m. Hannah Walker 29 
Nov. 1770; ^NIauy, m. Jonathan Orcutt of Slmtes. 17 Aug. 1779. AViLr.iAM, 
ni. Molly Purington 26 Dec. 1782. Martha P., of Barrc, m. Elijah Aniidon, 
pub. 18 iMay 18i8. Haukiet, of Springf., m. Thomas Hale, pub. 12 Sep. 1848. 
Alpiieus S., of Dana, m. Evelyn Sturtevant, pub. 3 Ap. 1854. Chari.es, d. 
14 June 1803, a. 16. Hauriet, d. 5 Oct. 1810, a. 15. Bathsheba, widow 
of Benjamin of Barre, d. 26 July 1865, a. 96. 

Oakes, Eleaxor, m. John Jenkins of Ware, pub. 4 Dec. 1785. Calvin, 
ni. Polly Carey of Ware 26 July 1787. Nabby, m. Levi Town of Gr. 8 Mar. 
1790. John, m. Polly INhir^h, pub. 14 July 1793. Lorinda, of N. Sal., ni. 
Luman Chase, pub. 27 Ap. 1854. 

Oliver, Daniel, s. of Lieutenant-Governor Andrew Oliver, b. about 1744, 
grad. n. C. 1762, rem. from Boston to Ilk. soon after 19 May 1767, when he 
bought of Caleb Benjamin, for £600, a farm of 177 acres, near the Old Fur- 
nace, at the place marke<l " E. Trow" on the U. JNIap, together with five acres 
in N. Br., five eighths of a saw-mill and utensils, and a pew in the meeting- 
house " between the pew of Timothy Ruggles, Escj., and Nathaniel Wliitconib." 
He was a barrister at law, and probably established himself here under the 
auspices of General Buggies, to whose fortunes he constantly adhered. He 
was active in town affairs, and was representative in 1770. At the com- 
mencement of hostilities in the Revolution, he left town, and his estate was 
confiscated. He d. at Ashstead, Warwicksliire, Eng., 6 May 1826, a. 82. No 
record is found of wife or chil. here. 

2. William, of Middleborough, "gentleman," perhaps s. of Chief Justice 
Peter Oliver, and, if so, cousin of Daniel (1), bought of Thomas Freeman 68 
acres of land, formerly the homestead of Doctor Jedediah Rice, about midway 
between the places marked " ]\L Mandell " and " A. Ruggles," on the R. Alap. 
This estate, which he purchased 12 Sep. 1767, he sold to Joseph Washburn 3 
July 1770. He m. Sarah Fuller of Middleborough, pub. 25 Feb. 17 70, and 
prob. left town before the end of that year. 

3. Thomas, a negro, perhai)s brought here by Daniel (1), or William (2), 
as a hired servant, or possibly as a slave, d. 15 Oct. 1820, a. 71. No further 
trace of him appears on record. 

4. Nathaniel, prob. s. of Tliomas (3), m. Lucia Bridges of N. Br., pub. 
28 Dec. 1812; m. (2d) Esther Green of N. Br., pub. 24 July 1830; m. (3d) 
Mrs. Mary Freeman, "colored," 26 Ap. 1843; and d. 12 Feb. 1851, a. 74. 
He res. many years on the Petersham road, at the place marked " L. P." on 
the R. Ma{). Nathaniel 2d, who m. Mary H. Saunders of Boston, pub. 18 
Dec. 1846, was perhajis his son. 

Elizabeth, n>. Peter Newport of Hatfield, pub. 23 l\Iay 1779. Simon, of 
Barre, m. ^lary ]\lorgan 24 July 1785. Susanna, m. Timothy Paine, "col- 
ored," of Boston, puo. 24 Ap. 1822. Judith, m. Luther Barber of Hartford, 
Conn., 25 Ap. 1824. 

Olmstead, Jabez, of Brookfield, m. Thankful, dau. of Thomas Barnes, and 
had Thankful, b. 15 Feb, 1712-13, perhaps the same who m. Joseph Rlac- 
mitchell 21 Jan. 1756; Jeremiah, h. 6 Jan. 1714-15; Israel, h. 24 Mar. 171G; 
Hannah, b. 22 Ap. 1718, ni. Judah Marsh 4 Nov. 1736; Martha, b. 16 Sep. 



432 OLMSTEAD — PADDLEFORD. 

1721, m. Thomas I-Ianimond 21 Aug. 1741; Dorcas, b. 15 Ap. 1724, m. Beiioni 
Walcott 13 Oct. 1741; SaraJi, b. 24 J\Iay 172G, m. Epliraim Mav.sb 8 Oct. 1741; 
Silence, h. 30 Oct. 1728; Abigail, b. 24 Mar. 1731 ; Priuhnce, b. 28 Oct. 1733; 
Moses, b. 20 Jan. 1 736. All these births and marriages are recorded in Brook- 
field. Jabkz the f. is supposed to have removed into the territory which after- 
wards became a part of Ware about 1729, " and to have made the first pei'- 
manent settlement " there, and erected a house in the village, near the present 
location of the Bank, which Avas standing in 1821. " Tradition represents 
Capt. Olmstead to have been a man of great shrewdness and energy, and that 
Indian blood ran in his veins. He was a mighty hunter, and is said to have 
been an officer in the expedition against Louisbourg, upon the island of Cape 
Breton, in I 745." ^ 

2. Israel, s. of Jabez (1), m. Sarah Banister 12 May 1737; she d. , 

and he m. Anna Safford 25 Nov. 175G. Two of his chil. were bap. here, — 
Joseph, 2.S Ap. 1751; Israel, 4 June 1758. Iskael the f. was a soldier in the 
Fi'ench War, and prob. rem. to ^Varwick about 1761. 

3. JNIosES, s. of Jabez (1), by w. Abigail, had Jabez, h. 4 June 17G0; Moses, 
b. 20 June 1762. 

Orcutt, Almon M., m. Mary Ann, dau. of Theophilus Knight, 16 Oct. 
1850, and had Lucretia IF., b. 31 Dec. 1851, m. Charles J. Kellogg of Orange 
20 Jan. 1874; Effie Miner, b. 11 Dec. 1853, d. 24 May 1857; Robert Bliss, h. 
27 Mar. 1861, d."31 July 1862; Emetine Bahcock, b. 9 Jan. 1863; May Mitchell, 
b. 25 Nov. 1870. Almon M. the f. was b. in Cummington, and established 
himself here, as a physician, soon after the death of Dr. Joseph Stone in 1849; 
he still continues in a very successful practice. He was town clerk in 1858, 
representative in 1874, and has served the town several years as treasurer, col- 
lector, and a member of the school committee. He res. near the south end of 
the Common. 

Jonathan, of Shutesbury, m. Mary Nye 17 Aug. 17 79. Sophia, of Tem- 
pleton, m. Charles C. Chamberlain, pub. 21 Aug. 1808. Claudius B., of Amh., 
m. Mary G. Ellis 5 Nov. 1839. \Vidow Alice, of Athol, d. 8 Aug. 1842, 

a. 70. 

OsBORN, Levi G., m. Candace Rawson of Oraiige, pub. 4 Feb. 1847, and 
had Levi Arthur, b. 31 Aug. 1859. 

Polly, m. Benjamin Sumner 10 Oct. 1816. 

Packard, Eleazar, had w. Mercy, who was adni.' to the church, by letter, 

3 July 1768; she d. , and he m. Mary AVoodbary 9 June 1769. Two of 

his chil. were Daniel, bap. 28 July 1765; Merci/, bap. 31 Oct. 1768. 

J^eah, of Bel., m. ApoUos.Snow, j^ub. 14 July 1794. Alvaii, m. Fanny 
Fisk 4 Dec. 1820. 

Paddlefokd, Jonathan (otherwise written Paddlefoot, Padlefoote, Padl- 
foote, and recently Padelfoid), m. Mary Blanford 5 Oct. 1652, and had Jona- 
than, b. 6 July, and d. 29 Oct. 1653; Mary, b. 22 Aug. 1654; Jonathan, b. 13 
Aug. 1656; Zechariah, b. 16 Dec. 165 7, d. in Framingham 7 July 1737; Edward, 

b. 14 June 1660, " slayn in the wars." Jonathan the f. res. in Cambridge, 
and d. in 1661 ; his w. Mary m. Thomas Fames, rem. to Sudbury, and thence 
to Framingham, where she had five chil., and was killed by the Indians 1 Feb. 
1675-6. 

2. Jonathan, s. of Jonathan (1), m. Hannah Flint of Braintree, had only 
child Jonathan, b. at Br. 1679 ; he afterwards rem. to Taunton, and d. there iu 
1710. 

3. Jonathan, s. of Jonathan (2), res. in Taunton, where, by w. Hannah, 

he had Jonathan, b. 1708, d. 1750; Zechariah, b. 1710, d. 

1765; Edward, b. 1712, d. 1800; Hannah, b. ni5;_John, b. 

1720, d. 1758; Philip, b. 1722; Peleg, b. 1728, d. 

1812; Judith, b. 1730; Sarah, b. 1732; Abigail, b. 1734. 

4. John, s. of Jonathan (3), res. in Taunton, and by w. Jemima had John, 
b. 1748 ; Seth, b. 1751 ; Jemima, b. 1755, ni. Hewitt. 

1 Hyde's Address, delivered at the Openinq of the New Town Ilall, Ware, Mass., March _ 
31, 1847, pp. 4G, 47. 



PADDLEFORD— PAIGE. 433 

5. Joiix. s. of John (4), m. Bathslieba, dun. of Dr. Tobey of New Redford, 
and had Sophia, h. 22 Feb. 1770, m. Benjamin Cooper; John, b. G Aug. 1771 

(by w. _Mary had six sons, of whom the yoiinszest, Seth, b. 1807, was a 

merchant in Providence, Governor of lllioiU', Island, and d. 26 Aug. 1878; 
EUtiha, b. 1!) Dec. 17 72, "left his widowed mother, a poor boy, to seek his living; 
shipped as cabin boy, and went to France; worked his way, by studious and hon- 
orable habits, up to a lieutenancy in the French navy, and d. in that service ; " 
Harriet, b. 13 Oct. 1774. m. Capt. Nathaniel Crane; William, b. 2S May 177G; 

Joseph, h. 1778. Jonx the f., b. 1748, grad. Y. C. 1768, "studied 

medicine with Dr. Tobey of New Bedford, and commenced practice in Ilk., 
where all his ehil. were born, except Jo.-icph, and where he was an active 
patriot at the commencement of the llevolutionary War. He res. at the place 
marked " Mr. Wesson " on the R. Map. He " was skilful in his profession, 
entered the navy as a surgeon, was taken prisoner, and d. at St. Kustasie, 
1779, when about to be exchanged. . . . He was a man of vigorous intellect, 
upright morals, and j)rofound patriotism." ^ 

6. Setii, s. of John (4), b. 17.^1, grad. Y. C. 1770, and received the 

degree of LL. D. from B. U. 1798. He commenced the practice of the law 
in Hk., where he was a member of the Committee of Correspondence in 17 74 
and 1 7 75, and generally active in the Revolutionary struggle. He rem. to 
Taunton about 1778, was judge of probate, and, though not eminent as an 
advocate, was confessedly at the head of the bar as a counsellor. He m. 
Rebecca Dennis, had four sons and seven daughters, and d. of apoplexy 7 
Jan. 1810. 

Paigk, Nathaniel, m. Joanna , and had Nathaniel, b. about 1679; 

Elizabeth, h. pi'ob. about 1081, m. John Simpkins of Boston 28 Dec. 169.S, had 
three children, and pi'ob. d. before 1735, when her husband sold her paternal 
inheritance, and her concurrence in the sale does not appear in the deed; 
Sarah, h. prob. about 1683, m. Samuel Hill, Jr., of Billerica, 7 Jan. 1698-9, 
had six children, and d. 30 Ap. 1758 (her only son, Samuel, m. widow Abigail 
Dunton, dau. of Thomas Richardson, and d. 26 Jan. 1748-9, leaving only one 
child, Abiel or Abigail, who m. Samuel Kidder); James, bap. at Roxbury 28 
Nov. 1686, d. 31 July 1687; Christopher, b. at Billerica (now Bedford), 6 
Feb. 1690-1. Nathaniel the f. is supposed to have come from England to 
Roxbury about 1685, with w. and three children. The earliest trace which 
I have found of his presence in New England is contained in his deposition 
recorded with Suilblk Deeds (xiii. 470), that on the 10th of March 16.S5-6 
he saw Joseph Dudley, Esq., take peaceable possession of certain real estate in 
Billerica on behalf of "Daniel Cox of Aldersgate Street, London." On the 
organization, of the government, -2 June 1686, after the abrogation of the 
first Charter, he was appointed by President Joseph Dudley one of the two 
marshals (equivalent to sheriffs) of Suffolk County; and it was "ordered 
tliat the President have an honorable maintenance when 'tis known how the 
revenue will arise, and that Mr. Paige have five pounds a quarter for his at- 
tendance on the President." ^ He was also licensed by the County Court of 
Suffolk, 2 Aug. 1686, as an innholder in Roxbury. He was one of the eight 
original purchasers ^ from the Indian sachems 27 Dec. 1686, of tlie territory 
now 'embraced in the town of Hardwick. See chap. ii. pp. 15-17. A 
month afterwards, 27 Jan. 1686-7, the same persons, together witii Ralph 
Bradhurst, in like manner bought the territory which is now embraced in the 
towns of Leicester and Spencer. These j)urchases, however, were merely 
speculative, from which no pecuniary benefit resulted for many years. For 
immediate use, ^Ir. Paige bought of George Grimes, 1 Mar. 1687-8, a farm of 
250 acres in that p irt of I5illerica which is now the easterly portion of Bed- 
ford, where he resided during the remainder of his life. His inventory in- 

1 See chart of the "Descendants of 3 Xhe eight purchasers were Joshua 
Jonathan Padelforcl " bj' S. C. Newman, Lamb, Nathaniel Paige, Andrew Gardner, 
1859, in the library of the N. Eng. Hist. Benjamin Gamblin, Benjamin Tucker, John 
Gen. Society, from which the foregoing Curtis, Richard Draper, and Samuel Kug- 
quotations are made. g'es, all of Koxbur^-. 

2 Council liccords. 

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434 PAIGE. 

dicates tliat lie was a prosperous farmer, as the value of his farm had more 
than doubled during the four years of his ownership, and it was abundantly 
stocked with hoi»ses, neat cattle, sheep, swine, and farming tools ; and among 
his possessions was also a " servant man " valued at fifteen pounds. His real 
estate at Billerica and the wild lands near Quabaog and Worcester he devised 
to his two sons (a double portion to the elder, as was then customary), and 200 
acres of land in Dedham, near Neponset Bridge, which he bought of the 
Indians in 1687, to his two daughters, in equal shares. Whether he was in 
Boston on business, on a visit, or for medical aid, does not a])pear; but he 
died there on the 12th of April 1G92, as the Billerica records show. His last 
will, dated on the day next preceding his decease, and describing him as 
"of Bilrekey in the County of Middlesex, New England, yeoman, being sick 
and weak of body," is signed " Natt Paige; " and the signature is unusually 
plaia and distinct, indicating a remarkable steadiness of nerve so near the 
close of life. His w. Joanna probably died in 1724, as on the fourth day of 
July in that year her sons divided the real estate in which she had dower 
under the provisions of their father's will. 

2. Nathaniel, s. of Nathaniel (1), m. Susanna, dau. of Maj. John Lane 
of Billerica, and grand-daughter of Job Lane of Maiden, 6 Nov. 1 701 ; she d. 2 
Sep. 1746, a. 63, and he m. Mrs. l\lary Grimes, who long survived him. His 
chil. were Nathaniel, b. 4 Sep. 1702] John, b. 11 Oct. 1704; Christopher, h. 
16 July 1707; Susanna, b. 29 Ap. 1711, m. Samuel Bridge of Lexington 9 Ap. 
1734, and had son Samuel, b. 6 Jan. 1735; she d. 16 Jan. 1735 ; Joanna, b. 29 
Oct. 1714, m. Josiah Fassett 14 Ap. 1747. Nathaniel the f. was a farmer, 
cornet of a company of cavalry, selectman, and a {)rominent manager of af- 
fairs in Billerica, and in Bedford after the incorporation of that town, where 
he d. 2 JNLxr. 1755, a. 75; his head-stone, on which his name is erroneously 
spelled Page, is still standing in the cemetery near the Common. In his will, 
dated 1 June 1748, he devised his homestead to his son Christoj)her, 200 acres 
of land in Hardwick to his grandson Samuel Bridge, £350, old tenor, to his 
dau. Joanna Fassett, and the remainder to his three sons; and he directed 
that his chil. John, Christopher, and Joanna, and his grandson Samuel Bridge, 
on penalty of forfeiting £60 each, should release to his eldest son Nathaniel, 
all '• right to the estate in Old England, which belonged to their mother Su- 
sanna Paige late of Bedford, deceased." ^ He appointed his three sons as 
executors of his will, who wrote their name Paige on their bond of adminis- 
tration in 1755; later in life they changed the orthography, and wrote it 
Page, and the larger portion of their descendants have perpetuated the 
error. 

3. Christopher, s. of Nathaniel (1), ni. tToanna ; she d. 27 Oct. 1719, 

and he m. Elizabeth, dau. of Deac. George Reed- of Woburn, 23 May 1720. 
His chil. were Joanna, b. 10 Aug. 1717, m. Benjamin Farley of Bedford, and 

1 This estate was probably in Yorkshire, vented the heirs from obtaining possession 

Job Lane of Maiden, in his will dated 28 of the estate. 

Dee. 1096, devised to his son John "all the 2 Deacon George Eeed, of that part of 
land 1 have in England, in Yorkshire, to Woburn which is now Burlington, b. 1 4 Sep. 
him and his heirs furever." AVhen the es- 1660, and d. 20 Jan. 1756, was son of George 
tate of Maj. John Lane of Billerica was di- Keed, who was b. in England about 1729, 
vided, 26 Mar. 1718, it was agreed that the and d. at Woburn 21 Feb. 1705-6, and 
English estate should be shared by all his grandson of William Eeed who m. Mabel 
cluldren, namely. Job, John, James, tiiisan- Kendall and came from England in 1635, 
na, w. of Nathaniel I'aige; Mary, w. of with wife and three children; res. success- 
John Whitmore ; and J/((r?Afl, w. of James ively at Dorchester, Scituate, Boston, and 
Minott; the eldest son to take a double Woburn; returned to England, leaving his 
portion. Mathaniel Paige, son of Susanna, three elder children here, and d. at Newcas- 
devised to his son Tlionuis, in 1772, "my tle-upon-Tvne, in 1656, a. about 69. His 
estate in Old England." The same property w. Mabel, with her younger children, again 
is mentioned in the settlement of estates foV crossed tlie ocean, m. Henry Sununers of 
a few years afterwards, and then disappears. Woburn 21 Nov. 1660, and after his death 
There is a tradition, in various forms, and res. witii her son George until 15 June 1690, 
ill several branches of the family, that the when she d. a. 85. For a more full account, 
change of name from Paige to Page pre- see History of the Rted Family, by Jacob 

W. Keed, pp.' 61-150. 



PAIGE. 435 

was living in 1770 (her dau. Joanna was b. at Bedford 22 Ap. 17.'53; and her 
son Benjamin was drowned in returninij from Crown Point, during tliu French 
War); Chnslopher,h. 11 June 1721; WiUldm, h. 2 May 1723; d'eorge, b. 17 
June 172o; I'imotJti/, h. 24 jNIay 1727; Jonas, h. 19 Sep. 1729 (be was early 
crossed in love, which partially unsettled his mind ; be served in at least five 
campaigns during the French Wav, and was living, unm., in 1792); liUzaheth, 
b. 3 Oct. 1731, d. young; Luci/, b. 22 Feb. 1733-4, m. Seth Lincoln of West- 
ern (now Warren) 10 Oct. 1751 (he died in 1793, and she m. Tyler, 

and d. 1 Sep. 1821) ; Naihaniel, b. 12 May 173G; John, b. 6 July 1738; Eliz- 
abelli,h. 7 June 1743, ni. Solomon Green, 29 Dec. 17(J3 (one of her eight 
children was Rev. Archelaus (ireen, a Untversalist clergyman, who was b. 16 
July 1770, and d. at Virgil, N. Y., 25 Dec. 1843). Chuistophkr the f. was 
a farmer and joiner, and res. on the easterly road to Gilbertville, at the jjlace 
marked " A. Warner " on the R. Map. He came here from Bedford prob. 
early in 1735, and was very active in the management of the common property 
of the " Fi'oprietors," and in the organization of the township and of the 
church. He was frequently the agent of the inhabitants or "settlei's" to 
transiic'fc their business with the proprietors, while their meetings were held at 
Roxbury, and with the General Court at Boston, notably in their final and 
successful effort to obtain incorpoi-alion as a town. He was moderator of the 
first town-meeting in 1739, selectman se\"en years, and assessor five }ears. 
He was also moderator of all the meetings of the j»roprietors held in Hardwick 
until 17G1; and compensation was granted to him 16 May 1757, ''for service 
done the proprietors as their agent to the General Court." At the organiza- 
tion of the church, 17 Nov. 1736, his name stands first on the list of memljers; 
and he was elected, 3 I^ec. 1736, as its first deacon. This ofKce he resigned, 
13 April 1749 (and prob. his membership also), and became a member of the 
church in Nitchawaug, now Petersham. This caused a breach Ijetween the 
two churches, which was not healed for about twenty years. He d. 10 Mar. 
1774; his w. Elizabeth d. in 1786, a. S6. A numerous posterity survived, as 
appears by an obituary, published in the Alassac/aiset/s Gazette, 31 JMar. 1774: 
" At Hardwick, Deacon Christopher Paige, aged 83 years and 21 days, in a 
comfortable ho{)e of a better life ; he left a widow, and has had 12 ^ children, 
9 now living and 3 dead, 81 grand-children, 66 living and 15 dead. A funeral 
sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Hutchinson at his funeral, on the Mon- 
day following." 

4. iS'ATHAXiEL, s. of Nathaniel. (2), ni. Hannah Blanchanl, and had Nathan- 
iel, b. 22 May 1729, d, unm. 26 Mar. 1751; Thomas, b. 5 ilay 1733, m. Anna 
Merriam 4 Jan. 1756, and d. s. p. 21 July 1809 (his w. Anna d. in 1810); 
Hannah, b. 15 May 1736, m. Jonas French 5 Jan. 1758; William, b. 19 Feb. 

1737-8, m. , a'nd d. s. p. 10 Feb. 1812; Darid, b. 4 Ap. 1740; Susatina, 

b. 22 Jan. 1742, d. unm. 26 Jan. 1772; Abigail, b. 5 Sep. 1745, m. Bowman 
Brown of Lexington. Nathaniel the f. res. in Bedford, and d. 6 Ap. 17 79; 
his w. Hannah d. 7 Sep. 1763, a. 59. 

5. JoHX, s. of Nathaniel (2), m. Rebecca Wheeler of Concord; she d. 12 
July 1755, a. 43, and he m. Amittai, w. of Joseph Fassett of Lex., 15 Jan, 
175'6 ; she d. 25 Dec. 1771, and ho m. Rachel Fitch 3 June 1773. His chil. 
were John, b. 2 Sep. 1733, James, b. 12 jNIay 1735 ; Ebenezer, b. 3 June 1737; 
Susanna, b. 21 Oct. 1739, d. 26 Feb. 1750; Timotlnj, b. 11 June 1741; Nathan- 
iel, b. 20 June 1742; Rebecca, b. 23 Aug. 1743, m. Solomon Cutler of Lex., 
and rem. to Rindge, N. H.; Mary, b. 5 July 1745, d. 13 Oct. 1745; Joanna, 
b. 15 June 1746, m. Samuel Reed of Woburn 25 July 1771 ; Sarah, b. 8 Jiuie 
1747, m. Josiah Beard of Billerica; Elizabeth, b. 3 Aug. 1748, ni. Micah 
Reed of Woburn 30 April 1772; Susanna, b. 12 June 1750, m. Amos Haggett 
of Concord; Samuel, h. 1 Aug, 1751; Mary, b. 9 Oct, 1753, d. 21 Oct. 1753, 
John the f. res, in Bedford, where he d. 18 Feb. 1782; his third w, Rachel d, 

■ 16 Jan. 1801, a. 88, 

1 I find the names of only eleven cliildren shortly before her death, may have given 

recorded, — six in Billerica, two in Indford, birth to a child which died before receiving 

after the incorporation of that town, and a name, 
three in Hardwick ; perhaps the tirst wife, 



436 PAIGE. 

6. Christophkr, s. of Nathaniel (2), ni. Susanna Webber of Medford, and 
had Chrhtoplter, b. 29 Oct. 1743, a captain, res. on the homestead, ni. I,ydia 

, and d. s. p. about 1828; Smanna, b. 17 ]Mav 1745, and d. 8 Sep. 1740; 

Mary, b. 20 Feb. 174G-7, m. Deac. Nathan Reed of Lex. 30 Ap. 1772, and 
d. 17 May 1831; Job, b. 31 May 1748, d. 7 Ap. 1754; Susanna, b. 7 Ap. 
17.'50, d. 28 Mar. 1754; Lvcy, h. 2G Mar. 1752, d. 26 Mar. 1754. Christo- 
pher the f. res. on the homestead in Bedford, and d. 11 Nov. 1786; his w. 
Susanna d. 20 July 1792, a. 82. 

7. Christopher, s. of Christopher (3), came to Hk. with his father in 1735, 
m. Rebecca Haskell of Rochester, pub. 3 Mar. 1738-9, and had one son, 
Christopher, who rem. to Swanzey, N. IL, and had many children; this numer- 
ous posterity, however, I have not been able to trace. Christopher the f. 
was a precocious youth, being married before he was eighteen years old; but he 
manifestly lacked discretion or energy in the general affairs of life. He res. 
for a time on the northerly border of the homestead, about midway between 
the Gilbertville road and the house of his brother AVilliam ; afterwards at Peter- 
sham and at Ware, where he d. 3 Dec. 17 72. 

8. William, s. of Christopher (3), m. Mercy, dau. of James Aiken, 12 Jan. 
1743-4, and had William, h. 1 May 1745; James, b. 19 Sep. 1747; Rebecca, b. 

8 Oct. 1749, m. John Foster of Rochester 6 Oct. 1768; ^ Jesse, b. 4 Mar. 
1752; il/ertv/, b. 18 May 1 754, m. Nathaniel Graves, Jr., of Athol 29 May, 1777; 
Lucy, b. 19 Mar. 1757, m. Daniel Ruggles 31 Dec. 1779; Christopher, b. 12 
June 1762. WiLLiAM the f. was a farmer, and one of the foremost actors in 
public afl'airs. In the French War he served his country in at least four cam- 
paigns, — as lieutenant in 1755, and as captain in 1758, 1759, and 1760. 
In the Revolutionary period he was a member and chairman of the Committee 
of Correspondence, and of other imj)ortant committees, representative in 1778, 
1779, and 1780, and a delegate in the Convention at Cambridge in 17 79 for 
framing a Constitution. His military spirit long survived ; he accepted office 

9 Jan. 1775 as captain of an " Alarm List; " and when the company com- 
manded by his brother, Capt. Timothy Paige, niarclied "to Bennington in an 
alarm," 21 Aug. 1777, he volunteered his service as a " cadet." He was one 
of the committee appointed by the General Court for the sale of confiscated 
estates in the county of Worcester. He served the town as selectman ten 
years, and assessbr three years; he was also a pillar in the church, of which he 
was elected deacon 9 Nov. 1769. He res. on the northerly side of a road 
which formerly extended easterly from a point about thirty rods northerly 
from the place on the easterly road to Gilbertville, marked " J. Marsh " on 
the R. jNLip, to the place marked " D. Warner." Traces of the old road are 
still visible, on the southerly border of the present homestead of Mr. Charles 
Mandell, and also on the side hill easterly from the brook. The house re- 
mained standing on the westerly side of the brook seventy years ago, and 
vestiges of the cellar and garden may probably yet be seen. This estate ad- 
joined the homestead of his father, and here he dwelt until late in life, when 
he rem. to a house standing at or near the place marked " Moulton," not far 
from the present central bridge over Ware River, where he d. 14 Feb. 1790; 
his w. Mercy d. 19 Feb. 1823, at the great age of one hundred and two years 
and thirty-six days,'^ allowing eleven days for change of style. See James 
Aiken. 

9. George, s. of Christopher (3), m. Rosilla, dau. of Nathaniel Whit- 
comb, 4 June 1752, and had Nathaniel, b. 11 Jan. 1754; Asa, b. 25 Jan. 1756; 
George, b. 9 Mar. 1758; lihoda, b. 5 Oct. 1760, m. James Perkins 7 Ap. 1791, 
d. s. p. 8 Sep. 1835; Nathan, h. 7 Aug. 1762; Paul, h. 12 Feb. 1765; Peirce 
b. 16 July 1768; Anna, h. 23 July 1771, d. unm. George the f. was a far- 
mer, and res. on a farm adjoining the homesteads of his father and his brother 

1 It is worthy of remark, that Rebecca Hardwick. The venerable lady walked up 
Paige and her two elder brothers were all the pulpit stairs, leaning on the arm of her 
married on the same day. grandson, Mr. Charles Paige. Her ears 

2 On the one hundredth anniversary of her having become dull of hearing, she stood by 
birth, an appropriate sermon was delivered the side of the preacher during almost the 
by Kev. Mr. Wesson, in the old church in entire service. 



PAIGE. 437 

William, at tlie place marked " D. "Warner" on the R. Map. He d. 8 May 
1781; liis w. Ronlla m. ('apt. William Hreckenridoje of Ware 17 Mar. 1790, 
and after his death retin-nud to Ilk., res. on the homestead with lier son Paul, 
and d. 29 Get. 1807. Like her sister Mary (who m. Paul Dean before men- 
tioned), she is said to have been noted for her industry and enertry. 

10. Timothy, s. of Christopher (:i), m. Mary,^ dau. of Deacon James Fos- 
ter of Rochester, 24 Oet. 1754, and had Lijdin, b. 15 Sep. 1755, m. Thomas 
Fuller 26 Nov. 1778; Timothy, h. IG Feb. 1757; Mori/, b. 18 Oct, 1759, m. 
Daniel Fay, Jr., 23 Aug. 1778; Foster, h. 29 Aug. 17G1; Reed, b. 30 Aug, 
1764: Moses, b. 12 Dec. 1765, d. 2.s Dee. 17G5; Mnses, b. 9 Feb. 1767; Re- 
becca, h. 28 Nov. 1768, m. Capt. Seth Peirce 22 Dec. 1793. had one child 
(which died in infancy), and d. 2 Aug. 1795; Thomas, b. 7 Nov. 1770, d. 21 
Nov. 1770; Thomas, b. 12 Ap. 1772; Georqe Washinf/ton, b. 24 Aug. 1775, an 
eminent physician and an elder of the Presbyterian church in Colchester, 
Delaware Co., N. Y., where he d. s. p. 10 Sep. 1834, having late in life m. 

Mrs. Cunningham, who survived him. Timothy, the f. was a farmer, 

and much employed in the public service. He was selectman three years, 
1778-1780; treasurer six years, 1781-1786; representative 1781; member of 
the Connnittee of Correspondence and other important committees during the 
Revolutionary period; as captain of militia, led his company to Bennington, at 
the ahvrm in August 1777, and to West Point in 1780, through a campaiirn of 
three months. On the organization of the militia after the adoption of the 
Constitution, he was commissioned colonel, which office he held during the 
remainder of his life. He was a staunch supporter of the government, and 
rendered service, 1786, in the suppression of the Shays rebellion. He res. on 
the homestead, where he d. 26 Aug. 1791; his w. INIary d. in New Braintree, 
21 July, 1825. a. 93. and was buried by the side of her husband in Hard- 
wick. "■^ The following obituary notice appeared in the Columbian Ccntinel, Sep, 
10, 1791: "In Hardwick, on the 26'" uit.. Col. Timothy Paige, aged 64 
years, after a distressing sickness of upwards of twentv days, which he sus- 
tained with Christian patience and fortitude, and died in the firm faith and 
hope of a future resurrection and a happy immortality. He was a gentleman 
of abilities, and filled a number of important stations, both in the civil and 
military departments, with fidelity and honor. A number of gentlemen in the 
military line attended the interment of his remains, among a numerous con- 
course of motu'ning friends and relatives; and a com[)any of infantry, dressed 
in uniform, attended the solemnity and performed military honors.^ A pa- 
thetic and well adapted discourse was delivered on the occasion by the Rev. 
Thomas Holt, from these words, — ' O Death, where is thy sting V O Grave, 
where is thy victory? ' " 

11. Nathanikl, s. of Christopher (3), m. Joanna, dau. of William Free- 
man of Sandwich. 13 Sep. 1759; she d. s. p. 30 Mar. 1783, and he m. JNIartha, 
sister of Rev. Elisha Fish of Upton, pub. — Aug. 1783, and had Freeman, b. 
21 J\Iay 178G, a clothier; Elizabeth, b. 27 Ap. 11 8H\, Nathaniel F., h. 11 Aug. 

jlJ90; Jason, b. 18 Dec. 1792, a merchant in New "jork, Nathaniel the f. 
was a farmer, and res. near the central bridge over AVare River, at the place 
marked " A. Rich" on the R. ^lap ; his farm being separated from that of his 
brother George by the highway. He was elected deacon of the church 12 May 
1785, was colleague about five years with his brother William in that office, 
and performed its duties with singular propriety and dignity until about 1812, 
when he rem. to Athol, where he d. 6 Jan. 181G, a. nearly 80; his w. Martha 
d. 15 Feb. 1816, a. 63, Deacon Paige was a true gentleman in his demeanor; 

1 Mary Foster was a lineal descendant ^ This was probably the first military 
from Eider William Brewster, Governor funeral in the town, and tlie only one until 
Thomas I'rence, and Major .John Freeman. October 1811, when similar honors were ren- 
See Cmi.LiJJGSWoRTH Foster (3), note. dered at the l)nrial of John Warner, who 

2 Deacon Christojiher Paige and four of was accidentally killed during a "sham 
Lis sons, — Chrislnjjher, William, George, fight," at a military parade on the second 
and 2'iiiwthy, were buried near each other, day of that mouth. 

in the southwesterly corner of the old burial- 
place. 



438 PAIGE. 

affable and polite^ quiet and inoffensive; and remarkable for the purity of his 
character, adorning the oflice which he held and the doctrine which lie pro- 
fessed. His white full-bottomed wig gave him a venerable appearance in the 
" deacon's-seat." 

12. John, s. of Christopher (3), m. Hannali, dau. of Capt. Edward Wins- 
low of Rochester, pub. 24 Dec. 1764. They had only one child, TF/ns/wi', b. 28 
Feb. 1767. John the f. was a farmer, and is said to have resided for several 
years in the northeasterly part of the town, at the place marked " T. Bruce " 
on the R. Map. In 1786 he bought the estate at the junction of the Pet. and 
Barre roads, al)out a hundred rods north of the Common, marked " Mr. Holt," 
which he transferred a year afterwards to his son Wiiisloiv, who sold it, 2 Ap. 
1790, to Rev. Thomns Holt, when both fatlier and son rem. to Stephentown, 
N. Y. In 1794, the father rem. to Schaghticoke, N. Y., where he d. 14 or 15 
Ap. 1812. His grandson wrote to me, "he attended the funeral of my grand- 
mother on Saturday [Ap. 13], Avent to the grave; on his return, to his bed, 
died, and was buried in the same grave three days afterwards." He had 
served two campaigns during the French War, "was at Quebec at its capture, 
and was with and very near Wolfe when he fell; in this campaign he received 
a M'ound, and carried the ball in his leg to his grave." (31S. Letter from John 
K. Paige, Esq., 20 Jan. 1840.) 

13. David, s. of Nathaniel (4), m. Abigail Jones of Concord, 10 Oct. 1764, 
and had David, b. 7 Feb. 1767; Hamuih, b. 11 Mar. 1773, m. Rev. Reed Paige 
of Hancock, N. H., 25 Dec. 1794. David the f. res. in Bedford, was a far- 
mer, and for many years carried milk to the Boston market. He was a man 
of hirge frame and rather haughty manners, insomuch that he was familiarly 
known ;is "King David." Late in life he rem. to Middlebury, Vt. (where 
his son David then resided), and d. 11 Jan. 1819, a. nearly 79. 

14. John, s. of John (5), m. Mary, dau. of David Cutler of Lexington, 15 
Sep. 1757, and had Rebecca, b. IS Nov. 1757, m. Thomas Robinson 11 Ap. 
1776, d. at Onondaga — Oct. 1828; Mary, b. 10 Sep. 1760, m. John Wheeler 
18 Nov. 1779; AmiUai, b. 25 Sep. 1763, m. Foster Paige 6 Jan. 1785, d. 5 Nov. 
1860; John, b. 19 Oct. 1766; Sally, b, 9 Oct. 1768, m. Jonathan Warner 25 
Feb. 1789, d. 11 June 1807; David, b. 15 May 1771; Joseph, twin, b. 6 Aug. 
1774, d. young; Benjamin, twin, b. 6 Aug. 1774 ; Betsey, b. 2H Sep. 1777, m. 
Edward Clark, Jr., 23 Feb. 1800, d. 9 Jan. 1862; Joseph, b. 19 Mar. 1780; 

Heinnuh, b. Sep. 1782, m. Zadok Dimond of Springtield, 15 Jane 1819, d. 

25 Feb. 1859. John the f. was a farmer, rem. from Bedford to Hardwiek in 
1757, and res. two miles westerly from the Common, on the Greenwich road, 
at the place marked " Wid. Paige " on the R. Map. He d. 31 Oct. 1789 
(wrongly inscribed 1790 on his head-stone); his w. Mary d. 31 May 1812, a. 
74. 

15. James, s. of John (5), m. ]\Iary Stone 25 Oct. 1764; she d. in childbed 
G Jan. 17 70, and he m. Anna, dau. of Capt. Joseph Warner, 25 Oct 17 70. 
His chil. were PoU/j, b. 8 Aug. 1766, m. Lemuel Page i of Rindge, N. H., 26 
June 1798, and d. 26 Nov. 18.53; an infant d. 6 Jan. 1770 ; Luther, b. 5 Nov. 
1772; Anna. b. 1 Ap. 1775, d. 11 Aug. 1777; James, b. 13 Jan. 1777, d. 4 Oct. 
1777 ; Anna, b. 18 Oct. 1778, m. Capt. Moses Allen 26 June 1802, d. 7 June 
1824; James, b. 2 Jan. 1781; Calvin, twin, b. 8 May 1784; Fanny, twin, b. 8 
May 1784, m. Stephen Rice, Jr., 4 Sep. 1811 ; he d. 16 Aug. 1821, ami she m. 
Capt. Moses Allen, pub. 7 IMay 1825; after his death she rem. to Boston, and 
d. 15 Feb. 1873. Jamp:s the f. was a coi'dwainer, and rem. from Bedford to 
Framingham before 21 Oct. 1762, at which date he bought a farm in Hard- 
wick, and prob. rem. here immediately. He res. on the Petersham road, at the 
place marked " L. Paige " on the R. Map, and d. 18 Jan. 181 7 ; his w. Anna 
d. 5 Jan. 1814. 

16. EiJENEZEi?, s. of John (5). ni. Dorothy, widow of Joseph Fassett, Jr., of 

Lexington, 21 Feb. 1760; she d. 6 Feb. 1779, a. 41, and he m. Susanna , 

who survived him. His chil. were Anna, h. 29 Sep. 1760, m. Benjamin Lane 

1 He general]}' wrote his name "Lemma descended from John T&ge of Watertown, 
Pagf," and it so appears on the record. He who d. 18 Dec. 1676, a. " about 90." 



PAIGE. 439 

9 Dec. 1779; Rebecca, b. 9 June 17G3, m. Jonatlian Wilson 22 July 1784; 
Ebenezer, h. 30 jNIar. 17G5; John, h. 18 Feb. 1767; lJ»llij, b. 11 Di-c. 1708, d. 
23 Ap. 1772; Moses, h. 11 Sep. 1770, d. 9 Aiio;. 17 7 r> ;' Luci/, b. 11 Jn!v 1772, 
d. 14 Ann;. 1775; Man/, b. 24 July 1774; Joi^lma, b. 18 Jan. 1779; Wlfliam, b. 
19 I\rar. 1783; Mns^cii (posthumous-), b. 9 Oct. 1784. Ebknkzku the f. res. in 
Bedford, and d. 9 June 1784, a. 47. 

17. Timothy, s. of John (.")), m. INIaruaret WelIiny;ton of Canibridoe 12 
May 1766, and had Joseph, b. 16 May 1 707; Dorcas, b. 22 Ap. 1775, n). James 
Wrijjht 16 Mar. 1797. Timothy tlie f. res. in Bedford, was a soldier in the 
Revolutionary Army, and was killed in battle at White Plains, 25 Oet. 1776; 
his w. JMarfjaret ni. Asa Fasselt. 

18. Nathaniel, s. of John (5), m. Sarah Brown of Lex. 10 Dee. 1774, and 
had Nathaniel, h. 25 Oct. 1775, in. Lydia Fiteh, and d. in Bedford 30 Aug. 
1858; Sarah, b. 22 May 1777, m. Samuel Ran<lall, and d. in Boston 24 Mar. 
1821; Timothy, b. 29 Jan. 1779, rn. Isanna Ilarrinfrton of I..ex. 11 Jan. 1801, 
and d. at Bedford 26 Dee. 1860; John, twin, b. 3 INIar. 1781, m. Lucy Fitch, 
and d. in Woburn (now Wincdiester) 22 Feb. 1861; his w. Luey d. 19 Feb. 
1861, a. 75; Benjamin, twin, b. 3 Mar. 1781, m. Mary Penninian 9 Sep. 1804; 

she d. 25 July 1805, and he m. Newcomb of Quiney, where he d. 8 Ap. 

1855; Christopher, twin, I). 10 Dec. 1783 or 1784, m. Lydia Wetberbee of Box- 

boro, and d. 4 May 1840; Thomas, twin, b. 10 Dec. 1783 or 1784, ni. , and 

d. in Carlisle 22 Aug. 1860; Thatldeus, twin, b. 5 May 1788, a colonel and cus- 
tom-house officer, in. Dolly Richardson of Leominster, and d. in Boston 27 
Jan. 1837; his w. Dolly was living in 1882; Ruhamah, twin, b. 5 May 1788, m. 
Jonathan Lane of Bedford, where she died 19 June 1882. All these children, 
except Thaddeus. left posterity. Nathaxiel the f. was a farmer, res. in Bed- 
ford, and d. 31 July 1819; his w. Sarah d. in consequence of an accidental 
fracture of her thigh-bone, 2 Aug. 1839, a. 92. 

19. Samuel, s. of John (5), m. Molly Hutchinson of Bedford 23 Nov. 1775, 
and had Rebecca, b. 4 Jan. 1778; Benjamin, b. 7 June 1780, a captain, res. in 
Ludlow, Vt. ; Samuel, bap. 25 July 1784, a colonel, res. in Plymouth. Vt. 
Samuel the f., before his marriage, rem. to Rindge, N. II., where his children 
were born; later in life he rein, to Plymouth, Vt. 

20. William, s. of William (8), m. ]\Iercy, dau. of Benjamin Raymond, 6 
Oct. 1768, and had Merci/, b. 7 Oct. 1769; Leonora, b. 5 Ap. 1771, d. young; 
Plethinia, b. 5 Mar. 1773; William, b. 11 Dec. 1774; Leonora, b. 2 Feb. 1777; 
and others after he rem. to Ware. It is said that "he had a son, William, 
who died without issue, and eight daughters." ^ William the f. rem. to AV^are, 
was for many years deacon of the church there, and d. 23 June 1826, a. 81; 
his w. Mercy d. at Barnard, Vt., 23 Jan. 1795, a. 48. ^ 

21. James, s. of William (8), m. Thankful, dau. of Benjamin Ilaymond, 6 
Oct. 1768 (the same day on whicdi his brother William and sister Rebecca 
were married); she d. 31 Aug. 1806. a. 58, and he m. her sister Mary, widow 
of James Lawton, 22 Mar. 1807. Ilis chil. were Ralph, b. 21 Aug.'l 769, m. 
Sail}' Thomas at Brk. 1 Aug. 1793, and rem. to Rutland, Vt., where he d. 20 
Aug. 1857; Charles, b. 16 Oct. 1771 ; James, b. 14 Oct. 1773, rem. to Lafayette, 
Ind., and d. 24 July 1831; Nathaniel, b. 14 Ap. 1776. rem. to (iranville, Ohio; 
Benjamin, h. 24 July 17 78, m. j\Iary Ann Magoun of Ware, ))ub. 13 Xov. 1803, 
and rem. to Richmond, Ind.; Lxicinda, b. 28 July 1780, m. .foseph Muzzey 25 

Ap. 1799, and after his death m. Armstrong; Thankful, b. 13 Aug. 1 782, 

d. 24 Oct. 1795; William, b. 15 Nov. 1784, rem. prob. to Granville, Ohio; 

Mercy, b. 12 Nov. 1786, m. Moses Brown of Ware 10 Dec. 1807, and (2d) 

Pepper; she d. at Ware 16 June 1880 ; Ira, b. 17 June 1789, rem. to Spring- 
field, Ohio. All these children, except 77«a;(Z;/'u/, survived their father. Jamks 
the f. was a farmer, and res. near Ware River, at the place marked '' C. Paige" 
on the R. Map. He was politically involved in the " Shays " delusion, but 
made his peace, and throughout his life was one of the most respected and 

1 Hs^le's Historical Address at Ware, 1847, to her sisters, — .Joanna, wife of Asa Whit- 
p. 51. comb, Esq., and Deborah, wife of Steward 

2 She Avas probably at Barnard on a visit Southgate, — who then resided there. 



440 PAIGE. 

trusted citizens of the town. He was selectman eleven years, and assessor 
seventeen years; he was also major of militia, by which title he was generally 
known. He was elected deacon of the church 10 Aug. 1812, an office which 
had previously been filled by his grandfather, his father, and one of his 
uncles ; and in which he was afterwards succeeded by his grandson, Deacon 
James N. Brown. He d. 18 Feb. 1818. 

22. Jessk, s. of AVilliam (8), m. Mary, dau. of Capt. William Breckenridge 
of Ware, pub. IC Jan. 1780; she d. 28 Feb. 1810, and he m. Mrs. Abigail 
Whiting 20 May 1812. His chil. were Francis!, b. 12 Aug. 1780, d. unm. about 
1800; Manj, h. 13 Ap. 1783, d. 21 Nov. 1795; Christopher, b. 11 Sep. 1785; 
Nancy (sometimes called Agnes), b. 31 Mar. 1789, m. Bassett Fay 22 Jan. 

1811 • a child b. , d. 17 Feb. 1792; Sally, bap. 23 Mar. 1794, m. George 

Briggs of Lenox 19 Nov. 1816; Ilar/j, bap. 11 June 1797, d. 30 Aug. 1798; 
Jesse, bap. 19 ]\[ay 1799; Hadassah, bap. 2 May 1802, m. Chauncy Dewey of 
Lenox, pub. 18 Feb. 1828. Jesse the f. was a farmer, and res. on tlie easterly- 
road to Gilbertville, at the place marked "J. Mann," formerly the homestead 
of Brig.-Gen. lluggles. He was one of the "minute-men " who marched to 
Cambridge in April 1775, upon the " Lexington alarm," and twice afterwards 
rendered service in the army. He had little culture, but a full share of sound 
common sense ; and he is remembered as a good neighbor and an honest man. 
He d. 3 July 1818. His w. Abigail d. 29 Aug. 1856, a. 79. 

23. Christopher, s. of William (8), m. Rebecca, ^ widow of Rev. Elijah 

Fletcher of Hopkinton, N. H., and had Elijah Fletcher, b. , grad. H. C. 

1810, and d. in Virginia in 1817; James W., b. about 1793, an eminent mer- 
chant in Boston, wliere he d. 19 May 1868, a. 75; Christopher, b. , res. in 

Nashua, N. H.; and perhaps others. Christopher the f. grad. D. C. 1784, 
was the first pastor of the Congregational Church at Pittsfield, N. H., 1789; 
was dismissed 1796, and after preaching for several years at Deering and 
Washington, N. H., was installed as the first pastor of the church at Roxbury, 
N. H., 21 Nov. 1816, from which charge he was dismissed 2 Mar. 1819, rem. 
to Salisbury, N. H., and d. 12 Oct. 1822. 

24. Nathaniel, s. of George (9), m. Salvina, dau. of Joshua Crowell, 1 
Feb. 1781, rem. to Barnard, Vt., and had Nathaniel, b. 26 Oct. 1788, m. Nancy 
Gifford 21 June 1813; Salvina, b. 15 May 1794, m. Alpheus Howe of Royal- 
ton 20 Mar. 1817; Polly, b. , d. 30 Oct. 1795; Polly, b. 16 Dec. 1795. 

Nathaniel the f. was a colonel, and d. 22 Aug. 1824; his w. Salvina d. 28 
Aug. 1826. 

25. Asa, s. of George (9), rem. to Barnard, Vt., where he m. Lvdia, dau. 
of Elkanah Steward, 19 Feb. 1789, and had Rosilla, b. 25 Feb. 1790, m. Har- 
ris Tike of Waitsfield 26 Feb. 1824, and was living at Barnard in 1874; Mar- 
tin, b. 8 Dec. 1791. d. — Mar. 1861; Anna, b. 19 Dec. 1793, d. 8 Sep. 1794; 
Asa, b. 18 Aug. 1795, d. 23 Jan. 1862; Lydia, b. 22 Oct. 1797, d. 3 Mar. 1798; 
Cyrus, b. 19 Jan. 1799, a farmer and deacon in Barnard, m. Laura Burke of 
Westminster. Vt., 19 Feb. 1826, and (2d) Elizabeth Rix of Royalton, Vt., 11 
Feb. 1852, had posterity by both wives, and d. 28 Nov. 1875; Leonard, b. 7 
Ap. 1801, was living at Oi)erlin, Ohio, in 1874; Louisa, h. 5 Sep. 1803; Hiram, 
b. 3 Dec. 1805, d. 18 Ap. 1835; Luthera, b. 20 July 1809. Asa the f. was a 
farmer, and d. 20 Dec. 1819; his w. Lydia d. 25 June 1847, a. nearly 80. 

26. George, s. of George (9), rem. to Barnard, Vt., where he m. Betsey 
Bicknell 28 Oct. 1782, and had Sally, b. 8 Jan. 1784, m. David Lewis, 2 Nov. 
1812; George, b. 28 Aug. 1786, m. Mary Walker 29 Nov. 1810; Naomi, b. 1 
Mar. 1789. m. Elisha Richmond 21 Dec. 1815; Gardner, b. 6 Jan. 1791, m. 
Pluma McKiiistry 20 June 1816; Jra, b. 2 Jan. 1789 (error in record, perliaps 
should be 1792), m. Sarah Eaton 19 Mar. 1818; Betsey, b. 1 Mar. 1793; Bick- 
mdl, b. 8 Ap. 1795; Anson, b. 12 June 1797 ; Anna, b. 14 Mar. 1799. 

27. Nathan, s. of George (9), m. Hannah Cobb 25 Ap. 1784, and rem. to 
Royalton, Vt., where he had Alfred, a physician in Bethel, recently deceased; 
William, Otis, Nathan, Lucius, Edward, Betsey, and Hannah ; it is said there 
Avere two more daughters, who prob. d. young. 

1 Her dau. Gr-ace, bj' first husband, m. Hon. Daniel Webster. 



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28. Paul, s. of Gcorf!;e (9), m. Perninah Ilannior 15 July 1790, and Iiad 

Erastus, b. 1791, d. U Sep. 1792; Anna, bap. 15 May 1803, rn. Anson 

Giffin 30 May 1809, d. at W. Brk. 20 Dec. 18G8; Judson ; Laurbidu ; Litcin- 
da ; lihoda, d. at Hard wick, Vt., unm., a. 21; Annindu; these six bap. 15 
May 1803; Caroline, bap. 24 July 1803; George Ilanmer, bap. — June 1805; 
Paul W/iilcomb, bap. 21 June 1807, deacon in Brimfield, where he d. 14 Ap. 
1876; Diciqht, bap. 10 June 1810, m. Sally Rice of Brk. 5 Mar. 1835, and 
(2d) Abi;rail P>rown 28 Sep. 1843; d. at Springf. 17 Feb. 1881; William, twin, 
bap. 5 May 1811 ; Willard, twin, bap. 5 May 1811, ni. Rebecca Rice 21 Oct. 
1834, d. at W. Brk. 10 Oct. 1846. Paul the f. was a farmer, and res. on the 
homestead. After the death of his w. Perninah, 16 Oct. 1814, he rem. to 
Hardwick, Vt. 

29. Pkikce, s. of George (9), m. Anna Durfee, res. in Royalton, Vt., and 
had chil.: liosicell, David, Elijah, Calvin, Riley, Phila, Laura, Marij, and 
Elvira. 

30. Timothy, s. of Timothy (10), m. Mary, dau. of Thomas Robinson, ^ 20 
Jan. 1780, and had Mary, b. 28 Oct. 1780, m. Col. Thomas Wheeler 14 Feb. 
1805, and d. at Ticondcroga, N. Y., 18 Sep. 1828; Sophia, b. 31 Oct. 1782, d. 
unm. 23 Oct. 1861; Stephen West, b. 3 May 1785; Timothy, b. 6 Mar. 1788; 
Martin, b. 27 Sep. 1791 ; Cyrus, b. 7 Ap. 1794, d. 16 Jan. 1796 ; Rebecca, b. 
27 Aug. 1796, d. unm. 30 Mar. 1821 ; Cyrus, b. 16 Sep. 1799, d. 28 June 1803 ; 
Lucius Robinson,^ b. 8 Mar. 1802. Timothy the f. was a farmer, but during 
a large portion of his life was much engaged in public affairs. He was a mem- 
ber of the comj)any of " minute-men," and marched to Cambridge upon the 
Lexington alarm; he afterwards served, for short periods, several times during 
the Revolution, but did not enlist in the regular ai-my. He was lieutenant of 
militia in 1784, and on the 30th of May, 1788, was commissioned Captain of 
the " Cadet Company," then organized by special order of the Governor. He 
was selectman from 1798 to 1810, and from 1817 to 1821, eighteen years; 
assessor from 1798 to 1821, twenty-four years; also moderator of every JNIareh 
meeting, with a single exception (and nearly all the other town-meetings), 
from 1802 to 1821, representative in the General Court seventeen years suc- 
cessively, from 1805 to 1821 inclusive; and a delegate to the Constitutional 
Convention in 1820. He was commissioned justice of the peace 9 May 1803, 
and of the quorum 29 Aug. 1816; and fi'om his first appointment until his 
death almost every " Justice Court " in the town was held by him. He res. 
about five or six years after his marriage on the homestead, with his father, 
and then erected the house which still remains on the place marked " J. 
Marsh " on the R. Map, about forty rods northerly from his former residence, 
and there d. 29 Oct. 1821; his w. Mary soon removed to the house marked 
" Wid. Paige," at the northerly end of the Common, and d. 29 INIar. 1836, a. 
77. An obituary in the New Enyland Palladium, 9 Nov. 1821, described him 
as "one of the oldest members of the House of Representatives; a man who 
united very many excellent and useful qualities, and who was universally es- 
teemed among his acquaintances for his intelligence und unbending integrity; " 
and on the next day (10 Nov.) the Columbian Centinel referred to liirn as 
" one of the oldest members of the House of Representatives of this State; an 
uudeviating patriot, and an intelligent man." ^ 

31. Foster, s. of Timothy (10), m. Amittai, dau. of John Paige, 6 Jan. 
1785, and had Gardner, b. 16 Oct. 1785; Seneca, b. 15 Feb. 1788, m. , 

1 Mary Robinson was a lineal descendant ^ The orii^inal name was Lucius; liobin- 

from Gov. Thomas Dudley 1 (who d. at Kox- son was added by an act of the General 

bury 31 Jul^' 1(153), through Ills daughter Court. 

IMcrcy,'- who m. liev. John Wooflbriiige of 3 jjg ^y^s one of the " first tliree " who, 

Newbury; their dau. jNlartlia^ in. Oapt. for a period of about twenty years each, 

Samuel Ruggles of Roxbury 8 July 1080; hekl undisputed prominence in tiie mauage- 

their dau. Patience'* m. James Robiuson of ment of public affairs in the town; namely, 

Boston o Julv 1711; their son Thomas, •' b. Brig.-Gen. Timothy Ruirglcs, from 1754 to 

20 Ap. 1718, m. Mary, dau. of Capt. Elea- 1774; Maj.-Geu. Jonathan Warner, from 

zar Warner 23 Nov. 1744; and their dau. 1780 to 1802; and Timothy Paige, Esq., from 

Mary ,6 b. 3 Dec. 1758, m. Timothy Paige, 1802 to 1821. 
Esq., as in the text. 



442 PAIGE. 

res. in Bakersfield", "Vt., and afterwards in Dunham, Canada East; he was a 
member of tlie Provincial Parliament, and d. s. p. 11 Oct. 1856; Reed, b. 28 
Mar. 1790, m. (at Barnard, Vt.) Eunice, dau. of Dr. Convei-s Cutler of Hk., 
31 Mar. 1819, was a farmer, res. in Bakersfield, Vt., and d. s. p. 22 Feb. 1867; 
Mary, b. 18 July 1792, m. Jesse Pai^je and d. here 19 Jan. 1823; Behccca 
Peirce, b. 17 Mar, 1797, m. David Smith, and after his death m. Asahel Demino; 
of West Berkshire, Vt., 5 Oct. 1828 (they celebrated their " oolden wedding " 

5 Oct. 1878, and both are living in 1883) ; Foster, h. 25 Oct. 1801 ; Amiltai 
■Cutler, b. 16 Nov. 1804, m. Lyman Hurlburt, and after his death ni. Elijah 
Barnes, of Bakersfield, Vt., whom she survived and is living in 1883 ; Sally 
Warner, b. 5 Aug. 1808, m. Josiah Fay Brigham of Bakersfield, and d. 11 
Mar. 1829. Foster the f. was a farmer, rem. to Hardwick, Vt., before 1800, 
and thence to Bakersfield, where he d. 22 June 1843; his w. Amittai d. at 
the house of her dau. in W. Berkshire, 5 Nov. 1860, a. 97. 

32. Rkkd, s. of Timothy (10), m. Hannah, dau. of David Paige of Bed- 
ford, 25 Dec. 1794, and had Abigail, b. 23 Jan. 1796, m. Jacob Flint 14 Nov. 
1815; Mary, b. 2 Oct. 1799, m. Moses Whitney 2 Dec. 1817; David, b. 11 
Mar. 1802, a physician at Belvidere, 111., d. in 1868 ; Timothy, b. 31 Aug. 1805, 
was educated at West Point, a captain in the U. S. Army, resigned, anil d. at 
St, Louis 14 June 1867; Nathaniel George Reed, b. 17 Aug. 1807, a farmer in 
Marengo, Til., d. in 1853; William, b. 18 Ap. 1811, "went south about 1830, 
and no tidings were ever received from him; it is supposed that he was mur- 
dered on the overland route to California; " ^ Leivellyn, b. 18 July 1816, d. 26 
July 1816. Reed the f. grad. D. C. 1786, studied divinity with Dr. Emmons of 
Franklin, was a Hopkinsian after the straightest sect, and, what was then very 
unusual among the orthodox clergy, was an ardent Democrat in politics. He 
was ordained the first pastor of the church in Hancock, N. H., 21 Sep. 1791, 
which office he retained through life. He published two ordination sermons, 
an election sermon, 1805, and several others on different occasions. In the 
" Gazetteer " of New Hampshire, art. Hancock; he is described as " a learned, 
pious, able, and faithful minister; a good citizen; an honest and upright man; 
a firm patriot, and zealous and able advocate of Jiis country's rights, which 
very much endeared him to the people of his charge, who frequently elected 
him to represent the town in the State Legislature of which he was a mem- 
ber at the time of his death." He d. of fever 22 July, 1816, in the midst of 
his usefulness, a. about 52; his w. Hannah d. 7 Oct. 1847, a. 74. 

33. JMosES, s. of Timothy (10), m. Lucy, dau. of David Aiken, 27 Aug. 
1789; she d. 27 Mar. 1800, and he m. her sister, Mary Aiken, pub. 17 May, 

1801. His chil. were, twins, b. , d. 1 May 1790; Mary Aiken, b. , d. 

young; Joel Simonds, b. 25 Jan. 1793; a child, b. , d. 1 Feb. 1795; 

Lucy, b. 13 Ap. 1796, m. Anson Ruggles 14 June 1812, and d. 29 July, 1874; 
Mary Ann Aiken, h. 8 Mar. 1798, m. Lysander F. Haskins of Prescott 20 
May 1833, and d. 29 or 30 Mar. 1862 ; Moses, b. 6 Feb. 1800; Asa, b. 9 Dec. 
1801, m. Cordelia, dau. of Maj. Gardner Ruggles, was a physician and apothe- 
cary in Troy, N. Y., where he d. s. p. 19 Jan"^ 1836;- Hannah, b. 11 INIay 1804, 
m. Horace II. Hayward of Ware 12 Dec. 1826, rem. to INIarathon, N. Y., and 
d. 16 Jan. 1845; Clarissa, h. 24 Dec. 1807, m. William Breckenridge of Ware 

6 Nov. 1827, d. 9 Dec. 186 7. Moses the f. was a farmer, and res. in several 
houses at different times ; his last residence was on the turnpike, about three 
quarters of a mile north from the Common, at the place marked "S. AVeston " 
on the R. ]\lap, where he d. 5 Dec. 1818; his w. Mary m. Jonathan Mai'sh of 
Ware 1 Dec. 1824, and d. in 1845. 

34. Thomas, s. of Timothy (10), m. Susanna, dau. of Warham Warner 
of N. Br. 17 June 1798, and had Susan Warner, b. 10 Aug. 1800 ; d. unm. at 
Wore. 6 June 1.S80 ; Hannah Ware, b. 22 June 1802, m. Samuel Wood of Farn- 
ham, C. E.,,,9 Feb. 1843 (he d. 24 Jan. 1848); Daniel Waldo, h. 18 Feb. 1804, 
m. Sarah Smith 1836, res. in Lenoxville, C. E., and d. 7 Feb. 1877 ; George 
Washington, b. 18 May 1806, m. Elvira Waters of Barre, Vt., 24 Aug. 

1 Winslow Memorial, p. 154 ; from which the last name in this family and some of the 
dates are taken. 



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1835, res. Chicago; Almirn Clarl; h. 7 Feb. 1808, d. iinm. 11 Mar. 1838; 
Prudence Maria, b. 15 May 1811, ni. Saimiol A. Porter of Wore. 5 Ap. 1831 ; 
Sophia Foster, b. 4 Mar. 18"l5, m. Austin Bixl)y of Wore. 15 Mar. 1836 ; Letilia 
Duncan, h. 2 ^lay 1817; Thomas Reed, b. 1 June 1821, killed by the kick of a 
horse 25 May 183() ; Harriet Antoinette, b. 2 July 1825, d. 5 May 1827. 
Thomas the f. was a farmer, and res. in Hancock, N. II., from about 1799 un- 
til about 181G, when he rem. to New Braintree; in 1836, when stricken in 
years, he rem. to Lenoxville, C. E., and subsequently to Conipton, C. E., 
where lie d. 16 June 1855; his w. Susanna d. 8 Dee. 18G3, a. 87. 

35. WixsLOW, s. of John (12), m. Clarissa, dau. of Gen. John Keyes of 
Windham, Conn., pub. 13 Auijj. 1787, and had Jol/n Kri/es, b. here 2 Aug. 1788; 
Hannah Wins/oic, b. — Au^r. 1791, m. Archibald Croswell of Broome, N. Y., 

1822; Maria C, b. 1794, m. David Cady of Florida, N. Y., 1815; Alonzo 

Christopher, b. 31 Jidy 1796 ; Diana C, b. — Feb. 1799, m. Allen H. Jack- 
son of Florida N. Y., 1820; Antoinette A. L., h. — Auj^. 1S04, ni. George 
Smith of Florida 1825; he d. 1828, and she m. Hon. Piatt Potter of Sche- 
nectady 1836. WiNSLow the f. was a cler<i;yman, and received the honorary 
deoree of A. M. from B. U. in 1828. He res. on the homestead in Hk. until 
1790, when he rem. to the State of New York, and was settled at Stephen- 
town, 1790, at Seha<;hticoke, 1793, at Florida, 1808, and at Broome, 1820, 
■where lied. 15 Mar. 1838. 

36. Joiix, s. of John (14), m. Anna, dau. of Edward Clark, pub. 15 Sep. 
1788: antl had Clark, b. about 1789. John the f. was a farmer, and res. on 
the Petersham road near the town line. He was very industrious, and re- 
markably successful in the accumulation of property, transmitting a very large 
estate to his grandchildren. He d. 21 Sep. 1836; his w. Anna d. 27 Mar. 
1845, a. 77. 

37. David, s. of John (14), m. Martha, dau. of Capt. Seth Peirce, 23 Aug. 
1792, and had Culler, b. 5 Oct. 1792; John, b. 5 Mar. 1794, d. unm. 13 Dec. 
1819; Huldah, h. 16 Sep. 1796, m. Col. Elbridge Cutler 20 Sep. 1817, rem. to 
Hartlord, Conn., and d. — JNlar. 1879; Mar>/, b. 13 Dec. 1799, m. Capt. 
Jonathan Webb 14 June 1819, and d. 2 Aug. i8G9; Martha Ann, b. 23 July 
1808, m. Dr. James M. Smith of New Haven, Conn., 25 Nov. 1829, and d. 
before 1845. David the f. was a very successful farmer, and res. on the turn- 
pike, about a mile northerly from the Common, at the place marked " D. 
Paige " on the 11. Map. He d. 22 Jan. 1854; his w. Martha d. 31 July 1844, 
a. 74. Ills secon<l w. Fanny, wid. of Sampson Peirce of N. Br., to whom he 
was pub. 15 Aug. 1845, ret. to N. Br. after his death, and d. 24 Ap. 1866, 
a. 84. 

38. Bex.jamix, s. of John (14), m. Elizabeth, wid. of Ezra Clark and dau. 
of John Webb, 6 June 1819, and had Benjamin Franklin, b. 24 Mar. 1820; 
Joseph, 1). 3 Sep. 1821, d. 3 July 1831; John, b. 11 Dec. 1822, d. 19 or 20 
Dec. 1822; Mary Cutler, b. 18 Dec. 1823, m. Henry Bassett of Ware 9 Ap. 
1845; John W., b. 15 Aug. 1825. Bex.iamix the f. was a farmer and captain 
of militia ; he res. on the homestead, and d. 14 Aug. 182 7 ; his w. Elizabeth d. 
16 Mar. 1856, a. 73. 

39. Joseph, s. of John (14), m. Fanny, dau. of Selh Lincoln of Warren 
23 Ap. 1816, and had Enieline M., b. about 1819, m. Erastus W. Paige 7 Mar. 

1850; Seth Lincoln, b. about 1821, m. , res. in Boston, and d. s. p. 28 

Mar. 1879, a. 57; Mary C, b. about 1823, m. Amasa W. Lincoln 10 June 
1845 ; Joseph, b. prob. about 1825, rem. to the West, and d. several years ago; 

Murtlta Ann, b. ; Charlotte F., b. about 1828, m. Stewart Chase of 

Holyoke, 5 Feb. 1852; Harriet M., b. about 1830, m. Dr. H. A. Harriman 
of Gardner 20 June 1853. Joseph the f. was a farmer; after his marriage 
he res. in Barre, where he d. 16 Ap. 1852, a. 72; his w. Faiinv d. at Spring- 
field 21 July 1878, a. 80. 

40. LuTHEii, s. of James (15), m. Sarah, dau. of Elijah Bangs, 22 Aug. 
1802; the d. 21 Ap. 1816, a. 34, and he m. Mary, wid. of Barnabas 
Hinkley, 4 Sep. 1816. His chil. were Erastus Warner, b. 1 July 1803; John 
Adams, b. 12 Feb. 1805, a mason, res. in Boston, d. 5 Jan. 1864 ; Bela Ba7i(js, 



444 PAIGE. 

b, 13 July 1807, m. Rhoda Ann, dau. of Stillman Clark, 2S Nov. 1844, res. in 
Boston a few years, and afterwards on the homestead in Hk. ; Rommond, b. 
6 July, 1809, d. 8 Mar. 1816; Sarah Ann, b. 16 Mar. 1813, m. Capt. John 
Raymond 31 Mar. 1833, d. 23 Sep. 1861; Fan77ij, b. 3 Ap. 1814, d. — 
July 1814. Luther the f. was a fanner, and i-es. on the homestead; he d. 18 
Jan. 1843; his w. Mary d. at Bangor, Me., 11 Mar. 1840. 

41. James, s. of James (15), m. Thirza Hopkins of Petersham, 8 July 
1810, and had Henry A., b. 20 July 1811; Elizabeth, b. 5 Nov. 1821, ra. 
Andrew J. Richardson, 5 July 1843. James the f. was a mason, resided in 
Boston, wrote his name Page, and d. 2 Nov. 1846 ; his w. Thirza d. 17 Feb. 
1870, a. nearly 84. 

42. Calvin, s. of James (15). m. Martha Rusgles 12 Nov. 1815 ; she d. 5 
Aug. 1816, and he m. Philinda Gates 19 Sep. 1819. His chil. were Silvanus 
Gates, h. 13 June 1820, d. 1 May 1821 ; Calvin Gates, b. 3 July 1829. Calvin 
the f. was a mason, res. in Boston, wrote his name Page, and d. 7 July 1850; 
his w. Philinda d. 23 Oct. 1867, a. 74. 

43. Charles, s. of James (21), m. Lydia, dau. of Samuel French, 20 Sep. 
1795; she d. 4 Oct. 1808, a. 33, and he m. Eliza Sargent 22 Mar. 1810. His 
chil. were Sophronia,h. 31 Mar. 1796, m. Chiron Jennev 28 Sep. 1817, d. 25 
Feb. 1854; Lucius, h. 4 Jan. 1798, d. 4 Jan. 1800; Charles, h. 8 Dec. 1799, 
rem. to Fort Wayne, Ind. ; Thankful R., h. 4 Aug. 1801, m. Col. Abialbon 
Carter of Pet. (afterwards of Ware) 27 Feb. 1822, and d., his widow, at 
Whitehall, N. Y., 13 Ap. 1878 ; Lucinda, h. 1 Ap. 1803, d. the same month; 
Ja7nes, b. 27 May 1804, rem. to W. Brk.; Li/dia W., b. 17 May 1806, d. unm. 

at Ware 21 Oct. 1881; a child b. ,d. 11 Oct. 1808, a. two weeks; 

Adelaide, b. 27 Jan. 1811, m. Moses Smith 25 Dec. 1834 ; Elbridr/e G., b. 5 Ap. 
1813, a very prolific writer, under the assumed name of "Dow, Jr.," and 
author of the popular series of " Patent Sermons," which first appeared in 
the " New York Sunday Mercury," of which he was editor and publisher, and 
were afterwards published in three volumes ; meeting with reverses in New 
York he rem. to California, and d. at San Francisco 4 Dec. 1859 ; Ira, b. 2 
June 1815. Charles the f. was a farmer, and res. on the homestead; he 
was selectman 1826, and d. 21 Ap. 1853 ; his w. Eliza d. 28 or 29 Nov. 1868, 

a. nearly 87. 

44. Christopher, s. of Jesse (22), m. Judith, dau. of Jason Bigelow of 
North Brk., pub. 10 June 1811, and had John Foster, b. 20 Oct. 18ri ; Abi- 
gail Bigelow, Nancy Bigeloto, Francis Breckenridge, Marij Brecl'enridqe, all 
bap. 6 Aug. 1820; Christopher Wesson, bap. 26 *May 1821. Christopher 
the f. was a farmer, and res. about a mile and three quarters southerly from 
the Common, at the place marked " J. Monroe " on the R. Maj). About 1821 
he rem. to Prescott and owned and cultivated one of the best farms in 
that town; he d. 10 Sep. 1866, a. 81; his w. Judith d. 30 Dec. 1872, a. 
nearly 91. 

45. Jesse, s. of Jesse (22), m. Mary, dau. of Foster Paige, in 1819 ; she d. 
19 Jan. 1823, and he m. Charlotte, dau. of James Robinson of Barre, 4 Sep. 
1823. His chil. were Marij Ann, b. 27 June 1820, m. Merritt Barnes of 
Bakersfield, Vt., where she res. and was mother of manj- children ; Rebecca 
Maria, b. 28 Aug. 1822, d. unm. at Bakersfield about 1840; Caroline Aurjusta, 

b. 23 July 1824, m. Henry Ellsworth of Barre 2 June 1846; Edwin Jesse, b. 
25 Feb. 1826; Ferdinand Benjamin, b. 10 Ap. 1828, m. Eliza J. Shepard of 
Barre 7 Sep. 1852; Averana Justina, b. 25 Aug. 1831, m. Nelson I. Tucker 
of Barre 29 Nov. 1855. Jesse the f. was a farmer, and inherited the liome- 
stead, which, however, he did not long retain. He res. several years in Barre, 
where he d. 3 Dec. 1869 ; his w. Charlotte d. 29 Jan. 1853 ; both were buried 
here in the new cemetery. 

46. Stephen West, s. of Timothy (30), m. Lucy, dau. of Daniel Ruirgles, 
Esq., 26 Oct. 1809, and had Adeline, b. 20 Mar. 1811, m. Capt. Walter Man- 
dell 31 Jan. 1842, and d. s. p. 3 Oct. 1842 ; Theodore, b. 27 Oct. 1813, d. 21 
Mar. 1814 ; Lucy, b. 30 July 1815. d. 10 June 1816 ; West, b. 23 Aug. 1817, m. 
Caroline Maria, dau. of Giles Warner, 13 Dec. 1848, and d. s. p. 4 Sep. 1853; 



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William, h. IS Dec. ISIO ; Lunj Rebecca, h. 19 Jan. 1822, m. Elbrids^e Man- 
dell 18 June 1844 ; Daniel Rwjfjhx, b. 14 July 1829, d. 26 Aug. 1833. Ste- 
phen West the f. was a farmer, and res. on the road to Ware, at the place 
marked "Mr. Leonard" on the R. Map, and afterwards on the road to Gilbert- 
ville, at the plaee marked " L. Manly ;" he was subsequently an innholder 
at the old " AVillis Tavern," also at Princeton, Shutesbury, and Greenwich 
Village until 183G, when he returned to Ilk., and res. on the road to Ware, at 
the place marked •' C. Ruggles ; " in 1869 he rem. to the Old rarsonage. half a 
mile north from the Common, marked " E. Cutler," and there closed his long 
life. He was captain of cavalry, 1812, representative 1843, 1844, and justice 
of the peace. He d. 24 Feb. 1871, a. nearly 86; his w. Lucy d. 25 Dec. 1865, 

a. 74. 

47. Timothy, s. of Timothy (30), m. Cynthia, dau. of Maj. Calvin Ammi- 
down of Southbridge 1 Mar. 1815, and had Cynthia Evelina, b. 4 Dec. 1S15, d. 
unm. 10 Nov. 1850; Juliet Eliza, b. 14 Ap. 1817, m. Merrick Mansfield, res. 
several years at Barton, Vt., and d. at Dorchester 17 June 1865 ; Timnthy, b. 
17 Feb. 1819, res. at Baltimore, Md., and afterwards at Chattanooga, Tenn. ; 
Calvin Ammidown, h. 7 June 1820. Timothy the f. taught school in Roches- 
ter 1807-8, and studied law with Samuel Eastman, Esq., of Ilk., Samuel F. 
Dickinson, Esq., of Amherst, and Hon. Abraham Holmes of Rochester, until 
Oct. 1811, when he went to Georgia, and was preceptor of an academy at 
AV^aynesboro', at which place and at Augusta he also practised law. In the 
spring of 1814 he returned to Hk., travelling the larger portion of the way on 
horseback. Near the close of that year he established himself as a lawyer in 
Southbridge, at the organization of which town he was elected the first town 
clerk. He was commissioned justice of the peace 31 Jan. 1816. Besides per- 
forming creditably the various duties of his profession, he indulged his taste 
for general literature, and acquired a local reputation as a poet.^ Constitution- 
ally feeble in body, and with a very sensitive nervous organization, he was 
prematurely exhausted by the labors and trials of life, and died of consump- 
tion 14 Nov. 1822, before attaining half of the allotted " three-score and ten " 
years; his w. Cynthia d. 1 Nov. 1828, a. 35. 

48. Martix, s. of Timothy (30"), m. Mary Ann, dau. of Barnabas Billings 
of Chesterfield, 20 Aug. 1717, and had Timnlhy, b. at Ilk. 3 Aug. 1818; Fred- 
erick Augustus, 1). at Hk. 6 Nov. 1819; George, b. at Southbridge 17 Aug. 
1821, a merchant in Providence, d. s. p. (drowned near Charleston, S. C.) 3 
Ap. 1855; Julia Billings, b. at Northampton 12 Jan. 1824, d. 14 May 1825; 
James, b. at Northampton 9 Feb. 1826, d. 7 INIay 1826; Henry, b. at Lowell 5 
Ap. 1829 ; Martha Pomeroy, b. at Greenfield 4 Jan. 1832, m. William Stone of 
Tenipleton 22 June 1854 (and had Frederick Paige, b. 10 Aug. 1855, Lucius 
Paige, b. 27 Mar. 1857, and William Sidney, b. 2 Ap. 1862) ; Sarah Pomeroy, 

b. at Worcester 9 Sep. 1837, d. 30 Sep. 1838. Martin the f. commenced ac- 
tive business as a clothier at the Old Furnace, and res. in the house in which 
his parents were married, marked " T. Elwell " on the R. Map. The erec- 
tion of large manufactories of woollens in New England very soon ruined the 
small cloth-dressing establishments, and he, in common with many others, was 
obliged to abandon that business. Being, however, a very skilful dyer, he 
devoted himself to that art, and had the principal charge of that department 
in several "factories." He changed his residence frequently, as indicated by 
the birth-place of his children. In 1838 he rem. from Worcester to Temple- 
ton, where he res. until Dec. 1847, when he was compelled, by the failure of 
his health, to discontinue active labor, and rem. to Providence, R. I., where his 
sons were engaged in business. He d. 7 Dec. 1872, a. 81; his w. Mary Ann d. 
27 Jan. 1875, a. 80. 

49. Lucius Romxsox, s. of Timothy (30), m. Clarinda, dau. of Ezekiel 
Richardson of Brk., 14 Sep. 1826; she d' 29 Aug. 1833, a. 28, and he m. Abby 
R., dau. of Joseph Whittemore of Cliarlestown, and sister of Rev. Thomas 
Whittemore. 1). I)., 5 Oct. 1834; she d. 23 Dec. 1843, a. 36, and he m. Lucy, 
wid. of Solomon Richardson of Brk., and dau. of Barnabas Comins of Charl- 



1 See speciaiea of his poetry on page 247. 



446 PAIGE. 

ton, 22 Oct. 1845 ; phe d. s. p. 3 Jan. 1864, a. 64, and lie m. Ann Maria, wid. 
of lion. David T. Bri^llam of Keokuk, Iowa, dan. of Kohert, M. Pock, and 
grand-daughter of lion. Joseph Allen of AVoreester, 2 Aug. 1866. His chil. 
were Henry Ballou, b. 23 Dec. 1827, d. 17 Jan. 1828; Lucius Rohinson,^h. 19 
Sep. 1829, a merchant in Boston, ni. Ellen S. Pond of Cambridge, 15 Oct. 
1851, and d. s. p. 28 Oct. 1852 ; Manj Jane Pearce, b. 8 Mar. 1832, d. unm. (of 
consumption, like her mother and her brother) 27 Dec. 1854 ; Thomas Whit- 
temore liohinson, b. 17 Oct, 1837, d. 2 Ap. 1838; Clarinda liicha'rdson, b. 24 
Dec. 1840, d. 30 Dec. 1843. Lucius R. the f. was educated in the common 
schools of the town, and at Hopkins Academy in Hadley. lie commenced 
preaching 1 June 1823, received the fellowship of the Southern Association of 
Universalists on the twelfth day of the same month, and was ordained 2 June 
1825. He [jerformed the duties of pastor nearly four years at Springfield, to 
1829, about two years, to 1832, at Gloucester (now Rockport), and seven years 
at Cambridge, to July 1 1839, when he finally resigned all pastoral charge. He 
continued to preach, occasionally, al)out thirty years afterwards, until the pre- 
carious condition of his health compelled him to desist. During liis pastorate 
he published " Selections from Eminent Commentators," in 1833; " Questions 
on Select Portions of the Gospels, designed for the Use of Sabbath Schools and 
Bible Classes," 1838, and a Centennial Address at Hardwick, in the same 
year. He subsequently wrote a " Commentary on the New Testament," in si.K 
volumes, the first of which was published in 1844, and the last in 1870. While 
thus engaged, as a relaxation from severer labors, he gathered materials for a 
'• History of Cambridge," published in 1877, and for this " History of Hardwick," 
with a genealogy of its early families. He received the degree of A. M. from 
Harvard College 1850, and that of D. D. from Tufts College 1861. He was 
elected member of the Massachusetts Historical Society 1844, of the N. Eng. 
Hist. Genealogical Society 1845. of the Pennsylvania Hist. Soc. 1854, of the 
Phi Beta Kappa Soc. 187 7, and of the American Antiquarian Soc. 1878; 
Hon. Member of the Worcester Soc. of Antiquity 1876, and Cor. ]\Iember of 
the Hist. Soc. of Wisconsin 1877. His literary labors yielding scanty returns, 
he devoted the business hours of the day, for many years, to the performance 
of secular duties. He was town clerk of Cambridge from March 1839 to Jan. 
1840, and from March 1843 to ]\Iay 1846; city clerk '•^ from May 1846 to Oct. 
1855; assessor from INIar. 1842 to Mar. 1847; treasurer of the Cambridgeport 
Savings Bank from April 1855 to April 1871, during the larger portion of 
which period he was also successively cashier and president of the Cambridge 
Bank. He was commissioned justice of the peace in Jan. 1843, and of the 
tjuorum in Dec. 1863 ; and was a representative in the General Court in 1878 
and 1879. Through life he had a lively' interest in Freemasonry; he was ]\Ias- 
ter of Mount Zion Lodge in Hk., from Sep. 1826 to Sep. 1827, and of Amica- 
ble Lodge in Cambridge, from Jan. 1846 to Dec. 1848; Deputy Grand Master 
of the Grand Lodge of Mass. from Dec. 1851 to Dec. 1854; Commander of the 
Village Encampment of Knights Templars at Greenwich from Sep. 1826 to Sep. 
1827, and Secretary ^ and permanent member of the Supreme Coimcil (jf Sov.*. 
Gr.'. 1ns.-. Gen. •. 33"-' of the A.", and A.-. Rite, in the northern jurisdiction of 
the United States, from JMarch 1861. 

50. Gardner, s. of Foster (31), m. Betsey Parker, 25 Ap. 1810, and had 
Gardner Addison, h. 22 Ap. 1811, m. Lydia B. Shattuck 27 May 1835; 
Timothy Stillman, b. 18 Feb. 1814, d. 16 Oct. 1817; Belsey Maria, b. 5 Ap. 
1817, m. Samuel H. Peckham of Broome, C. E., 29 Dec. 1842, wlio d. s. p. in 
July 1844, and she m. Charles R. Parker of Lockport, N. Y., 15 Feb. 1846, 
and d. 7 ]\Iay 1853; Elisha Stillman, b. 18 Mar. 1819, m. Betsey Soule of St. 
Albans 4 July 1857; Alary Ann Lee, b. 17 Feb. 1822, m. Edmund C. Knight 
27 Sep. 1849, res. at St. Armand, C. E. ; Sarah June, h. 27 May 1824, m. 
Henry Dean of Bakersfield 4 Nov. 1868. Gardner the f. was a farmer, res. 
in Bakersfield, Vt., and d. 7 Nov. 1861 ; his w. Betsey d. 23 Feb. 1860. 

1 The original name was Lucius Eiiimett 2 Cambridge was incorporated as a city in 

Clary; it was changed to Lucius Kobinsim, 1846. 

at his urgent request, by an act of the Gen- 3 Secretary- about two years, and niem- 

eral Court. ber for life. 



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51. Foster, s. of Foster (31), in. Julia Soule, and had Reed, b. 3 Oct. 
1828, d. •1833; Caroline E., b. 6 Oct. 1830, in. Nelson Avers of Bakers- 
field; Foster A., b. 20 Oct. 1832, ni. Clara Ik-als ; Julia S., h. 13 July 1834, ni. 

George Clement of Dunham, C. E. ; Amitlai R., b. 1 May 183G, m. Dr. 

Prime of Broome, C. E. ; Clarissa A., b. 5 July 1838; Augus/us S., b. 20 July 

1840, ni. Teele of Dunham; Reed Decius, b. 30 June 1842, grad. II. C. 

law school 18(J4, and d. in Oct. 18G8; Maria L., b. 1 Mar. 1845. Fostku 
the f. was a farmer, res. in Bakersficld, and afterwards in St. Armand, C. E., 
where he died in Aug. 18G5. 

52. Joel Simoxds, s. of Moses (33), m. Jane S. Fairchild of Troy, N. Y., 
1 July 181G; she d. 24 Dec. 1829, and he m. Ann Eliza Limbrick of Owego, 
N. Y., 18 June 1833. -His chil. were Marr/aretta Auf/iisfina, b. 15 Sep. 1818, 
m. Hammond D. Pliinney 2(! Mav 1840, and d. 12 Jan. 18G0; Anson Fair- 
child (a deaf mute),' b. 31 iNlay 1822, ni. Lucy Maria Sackett 8 June 1864, 
and was a bookbinder in Columbus, Ohio, and Springfield, Mass., d. 23 Dec. 
1881; Thomas Limbrick, b. 31 Mar. 1834, m. Alzoa Nancy Wilbur 4 June 
1862, d. 10 Dec. 1867; Charlotte Bonner, h. 4 Oct. 1840; Luc;/ Aiken, b. 30 
Aug. 1842, m. Ransom Taige ; Mary, b. 4 Feb. 1846. Joel S. the f. was a 
physician, and res. at Owego, N. Y. ; late in life he rem. to Alexander, N. Y., 
where he d. 10 July 1855. He pub. a Masonic address 1817. [Some of the 
foregoing facts are gathered from the Winslow Memorial, pp. 155, 156.] 

53. MosKS, s. of Moses (33), m. Cordelia, widow of his brother Dr. Asa 
Paige, and dau. of Maj. Gardner Ruggles, 14 July 1837; and had Asa, b. 26 
Ap. 1838, d. 20 May 1842; Grin, b. i6 Feb. 1840, m. Emily iNIoseley Root 24 
Dec. 1863, a farmer in Bennington, Vt.; Edivin, b. 21 Mar. 1842, a farmer in 

Bennington, m. ; Lydia, b. 16 Ap. 1844; Cordelia, b. 31 JNIay 1847; a son, 

b. 13 Sep. 1850, d. 5 Oct. 1850. Moses the f., after short residences else- 
where, settled in Troy, N. Y., where he was a grocer, and where he was mar- 
ried, and all his children, except the last two, were born. About 1846 he 
purchased a large farm at the foot of Mount Anthony in Bennington, and was 
a diligent and successful farmer during the remainder of life. He was a 
warden of the Episcopal Church, and d. 6 Mar. 1872. 

54. John Keyes, s. of Winslow (35), m. Helen Maria, dau. of Gov. Joseph 
C. Yates of Schenectady, N. Y., 15 Oct. 1817; she d. at Albany 29 Jan. 1829, 
and lie m. Anna 3Iaria, dau. of Francis Bloodgood of Albany 20 Nov. 1833. 
His chil. were Joseph Christo/)her Yates, b. 8 July 1819, grad. W. C. 1838, a 
lawyer, chamberlain of the city of Albany for several years, m. Harriet Van- 
derpool 1844, had three children, antl d. 30 May 1876; Anna Bloodgood, b. 10 

Dec. 1834 ; John Keyes, b. 18 Ap. 1837, d. 29 May 1838; John Keyes, h. , 

grad. at Union Coll. 1865; Alonzo IVinsloio, b. , took a partial course at 

U. C. 1866, and was a civil engineer; Clara Antoinette, b. ; Frances Eliza, 

b. . JoHX Keyes the 'f. grad W. C. 1807; was appointed cadet in the 

U. S. Army 1808, lieutenant 1812, and caj)tain 1813 of U. S. Infantry, colonel 
of militia 1<S17, admitted attorney at law ISIO, district attorney 1818, clerk of 
the Supreme Court 1823, and regent of the University, N. Y., 1829. He res. 
several years in Albany, of which city he Avas mayor, but rem. to Schenectady, 
where he d. 10 Dec. 1857, a. 69.^ 

55. Alonzo Chuistopher (originally Christopher Alonzo), s. of Winslow 

(35), m. Harriet B. Mumford 11 July 1832, and had Benjamin M., b. 

1834, d. 1838; Clara Keyes, b. 1836; Harriet M., b. 1.S38, m. Doug- 
lass Campbell; Edward Winslow, b. , grad. Union Coll. 1864, and at Har- 
vard Law School 1866; and perhaps others. Alonzo C. the f. grad. W. C. 
1812, at the very early age of sixteen years, with the second honors of his class; 
was admitted attorney at law 1818, was district attorney 1823, member of 
the Assembly four years, 1827-1830, senator five years, 1836 and 1838-1841, 
reporter to the Court of Chancery eighteen years, 1828-1846, judge of the Su- 

1 I do not recollect to have found another than 20 Jan. 1840, were communicated to 
deaf mute in the Paige family, here or else- me by Col. John Ke^-es l'aii;e, in a letter 
where. bearing that date; the subsequent events 

2 The facts concerning thisfamilv, earlier are jrleaned from various sources. 



448 PAIGE. 

preme Court six years, 1847-50, 1855, 1856, and member of the Constitutional 
Convention, 186 7. He res. at Sclienectady, and d. 31 Mar. 1868.^ 

56. Clark, s. of John (36), m. Lydia, dau. of Joseph Cutler of Western 
(now Warren) 1 June 1813, and had John, b. 11 May 1814; Lydla, b. 8 Ap. 
1816, ni. Ansel Phelps, Jr., Es-q., of Ware, 30 Sep. 1841, res. in Springfield, of 
which city her husband was mayor, and d. at Newton 26 Aug. 1876; Joseph 
Cutler, b. 18 Dec. 1818; David, b. 21 Dec. 1820;^ Frazier, b. 16 July 1822; 
Timotlnj, b. 27 Mar. 1824, res. at Stockton, Cal.;3 Calvin, b. 25 Oct. 1827, res. 
at San Francisco, Cal. Clark the f. was a farmer, res. on the Petersham 
road, near the town line, at the place marked "J. Paige" on the R. Map, and 
afterwards bought the Gen. Warner farm, at the south end of the Common, 
where he d. 16 May or 6 June 1831; his w. Lydia purchased the Dr. William 
Cutler estate, half a mile north of the Common, wliei'e she d. 4 May 1878, 

a. 86. 

57. Cutler, s. of David (37), m. Hope, dau. of Dr. Arthur Rawson, 15 Ap. 

1813, and had David Cutler, b. 25 June 1815 ; a child b. , d. 27 Feb. 1818; 

Ahitjail, b. 1 June 1819, m. Joseph W. Hammond of Pet., pub. 26 Aj). 1844, 
and res. in Cambridge; George Rawson, b. 29 July 1826. Cutler the f. was 
a very prosperous farmer, and res. on the turnpike, nearly a mile and a half 
north of the Common, at the place marked " C. Paige" on the R. Map (on the 
farm formerly owned by Col. Stephen Rice, and still earlier by Capt. Stephen 
Fay) ; after the death of his father he rem. to the homestead, where he d. 9 
Sep. 1868 ; his w. Hope d. 23 Sep. 186 7, a. 78. 

58. Benjamin Franklin, s. of Benjamin (38), m. Pamelia W., dau. of 
Cyrus Danforth, 31 Dec. 1848, and had George Danforth, b. 25 Mar. 1850; 
Marij Pamelia, b. 8 Dec. 1852. Benjamin F. the f., a trader and postmaster, 
res. in the Old Furnace Village, at the jilace marked " Col. Billings " on the 
R. Map. 

59. John W., son of Benjamin (38), m. Sarah D. Williams of Barre 26 Sep. 
1850, and had Sarah Elizabeth, b. 18 Ap. 1852; Marg Cutler, b. 16 Aug. 1854; 
Harriet, b. 13 Ap. 1860; Caroline Louisa, h. 16 Ap. i866. John W. the f., a 
farmer, res. on the turnpike, about half a mile north of the Common, at the 
place marked " J. Gorham " on the R. Map, the former residence of Dr. Con- 
vers Cutler. Plis w. Sarah D. d. 7 Jan. 1871, a. 44. 

60. Erastus Warner, s. of Luther (40), m. Lucinda, dau. of Joshua Law- 
rence 2 May 1833 ; she d. 18 Mar. 1849, and he m. Emeline M., dau. of Joseph 
Paige of Barre, 7 Mar. 1850. His chil. were Delphia Mandell, b. 19 Feb. 1834, 
m. Addison Spooner of Barre, pub. 24 Aug. 1858; Joshua Lawrence, b. 21 Feb. 

1836; Elizabeth, b. 25 June 1838, d. unm. 19 Aug. 1857; Sarah, b. 1842, 

d. 29 Jan. 1843, a. 8 months; Ellen L., b. 10 June 1845, d. 22 Mar. 1849. 
Erastus Warner the f. was a farmer, selectman six years, 1841-1846; res. 
on the Moose Brook road, at the place marked " Wid. Lawrence " on the R. 
Map, and d. 29 or 30 Oct. 1850. 

61. Henry A., s. of James (41), m. Eliza W. Bigelow of "\Vorcester, 1 Sep. 
1842, and had Henrietta, b. 24 Dec. 1844; Ellen, b. 4 Sop. 1846; Gordon Prince, 

b. 7 Nov. 1849. Henry A. the f., a merchant, res. a few years in Medford, but 
generally in Boston. 

62. Calvin Gates, s. of Calvin (42), m. Susan H., dau. of Dr. Nathan 
Keep of Boston, 3 Oct. 1854, and had Edith, b. 26 June 1855; Richard Dick- 
inson, b. 28 Oct. 1856, and d. on the same day; Calvin, b. 18 Oct. 1857, d. 14 
Nov. 1857 ; Hollis Bowman, b. 27 Oct. 1859 ; Nathan Keep, b. 18 Jan. 1861, d. 

1 These facts were ascertained in the man- was waiting to receive his family, the boiler 

ner mentioned in the previous note. of tlie steamboat exploded, and the mother 

■■^ His fate was tragical. After a season and surviving child were killed. Less than 

of prosperity in California, his wife, Sarah, one year afterwards, 8 Ap. 1854, the be- 

and two children, Annie and David, visited reaved father himself perished in like man- 

Hardwick. On their return, a daj' or two ner, by an explosion of a steamboat boiler, 

before their arrival at San Francisco, one of A monument in the Hardwick Cemetery 

the children died, but the mother kept pos- bears the names of this ill-fated family, 
session of the remains. As they approached 3 Hjs son, George VV., d. at Hardwick, 22 

the wharf, 12 Ap. 1853, where the father Aug. 1857, a. one year and seven months. 



PAIGE. 449 

21 ]\Iar. 1864 ; Fanny Bliss, b. 3 Nov. 1SG4, d. 30 Nov. 1864 ; Calvin Gates, b. 
9 July 1867. Cai.vix Gates, the f. jirad. H. C. 1852, was a physician of 
eminence in Boston, and d. 29 May 18G9. 

63. luA, s. of Charh's (43), m. Marcia Ann Brigham of Prescott, pub. 11 
Ap. 1810, and had Charles llalph, b. 19 Ap. 1844. Ika the f. rem. early to 
Acma, Mich. 

64. William, s. of Stephen West (46), m. Fanny, dau. of Lilly Manly, 26 
June 1861, and had Lucius Robinson, b. 29 Ap. 1866. William the f., a 
farmer, res. on the road to Ware, at the place marked " C. Ruggles " on the 
R. Map, until 1869, when he bought the Old Parsonage, formerly owned and 
occupied by Rev. David White, half a mile north of the Common, and marked 
" E. Cutler " on the R. Map. 

65. Calvix Ammidown, s. of Timothy (47), m. Mercy, dau. of Harvey 
Dresser of Charlton, 9 JMay 1843 ; she d. 14 Sep. 1852, and he m. wid. Eleanor 
Jane (Scofield) Shumway 20 Feb. 1856. Ilis chil. were Alan/ Elizabe/h, h. 7 
Ap. 1846, (1. 2 Sep. 1848; Calvin T)e Witt, h. 20 JMay 1848; Francis Skinner, 
h. 18 May 1857. Calvix A. the f., a manufacturer of cottons, res. in South- 
bridge, and has been much engaged in public affairs; selectman eight years, 
overseer of the poor si.v years, assessor two years, representative in 1863, and 
for many years notary public. 

66. Timothy, s. of Martin (48), m. Rebecca R. Osborn of Templeton 26 
Dec. 1844, and liad George, b. at Bridgewater, Vt., 21 Nov. 1846; Edwin 
Decatur, b. at Claremont, N. H., 3 Ap. 1849; Mary Osborn, b. at Cavendish, 
Vt., 11 May 1852; Martha Ellen, b. at Cavendish 6 Feb. 1863. Timothy 
the f., a very skilful dyer, res. in Cavendish (Proctorsville), Vt. 

67. Frederick Augustus, s. of Martin (48), m. Alice B. Joslin of Prov- 
idence, R. I., 7 June 1864, and had Harriet liobinson, b. 10 May 1865; Fred- 
erick Augustus, b. 20 Sep. 1868; Alice Dike, b. 23 Sep. 1869. Frederick 
A. the f., a merchant, res. in Providence. 

68. Henry, s. of Martin (48), m. Caroline INIaria, widow of his cousin 
West Paige, and dau. of Giles Warner of Hardwick, 22 Aug. 1859, and had 
George Warner, b. 2 June 1860; Mary Staples, b. 26 INIar. 1864; Caroline 
Maria, b. 26 Oct. 1865. Henry the f., a merchant and partner with his 
brother under the firm name of F. A. Paige & Co., res. in Providence, R. I. 

69. John, s. of Clark (56), m. Harriet, dau. of Dr. Joseph Stone, 23 Oct. 
1845, and had Mary, b. 13 Jan. 1847. John the f., a farmer, res. on the 
Barre road, half a mile north of tlie Common, at the former residence of Dr. 
Stone, whose name appears on the R. Map. 

70. Joseph Cutler, s. of Clark (56), m. Nancy M., widow of Henry B. 
Gould, and dau. of Joseph D. Dexter, 2 Nov. 1865, and had Joseph Calrin, b. 
12 Feb. 1867. Joseph C. the f., a farmer, res. with his mother, on the Pet. 
road, half a mile north of the Common, at the place marked " S. F. Cutler " 
on the R. IMap, and inherited the homestead. 

71. Fraziek, s. of Clark (56), m. Wealthy, dau. of Theophilus Knight, 11 
Mar. 1844, and had a child b. 16 May 1846, d. 18 ]\Iay 1846; Fanny, b. 26 
Nov. 1847, m. Frank J. Browning, 15 June 1876; Timothy, h. 16 July 1851; 
Sarah A., b. 8 Aug. 1853, m. Charles A. Potter of West Newton, 20 Jan. 
1874; Theodotia Knight, b. 1 Aug. 1860. Frazier the f., a farmer res. on 
the homestead of his father (the Gen. Warner farm), in the centre of the 
town. He was town treasurer four yeai's, 1863-6. 

72. David Cutler, s. of Cutler (57), m. Miranda Houghton of Pet., pub. 
7 Mar. 1837, and had John C, b. 12 Ap. 1839. d. in Berlin, Germany, 12 July 
1873; Maria L., b. 6 June 1842, d. 12 Dec. 1843; David Warren, b. 24 Jan. 
1845, d. 26 Feb. 1863; Ed (card H., b. 4 Jan. 1849; Mary, b. 3 July 1853; 
Charles F., b. 25 June 1855, m. Etta L. Fisher of Wore. 5 Dec. 1876. David 
C. the f. was a farmer and deacon of the church. He res. in Petersham, where 
he d. 28 July 1880, a. 65 ; his w. Miranda d. 5 Mar. 1880, a. 64. 

73. George Rawson, s. of Cutler (57), m. Caroline E., dau. of Bradford 
Spooner, 22 Jan. 1852, and had Georije Cutler, b. 20 June 1854; Franklin, b. 
18 Mar. 1858; David Frederick, b. 15 May 1862; William Arthur, b. 23 Mar. 

29 



450 PAIGE — PEACOCK. 

1864. Gkokge R. the f., a farmer, res. on the Col. Rice farm, about a mile 
and a halt" north of the Common, marked "C. Paige" on tlie R. Map; he d. 
17 Sep. 18G6; his w. Caroline E. soon afterwards rem. to Wore, with her chil- 
dren, and subsecjuently to Cambridge. 

74. Calvin Dk Witt, s. of Calvin A. (65), m. Ida F., dan. of John Ed- 
wards, 21 Oct. 1873, and had ]\lary Dresser, h. 16 Nov. 1874; John Edwards, 
b. 30 Nov. 1878. Calvin D. the f., a merchant, representative in 1878, res. 
in Southbridge. 

75. Timothy, s. of Frazier ("1), m. Ellen INIaria, dan. of William Brown- 
ing, 11 Nov. 1874, and had Harry Bruioiiiif/, h. 6 Ap. 1876; Frazier Knigld, 
b. "29 Jan. 1878; Edith Harriet, b. 12 Sep. 1880. Timothy the f., a farmer, 
res. with his father on the homestead. 

76. Edwahd H., s. of David Cutler (72), m. Lucy Marin, dau. of Moses 
Ruggles, 5 July 1876, and had Edward Ruygles, h. 17 Aug. 1877; Moses Rug- 
gles, b. 5 Jan. 1879. Edward H. the f., a farmer, res. on the Col. Rice es- 
tate, formerly the res. of his grandfather, Cutler Paige, and of his uncle, George 
R. Paige. 

Paimieart, Pkter, m. Polly Cross 2 Nov. 1783. 

Paukeu, Samuel, m. Hannah, dau. of Daniel Fay, 29 Jan. 1801, and had 
Susan, b. 5 Oct. 1801, m. Alvah Hathaway 13 Sep. 1824, res. in Boston; 
Joseph, b. 10 June 1803, m. Pliebe Jane Baker, res. in Milford and afterwards 
in Boston; Electa, b. 18 June 1806, d. 28 Feb. 1807; ElecAa, b. 1 July 1809, 

m. George H. Francis; Harriet A., b. , m. Lunsford B. Fell on of Barre, pub. 

15 Ap. 1838; Fiske, b. , drowned at sea; Maria (or Ann), b. , m. 

Green of Holliston. Samuel the f. was a shoemaker, and for many 

years bell-ringer. He res. in a house (since removed) at the north end of the 
Conunon, near the spot marked "P. Hammond," and afterwards at the place, 
a quarter of a mile northerly, marked " Wid. Parker" on the R. Map. He 
d. 4 Aug. 1829, a. 51 ; his wid. Hannah rem. to Milford, where some of her 
chil. had j)reviously settled, and d. there 17 June 1869, a. 87. 

2. Samuel D., by w. Sarah, had Charles, b. 7 Aug. 1816; James, b. 10 Ap. 
1818; Roswell, b. 10 June 1821; Mary //., b. 19 Oct. 1823; Sumh, b. 21 May 
1825; Orvilla, b. 25 May 1827. Samuel D. the f. was a saddler, and res. at 
the north end of the Common. He rem. from the town with his family. 

3. Thomas, by w. Eliza, had Rosanna, b. 2 JNIay 1868; lliomas, b. 9 Sep. 
1870; Mary, b. , 1874; Alfred, b. 1 July 1878; Joseph, b. 1 Ap. 1881. 

4. Henky', by w. Maria, had Leon Henry, b. 17 Mar. 1871; Grace Mabel, 
b. 5 Jan. 1874. 

John A., of Roxbury, m. Fanny Warner 23 Feb. 1801. Robert, m. Phi- 
leua Simonds, pub. 13 May 1811. John, d. 28 Oct. 1813, a. 89. Jenny, w. 
of John, d. 19 Dec. 1811, a. 8 7. 

Patiull, James B., m. Lovina Bosworth 30 Oct. 1836, and had George 
Wilson, b. about 1842; Sophia M., b. about 1844, m. Albert Sturtevant 14 
Aug. 1866 ; David //., b. about 1845, drowned 29 May 1848, a. 3; Ellen, b. 
about 1847, m. Augustus D. Blackmer, pub. 3 May 1867, and d. at Ware 12 
Feb. 1878; Hannah Julia, b. 20 Feb. 1849; James Horner, b. 29 May 1851 ; 
Charles Elmer, b. 15 Nov. 1854; Joseph Warren, b. 3 Dec. 1856, m. Emma 
A. Robinson of Barre 22 Aug. 18 76. James B. the f., a farmer, res. on the 
road to Enfield, on the westerly side of Muddy Brook, at or near the place 
marked " INIrs. Graham " on the R. ]\Iap. 

2. George Wilson, s. of James B. (I), m. Diana Barber of Ware 6 Sep. 
1864, and had Ej)ie G., b. 16 Sep. 1865, d. 17 Dec. 1865; and perhaps others. 
By second w., Lydia M., he had Lewis W., b. 24 July 18 78. 

Joseph, Avas a soldier in the French War, 1758. 

Peacock, John, by w. , had Sarah, bap. 25 Nov. 1750; Rebecca, bap. 

10 Dec. 1752. He had also a son John, b. prob. before 1740. John the f. 
was b. in Ireland, res. on the east side of Ware River (now New Braintree), 
and was a soldier, 175 7, in the French War. His s. John also served in 
1756 and 1757; John Peacock, Jr., prob. the same, though described as of 
Greenwich, is named as adjutant in Col. Timothy Ruggles' regiment, 175 7. 



PECK — PEIRCE. 451 

Peck, Milton, m. Mary, dau. of Jodediah Dexter, pul). 13 Oct. 1823, and 
had Mart/, b. about 1824, m. Kbenczer P. Staples of Taunton 11 Nov. 1845; 
Jane /u, b. about 1827, in. Francis Legate 2 June 1847; S. E. Wi/lard, b. 
about 1832, ni. Ahncna Austin of Hubbardston 30 Ap. 18G2; Sarah B., b. 
about 1834, ni. Benjamin O. Garihier 7 Dec. 1853; a son b. — Sep. 1838, d. 

16 Oct. 1838; Luthera M., b. 1840, d. unni. 27 Dec. 1858, a. 18 ; William 

C, b. about 1842; Susan Ann, h. 3 Nov. 1847, d. 31 July 1848; and jjrob. at 
least one other, — Samuel Dexter. Miltox the f. was b. in Hubbardston, 
where he res. at the time of his marriage, but rem. to Hk. before Oct. 1838, 
and res. near the Barre Une, at the phice marked " M. Peck " on the 11. Map. 

He was a blacksmith, and d. 13 Ap. 1855, a. 55. His w. Mary m. Clark, 

and d. at So. Abinf;ton, 4 Feb. 1881, a. 75. 

2. S.-VMUKL Dkxtkk, prob. s. of Milton (1), by w. Sarali A., had Willie 
Dexter, b. 18 Nov. 18G1; a son b. 16 Ap. 18G6. 

3. S. E. WiLLARD, s. of Milton (1), m. Almena Austin of Hubbardston 30 
Ap. 1862, and had Walter Lewis, b. 14 May 1878, and perhaps others at an 
earlier date. 

4. AV^iLLiAM C, s. of Milton (1), m. Hannah Atwood 11 ]\Iur. 1.S62, and 
had Nellie Emihj, b. 22 Aug. 1866; Mallle L., b. 6 Nov. 1871. 

Ann, vvid. of Robert ]\1., and dau. of Hon. Joseph Allen of Wore, m. Sam- 
uel Hinkley 18 Mar. 1817, and d. 29 June 1828, a. 49. 

Pkiuce, Setit, m. Huldah Sampson of Middleborough 9 Nov. 1769; she d. 
here 15 Mar. 1793, a. 43, and he m. Rebecca, dau. of Col. Timothy Paige, 22 
Dec. 1793; she'd. 2 Aug. 1795, a. 26, and he m. Abigail Hinkley of Brk. 19 
Jan. 1797; she d. 30 Dec. 1797, a. 37, and he ni. Mary ]MeFarland of Wore. 
16 Ap. 1799, who survived him, and returned to Worcester. His cliil. were 

Manila, b. 1770, m. David Paige 23 Aug. 1792, and d. 31 July 1844; 

Polly, b. 1774, m. Ashbel Rice 15 Sep. 1793, and d. 7 June 1802; Setk, b. 

, a merchant in Boston, d. num. ; Sampson, b. 1778; Betsey, b. — 

Feb. 17S2, m. Dr. David Billings, pub. 6 Ap. 1806, and d. 1 Feb. 1857; a 

child b. and d. in 1795; Abigail, b. 1797, m. Hotchkiss, went to 

England, and d. there. Setii the f. was s. of Ebenezer, and was b. in Middle- 
borough (now Lakeville), about 1 747. He rem. early to Shutesbury, and thence 
to Hk. before 1793. He bought, 24 Mar. 1797, the estate marked •' ]\Ir. J. 
Mixter " on the R. Map (previously the residence of Maj. Martin Kinsley, and 
afterwards of Jason Mixter, Esq.), where he died 25 Feb. 1809. ''His death 
was occasioned by accidentally sticking a pen-knife into his knee. He was a 
private soldier in the company of 'minute-men' at Middleborough, com- 
manded by Capt. Nathaniel Wood, and promptly responded at the Lexington 
alarm; and he afterwards commanded a comjiany in the patriot army of the 
Revolution, which company was raised in the towns of Northfield, Sliutesbiuy, 
Leverett, and New Salem. At the reorganization of the militia in 1781 he 
received the commission of captain of the local or standing company of infan- 
try at Shutesbury. He was one of the selectmen of Shutesbin-y four years, 
and representative to the General Court from Hard wick in 1806." Peirce 
Family, p. 70. It may be added that he was a selectman in Hk. three years, 
1803-5. Four head-stones, standing side by side in the old cemetery, 
mark the place where Ca|)t. Peirce and three of his wives were buried. 

2. Sampson, s. of Seth (1), m. Fanny Nichols of N. Br., and had Mary, 

b. , m. David Lee of Barre, and prob. others. Sampson the f. res. at 

N. Br. and d. 8 July 1843, a. 65; his w. Fanny m. David Paige, pub. 15 Aug. 
1845, and d. 24 Ap' 1866, a. 84. 

3. Samuel A., by w. Ruana, had Mary Ann, b. 26 July 1848. 

4. Isaac, m. Sarah A. ; she d. 4 July 1858, a. 28, and he m. IMrs. Mi- 
randa Whitney 27 Ap. 1862. He had a son b. 24 Oct. 1851; James Henry, 
b. 13 July 1856. 

5. Waldo, m. Abbie A. (or Almira) Bassett 15 Sep. 1861, andh ad Min- 
nie Gertrude, b. 16 Mar. 1862, d. 31 Jan. 1864. 

Mauy, ni. Holland Weeks, pub. 2 Feb. 17 72. Jajfes, m. Susanna JNIer- 
rick 20 Nov. 1785. Submit, m. Calvin Grilhn, pub. 20 Oct. 1793. Fanny, 



452 PEIRCE — PERRY. 

m. Israel Thomas of Gr., pub. 30 Nov. 1797. Eliza, m. William Pepper of 
N. Br. 27 Feb. 1825. Chester, m. Abigail P. Marsh of Ware, pub. 17 Feb. 
1831. Setji, in. Fidelia Bassett 21 Sep. 1831. Granger, m. Mercy Stock- 
well of Presc, pub. 28 Jan. 1832. Tirzah, L., m. Stephen E. Newton 27 
Dec. 1849. RuFUS J. of N. Br. m. Sarah E. Nye 16 Ap. 1860. Ellen A., 
m. George D. Campbell of Ware 19 Nov. 1862. 

Penniman, Elias, s. of Lieut. Samuel of Milford, was born 1 Dec. 1748, 
and m. Ann, dau. of Capt. Ebenezer Jenks of Providence, 8 Dec. 1773. Their 
chil. were Chiron, b. 8 Jan. 17 75; ObadiaJi, b. 1 Nov. 1776, d. in Troy, N. Y., 
14 Sep. 1820; William Comslock, b. 12 July 1778, d. in Spencertown, N. Y., 

; Silvunus Jenks, b. 10 Feb. 1781, d. in Albany, N. Y., 7 Feb. 1852 ; John 

Pdtto, b. 30 Jan. 1783, a portrait painter, d. in New York ; Huldah, b. 20 

Ap. 1785, d. 23 Aug. 1786; Elias, b. 29 May 1787, d. here 3 Sep. 1811 (the 
foregoing were all born in Milford) ; iYa^cy, b. in Providence 16 Feb. 1789; 
Sally, b. in Upton 3 Sep. 1792, ni. Franklin Ruggles 21 or 22 Nov. 1812, and 
d. 3 Ap. 1864; Arthur Fenner, b. in Hk. 25 Oct. (obliterated), d. 23 Sep. 1795; 
Alary, b. in Pittsiield, Mar. — (obliterated), m. Jesse Bliss, Esq., of W. Brk., 
21 Sep. 1818, and d. 28 Jan, 1837. Elias the f. was a physician, res. in Mil- 
ford until about 1 788, and after a short residence in Providence and Upton, 
rem. to Ilk. about 1793. He res. first near the Old Furnace, at the place 
marked " E. Trow " on the R. Map, and afterwards on the southerly side of 
the turnpike, where it crosses Muddy Brook, at the place marked '' C. 
Spooner." During many of his later years he was insane, in consequence, it 
is said, of a severe blow on his head, received in falling down a stairway. 
He was perfectly harmless; yet I remember that the children were shy of his 
cane with its formidable ram's-horn head. He d. 9 Feb. 1830, a. 81 ; his w. 
Ann survived him only three days, and d. 12 Feb. 1830, a. 76. 

2. CniRON, s. of Elias (1), m. Olive, dau. of Samuel Whipple, 17 Jan. 1797, 
at which time he res. in St. Johnsbury, Vt. ; he d. before 22 Oct. 1815, at 
which time his wid. Olive presented for baptism, in Hk., her children, John 
Ritto, Elias, and Anson Whipple. 

Laura, an adult, bap. 25 June 1820, may possibly have been a dau. of 
Chiron and Olive. Mary, m. John Dean, pub. 15 Sep. 1822. Sarah F., m. 
Zenas H. Dexter 19 May 1831. 

Pepper, Joseph, was an early inhabitant, and prob. res. on the east side of 
the river, in what is now New Braintree, where the name long continued. He 
had Sarah, bap. 1 May 1748; Joseph, bap. 24 June 1753. 

2. Elbhidge, by w. Hannah A., had Eila M., b. 22 June 1861. Elbridge 
the f. d. 23 Nov. 1863, a. 39. 

3. Edward W., by w. Mary, had a son b. 26 Dec. 1865. 

4. Ashbel, by w. Martha M., had E'rances Maria, b. 6 May 1867 ; Lucij Jane, 
b. 7 Dec. 1868. 

Sarah, of Warren, m. Brigham Aiken 16 Ap. 1846, and d. s. p. 11 Nov. 
1859, a. 47. 

Perkins, James, m. Rhoda, dau. of George Paige, 7 Ap. 1791 ; she d. 8 Sep. 
1835, a. 75, and he m. Hannah, dau. of Timothy Fay 23 Mar. 183 7. He was 
a farmer, and res. about two miles north of the Common, at the place marked 
" J. Perkins " on the R. Map, where he d. s. p. 22 July 1845, a. 80. His w. 
Hannah d. 24 INIar. 1855, a. 63. 

David and family, and Nathan and family, came here from Bridgewater, 
in 1770. Joseph, d. 26 Jan. 1791, a. 20. Ambrose, d. 29 Ap. 1816, a. 69. 
JosiAH, d. unm. 23 Aug. 1848, a. 81. These three were prob. brothers of 
James (1). Elizabeth, of Brk., m. Thomas Stevens, pub. 15 Jan. 1748-9. 
Elizabeth, of N. Br., m. Reuben Fay 11 June 1767. Deborah, m. Samuel 
Lynde 19 Mar. 17 72. John, m. Sarah White 23 July 177 7. William, Jr., 
m. Anna Hilliard, 23 Mar. 1780. Abner, m. Polly Shays 21 Jan. 1783. 
Jesse, m. Mary Rice 25 Ap. 1819, 

Perry, Ezra, of Sandwich, m. Elizabeth, dau. of Thomas Burge, 12 Feb. 
1652. In his will, dated 16 Oct. 1689, and proved 18 Ap. 1690, he names wife 
Elizabeth, and chil. Ezra (b. 11 Feb. 1653); Deborah (b. 25 Nov. 1654), wife 



PERRY — PHINNEY. 453 

of Seth Pope; John (b. 1 Jan. 1G57); Samuel (h. 15 Mar. 1GG7); Benjamin 
(b. 15 Jan. 1070); Remember (a dan., b. 1 Jan. 1676 or 1677) ; Sarah, wife of 
Epliraiin Smith. 

2. Ezra, of Sandwich, s. of Ezra (1), in his will, dated 21 Oct. 1728, and 
proved 10 Feb. 1729-30, nanies wife Rebecca, chil. Ebenezer ; Ezra; Samuel; 
Mary; Hannah; Rebecca, wife of Jonathan Washl)nrn ; Patience: Frei'love; 
and grandchil. Samuel and Edward Maxoni. He devised land in Rochester to 
his son Ebenezer. 

3. EiiKXEZKR, s. of Ezra (2), m. Judah Savory in Rochester, where he had 
Ebenezer and Mary, twins, b. 21 JNIay 1718; Susanna, b. 6 July 1722; Samuel, 
b. 16 Sep. 1724. 

4. Ebexkzer, s. of Ebenezer (3), ni. Abit^ail Hammond at Rochester 11 
Jan. 1749-50, and had Nallian, b. at Roch. 20 Sep. 1751. By a, former wife 

he had Mary, b. 1743, m. Capt. Daniel Eijery of Dartmouth, and d. here 

16 Sep. 1795, a. 52; and also a son who res. at Barre, and was orandfather of 
the late Dr. Marshall S. Perry. Ebknezer the f. rem. to Hk. about 1778, 
and proh. res. at or near the place which was afterwards the homestead of his 
grandson, Ebenezer Perry, Esq. He is said to have m. a third wife, who sur- 
vived him, and prob. res. with his son Nathan, whose chil. she instructed in 
their youth ; she is supposed to have been the IMrs. Elizabeth Perry who d. 8 
Feb. 1792, a. 79. 

5. Natiiax, s. of Ebenezer (4), rem. to Hk. with his father about 1 778; his 
chil. were Nathaniel, b. about 1778, d. in Hk. 26 Nov. 1820, a. 42; Stephen, b. 
about 1780, rem. early from the town; Ebenezer, b. 10 Dec. 1782: Nathan, b. 

27 Feb. 1784; and prob. Abigail, b. , and d. 2 Sep. 1798, a. 12 years and 

5 months. Nathan the f. d. 14 June 1815, a. 63. 

6. EnEXEZER, s. of Nathan (5), m. Mercy Atwood of Brewster, pub. 3 ]\Iay 
1807, and had Benjamin Freeman, b. 4 Sep. 1808, d. at San Francisco, Cal., 28 
Nov. 1872; Abigail, h. 22 or 24 Aug. 1810, d. unm. 1 June 1832 ; Jeruska, b. 
23 Aug. 1812, m. Charles Voices 10 or 29 Oct. 1844, and d. 30 May 1877; 
Anson Luce, b. 1 May 1817, d. at Meriden, Conn., 19 Mar. 1853; Mary, b. 8 
Nov. 1819, m. Aaron Lawrence 28 Dec. 1843; Adeliza T., b. 27 Jan. 1822, a 
teacher, res. unm. in Worcester. Eben^ezer the f. was a carpenter and school- 
teacher ; he possessed a strong and cultivated mind, great energy of purpose, 
and unswerving integrity. He was selectman four years and assessor eleven 
years. He res. on the Barre road, at the place marked " E. Perry " on the R. 
Map, where he d. 27 June 1845, a. 63 ; his w. Mercy d. 4 Sep. 1865, a. 81. 

7. Nathan', s. of Nathan (5), m. Sarah Hudson of Ware, pub. 22 Nov. 
1807, and had William Hudson, b. 4 Nov. 1808, d. at Bangor, Me., 4 May 1877; 
Arthur Clark, b. 5 Feb. 1811; Stephen, h. 2 Dec. 1812; Nathan, h. 20 July 
1816 ; Charles, b. 10 Feb. 1818, Nathan the f. rem. to Bangor, Me., and d. 
21 Sep. 1865. 

8. Thomas, a cordwainer, by wife Martha, had Mary, bap. 23 July 1738. 
He rem. to Rehoboth before 29 Sep. 1740. 

9. Cyrus, m. Nancy Goodspeed 2 Aug. 1795, and had Abigail, b. 1798, 

d. 7 Jan. 1802, a. 3 years and 2 months. 

10. William A., m. Lucy A., dau. of James Browning, 13 Nov. 1850, and 
had William Elmer, b. 26 Oct. 1851 ; Charles A., b. 22 Oct. 1855 ; Harriet Eliza- 
beth, b. 26 Dec. 1860; Marion, b. 7 Mar. 1866. William A. the f. res. on the 
Pet. road, a few rods north from the Common. 

Joseph, d. 24 Sep. 1796, a. nearlv 72. Hannah, of Barre, m. John Jcnney, 
Jr., 10 Ap. 1788. Nathaniel, of Pittsford, Vt., m. Nabby Ilamuioud 17 Oct. 
1793. Dr. Freemax, of Taunton, m. Nancy Ruggles, pub. 6 May 1795. 

Phelps, Axdrew, by w. Sarah, hail William Henry, b. 28 P^ub. 1844. 

E. Augusta, of Ware, m. Albert E. Knight, pub. 10 Ap. 1841. Axsel, Jr., 
of Ware, m. Lydia Paige 30 Sep. 1841. Polly, m. Joseph Wright 4 Nov. 
1852. William H., of Putnam, Conn., m. Lura M. Tourtellotte 24 Dec. 
1873. 

Phinney, John, s. of John of Scituate, resided successively at Plymouth, 
Barnstable, and Bristol, R. L He had three wives and eight children, the 
eldest of whom was John, b. at Plymouth 24 Dec. 1638. 



454 PHINNEY — POPE. 

2. John, s. of John (1), res. in Barnstable; lie m. Mary Rogers 10 Aii<t. 
1664, and had thirteen children, of whom the fourth was Thomas, h. — Jan. 
16 72. 

3. Thomas, s. of John (2), res. in Barns., m. widow Sarah Butler 25 Aug. 
1698, and had Gershom, b. 25 Mar. 1700; Thomas, b. 17 Feb. 1702-3; 
Abigail, b. 1704 ; James, b. 15 Ap. 1706; Manj, b. ■ 1708.1 

4. Gp^kshom, s. of Thomas (3), m. Rebecca, dau. of Stephen Griffith, 29 
July 1725, and had Gershom, b. 7 JNfny 172G; Lazarus, b. 7 Mar. 1728-9; 
Sarah, b. 28 Feb. 1730-1 ; Isaac, b. 10 May 1733; Rebecca, b. 17 Ap. 1736; 
Temperance, b. 9 July 1738; Mehitable, h. 30 Oct. 1740; James, b. 1 Ap. 
1742; Selh, bap. 14 July 1745; Rhoda, bap. 27 Mar. 1748. Gershom the 
f. res. in that part of Harwich which is now Brewster ; in his will, dated 4 Dec. 
1761, and proved 7 Sep. 1762, his w. Rebecca and his ten children are named 
as then livinpj. 

5. Gershom, s. of Gershom (4), ni. Thankful , and had Lucji, bap. 

23 June 1751; Zeiias, bap. 29 Oct. 1752, and born 24 Sep. 1752, accord- 
ing to his own family record. Gershom the f. res. in Harwich (Brewster), 
but the date of his death is not ascertaini'd. 

6. Isaac, prob. s. of Gershom (4), early rem. to Hardwick, where he had 
Heman, b. 2 Aug. 1754; David,h. 28 j\Iar. 1756 ; Mary, b. 18 Nov. 1758; 
Sarah, b. 8 Aug. 1760; Temperance, b. 31 Mar. 1762 (bap. 8 May 1763); 
Isaac, h. 1 May 1764 (bap. 2 June 1765); Nalhan,]). 14 Aug. 1766 (bap. 
20 Sep. 1767). The dates of baptism indicate an error of one year in the 
dates of birth of the three younger children. Isaac the f. was here as 
late as 9 Oct. 17 70, when he bought land of Thomas Freeman ; he prob. rem. 
soon afterwards. 

7. Zexas, s. of Gershom (5), m. Sarah, dau. of Lemuel Berry, and had, 
at Harwich (now Brewster), Thankful, b. 19 June 1781, m. Ephraim Haskell, 
Jr., 24 Oct. 1805. and d. 15 Nov. 1841; Lydia, h. 12 Feb. 1783, m. Gardner 
Ruggles 2 Dec. 1804, and d. 23 Sep. 1833; Patty, b. 12 Nov. 1784, m. David 
Aiken 24 Ap. 1805, and d. 16 or 17 Ap. 1877; 'Salhj, h. 6 May 1787, d. 13 
June 1787; Luci/, b. 12 Aug. 1788, m. Luke Bartlett 7 Dec. 1817 ; Zenas, b. 
28 Jan. 1792, d. 17 Feb. 1792 ; Sally, h. 20 Jan. 1793, d. 7 Feb. 1793 ; Zenas, 
b. 10 Jan. 1794, rem. to Rhode Island. . Zenas the f. in early life was a ship- 
master, and was taken prisoner by the British during the Revolution. He 
rem. to Hk. in A]). 1797, and devoted himself to farming during the remainder 
of his patriarchal life, retaining remarkable activity both of body and of mind 
until extrefiie old age, and his perfectly erect form to the very last. He I'es. on 
the road to Gilbertville, at the place marked " Z. Phinney," where he d. 4 
Mar. 1848, a. 95 years and 5 months ; his w. Sarah d. 20 Dec. 1832, a. 76. 

Paldiah and family came here from Bridgewater in 1770. 

Pike, Elisiia, m. Anna Kerley 29 Nov. 1744, and had Samuel, b. 3 July 
1745, prob. m. Nabby Snow of Sutton, 17 Dec. 1778; Elisha, b. 18 Ap. 1747. 
Elisiia the f. was a farmer, res. in the northwesterly part of the town, and 
d. 29 Dec. 1749; his administrator sold the farm to Nathan Sprout 6 Dec. 1756. 

2. Timothy, by w. Hannah, had Sarah, h. 29 Mar. 1756; Simeon, b. 7 
Nov. 1759. 

Jabez, m. Rebecca Elwell 7 Mar. 1791. Abigail, m. Daniel Tenney of 
Ware 16 Oct. 1803. Polly, m. Chandler Woods 19 Feb. 1806. Samuel, m. 
Jane Small of Truro, pub. 8 Oct. 1810. Samuel, of Tolland, Conn., m. Hope 
C. Leonard, 3 Nov. 1831. Bodicea, m. Ansel W. Thayer 12 Dec. 1854. 
Mary A., of Pet., m. Sewall B. Nye, jnib. 6 Ap. 1855. 

Pope, Rufus S., was pastor of the Universalist Society from April 1840 
to April 1843. He was b. in Stoughton 2 Ap. 1809, m. Sarah B. Park- 
hurst at Milford 8 Nov. 1835, and had George Henry, b. in Sterling 31 Jan. 
1837, d. 12 Oct. 1837; Ellen Augusta, b. in 'Sterling 14 Oct. 1838; Charles 
Greenicood, b. in Hardwick 18 Nov. 1840, grad. Tufts Coll. 1861, a success- 
ful lawyer in Cambridge, but res. in Somerville, of which city he has been a 

1 Tluis far the facts concerning the Phinney family are gleaned from Freeman's 
JSistori/ of Cape. Cod. 



POPE — rowERS. 455 

representative in the General Court and President of tlie Common Council; 
he m. Josephine H. Cole of Somerville; also, in Ilyannis, Millon Grcmville, 
b. 15 Julv 1845, d. unm. at Campion, N, II., 22 Aug. 1868; Rufm Spur, h. 23 
Sep. 1847, d. unm. 12 Feb. 1868 ; Elwyn Herbert, b. 13 Oct. 1849, m. Ada M. 
Adsit, and res. in Traverse City, Mich. ; Sarah Hale, b. 1 Nov. 1851, m. 
Francis A. Gorham 27 June ISTG, Rufus S. tlie f. rem. to Ilyannis, where 
be d. 5 June 1882. 

Powers, Jkremiah, one of the pioneers, liy w. Hannah, had prob. Jpre- 
miah, h. about 1732 ; Eunice, b. 14 Feb. 1734-5; Imac, h. 21 Feb. 1736-7 
m. Abigail Clark of Brimf., 21 July 1765; Aftron, h. — June 1739, m. Han- 
nah Goodnow 10 .Mar. 1768; Esther, b. 29 May 1741; Elizabeth, bap. 5 June 
1743. 

2. PinxKAS, another pioneer, came here from Willington, Conn., in 1 734, and, 
by w. Martha, had Plilneas, b. about 1729 ; Martha, b. about 1731, m. Joseph 
Safford 26 Oct. 1753, and d. at Woodstock, Vt., 31 ]\Iar. 1804, a. 73 ; William, 
b. 15 July 1734; Stephen, h. 15 Mar. 1735-6; Abraham., b. 4 May 1738, m. 
Rachel Carpenter of Coventry. Conn., pub. 1 Dec. 1759. and was a soldier in 
the French War; Afar/j, h. 24 Mar. 1740; Sarah, b. 9 Aug. 1744, m. Moses 
Whitcomb 4 Nov. 1762 ; Thomas, b. 18 Mar. 1746-7; perhaps the same who 
was a prominent inhabitant of Greenwich, familiarly known as Colonel 
Powers; Mercfi, h. 17 Aug. 1749, m. "William Fuller of N. Br. 3 Dec. 1767. 

3. Joseph, of Quobbiu (whether brother to either or both of the foregoing 
I know not), m. Abigial, prob. dau. of Caleb Benjamin, 25 Dec. 1751, and had 
Susanna and Abii/ail, both ba]). here 12 Sep. 1756; Asenath, ha,p. 24 Sep. 
1758; il/f/r?/, b. 5 Oct. 1760 ; Joseph, bap. 26 June 1763. 

4. Jeremiau, prob. s. of Jeremiah (1), by w. Elizabeth, had Z)o//y, bap. 
15 Aug. 1756; Elizabeth, l)ap. 3 Sep. 1758. Jeremiah the f. prob rem. to 
Greenwich. 

5. Aarox, s. of Jeremiah (1), by w. Hannah had Stephen, b. 16 Sep. 1768. 

6. Phineas, s. of Phineas (2), m. Elizabeth Allen of Ware, 15 Dec. 1751, 
and had Amisa (Amasa?) ; j\far// : Lijdia, m. Sauuiel Pratt 31 Jan. 1774; 
Eunice, m. Ephraim Pratt, pub. 17 June 1782; these four chil. were bap. here 
7 Sep. 1760. Phineas the f. served in the French War, and perhaps rem. to 
Woodstock, Vt. 

7. William, s. of Phineas (2), m. Elizabeth Whitcomb at Rochester 16 
Nov. 1758, and had William ; Joanna; Sarah : all bap. here 24 Nov. 1771. Jo- 
anna prob. m. Silas Marsh of Western (Warren) 4 Aug. 1787, and »S'«;-oA 
prob. m. Zebadiah Johnson, Jr., 9 Feb. 1791. William the f. served in the 
French War. 

8. Stephen', s. of Phineas (2), m. Lydia Drew of Halifax, Mass., and had 

(perhaps not precisely in this order) Lydia, h. , m. Robert Paddock of 

Barre, Vt., and d. in 1815, a. 43; Mart/, h. , m. Jason Richardson of 

Woodstock, Vt.; Susanna, b. , d. unm. 2 Dec. 1777, a. 17; Stephen, b. 

, m. Sally Perry, was father of the famous sculptor, Hiram Powers, rem. 

to Cincinnati in 1818, and d. there; John Drew, b. 16 Nov. 1769, by two 

.wives had six sous and two daughters ; he was the successor of his father as 
a physician in Woodstock, Vt., where he d. 26 JNIar. 1855, and was succeeded, 
in tlie same profession, by his fourth son, Dr. Thomas Eleazar Powers. 
Stephen the f. studied medicine in Hardwick, commenced practice in JNIid- 
dleborough, Mass., where all his chil. are supposed to have been born, and 
thence rem. to Woodstock, Vt., in 1774, where he was the first resident l)hy- 
sician. He d. 27 Nov. 1809 ; his w. Lydia d. 29 Aug. 1823, a. 88. ^ 

9. Lysander, m. Hannah, dau. of Ichabod Dexter, pub. 21 May 1842. and 
had Joel Lysander, b. 12 Nov. 1843, m. Jennie E. Knight 1 Jan. 1S66, and has 
been assessor for the last eight years; Frank; b. 19 Sep. 1846, m. Anna K. 
Garney of Marblehead 6 Nov. 1872 (she d. 11 Sep. 1873, a. 30); Elmer D., 
b. 12 Dec. 1853, m. Anna W. Conant of Barre 29 June 1875. Lysander the 
f., a farmer, res. on the De.xter farm. 

10. Joseph W., m. Harriet, dau. of Apollos Fay, 23 May 1844, and had 

1 MS. Letter from Hon. Robert S. Hale. 



456 POWERS — PRATT. 

Sarah Harriet, b. 7 Oct. 1851; JoxppTi Faij, b. 6 Aug. 1854, d. 15 Sop. 1866; 
Ella Iludxon, b. 24 Mar. 1858. Joseph W. the f. res. on the turnpike several 
years, at the place marked " A. Fay " on the R. Map, and afterwards rem. to 
Worcester. 

Sarah, ra. Nathan Carpenter S June 1738. Andrew, m. Lois Emmons 
27 Oct. 1740. Hanxah, of Littleton, m. Thomas Farr, puli. 5 Ancr. 1758. 
Anna, of Gr., m. Philip Holmes, pub. 22 Nov. 1772. Exe (Achsah ?), of 
Gr., m. John Thayer, pub. 5 Nov. 1780. Olive, m. Ephraim Ruircrles 20 Mar. 
1783. Ann, of Brimf., m. John Davenport Cox, pub. 17 July 1786. Jere- 
miah 3d, of Gr., m. Lydia Haskell, pub. 24 Dec. 1788. EuxiCE, of Gr. (dau. 
of Col. Thomas), m. William Walker, pub. 5 Sep. 1804. Chester, of War- 
ren, m. Eunice Haskell 15 Oct. 1805, and (2d) Joanna Haskell 1 Sep. 1830. 
Betsey, m. Charles Spooner of Pet. 4 June 1818. Mrs. Lucy, of Gr., m. 
Scotto Berry, pub. 22 May 1826, and d. 21 Nov. 1872, a. 90, lacking 21 days. 
Louisa, m. Edward Dexter 6 June 1842. Hiram, m. Urania White of 
Barre, pub. 4 Nov. 1843. Angela, m. Windsor Gleason of Pet., pub. 4 July 
1850. Arathusa C, m. Austin Gould 16 Oct. 1851. Julia A., m. Alfred 
Robinson of Fitchburg, pub. 27 July 1852. Jonathan, d. 4 ]\Lar. 1839, a. 73. 
Mary, wife of David, d. 29 June 1841, a. 53. David, born at Pet., d. 17 
Dec. 1866, a. 83. 

Pratt, Thomas, res. successively in Watertown, Sudbury, and Framing- 
ham, and had "these eleven children: Tliomaf, b. about 1656 ; John; Eben- 
ezer ; Jo^cpli ; Philip; David; JaJ>ez ; Nathaniel; Abial (female); Ephraim; 
and Jonatlian ; in 1682 he had land set to him at Sherborn, and d. about 1692 ; 
at least, administration that year was given to widow Susanna and son John, 
All these ten sons married and had families." Savage's Gen. Diet. 

2. JoHX, s. of Thomas (1), by w. Ruth, had John, b. 27 Nov. 1691 ; Susanna, 
b. 12 Mar. 1693, prob. m. Obadiah Allen 17 May 1720; lsa.ac,h.6 Aug. 1696; 
Amos; b. 26 May 1699; Ruth, h. 6 Feb. 1701; Eleazar, b. 10 Jan. 1702-3; 
Hezekiah. b. 27 Nov. 1705. John the f. seems to have res. in Sherborn, and 
afterwards in ]\Iarlboroiigh, prob. that part which is now Westborough. See 
Barry's //w/. of Fru)ninf/ham. 

3. John, s. of John (2), m. Bathsheba, dau. of John Fay, 4 Jan. 1715-6, 

and had, in Westborough, Phinehas, h- 8 Feb. 1716-7, d. 1717; Ezekiel, 

b. 4 Feb. 1718-9; Silas, b. 27 Feb. 1721; Isaiah, b. 14 Feb. 1723; Betty, b. 
8 May 1726, m. Elisha Field of Sunderland 11 Jan. 1755 ; Timothy, b. 23 May 
1731, m. Ruth Abl)ott, 14 Oct. 1756, and rem. to Bennington; Samuel, h. 18 
Mar. 1733, m. Lydia Powers 31 Jan. 1774; Ebenezer, b. 18 Ap. 1744. John 
the f. rem. to Hk. before 13 Oct. 1745, when he and his w. became members 
of the church. He subsecjuently removed to Bennington, where he d. 16 INIay 
1768, a. 76. Plis head-stone remains in the beautiful cemetery at Bennington 
Centre, on which is inscribed this couplet : 

" By faith in God, the sa.E^e stretches his wings. 
We feel the rod, while he in gloiy sings." 

4. Isaac, s. of John (2), m. Eunice, dau. of John Fay, 17 Ap. 1721, and 
had, in Westborough, Mary, h. 24 Aug. 1721; Moses, b. 7 Oct. 1723, res. in 
Hk., m. Lucy Whipple of Westb. 16 Nov. 1747, and d. in Dec. 1748; Isaac, 
b. 14 Feb. 1726, res. in Hk., and was pub. to Elizabeth Rose 24 Jan. 1756, 
but the banns were forbidden, and she was pub. to Larkin Green three weeks 
afterwards. It does not appear that he made another attempt to marry, though 
he survived this disappointment more than half a century. He d. here 27 
Nov. 1808, a. nearly 83. 

5. Elkazar, s. of John (2), m. Ruhamah Tonilin of Westborough 15 
Jan. 1729, res. in Shrewsbury, and had Hannah, b. — ]\Liy 1730; Ruhamah, 
b. 16 Ap. 1732; Mary, b. 11 Dec. 1734; Sarah, b. 11 Oct. 1736, m. Jacob 
Knowlton of Hk. 21 Nov. 1759; Riifus, h. 2 Oct. 1738, m. Hannah Ball of 
Westborouijli 11 May 1763, and settled in Hk.; Reuben, b. 7 Sep. 1741; 
Eleazar, h. 20 Oct. 1 743. 

6. Ezekiel, s. of John (3), by w. Mary, had John, bap. 6 Nov. 1743, d. 



PRATT — RAMSDELL. 457 

younrr; Sarah, h. 30 ]\Iar. 174G, m. David Glazier G Feb. 176G; Johi, h. 25 
Sep. 1748, 111, Elizabeth, dau. of Nathaniel Merrick, 19 Jan. 17 7.'5; Stephen, b. 
11 Sep. 17.'>1 ; Manj, b 24 Ap. 17.04, m. Henry Lee of Rut. District (Harre), 
pub. 4 Mar. 1770. Ezkkiel the f. was an enisitrn in Capt. Samuel Robinson's 
company during the campaign of 175G in the French War. lie prolj. d. be- 
fore 1760, when " Widow Mary Pratt" is mentioned. 

7. Silas, s. of John (.'5), m. Elizabeth Chainberlin of Grafton, pub. 21 Feb. 
1746-7, and had Eliznbelh, b. 2 Ap. 1748; Esther, b. 24 Jan. 1749-50; Ebeti- 
ezer, b. 1 Nov. 1751 ; Moses, h. 21 Sep. 1754; Joshua, b. 4 Jan. 1758. All born 
here. Silas the f. rem. to Pennington about 1761. 

8. Isaiah, s. of John (;5), m. Zerviah, wid. of Samuel Marsh and dau. of 
William Thomas (much older ihau himself and already the mother of nine 
children), 2 Mar. 1746-7, and had Bathsheba, b. 30 Jan. 1747-8; Tem]>e.rance, 
b. 7 Aug. 1750, d. unm. 17 Dec. 1814, having been idiotic and a town pauper 
from her early childhood. Isaiah the f. was a soldier in Capt. Samuel Rob- 
inson's company, 1756, and died during that camj)aign, prob. on the 20lh of 
October, as his pay-roll was made up to that day. His w. Zerviah d. 18 Ap. 
1798, a. 89, having been a pauper more than thirty years. 

9. Stkphkx, s. of Ezekiel (6), m. Hannah, dau. of P^lisha Pillings, 3 Feb. 
1780. He rem. to Pennington, Yt., whei'e he d. 20 Dec. 1835. His w. Han- 
nah d. 16 Feb. 1839. 

David, m. Hannah Hammond of Pet., 12 Oct. 1780. Ephraim, m. Eunice 
Powers of Gr., pub. 17 June 1782. Charles L., m. Susanna Nichols, pub. 9 
Sep. 181 G; she d. 1 Mar. 1823, a. 26. 

Presho, Sampsox, died here 24 Feb. 1819, a. 56 (his w. Abi m. 

Hooper, and d. 25 Oct. 1835, a. 61)). No record is found of his marriage, or of 
the birth of his children; but he is supposed to have been the father of Samp- 
son, h. , m. Susanna Grant, jiub. 4 Nov. 1808; Laban, b. about 178G; Abi, 

b. , m. Joseph Barnard 17 Oct. 1819; Mary, b. about 1797, m. William 

P. Jordan 25 Mar. 1818, and d. 25 May 1834, a. 37; Vincent, b. 1800, d. 

5 Oct. 1818, a. 18. Sampson the f. is understood to have been a Hessian, cap- 
tured with Burgoyne's army in 1777 ; but if this be true, and the record of his 
age at the time of his death lie correct, he can scarcely be regarded as a soldier 
at the time of the capture, l)eing then only fourteen years old. He was employed 
many years as " top-man " at the Old Furnace, his duty being to cast into the 
huwe chimney, at stated intervals, a due supply of iron-ore, oyster-shells, char- 
coal, and jierhaps other materials. 

2. Laban', prob. s. of S;inipson (l),m. Rachel Davis 18 Aug. 1816, and had 

an infant, b. , d. 5 Feb. 1817; Laban, b. about 1824 ; John V., b. aliout 

1826. Labax the f. d. 26 Ap. 1869, a. 83 ; his w. Rachel d. 14 Jan. 1880, a. 
87. 

3. Laijax, s. of Laban (2), m. Harriet N. Yokes 1 7 Mar. 1853, and had Mel- 
ville Laban, h. 18 Nov. 1856; Mart/ Abbie, h. 16 Mar. 18G8. 

4. Joiix Y., s. of Laban (2), m. Clara B. Stone 3 Ap. 1850 ; she d. 1 July 
1855, a. 26, and he m. Eliza A. Town of Gr., pub. 13 Jan. 1857. His chil. 
were Clara Maria, b. 8 INIay 1853, m. John A. Bates 7 Mar. 1873; Clara 
Elizabeth, b. 1 July 1855, m. \Varren F. Rogers 7 JMay 1876. 

Prouty, Walter B., by w. Susan, had [Villie Freelove, b. 23 Auo-. 1861, 
d. 16 Sep. 1862. 

Daniel, d. 27 June 1834, a. 35. William E., of N. Brk., m. Adeline S. 
Browning 17 Oct. 1S55. Cleora D., m. Joseph N. Hamilton IG June ISGG. 
Maria, m. William H. Taft of Starksboro', Yt., 22 Aug. 18GG. 

PuKix(}Tox, Sylvaxus, m. Nancy Sellon, pub. 3 July 1780. ]\Iolly, m. 
William Nye 2G Dec. 1782. 

Putxam, Bexajah. m. Elizabeth Livermore 19 Nov. 1772. Sally, m. 
James Cannon, pub. 28 Oct. 1793. Stephex, of Townsend, m. Deborah Egery 
11 Jan. 1801. Rev. Simeox, m. Julia Ann Bacon of Barre, pub. 22 eTune 
1844. 

Ramsdell, Sylvaxus, m. Esther Gibbs of Gr., pub. 10 Jan. 1791, and 
had Esther, b. 1792, d. 6 Nov. 1802, a. 10; Ira, b. 1794, m. Clarissa 



458 RAMSDELL — RAWSON". 

Robinson 11 ]\Iay 1823, and d. 26 Ap. 1862, a. 6 7 years and 6 months; Homer, 

twin, b. 1795, d. 6 Nov. 1802, a. 7; Anaon, twin, b. 1795, ni. Rox- 

ana Gardner 20 Ap. 1820, and d. 28 Mar. 1875, a. 79 years and 4 montlis; his 

w. Roxana d. 13 Aug. 1872, a. 72; a chihl b. 1799, d. 2 Nov. 1802, a. 3; 

Orbuh. 1800. Sylvanus the f. d. 23 Dec. 1851, a. 87; his w. Esther 

d. 12 Nov. 1829, a. 6 7. 

2. Orix, s. of Sylvanus (1), m. Sarah Teny 8 June 1823, and had Horace 

S., b. ; John "il/., b. ; Otis A., b. ; Sarah E., b. about 1836, m. 

Georsie II. Strickland of Ware 13 May (or June) 1858; Orin, b. about 1838, 
d. 9 Ap. 1840, a. 2; Elizabeth, b. about 1842, m. Darius S. Gray of Gr., 7 Ap. 
1864 ; Ruth Louisa, b. 16 June 1845. Orin the f., a farmer, d. 5 Mar. 1879, 
a. 78. 

3. Horace S., s. of Orin (2), ni. Elizabeth H. Kilmer, pub. 10 May 1852, and 
had John S. S., h. 2 Ap. 1853; George W. M.. b. 4 Nov. 1855; Claudius Les- 
lie, b. 13 Jan. 1869, d. 21 Jan. 1869; Sarah Elizabeth, b. 1872, d. 19 Ap. 

1872, a. 1 month and 19 days. 

4. John M., s. of Orin (2), m. Louisa A. Richardson, pnb. 25 May 1858, and 
had a son b. 26 Dec. 1859; Edith Adista, h. 29 June 1861 ; Henn/ Lcroy, b. 
11 Jan. 1.S63. 

Joseph, had dau. Abigail, who m. Bupbee, and d. at Bel. 2 Feb. 1861, 

a. 70. Elizabeth, of Gr., m. Silas Dean 30 Nov. 1768. Cathekixe, m. 
Isaac Cumniings, Jr., 11 May 17 74. Sarah, m. John Terry, Jr., 26 Sep. 
1782. Alanson, m. Sarah J. Wyman 4 June 1874. 

Rand, Jacob D., s. of Thomas, b. in Charlestown, 30 Mar. 1778, was a cab- 
inet-maker, came early to Hk., and was published 12 Dec. 1801, to Esther, dau. 
of Dr. Lucius Doolittle. Her parents prevented the marriage, and he enlisted 
in the U. S. Army. After the surrender at Detroit by General Hull, in Aug. 
1812, he returned to Hk. and consummated the long-delayed marriage, 21 
Oct. 1813. His w. Esther d. 2 Sep. 1815, a. 30, and he m. Mrs. Selinda Fales 
27 Jan. 1818. He had one child, William Dorrill, b. 14 June 1820. Jacob 
D. the f. res. between the Pet. road and the turnpike, at the ])lace marked " J. 
Rand " on the R. Map, and closed his checkered eai-thly life 8 Oct. 1840, a. 63. 

Randall, Josiaii, d. 6 Mar. 1809, a. 57. Holland, of Barre, in. Lydia 
Whipple, pub. 7 Ap. 1817. Sophronia, m. Zephaniah Spooner of Springf. 
8 Ap. 1841. Eunice, m. Nehemiah H. Johnson of Illinois 21 Sep. 1841. 
Ruth, m. Anson F. Allen 14 June 1846, and d. 28 Aug. 1848, a. 27. 

Ranney, La Fayette, by wife Adeline E., had Julia Eliza, h. 24 Aug. 
1847, d. 15 Jan. 1850 ; Ambrose L., h. 11 June 1849. La Fayette the f. was 
a physician, and res. near the Common. He remained not many years, and 
removed to New York. 

Ransom, Elizabeth, of Pelham, ra. Philip Fraker, pub. 2 June 1776. 
Richard, of Woodstock, Vt., m. Rosamond, widow of Ezra Winslow, pub. 26 
Nov. 1801. Dr. David, of Carlville, N. Y., m. Harriet M. Towne 19 May 
1840. 

Rawson, Edward, b. 16 Ap. 1615 at Gillinaham, Dorsetshire, England, is 
understood to have come to New England in 1637; he settled in Newbury, and 
was representative of that town seven years. He rem. to Boston in 1G50, hav- 
ing been that year elected secretary of the colony, which office he held until 
the old charter governnient was overturned in 1686. He m. in England 
" Rachel, dau. of Thomas Pirne or Perne," and had twelve chil., of whom the 
youngest was Grindull, b. 23 Jan. 1659. Edward the f. d. 27 Aug. 1693 ; his 
w. Rachel d. 11 Oct. 1677. See Savage's Gen. Diet., and Rawson Family. 

2. Grindall, s. of Edward (1), grad. H. C. 1678, m. Susanna, dau. of Rev. 
John Wilson of Medfieid. and grand-daughter of Rev. John Wilson the first 
minister of Boston, and had eleven children, of whom the fifth was WUson, b. 
23 June 1692. Gki.\d.a.ll the f. was the second minister of ^Nlendon (ordained 
7 Ap. 1684), and d. 6 Feb. 1715; his w. Susanna d. 8 July 1748, a. S3. Sav- 
age's Gen. Diet. 

3. Wilson, s. of Grindall (2), m. Margaret Arthur, and had WUson, b. 
13 Aug. 1713; Priscilla, b. 17 Dec. 1715; Mary, b. 12 May 1717; Grindall, 



RAWSON — RAYMOND. 459 

b. 13 July 1719; Eilwnrd, b. 2 Ap. 1721; Stephen, b. 2 Ap. 1722 or 1723; 
Paul, !). 9 Ap. 1725; Thomas, b. 2 May 1733. Wilson the f. was a farmer, 
res. in Mcndon. 

4. Edward, s. of Wilson (3), m. IMary IMorsc, and had IlooJcer, b. 21 Ap. 
1749 ; Edward, h. 19 June 1754, a physician in Leicester, where he d. in 1 786; 
Anna (or Nancy), b. 22 Sep. 1750, d. unm. in 1.S4.S; Arthur, b. 17 Nov. 1758; 
Mephiboshelh, b. 7 Au^j. 17G3, lived only two days. He had also Elizabeth, b. 

, ni. ])eac. Seth Cha])in of Mendon 27 Oct. 1767; and Man/, h. , ni. 

Dr. Levi Willard of INIendon 28 Ap. 1774. Edward the f. was deacon of 
tlie church in Mendon where his chil. were born. Late in life, he rem. to 
Leicester, and d. there 11 Feb. 1807. See Rawson Family, and Washburn's 
Hist, of Leicester. 

5. Arthur, s. of Edward (4), m. Abitrail Childs of Barre 23 June 1785, 
and hatl. George, b. in Bavre 18 Dec. 1785 ; and in Hk., Edward, twin, b. 30 
July 1787; Arthur, twin, b. 30 July 1787, clerk in the stove of Jason ]\lixter, 
rem. when younn; and became a merchant; Hope, b. 17 j\Iay 1789, m. Cutler 
Paige 15 Ap. 1813, and d. 23 Sep. 1867. Arthur the f. was a phvsician, 
res. on the road to Barre, at the place marked •' Dr. Stone " on the R. Map. 
He was somewhat involved in the Shays Rebellion; he was probably surgeon, 
for when he took the oath of allegiance, he "declared be never took np arms 
against government, only acted as physician." 3Iass. Arch., cxc. 168. He 
d. 25 Dec. 1796, at the early age of 38; his w. Abigail rem. to a house on the 
turn])ike, half a mile north from the Common, marked " S. Weston" on the 
R. Map, and d. 28 Sep. 1812, a. 53. 

Raymond, Wii.liam, by w. Deborah, had in Rochester, William, b. 7 Feb. 
1711; Benjamin, b. 7 Dec. 1714; Daniel, b. 28 Mar, 1717; Paul, b. 11 Sep. 
1718; JSLary, b. 12 Mar. 1720-21; Edward, b. 13 June 1724; Deborah, b. 28 
Mar. 1727; Lemuel, b. 11 Nov. 1729, d. 24 Ap. 1733; Ehathan,h. ^ ^ov. 
1731; Lemuel, h. 22 ,Ap. 1736. William the f. rem. from Beverly to 
Rochester, prob. soon after 13 Alay 1712^ at which date he bought a farm in 
that town, and the names of all his chil. are there entered on record. 

2. Ben.iamin, s. of William (1), by w. INIercy, had Benjamin, b. 27 July 
1738; Joanna, b. 11 IMay 1740, m. Asa Whitcomb 15 Mar. 1759, rem. to 
Barnard, Vt., and d. before 1809; John, bap. 12 Feb. 1743-4; Mercy, b. al)0ut 
1746, m. William Paige 6 Oct. 1768, rem. to Ware, and d. while on a visit at 
Barnard 23 Jan. 1795, a. 48; Thankful, b. about 1748, m. James Paige 6 Oct. 
1768, and d. 31 Aug. 1806, a. 58; Mary, prob. b. about 1751, m. James Law- 
ton, Jr., 3 Jan. 1771 ; he d. 1 Jan. 1804, and she m. Maj. James Paige (whose 
first wife was her sister), 22 Mar. 1807; Deborah, b. about 1754, m. Stewart 
Soutligate 22 July 1773, rem. to Barnard, and d. 28 Feb. 1813, a. 58. Benja- 
min the f. was a cooper; he res. in Rochester until 12 Ap. 1760, when he 
bought a farm in Hk. and prob. rem. at about that time, as he and his wife 
were admitted to church membership 6 Sep. 1761. He prob. res. on the farm 
which was afterwards the homestead of his son John, and d. 2 Oct. 17 79, a. 
nearly 65; his w. l\Iercy d. 26 May 1806, a. 86. 

3. John, s. of Benjamin (2), m. Mercy, dau. of Dudley Jordan, 7 Mar. 
1771, and had Benjamin, b. 9 Nov. 1771 ; Asa, h. 16 Nov. 1776. John the 
f. was a farmer, and res. on the road to Ware, near the town line, at the place 
marked " Capt. Raymond " on tlie R. Map. He Avas captain of militia, and 
generallv known by his military title. He d. 4 Oct. 1816, a. 72 ; his w. Mercy 
d. 4 (or "25) Feb. 1833, a. 87. 

4. Asa, s. of John (3), m. Sybil Sumner 30 Nov. 1803, and had John, b. 3 
Sep. 1804; Adah Bnllard, b. 20' July 1806, d. unm. 25 Sep. 1880; Polhi Sum- 
ner, b. 25 Nov. 1809; James Fitch, b. — Feb. 1814, d. 15 Ap. 1814 ; Sybil, b. 
17 Oct. 1816, m. Sanuiel King of Barre 5 ]May 1840. Asa the f. was a far- 
mer, inherited the homestead, and d. 24 Aug. 1851, a. nearly 75 ; his w. Sybil 
d. 9 June 1846, a. 64. 

5. John, s. of Asa (4), m. Sarah Ann, dau. of Luther Paige, 31 Mar. 1833, 
and liad one child which died in infancy. He inherited the homestead and 
was a farmer, but devoted much time to the service of the public ; lie was cap- 



46 RAYMOND — RICE. 

tain of militia and justice of the peace; selectman seventeen j'ears; assessor 
eleven years; membei' of the school committee eight years; representative in 
the General Court in 1S40, and senator in 1850. He was accidentally killed 
by fallino; from a building 6 June 1854, a. nearly 50 ; his w. Sarah Ann d. 23 
Sep. 18G1, a. 48. 

Record, Daniel, m. Prudence, dan. of Warhara Warner of N. Br., and 
had Jonathan Adams, b. 6 Oct. 1813; ]\Iarllia IL, h. 1 Ap. 1815; Andrew C, 
h. 15 Feb. 1817; Samuel C, b. 16 Jan. 1819. Daniel the f. res. at Barre, 
and d. 30 Nov. 1841, a. 56; his w. Prudence d. here, at the house of her son, 
Andreio C, 8 Ap. 1876, a. nearly 92. 

2. Andrew C, s. of Daniel (1), m. Susan C. Thomas 23 Nov. 1852, and 
had Carrie L., b. 2 May 1859; Charlie A., b. 13 Jan. 1863 ; Minnie L., b. 15 
Jan. 1865; Ma/lie G., b. 14 Sep. 1869. Andrew C. the f. kept the hotel 
near the C'ommon for several years, and after a temporaiy absence from the 
town returned and res. at the Furnace Village. 

Reed, Ebenezer, by w. Anna, had Moses, bap. 22 Oct. 1738. 

2. Jonathan, by w. , had Abner, bap. 10 June 1739. 

3. Micaii, a descendant from William ^ and IMabel (Kendall) of AVoburn, 
through George 2 and Elizabeth (Jennison) of Wob., William ^ and Abigail 
(Kendall) of Lexington, William* and Sarah (Poulter) of Lex., and Deac. 
Samuel 5 and Eunice (Stone) of Burlington, was born 28 Sep. 1746, m. Eliza- 
beth, dau. of John Paige, of Bedford, and had 3ficah, b. 19 Oct. 1773, m. 
Deborah, dau. of Samuel Thurston, of Hk., pub. 3 Ap. 1797, res. near Ditch 
Meadow, in New Braintree, where he kept a tavern, was colonel of cavalry, 
and d. 3 Aug. 1825 ; his w. d. 30 June 1828 ; Elizabeth, b. 25 Feb. 1779; Sam- 
uel, h. at Ilk. 11 June 1783, d. at Burlington, Vt., 5 May 1846; Eunice, b. 13 
Jan. 1787, m. James Barr of N. Br., and (2d) Perley Granger. Micah the 
f. rem. to Hk. about 1780, and prob. to N. Br. afterwards. He d. by a fall 
from a scaffold 1 Mar. 1804; his w. Elizabeth d. 21 Mar. 1838, a. 89. 

Itiiamar, of Pet., m. Susanna Steward 16 Jan. 1749-50. Bathsheba, of 
Rehoboth, m. Abel Walker, pub. lo'Nov. 1801. Lydia, of Wendell, m. Oba- 
diah Rogers, pub. 3 Ap. 1815. Sally, m. Joshua Rogers of Gr., pub. 6 Oct. 
1817. Molly, a pauper, d. unm. 22 Feb. 1822, a. 83. Albert, d. 4 Ap. 
1835, a. 20. 

Rice, Edmund, was of Sudbury in 1639, rem. to Marlborough, and d. there 
3 JNlay 1663. He had eight sons and three daughters. 

2. Thomas, the third s. of Edmund (1), res. in Sudbury, and afterwards in 
Marlborough. By w. Mary, he had thirteen children, of whom the second 
was Thomas, b. 30 June 1654. 

3. Thomas, s. of Thomas (2), had Thomas, b. 1683, m. Mary Oakes ; 

Charles, b, 7 July 1684; Eunice, b. 3 May 1686; Jason, b. 23 Feb. 1688; Jede- 
diah, b. 10 June 1690, m. Dorcas Wheeler; Abiel, twin, b. 11 Dec. 1692, d. 27 
Dec. 1692; Anna, twin, b. 11 Dec. 1692, d. 25 Dec. 1692, Asher, b. 6 July 
1694, was taken prisoner by the Indians 8 Aug. 1704, and long afterward 
redeemed; Adonijah, h. 11 Aug. 1696, also taken prisoner by the Indians 8 
Aug. 1704, and declined to return from his captivity ; Perez, b. 23 July 1698 ; 
Vashti, h. 7 Mar. 1700, m. Daniel Hardy of Westborough 22 Dec. 1727; Be- 

riah, b. 20 Aug. 1702; Noah, b. , m. Hannah Warren. Thomas the 

f. res. in that part of Marlb. which afterwards became Westb., and repre- 
sented Marlb. several years in the General Court. His first wife, Mary, d. 
13 May 1677, and he m. his cousin Anna Rice 10 Jan. 1681, who d. 2 May 
1731, a. 69. He is said to have d. about 1747, a. 94. 

4. Charles, s. of Thomas (3), m. Racliel Wheeler at Marlb. 26 Ap. 1711, 
and had Zebulon, b. 27 Feb. 1711-12; Solomon, b. 1 Sep. 1713 ; Adam, b. 18 
Aug. 1715; Olir.er, b. 2 Mav 1717; Elijah, b. 26 June 1719 ; Anna, h. 6 May, 
172^2, m. Ebenezer Rice; Zerviuh, b. 1 ]\Lay 1724 ; Adonijah, bap. 28 May 1727; 
Charles, b. 1 Mar. 1731; Abner, b. 17 Sep. 1732, a soldier in the Revolution- 
ary War. Charles the f. res. in that part of Marlb. which was afterwards 
Westb. 

5. Perez, s. of Thomas (3), by w. Lydia, had P/a'ne«s, b. 4 Aug. 1724; 



RICE. 461 

Jederllah, h. 2d ]\Iay 172fi; Ephraim, b. 14 Mar. 1729; Mchetabel, h. 3 Ap. 

1731, prob. 111. Joseph AVilloughl)y, ])iib. 2 Aug. 1765, in Hk.; John, b. 

1734; Benjamin, h. 1744; Bctsei/, h. 1747, in. Bartholomew Towne, 

Jr., 22 June 1 7G7 ; Stephen, b. 1 749. Pkuez the f. rem. about 1 732 from 

Westb. to Sutton, where his w. Lydia d. — Jan. 1793, a. 92. 

6. Beuiaii, s. of Thomas (3), m. Mary Goodenow G June 1730-1, and had 
Jiide, b. 3 Dec. 1731; Asaph, b. 9 May 1733, grad. H. C. 17a2, practised 
medicine a few years at Brookfield, was ordained at Westminster, 16 Oct. 
17G5, and d. in oflice, after a ministry of half a century, 30 Ap. 181G ; I'imothij, 
b. l.S Feb. 1735; Stephen, b. 15 Mar. 1737; Marij, b. 23 Mar. 1739; Sarah, b. 
22 Mar. 1741 ; Lunj, b. 19 Mar. 1743; Rachel, b. 1 May 1745; Beriah, bap. IG 
Aug. 1747; Benjamin, b. 11 May 1749. Beriah the f. res. at Westb. until 
about 1748, when he rem. to AnnapoUs, N. S.^ 

7. Solomon, s. of Charles (4), by w. Anna, had Thankful, b. prob. about 
1742, m. Edward Iliggins of Palmer 17 Oct. 1764; Antipas, b. about 1744; 
Jonas, bap. 2G Oct. 1746, m. Patty Whittemore; Hannah, bap. 22 May, 1748, 
m. Jonathan Fisk of Shelbunie 18 Jan. 1770; Moses, twin, b. 23 Oct. 1749; 
Aai-on, twin, b. 23 Oct. 1749, d. unm. 7 Aug. IBIG; Elizabeth, b. 12 Sep. 1751, 
m. John jNims of Shelburne 4 Feb. 1771; Lucy, b. 31 Oct. 1753, ni. Martin 
Rice of Charlemont, 6 July 1779; Martf, b. 24 Sep. 1755, m. Joseph Hewes of 
Lyme, Conn., 5 Oct. 1780; Ruth, b. 2 Feb. 1757, m. John Kice of Charlemont 
6 Mar. 1782; Joel, b. 13 Ap. 1760. Solomox the f. rem. from Westb. to 
Hardwick in 1749, where the names of his chil. b. then and afterwards are re- 
corded. He was a soldier, 1757, in the French War, and d. 11 Mar. 1802, a. 
88 ; his w. Anna d. 9 Ap. 1802, a. 86. 

8. Oliver, s. of Charles (4), m. Hannah Barrett of Grafton 30 June 1742, 
and had ten children b. in lik.; but the record is mutilated so that the names 
of four are lost; those wliicli remain are Isaac, b. 12 Oct. 1742; Stephen, b. 20 
Feb. 1744-5, m. Thankful Glazier 23 Oct. 1770; Sarah, b. 4 Feb. 1746-7: 
Zerviah, h. 16 Jan. 1748-9, m. Abner Marble of Pet. 19 Ap. 1768; Levina, h. 
6 July 1751, m. Zachariah Harwood of Bennington, Vt., 30 Ap. 1767, and d. 

6 Sep. 1808; , 1753; , 1756; , 11 Aug. 1757; , 1759; 

Susan, b. 24 June 176-, m. Stephen Watkins of Athol 6 Mar. 1789. Oliver 
the f. rem. from Westb. to Hk., prob. soon after 5 Oct. 1739, at which date he 
bought a farm of Samuel Robinson. He served in the French War, in 1756 
and 1757. Late in life he rem. to Bennington, Vt., whei-e he died. 

9. Phineas, s. of Perez (5), m. Hannah Cummins of Sutton in 1743, and 
had (all apparently born here) Nathaniel, b. 18 Sep. 1745, ni. Elizabeth Law- 
rence 24 Nov. 1768; Hannah, b. 26 July 1747, m. John Haskell, pub. 22 July 
17G5; Mary, b. 10 Feb. 1751, m. Eli Freeman 26 Mar. 1767; Elizabeth, b. 6 
July 1753 ; Abiyail, b. 17 Ap. 1755, m. Stephen Johnson 31 May 1774; Ruth, 

b. 12 Feb. 1758; Noah, b. 1760, m. Prudence Luce 30 Aug. 1781. 

Phineas the f. rem. i)rob. from Sutton to Hk. before 1745, and seems to have 
rem. after 1760 to Rutland District, now Barre, which is described as the 
residence of his children at the date of their marriage. 

10. Jedediau, s. of Perez (5), by w. Mehetabel, had Mehetabel, b. 27 May 
1750, m. Rand White of Spencer; Tabitha, b. 16 Feb. 1752; Jedediah, b. 26 
Feb. 1754 ; x\nna, b. 27 Jan. 1756. Jedediah the f. was a physician, and res. 
on the road leading from the Mandell Farm to Ruggles Hill; he came here 
before 11 Ap. 1749, and d. 4 Ap. 1756, before he had quite attained the age of 
30 years; his w. Mehetabel m. David Knapp of Spencer 27 Sep. 1759. 

11. Ephraim, s. of Perez (5), seems to have res. here several years, thou"-h 
no trace is found of wife or children. He was a soldier in the French War, 
1756, and sold to Andrew Haskell, 28 Feb. 1761, a hundred acres of land, in 
Hk., which he had previously bought of Aaron Thomas. 

12. Stephen, s. of Beriah (6), m. Dorothy Woods of Marlb. 10 Nov. 1763, 
and had Ashbel, b. 27 May 1765 ; Mary, b. 18 May 17G7, ui. Nathan Freeman 
1 Ap. 1790; Hepzibah, b. 12 Feb. 1771, d. unm. ; Lucy, b. 12 Mar. 1773, 

1 Thus far I have relied chiefly for names and dates on Ward's History of the Rice 
Family. 



462 RICE. 

(1. nnm. ; LyrJia, b. 25 Jan. 17 75, d. unni. ; Stephen, bap. 8 June 

1777; Thomas, bap. 9 June 1782. The names of all these chil. are recorded 
as if born here; but in the deed of his farm, dated 26 Ap. 1771, Stephen 
the f. is described as of Erookficld. If this was the date of his removal, he 
very soon attained a prominent position in the town, being elected in 1774 
selectman, assessor, a member of the committee of correspondence, delegate 
to the convention of committees at Worcester, and delegate to the first pro- 
vincial congre.-s at Concord, to which last-named office he was again elected 
in 1775, and also representative in the General Court. At the organization of 
the militia by the town, 22 Sep. 1774, he was elected lieutenant; he became 
captain before 22 INJay 1 7 75, and was elected lieutenant-colonel by the General 
Court 10 Ap. 177C, in which capacity he marched with Col. Cushing's regi- 
ment " on the alarm to Bennington," July 17 77, and served several months ; 
he remained in office until the reorganization of the militia in 1781, after the 
adoption of the Constitution. He was selectman four years, assessor two years, 
and representative three years. He was a farmer, and res. on the turnpike, 
somewhat more than a mile north from the Common, at the place marked " C. 
Paige " on the 11. Map. Though rather short in stature, he seemed to be 
burdened by an excess of flesh until he was about seventy years old ; after 
which he became very thin, but retained his vigor and activity. He d. 24 
Nov. 1831, a. nearly 95; his w. Dorothy, with whom he lived in wedlock almost 
63 years, d. 15 Oct. 1826, a. 83. All the chil. were living 20 Ap. 1821, the 
date of their father's will. 

13. AxTiPAS, s. of Solomon (7), m. Thankful Rider 27 Oct. 1774, and had 
Selh, b. 24 Feb. 1776, m. Polly Hammond of Hawley, pub. 9 Nov. 1800; Solo- 

mon ; Timothy ; Anna, h , m. Thomas Willis 16 Nov. 1800; Mercy ; Polly. 

Such are the names mentioned in the will of Antipas the f., dated 1 Feb. 
1802, in which provision is made for the maintenance of his aged parents, both 
of whom, however, died within a few weeks afterwards. He d. 10 Feb. 1802. 

14. Isaac, s. of Oliver (8), m. Mehetabel Stearns of Worcester 1 Dec. 1768, 
and had John, b. 29 Mar. 1770; Clark, b. 4 Ap. 1772; Charles, b. 14 Aug. 1774; 
Lucinda, b. 7 Sep. 1776. Isaac the f. was one of the "minute-men" who 
marched from Ilardwick to Cambridge, on the Lexington alarm, in April 
1775. 

15. AsriHEL, s. of Stephen (12), m. Polly, dau. of Capt. Seth Peirce 15 Sep. 
1793; she d. 7 June 1802, and he m. Sylvina, dau. of David Waite of N. Br., 

pub. 21 June 1807. His chil. were Horace, b. 1794; Mary P., b. 

1795, in. Horace S. Childs of Brandon, Vt., 15 Oct. 1817, and d. at Chicago 

about 1880; Albert F., b. • Aug. 1810; Sylvina, b. — Sep. 1812, d. unm. 

25 Nov. 184 9, a. 37. Asiibel the f. res. on the old River road, about a mile 
southerly from the Furnace, at the place marked " A.. Rice " on the R. Map. 
He was a farmer, and while at work on his farm was killed by a fall from a 
load of hay 17 July 1845, a. 80; his w. Sylvina d. 3 Dec. 1860, a. 84. 

16. Stephen, s. of Stejihen (12), m. Fanny, dau. of James Paige, 4 Sep. 
1811, and had Eltza Ann, b. 13 Jan. 1814, m. John P. Robinson of Brk. 18 
Feb. 1835, and rem. to Boston. Stephen the f. was a farmer, res. on the 
homestead, and \jas killed by a fall from a hay-cart, in front of the new ceme- 
tery, 16 Aug. 1821 ; his w. Fanny m. Capt. Moses Allen, ])ub. 7 ^Nlay 1825, and 
d. in Boston 15 Feb. 1873, a. nearly 89. 

17. Thomas, s. of Stephen (12), grad. Y. C. 1803, studied law, and com- 
menced {)ractice with good prospect of success; but his passionate fondness for 
music predominated over his love for the law, and he abandoned the profession 
entirely. He was a genial companion, fond of society and its indulgences, of 
respectable attainments and gentlemanly deportment, but lacked the energy 
necessary to success. After gaining a precarious livelihood for several years, 
he escaped the snare, and cast off the bonds which had enslaved him. He 
became master of his appetites, rem. to Vermont, and devoted himself to the 
teaching of music, for which employment he was admirably (jualitied, both by 
taste and practice. He is reported to have been successful in obtaining a com- 
petency for the supply of his personal wants, together with the approbation of 



RICE — RICHARDS. 463 

his j)iipils an<l the respectful consideration of the community, until he d. unm. 
at a good old age. 

18. Ai.BHUT F., s. of Aslibel (1"'), m. Caroline .Morse of Southbridge, pub. 
13 Nov. isa5. and had A/hert W., b. 4 Jan. 1841; Fran/din M., h. 9 Feb. 1843, 
m. Eliza G. Howard G Feb. 1879, a merchant in Warren, where he d. 20 Aug. 
1881. Alukut F. the f., a farmer, res. on the homestead. 

19. John, perhaps the same who m, Sarah (or Polly) Woods of Pet. 10 Dec. 
1789, had Susatiiiu and Perez, bap. 29 Oct. 1799; WlUanl, bap. 29 July 1802. 
Joiix the f. may have been the " adult " who was bap. 2 Nov. 180G. 

20. Joiix, possilily the same as John (19) above mentioned, m. Betsey Rug- 
gles, pub. 21 Nov. 1808, and had Betseij llugijles, bap. 3 Dec. 1809 (the father 
being then described as of Somerset, Vt.), m. Varnuni W^etherbee 14 Nov. 
1831. 

Elizabeth, wid. of Aai-on, of Rut., m. Caleb Ijenjamin 18 Nov. 17G0. 
Catheki.vk, prob. dau. of Oliver (8), ni. Aaron Forbush, Jr., 27 Ap. 1774. 
Batiisheba, j)rob. dau. of Oliver (8), m. ])udley Jordan 8 Aug. 177G. Widow 
Susanna, m. Edward Clark of Hubbardston 22 Aj). 1779. Pekkz, m. Chloe 
Lincoln 8 Ap. 1779. Dauius, of Or., m. Charity Winslow 7 Dec. 1780, and 
Rebecca Ilaslcins 17 Dec. 1789. Abi&ha, m. Abigail Winslow 20 Feb. 17X2. 
Abigail, ni. Samuel Freeman 23 Ap. 1807, Mary, m. Jesse Perkins 25 Ap. 
1819. Rebecca A., of Ware,^m.;Abiathar P. Ellis, pub. 24 Feb. 1844. Petek, 
d. 8 Jan. 1808, a. 18. 

Rich, John, by w. INIercy, had Martha, b. 2G May 177G, perhaps m. Eben- 
ezer Titus of Gr. 30 Aug. 1792; Bethiah, b. 13 Ap. 1778; John, h. 16 ^Nlay 
1780; Suhenj (Suhraf), called Sylvia in the record of baptisms, b. 8 Mar. 1782; 
William, h. — June 1784, d. 5 May 1790; Samwl, b. 25 Ap. 17SG; William, 
b. 13 June 1792. John the f. is styled captain in the reconls. 

2. Apollos, perhaps brother of John (1), had Nabb/j, bap. 25 June 1780; 
Alphea, bap. 30 June 1782. 

3. Apollos, prob. s. of Apollos (2), or John (1), b}' w. Bethia, had Lyman, 

b. , res. in Orange; Dwiyht B., b. here, 1826, res. in Boston, d. at 

Orange Park, Fla. , 22 Oct. 1»82, a. oG years and G months; Charles, bap. here 
19 June 1829, d. 26 June 1829, a. 9 months; Caroline Abigail, bap. 26 June 
1831 ; Henry Alexander, bap. 3 Nov. 1833, res. in Hyde Park; a daughter, bap. 

— May 1837; Andrew J., b. , res. in Hyde Park. Either Caroline A. or 

another dau. m. Henry M. Ward of Northfield. This family had a " reunion " 
26 Ap. 1882, when the four sons and Mrs. Ward were present. Six months 
later the circle was broken. Apollos the f. was a farmer, and resided near 
the central bridge over ^V''are River, at the place marked " A. Rieh " on the 
R. Map. He was elected captain of the " Ritle Company " 29 June 1833, and 
lieutenant-colotiel of the regiment 14 Aug. 1835. He rem. to Orange, where 
he d. 27 Dec. 1845, a. 47. 

4. Timothy, of Boston, m. Fanny, dau. of Capt. Edward Ruggles, pub. 25 
Mar. 1810, and for some reason tlie birth of three children appears on our 
records: Edicard Ruggles, b. in Medford 14 July 1810; Timothy Smith, b. in 
Boston 15 Fob. 1812; Ann Dean, b. 5 Nov. 1813. 

Ebexezeu, Jr., of Gr., m. Sarah Knowlton, pub. 14 Dec. 1786. Ruth, of 
Gr., m. William Wyatt Barlow, pub. 7 Feb. 1790. Nabby', of Ware, m. Syl- 
vester Bowen 19 Aug. 1804. Barnabas, of Enf., m. Lydia Wetherbee, pub. 
26 Nov. 1827. Rebecca, of Barre, m. Moses Bolster 26 June 1836. Lucy, 
■wife of Jonathan C, d. 4 Feb. 1841, a. 44. 

RiCHAiJDs, Edwakd, m. Susan Hunting, and d. 25 Aug. 1684; he had in 
Dedbam live chil., of whom the fourth was Nathaniel, b. 25 Jan. 1648. 

2. Nathaniel, s. of Edward (1), m. Mary, dau. of Deacon Juhn Aldis 28 
Feb. 16 78, and d. 15 Feb. 172G ; he res. in Dedham, and had eight children, of 
■whom the third was James, b. 24 Ap. 1683. 

3. James, s. of Nathaniel (2), m. Hannah, dau. of Deacon Jonathan Metcalf, 
res. in Dedham, and had eleven chil., of whom the sixtli was Ebenezer, b. 2 
Jan. 1718-19. 

4. Ebenezer, s. of James (3), m. Thankful, dau. of Ebeuezer Stratton of 



464 RICHARDS — RICHARDSON. 

Cambridge, and d. 27 Feb. 1799; he res. in Dedham, and bad ten obil., of 
whom the seventh was David, b. 26 Jan. 1755. See Gen. of Richarrh Family. 

5. David, s. of Ebenezer (4), ni. Chloe, dau. of Maj. Thomas Richards of 
Dover, and had Thoma><, b. 16 Mar. 1782, d. at Springf! 30 Dec. 1858; David, 
b. 3 Feb. 1784; Ehenezer, b. 12 June 1786 ; Rebecca, h. 15 Jan. 1789, m. Aaron 
Johnson, Jr., 14 May 1807; William, b. 4 May 1791; Whiting, b. 11 May 
1793, d. — Sep. 1854; Leonard, h. 10 May 1795, d. 22 Jan. 1796; Lyman Wil- 
lard, b. 23 Feb. 1797; Clarissa, b. 24 Oct. 1799, m. Samuel Warner of Springf. 
11 July 1820, and d. 15 Oct. 1867; Wyatt, b. 8 Mar. 1802; Mary Fuller, b. 15 
Jan. 1805, m. Nathaniel R. Moseley of Springf. 9 Oct. 1823. David the f. 
rem. to Hk. soon after his marriage, res. in the northwesterly part of the town, 
about a quarter of a mile northerly from the turnpike, was a farmer, and d. 29 
Dec. 1817, a. nearly 63 ; his w. Chloe d. 24 May 1840, a. 79. 

6. David, s. of David (5), m. Sarah M. Mitchell at Keene, N. H. 2 Dec. 
1810; she d. 2 Ap. 1814, and he m. Nancy Jackson at Hk. 20 Sep. 1821; she 
d. 8 Nov. 1822, and he m. Elizabeth Shackford at Boston, 22 Oct. 1826. His 
chil. were Surah Mitchell, h. 11 Oct. 1811, d. 24 Oct. 1822; Georr/e Osgood, 
b. 18 July 1813, d. at Warren 9 Oct. 1855; William Spencer, b. 1 Jan. 1828; 
John D., h. 12 Mar. 1830, d. 6 Feb. 1832; Mary Elizabeth, b. 14 Au2. 1832; 
S<irah Mitchell, b. 30 Sep. 1835, d. 2 Feb. 1836; Thomas, b. 26 July 1837. 
David the f. was a carpenter, res. successively at Hk., Keene, N. H., Boston, 
and Fiskdale (Sturbridge), and is said {Gen. Richards Fam.) to have been 
living in 1860. 

7. Ebenezer, s. of David (5), ra. Abigail Richardson 4 Feb. 1812. No 
record found of children, except that an infant, aged two months, d. 14 May 
1814. Ebenezer the f. res. on the homestead, and d. 27 Sep. 1833; his w. 
Abigail d. 24 Jan. 1868, a. 76. 

8. William, s. of David (5), m. ; she d. here 11 Dec. 1826, a. 30, and 

he (then. res. in Roxbury) m. Catherine Tute 28 Feb. 1830. 

9. Wyatt, s. of David (5), m. Sarah P. Ru^gles, 5 Ap. 1827, and had 
Josepli Ruggles, b. 18 Feb. 1828, an architect ; Sarah Eliza, b. 19 Oct. 1829; 
Martha Page, b. 1 Nov. 1831, d. 3 Jan. 1832; Samuel Wyatt, b. 3 Mar. 1833, 
an architect ; William Whiting, h. 1 June 1.S35. grad. H. C. 1855. Wyatt 
the f. was a mason, res. in Boston, and d. 9 Feb. 1872. 

10. Marshall, of Springf., m. Louisa R. Monroe 28 Jan. 18G9, and had 
Frank E., b. — Dec. 1869, d. 18 Nov. 1872; Grade, b. 30 July 1880. 

Calvin, m. Sarah W. Gleason of Pet., pub. 10 Nov. 1832. Abigail S., m. 
Benjamin R. Wetherbee, pub. 3 Feb. 1850. Martha A., of Gr.. in. Charles 
P. Crowell, pub. 13 Nov. 1858. Gideon, m. Adeline Dupray 12 Feb. 1865. 
Sarah, d. 13 June 1847, a. 19. 

Richardson, Silas, m. Abigail Thayer 26 Nov. 1789, and had Fanny, h. 
19 Mav 1791, m. Samuel Thayer of Dana, pub. 27 Jan. 1812; Nabby, b. 22 
Dec. 1792, m. Ebenezer Richards 4 Feb. 1812, and d. 24 Jan. 1868; Seth, b. 
17 Ap. 1799 ; Eunice, h. 10 Jan. 1801, m. Joel Whipple 2 Sep. 1821, and d. at 
N. Brk. 9 Oct. 1869; Sarah F., b. 20 June 1802 (or 1805), m. James P. Cool- 
idge 29 ]\Iay 1829, and d. at N. Brk. 6 Dec. 1872; Silas Peck, b. 2 Jan. 1807; 
Anna F., h. 13 Dec. 1813, m. Jonas Allen, pub. 8 Nov. 1833, and d. 9 Jan. 
1864. Silas the f. res. in the northwesterly part of the town, not far from 
David Richards, and d. 1 Feb. 1829, a. 67; his w. Abigail d. 23 Jan. 1867, a. 
97. 

2. Benjamin, m. Bethia , and had Nancy, b. — Aug. 1786, d. 10 July 

1792, a. 5 years and 11 months; Enoch, h. — Sep. 1789, d. 10 July 1792, a. 2 
years and 10 months. Besides the death of these two children on the same 
day, I find no trace of this family. 

3. Wyatt, perhaps brother of Silas (1), and of Benjamin (2), m. Abigail 
Johnson, pub. 6 ]May 1795, and had Wyatt, b. 29 Aug. 1799, m. Hannah F. 
Babbitt of Swanzey, N. H., pub. 5 Ap. 1824; Nancy, b. — Oct. 1802, m. Al- 
van Bassett, pub. 22 Sep. 1828; Almira, b. 16 Feb. 1816, m. Joseph Robinson 
of Amherst 31 Dec. 1840. 

4. Setii, s. of Silas (1), m. Alice Johnson, pub. 3 Ap. 1820, and had Wil- 



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Ham, b. about 1820, m. Louisa Lamb 4 July 1S41; she d. 4 June 1842 a. 18, 

and he was drowned 2<S Sep. 1852, a. 32; Afar// J., h. 1822, m. Julin Kuig 

3 Oet. 1844, and d. at Gr. 11 May 1878; Civiila Y., h. about 1826, d. 2 Sep! 
1849, a. 23; Asa F., b. about 1832; Rhofla, b. — Nov. 1834, d. 14 Aujr. 1835, 

a. 9 months. Seth the f. d. 14 or 16 June 1881; his w. Alice d. 16 Feb. 
1861, a. 60. 

5. Silas P., s. of Silas (1), m. Fanny Johnson, pid). 9 June 1828; she d. 13 
Aug. 1855, a. 48. 

6. KuASTUS B., m. Julia , and had Julia Ann, b. 23 May 1854, m. 

Drinkwine, and d. at Athol 25 Mar. 1877. 

7. Silas O., by. w. Sarah, had Orlamlo 11. , b. 9 Ap. 1856. 

8. Gkougk VV., m. Mary Ann Thayer in 1854, and had George L., b. ■ 

1855, d. 11 May 1867, a. 12; Fanrnj, b. about 1857, m. Curtis "C Sleeper 8 
Mar. 1873; Susan R., b. about 1859, m. Albert S. Sturtevant 4 Dec. 1877; 

Samuel, b. 1866, drowned 24 Nov. 1872, a. 6; James Walter, b. 13 Nov. 

1872. 

9. Asa F., s. of Seth (4), m. Lydia J. Bassett 26 May 1858, and had Leon 
Aiif/ustine, b. 31 Ap. 1859; Edyar, twin, b. 17 Dee. 1861, d. 9 Jan. 1862 ; Ed- 
nah, twin, b. 17 Dec. 1861. 

10. Aloxzo, m. Martha Marsh, pub. 4 Feb. 1863, and had William Dexter, 

b. 21 July 1863; Fanmj C, b. 23 Nov. 1865. 

11. Alfked H., m. Lueretia ]\Iarsh 21 Nov. 1870, and had Fanny T^ucretia, 
b. 11 Ap. 1873; Milan L., b. — May 1878, d. 3 Sep. 1879; iMi/ron E., b. 29 
Nov. 1879 ; Florence Eliza, b. 29 Mar. 1881. Alfred H. the t. res. at Gil- 
bertville, and was selectman in 18 75. 

12. Herbert O. (s. of Orlando and Sarah), ni. Mary E. Labelle 7 Oct. 
1875, and had Inez Leona, b. 22 Feb. 1876. 

Celia, of Gr., m. Aaron Johnson 11 Sep. 1800. Bethia, of Dana, m. 
Reuel Terry, pub. 26 Ap. 1807. Celia J., m. James Sloan 16 Mar. 1837. 
Lucy, of Dana, m. Cyrus W. Stephens 31 Dec. 183 7. Elizabeth C, m. 
Joseph W. Stt^phens 23 Mar. 1843. Fanxy, m. Hosea E. Stone, pub. 17 
Oct. 1847. Esther G., m. Stephen King of Dana, pub. 6 Oct. 1848. 
Bethia, m. Ebenezer W. Gleason, i)ub. 10 Mar. 1849. Louisa A., m. John 
M. Rarasdell, pub. 25 May 1858. Otis B., oI' Ware, m. Mary S. Smith 14 Ap. 
1877. 

The record of births in the Richardson Family, previous to 1854, is so im- 
perfect that I am unable to indicate the exact relationship of its several 
branches, nor am I sure whelher all who are here named belong to one com- 
mon stock. 

RiciiMOXD, Joseph, by w. Hannah, had four chil. bap. here 18 June, 1820, 
nanmly, Benjamin Franklin, Elizabeth, Waldron, and Maria: of whom Wal- 
dron d. (prob. unm.) 27 Dec. 1839, a. 27, and JMaria m. Timothy P. Bruce 3 
Mar, 1836. He prob. had other chil. Joseph the f. res. near the Barre line, 
at the place marked "J. Richmond" on the R. Map, and d. 22 Nov. 1839, a. 
58; his w. Hannah (b. at Raynham) d. 23 Sep. 1861, a. 78. A singular mor- 
tality befell this family in 1839, when the father and two sons (pcjhaps three) 
died in the space of less tban seven weeks. 

2. Noah, res. near the Barre line, at the place marked " N. Richmond" 
on the R. Mnp, and d. 16 Oct. 184(;, a. 79; his w. Mercy d. 25 Sep. 1842, a. 
64. They were prob. parents of (Jlicer 0., b. about 1815. 

3. Joseph D., prob. s. of Josej)h (1), m. Catherine W. Dean of Barre, pub. 
14 Nov. 1835, and d. 11 Dec. 1839, a. 34; his w. Catherine W. m. Benjamin 
Bassett 29 June 1847. No record of chililren. 

4. Benjamin F., s. of Josejih (1), m. Mary Spooner of Barre, pub. 11 Nov. 
183 7, and d. 10 Nov. 1839, a. 33; bis w. Mary m. Timothy Fay 20 Ap. 1842, 
and d. 11 Aug. 1855. 

5. Oliver O., prob. s. of Noah (2), m. Mary W. Loring of Pet., pub. 19 
May 183.S, and d. 6 Sep. 1840, a. 25; his w. was perhaps the Mary who m. 
Marcus Goodman of Dana, pub. 6 Nov. 1844. 

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466 RICHMOND — ROBINSON. 

Charles, prob. s. of Joseph (1), or of Noah (2), d. 20 Ap. 1835, a. 15. 
Lydia " Richman," of N. Br., m. Ebenezrr Lawrence 18 Dec. 1763. 

KiDDLK, James M., m. Tryphosa F. W'oodis, of W. Bik., pub. 23 Dee. 
1849, and had Etif/eue Leslie, b. 25 Oct. 1850. 

Ripley, Jepthaii, by w. Lucinda , had Lorenzo, b. 27 Dec. 1825; 

Adeline Maria, h. 1 Dec. 1826. 

RiXFOUTii, Henry (generally written Rixford), m. Sarah Stanford 22 Feb. 
1781. No record of children. He served in tlie Revolutionary War 1775, 
1776, 1777, 1778, 1780. 

RoACii, Maurice, by w. Elizabeth, had John, h. 16 Nov. 1866; David, 
b. 30 Sep. 1868; Elizabeth, b. 15 Aug. 1871 ; Catherine, b. 14 Dec. 1873 ; 
Maurice, b. 15 July 1876. 

RoBBiNS, Joseph, ni. Ann Maria Granger, pub. 23 Nov. 1851, and had 
Joseph Elmer, b. 21 May 1853, d. 25 Oct. 1854. Joseph the f. d. 19 Dec. 
1858, a. 31 ; his w. Ann Maria d. 30 June 1857, a. 29. 

2. Lyman, by w. Mary, had Samuel, b. 26 Mar. 1865; Lyman, b. 18 Aug. 
1878. 

Emory, s. of Samuel and Anna, b. at Belchertown, d. unm. 9 ]Mar. 1877, 

a. 62. Nancy, m. David Thresher of N. Br., pub. 17 Sep. 1850. 
Roberts, John, hi. Elizabelli Fay, in Grafton, 5 June 1746 ; she d. 4 Nov. 

1750, and lie ni. Sarah Abbott 1 Ap. 1752. His chil. were John, b. 27 Oct. 
1747 ; Hannah, b. 28 July 1749; Elizabeth, b. 25 Jan. 1753; Josiah, b. 27 
Feb. 1754; Sarah, b. 11 Ap. 1756. John the f. was a farmer, and one of 
the principal foun(]ers of the Separate Church. He prob. rem. about 1761, 
with many of that church, to Bennington, and perhaps afterwards to Morris- 
town, Vt. 

Susanna, of Brk., m. Joseph Foster, pub. 9 Feb. 1751-2. Benjamin, m. 
.Martha Heart of Leicester, pub. 9 Oct. 1754, and (2d) Martha Al)bott, 29 
Feb. 1764. ]VL\LVINA, in. Ahnon G. Stevens, pub. — Ap. 1852. Victor, m. 
Leonora Taylor, pub. 9 Nov. 186 7. 

Robinson. As several families of this name have resided liere between 
whom no kinship can be traced, I shall, for the sake of convenience, arrange 
the names in three sections. 

SECTION I. 

Robinson, William, by w. Elizabeth, had Elizabeth, b. ; Hannah, b. 

13 July 1671, d. 5 Oct. 1672; William, b. 10 July, 1673; Mercy, b. 7 Aug. 
1676 ; David, b. 23 May 1678 (" lame and helpless " in 1695); Samuel, h. 20 
Ap. 1680; Jonathan, b. 20 Ap. 1682. William the f. res. in Cambridge 
during most of his life; he d. in 1693, when all his chil. except Hannah were 
living. 

2. Samuel, s. of William (1), m. Sarah, dau. of Samuel Manning of 
Billerica, 23 Mar. 1703-4; she d. 19 July 1709, and he m. Elizabeth, dau. 
of Capt. Samuel Brigham of Marlborough, 16 Oct. 1711. His chil. were 
Sarah, bap.. 22 July, 1705, d. young; Samuel, h. 4 Ap. 1707; Dorothy, h. 19 
Ap. 1709; Per.sis, b. 7 Sep. 1712; Edmund, b. 7 June 1714, d. 25 Nov. 1716; 
Sarah, h. 3 Oct. 1717. Samuel the f. kept a tavern in Cambridge until 13 
June 1721, when he sold his house and removed to Westborough. Adminis- 
tration on his estate was granted to his w. Elizabeth 24 Ap. 1724, and her 
brother, Jedediali Brigham, was appointed guardian to the only surviving son, 
Samuel, then in his nineteenth year, 25 Feb. 1725-6. See Hint, of Cambridge, 
p. 644. 

3. Samuel, s. of Samuel (2), m. Mercy, dau. of Moses Leonard and gr.- 
dau. of Moses Newton, 29 May 1732. At the time of their marriage they 
res. in Southborough, but soon rem. to Grafton. I'heir chil. were Elizabeth, 

b. 24 Dec. 1733 (recorded here but prob. b. in Grafton), d. young; Leonard, b. 
here 10 July 1736; Samuel, b. 9 Aug. 1738; Moses, b. 15 ^lar. 1741; Paul, 

b. 17 Dec. 1743, d. 1754; .S7/«.s^, b. 17 Mar. 1745-6; Mercy, b. 8 Oct. 

1748, ui. Col. Joseph Safibrd of Bennington, and d. 7 May 1814 ; Sarah, b. 



ROBINSON. 



467 



13 Nov. 1751, 111. Benjamin, s. of C;ipt. Stephen Fay of Ben., and (2d) Gen. 
Henian Swift of Cornwall, Conn.; David, b. 4 Nov. 1754; Jonnt/ian, b. 24 

Aufj. 1756; Anna, b. 4 Out. 1750, ni. Isaac Webster of Ben. . Samukl the 

f. res. in Grafton a short time after his marriage, and rem. to Ilk. in 1 735 or 1 736, 
where for the next quarter of a century lie was one of the most active and ener- 
getic citizens; ^ selectman ten years, assessor three years, and town clerk 
four years. He was elected 30 Ap. 1746, deacon of the church, which office 
he resi<;ned 2 Mar, 1748-9, and became deacon of the Separate Church, which 
was oru;ani7,ed at or about that time. He was caj)tain of a company in the 
French War during the regular campaigns, from 1755 to 1759 inclusive, with 
the pos^ible exception of one year. Attracted by the beauty of what is now 
Bennington, which place he visited on his return from one of his cauipaigns, 
he organized a com])aiiy, purchased the rights of the chartered pioprietors, 
and commenced, in 1761, a settlement in the unbroken wilderness. Here, as 
well as in Ilardwick, he was active and prominent; he " was the acknowledged 
leader in the band of pioneers in the settlement of tlie town, and continued to 
exercise almost a controlling authority in the affairs of the town the remainder 
of his life." '^ In the long and bitter controversy between New York and New 
Hampshire, concerning the territory then called the New Hampshire Grants, 
but which now constitutes the State of V^ermont, he was actively engaged un- 
til the prenuiture close of his life. His energy and al)ility were recognized by 
Governor W'entworth, who commissioned him, 8 Feb. 1762, justice of the 
peace, he thus "being the first person appointed to a judicial office within the 
limits " of that territory'.* As a final resort, he was appointed to present a 
petition to the king for relief. He sailed from New York, 25 Dec. 1766, 
landed at Falmouth 30 Jan. 1767, and soon afterwards arrived at London.* 
He was partially successful in his mission, but it was left incomplete by his 
death, of small-pox, 27 Oct. 1767. He was buried in the cemetery connected - 
with the church of his favorite preacher, Rev. (Jeorge Whitefield, and a monu- 
ment, with an elaborate inscription,'' was erected to his memory in the cemetery 



1 Willie in Ilardwick, he res. first in the 
westerly part of the town, but soon rem. to 
a phice on the turnpike, somewhat more than 
a mile northerly from the Common. His 
farm contained nine hundred acres, and 
the house stood at or near the spot marked 
"Old Iliuise," on the K. JIap. On his re- 
moval to Bennington, 15 Sep. 1761, he sold 
six hundred acres of this farm to Capt. 
Daniel Wheeler, describing it as the 
" easterly part of my homestead." The 
house was probably the same which was 
soon afterwards destroyed. In the Boston 
Wttkiij News-Letter, dated ^Monday, 
Aui^ust 18, 1773, it was announced that, 
" On Friday last, about ten o'clock, the 
dwelllni^-house of Capt. Daniel Wheeler, of 
Hardwick, with the furniture, was consumed 
by lire; the loss is computed at upwards of 
.£500." Thus perished what might liave 
become a very interesting landmark. 

'•^ .Jennings' Memorials of a Century, p. 
204. 

3 Ibid. p. 20G. 

4 Early Hist, of Vermont, p. 85. Ten 
days before he left New York, and ap- 
parently on his way thitlier, he conveyed to 
his son Samuel all his laud in Massachusetts, 
so that, in case he should not live to return, 
the settlement of his estate might be more 
easy; it was described as, "all the land I 
own ill the township of Ilardwick and 
County of Worcester and Province of 
Massachusetts Bay, namely, one meadow lot, 
three acres and three quarters; also a piece 
of land where formerly stood a small meet- 



ing-house, containing one acre and a half; 
aiul three hundred acres or thereabouts, on 
the west side of the farm I formerly lived 
on; also one hundred and sixty acres on 
Greenwich liiver in said town, with all other 
lands I own in said town; with some land 
in the Township of Greenwich, namely, the 
farm Joseph Kidder formerly lived on, con- 
taining three hundred acres or thereabouts, 
and one hundred acres near oradjoining said 
Gieenwich meeting-house, and also one hun- 
dred acres in the second Division, and also 
the west half of the original Lot 47, being 
about fifty acres, with all and every parcel 
of land or lands which I now own in said 
Township." Dated at New Haven 15 Dec. 
1706, and acknowledged before " Koger 
Sherman, Assistant." The "small meet- 
ing-house " was tliat which had been used 
by the Separate Church, and stooil on the 
easterly side of the old road, long ago dis- 
continued, from the Common to the house 
marked "J. Gorliam " on the K. Jlap, and 
about midway between that house and the 
present road to Ware. The land convened 
by this deed was more than 1,000 acres", in 
addition to the six hundred acres previously 
sold to Capt. Daniel Wheeler. 

' The age of Capt. Kobinson and of his 
wife is overrated by two years on their 
head stones; his being called 02 years in- 
stead of 00, and hers 82 years instead of 
80. Such errors, especially in regard to 
aged persons, are frequently folind on head- 
stones. 



468 ROBINSON. 

at Bennington Centre. His w. Mercy, who was born at Marlborough, 1 Dec. 
1714, d. at Bennington, 5 June 17;i5. 

4. Leonard, s. of Samuel (3), m. Rebecca, dau. of Samuel Billings, 31 Aug. 
1758; she d. 18 Nov. 17G5, at Bennington, and he m. Mercy, wid. of Silas New- 
ton and dau. of Deac. John Freeman, 13 M:\r. 17C6; not being happy in her 
new relation, she returned to Hardwick, and he m. Eunice Holmes of Dcdham 
about 1768. His chil. were Sarah, h. 20 Ap. 1759, m. Jonah Brewster of Ben- 
nington, and d. 11 Sep. 1816 ; Lydia, b. 17 Jan. 1701, m. Moses Rice of Ben., 
and d. in May 1827 (these two were b. in Ilk.; the fourteen following in Ben.) : 
Rebecca, b. 27 Ap. 1763, m. David Cutler of Ben., and d. 3 Sep. 1827 ; John, 
b. 15 Feb. 1765, m. Hannah Suuiiley; Sainuel Leonard, b. 23 Mar. 1767; Jo- 
seph, b. 22 Ap. 1769, m. Rhoda Hawks, and d. 3 Sep. 1814; Benjamin, b. 6 
Mar. 1772, d. 18 Sep. 1775; Elizabeth, b. 13 Ap. 1774, d. 26 Oct. 1776; Eu- 
nice, b. 15 Feb. 1776, ni. Martin Hopkins; Hannah, b. 17 Mar. 1778, m. He- 
man Hopkins; Leonard, b. 31 Mar. 1780, d. 29 May 1781; Leonard, b. 1 Mar. 
1782, m. Sarah Atherton, and d. in 1835; Persis, b. 11 Feb. 1784, ni. James 
Brown, and d. 30 July 1811 ; Anna, b. 12 Ap. 1786, m. Valentine Goodrich ; 
Luther, b. 16 Feb. 1787, d. at Swanton 5 Jan. 1811; Diantha, b. 22 Jan. 
1792, d. at Swanton 14 Ap. 1823. Leonard the f. served in the French War, 
1757, and was a member of the company commanded by his brother Samuel in 
the Bennington Battle. It is relateil l)y Rev. Mr. Jennings, as one of the tra- 
ditions still extant, that " Leonard Robinson, whose aim was quick and deadly, 
declared that every time he shot he saw a man fall. ' But,' said he, ' I prayed 
the Lord to have mercy on his soul, and then 1 took care of his body.' " He 
was reputed to be a very pious man; but ]\Ir. Jennings adds that " his piety 
would seem to have been of that kind that ' trusts God, but keeps the powder 
dry.' " ^ He res. in Bennington until late in life, when he rem. to Swanton, 
and d. 29 Sep. 1827, a. 91 ; his w. Eunice d. 10 Mar. 1826, a. 76. 

5. Samuel, s. of Samuel (3), m. Hannah Clark of Barre, pub. 15 Ap. 
1758; she d. 29 Nov. 1766, and he m. Esther Safford of Bennington, 6 Ap. 
1767. His chil. yve.re Alary, bap. here 3 Sep. 1758, d. at Bennington 28 Aug. 
1761 ; Persis, h. here 22 Nov. 1759 ; the following ten chil. were b. at Benning- 
ton: Hannah, h. — Jan. 1770, m. Charles Follett, and d. 31 July 1831 ; Esther, 
b. 16 Dec. 1771, m. Asahel Hyde; Samuel, b. — Jan. 1774, m. Sarah Har- 
wood (she compiled a genealogy of the Robinson and Harwood families, 1837, 
and d. 10 Sep. 1854, a. 80) ;' Benjamin, b. 11 Feb. 1776, a physician, settled 
in Fayetteville, N. C, where he d. in 1857; Polly, b. 16 July 1778, d. young; 
Betsey, b. 18 Ap. 1781, m. Jared Sears; Safford, h. 9 May 1784; Hiram, b. 
15 Aug. 1786; Lvcy, b. 11 Dec. 1789, m. Erastus Montague; Sarah, b. 8 Oct. 
1791, ui. William Haswell. Samuel the f. inherited his father's military 
spirit. At the age of seventeen he was a member of the company commanded 
by his father in 1 750, and the next year was adjutant of Col. Ruggles' regi- 
ment. He and his brother Leonard, with their families, were members of the 
first company which commenced the settlement of Bennington 18 June 1761. 
" He was an active man in the New York controversy and in the other early 
affairs of the town ; in 1768 was chosen town committee, in ])lace of his father, 
deceased ; commanded one of the Bennington companies of militia in Benning- 
ton Battle; performed other important military services during the war, and 
rose to the rank of colonel. In 177 7 and 17 78 he had charge, as overseer, of 
the Tory prisoners; and in 1779 and 1780 represented the town in the Gen- 
eral Assembly, and was for three years a member of the Board of ^\ ar. He 
was the lirst justice of the peace appointed in town under the authority of 
Vermont, in 1778, and was also, during the same year, one of the judges of the 
Special Coma for the south shire of the county, and in that capacity sat on the 
trial and conviction of Redding." ^ He d. 3 May 1813, a. 74; his w. Esther 
d. 30 Sep. 1843, a. 93. 

6. Moses, s. of Samuel (3), m. Mary, dau. of Capt. Stephen Fay, pub. 25 
July 1762; she d, 12 Feb. 1801, and he m. Susanna, wid. of Maj. Artemas 

1 Memorials of a Century, pp. 197, 221. 

2 Ibid. p. 222. 



ROBINSO>T. 469 

Howe of X. Rr., and dau. of Gen. Jonatlian Warner of Ilardwick. His chil., 
all b. ill BenninL^ton, were Mosex, b. 16 Nov. 17().'?, ni. Ruth Dewey, and d. 29 
or 80 Jan. 1.S25; Manj, h. 3 Ap. 17G5, d. — Nov. 1769; Aaron, h. 4 May 
1767, m. S;irah Hopkins, and (2d) ^lary Lyman; Samuel, b. 10 Fel). 1769, in. 
Sainantlia Brush, and d. 7 Jan. 1S20; Nai}ian,h. 4 Mar. 1772, ni. Jernsha 
Staniford, and d. 27 Sep. 1812 (their son John Staniford Robinson, b. 10 Nov. 
1804, grad. W. C. 1S24, a lawyer, representative two years, senator two years, 
Governor of" Vermont in 1853, res. in Bennington, and d. 24 A|). 1860 at 
Charleston, S. C); Elijah, b. 12 Aug. 1774, d. young; Elijah, b. 15 Mar. 1778, 

d. young; Fai/, b. 1783, in. Seraph Howe, and d. 2 Nov. 1816. Mosp:s 

the f. was one of tlie foremost citizens of Bennington and of Vermont. He 
was elected deacon 22 May 1789, and remained in oflice through life. " He 
was chosen town cleric at the first meeting of the town, and for nineteen years; 
colonel of the militia, and at thi; head of his regiment at ]\Iount Independence 
on its evacuation by Gen. St. Clair; member of the famous Council of Safety 
at the time of the Battle of Bennington, and during the campaign of that 
year; chief justice in the Supreme Court on its first organization, and for ten 
years, when he was elected, 1789, to the office of governor of the State by the 
Legislature; in 1782 one of the agents of Vermont in the Continental Congress; 
and on the admission of Vermont into the Union one of the senators in " Con- 
gress" ^ in 1791. The degree of A. ^L was conferred on him by Y. C. in 1789, 
and by D. C. in 1790. He rem. to Bennington with his father in 1761, and d. 
there 26 May 1813; his w. Susanna d. 2 Ap. 1844, a. nearly 7 7. 

7. Silas, s. of Samuel (3),ni. Susanna, dau. of Thomas Weeks, 2 Oct. 1766, 

and had Paul, b. — June 17G8, in. Anna Safford, and d. 1824; Suscmna, 

b. 1770, m. Sparrow, and (2d) Wheeler Branch, and d. 2 Nov. 1806 ; 

Silas, b. — Mar. 1772, in. Esther Gotfe. Silas the f. rem. to Bennington with 
his father in 1761. Though less distinguished than his brothers in ollicial 
transactions, he exhibited the family energy in the New York controversy, and 
was imprisoned in the Albany jail nearly a year for his participation in the 
" riots," so styled, but was at last liberated without trial.- During the Ben- 
nington Battle, while his brother Moses was performing his arduous duty at 
the Catamount Tavern as one of the Committee of Safety, Silas and his brotli- 
ers Leonard and David were in the midst of the conflict, as members of the 
company commanded by their brother Samuel. After the war he is said to 
have rem. to St. Albans, where both he and his w. Susanna died. 

8. David, s. of Samuel (3), m. Sarah, dau. of Capt. Stephen Fav; she d. 25 
Jan. 1801, and hem. Eunice Wall)ridge; she d. 25 June 1813, and he m. Nancy, 
wid. of George Church of Hartford. His chil. were Sarah, b. 27 May 1775; 
David, b. 12 July 1777, grad. W. C. 1797, a lawyer, res. in Ben , and d. 15 Mar. 
1858; B.uth, b. 8 May 1779; Stfiphen, b. 15 Aug. 1781, a member of the Assem- 
bly and judge of the County Court, m. Sarah Hubbell, and d. 26 June 1852; 
Hiram, h. 10 Aug. 1783, d. 20 Feb. 1784 ; Hinnn, b. 15 Feb. 1785, d. — Sep, 
1786; Hemaii, b. 1 Feb. 1787, in. Betsey Wadsworth, had twelve chil. (of 
whom Judge Albert D. Rol)inson was one), and d. 26 Feb. 1837. David the 
f. rem. " to Bennington with his father in 1761, being then a lad of seven years. 
He was in the Battle of Bennington as a private in the militia, and afterwards 
rose by regular promotion to the i-ank of major-general, which office he re- 
signed about 1817. He was sheriff of the county for twenty two years, ending 
in 1811, when he was appointed United States marshal for the Vermont Dis- 
trict, which office he held for eight years, until 1819." ^ He d. 11 or 12 Dec. 
1843, a. 89; his w. Nancy d. 18 Dec. 1845, a. 82. 

9. Joxathax, s. of Samuel (3), m. Mary, dau. of John Fassett, and had 
Jonathan Edwards, b. 4 Aug. 1777, grad. W. C. 179 7, was a lawyer, town 
clerk nine years, and judge of the Countv Court in 1828; Man/, b. 8 Sep. 
1781, m. Col. Orsamus C. iMerrill, and d. 1 Feb. 1831; Henri/, b. 26 Aug. 1788; 
"he was successively paymaster in the army, clerk in the pension ofiice, brig- 
adier-general of the militia, and for ten years clerk of the County and Supreme 

1 Memorials of a Century, p. 234. 3 Memorials of a Century, p. 239. 

2 Thouipsou's Mist. Vermont, pt. ii. p. 21. 



470 ROBINSON. 

Court;" ^ Isaac Tichenor,h. 17 Au^. 1790, ni. Maria, dan. of Deac. Aaron 

Hubbfll, and d. 1866. Jonathan the f., like his father and his elder 

brothers, was distingiii.-hed for enerjxy and intellectual visjor. " He was a law- 
yer, and was eai'ly in public life. He was town clerk six years ; represented 
the town thirteen years; was chief judf^e of the Supreme Court from 1801 to 
1807. He was then chosen senator to Congress, to fill the vacancy occasioned 
by the resignation of Israel Smith; and Avas also senator for the succeeding 
term of six years, which expired March 3, 1815. In October 1815 he became 
judge of probate and held the office for four years, and in 1818 again repre- 
sented the town in the General Assembly." ^ The degree of A. M. was con- 
ferred on him by D. C. in 1790. He went to Bennington in his boyhood, and 
d. there 3 Nov/l819, a. 63. His w. Mary d. 15 Jnlyl822, a. 67. 

10. Samuel Leonard, s. of Leonard (4), m. Kezia, dau. of Deac. Eben- 
ezer Willis, 20 June 1793, and had Susanna, b. 27 Dec. 1793, m. Thomas El- 
well, 25 Ap. 1819, and d. 16 Nov. 1822; Clarissa, b. 27 Aug. 1795, m. Ira 
Ramsdell 11 May 1823; Chloe, h. 11 Oct. 1797, m. Benjamin Rider, Jr., of 
Charton, O., 17 Sep. 1827; Marcus, b. 3 Oct. 1799, m. Deborah Brown of 
Enf. 25 ]Mar. 1822, and d. 19 Mar. 1835 (his w. Deborah m. Alexander Bart- 
lett of Belh. 5 Dec. 1838); Adeline, b. 6 Nov. 1803, m. Thomas Eiwell 19 

Oct. 1823; Ehenezer Willis, b. ; besides these he was probably father of 

Lucinda, h. , m. Warren Day of N. Sal. 30 Mar. 1829; Samuel L., b. 

, m. Sally S. Moulton 19 Ap. 1835; Kezia, b. , m. Warren Billings 

of Amh., pub. 20 May 1843; Mary, b. 1814, d. 7 Aug. 1818, a. 4. Sam- 
uel Leonard the f. was brought here by his mother when a young child, 
was a farmer, res. on the westerly border of the town near the southeast cor- 
ner of Greenwich, at the place marked " S. Robinson" on the R. Map. 
Though not in public life, he exhibited many of the sterling characteristics of 
his race. lie d. 18 Jan. 1863, a. nearly 96; his w. Kezia d. 13 July 1856, a. 80. 

SECTION IL 

RoBiNSOX, Thomas, liaving lost his first w., m. Mary, wid. of Jolin Woody 
and dau. of John Cogau ^ of Boston, 11 Jan. 1652-3; she d. 26 Oct. 1661, and 

he m. wid. Elizabeth Sherman. His chil. were John, b. , a merchant 

(named in his father's will 17 Mar. 1665-6, and then '-supposed to be in 

England"); Samuel, b. -, a merchant, d. unm. 16 Jan. 1661-2, a. 24; 

Josiali, 1). , " apprentice to Mr. Josei)h Rocke," ^ d. 17 Ap. 1660; Ephra- 

im, b. , d. 22 Sep. 1661; Thomas, bap. at Scituate 5 Mar. 1653-4; James, 

b. at Boston 14 Mar. 1654-5, d. — Sep. 1676 ; Jospph, bap. 8 Mar. 1656-7, m. 

Sarah , and d. — Ap. 1703; 3Iar7j, bap. 28 Feb. 1657-8, d. young; Mary 

bap. 6 Nov. 1659, m. Jacob Green, Jr., of Charlestown 8 Jan. 1676-7, 
Thomas the f. was in Scituate as early as 1640, when he bought land of 
William Gillson, and represented that town in the General Com-t of Plymouth 
at its session in October 1643. He was also deacon, probably of the second 
church in Scituate.^ In August and Se])tember, 1654, he bought two estates, 
adjoining each other, on the Aveslerly side of Washington Sti'eet, directly op- 
2)0site to the Old South Church, in Boston, bounded on the south by the lot 
on which the Province House was afterwards erected, and having a depth of 
two hundred and seventy feet. Here he prob. res. during the remainder of 
his life, though he seems to have retained Ins connection with the church at 
Scituate, as all his children by the second marriage, except James, were bap- 
tized there. There are reasons for believing that he was son of the celebrated 
Rev. John Robinson of Leyden, pastor of the Church of Pilgrims which 
came to Plymouth in 1620. Isaac Robinson, unquestionably a son of the Rev. 

1 Menioj-inls of a Century, p. 248. * Joseph Rocke was a merchant, and mar- 

2 Ibid. p. 244. ried a sister of Deacon Robinson's second 

3 John Cof^an (otherwise written Coggan) wife. 

is said ijy Snow (Hist. Boston) to have ^ Deane's Hist, of Scituate, pp. 35, 275, 
"opened (he tirst siiop in IJoston;" it was 332, and Plymouth Col. Etc., ii. 03. 
on the nortiieast corner of \\'ashingtou and 
State Streets. 



ROBINSON. 



471 



John Robinson, settled at Scituate at the same time, or at very nearly the 
same time, that Thomas made his purchase of a homestead there ; and it is not 
unreasonable to infer kinship. At the same time, it must be confessed that no 
authentic evidence of the supposed fact has yet been discovered, and that the 
name Tliomas is not found in any known catalojjne purportin;; to contain the 
names of his children. Hut whatever his ancestry, Deacon Robinson wrouj^ht 
out a jrood name for himself, which he left as a rich inheritance to his poster- 
ity, lie d. 23 Mar. 1(505-6 ; his w. Elizabeth d. in 1667. 

2. Thomas, s. of Thomas (1), m. Sarah, dau. of Edward Denison^ of Rox- 
bury, and had Thomas, b. 5 JSiov. 1077, m. Sarah Beswick 20 June 1707, and 
d. s. p. 15 Feb. 1729-30; Sarah, bap. 28 Dec. 1679, m. John Ino;oldsl)ury 4 
IMay 1704, and (2d) John Perry 27 J\Iay 1707; Joseph, bap. 20 Nov. IGSl,' d. 
youn<^r; Elizabeth, h. 26 Sep. lOSO, d. youn;^ ; James, h. 15 Mar. 1689-90. 
Tiio:mas the f. inherited a part of the homestead, where he resided; he also 
inherited from his (grandfather Co^an the house and store on the northerly 
corner of State and Washington streets. He was a cordwainer, and d. — June 
1700 ; his w. Sarah d. in Roxbury 15 Nov. 1710, a. 53. 

3. Jamks, s. of Thomas (2), m. Patience, dau. of Capt. Samuel Rugules^ of 
Roxbury, 3 July 1711, and had, in Boston, James, b. 1 Mar. 1711-12; Thomas, 
h. 15 Sep. 1713, d. young; and in Rochester, Samuel, h. 1 Nov. 1715; Thomas, 
b. 20 Ap. 1718; Sarah, b. 9 July 1720, m. Ebenezer Spooner of Rochester, 
pub. 3 Jan. 174.5-6; Dorothy, b. 10 Mar. 1722-3, m. David Peckham 27 Oct. 
1743, and (2d) Maj. Elnatl'ian Haskell 26 Nov. 1749. and d. at Roch. 25 Sep. 
1810 ; JJeuison, b. i6 July 1725; Joseph, b. 13 Sep. 1727; Hannah, b. 16 Nov. 
1730, m. Benjamin Green 31 Aug. 1764.^ James the f. was a housewright; 
he inherited the homestead on Washington Street, Boston, which he sold 7 
Feb. 1711-12, and bought a house on the southerly side of Boylston Street; 
this also he sold 12 April 1714, and rem. to Rochester, attracted probably by 
the fact that Rev. Timothy Ruggles, a brother of his wife, was there settled 
in the ministry. He resided in Roch. until the spring of 1757, when he ex- 
changed his farm in Roch. for another in Hardwick, where several of his chil. 
had already settled. Of his eight surviving chil. Dorothy alone remained 
in Roch.; all the others were in Hardwick and Barre. His res. here was on 
the road to Ware, about two miles from the Common, at the place marked 
'•Mr. Leonard" on the R. Map. He d. shortly before 11 Mar. 1762 (when 
his will was approved), a. 72; his w. Patience d. — Jan. 1768, a. 78. 

1 Edward Denison was son of William ^ A. printed Record, preserved in the old- 

Denison, one of the earliest inhabitants of est branch of this family, and exhil)ited to 

Roxbury. He had two brothers, — Daniel, me by the widow of Col. Joseph Robinson, 

the Maj. -General of the Massachusetts Col- shortly before her death, differs from the 

oiiy durinfj " I'hilip's War," and George, a text in regard to some of the dates, wliich 

successful and distinguished captain of Con- were copied from the official records of Bos- 

necticut troops during the same war ; both ton and Rochester. I give it a place liere: — 

also rendered important service as legisla- " I, James Robinson, was born the 15th 



tors and magistrates. Edward manifested 
no taste for military atfairs; but he was use- 
ful as selectman, town clerk, and representa- 
tive. He ni. Elizabeth, dau. of Capt. Joseph 
Weld, had eleven children, and d. 20 Ap. 
1068; his w. Hlizalieth d. 5 Feb. 1716-7, a. 
91. One son and five daughters survived 
him; the son, William, grad. H. C. 1081, m. 
Dorothy Weld, was a teacher, selectman 



of March 1089-90. 

Patience, mv wife, was born November 
7th 1090. 

My eldest son James was born February 
29th 1711-12. 

Mv second son Thomas was born Septem- 
ber i3th, 1713, and dyed December 10th fol- 
lowing. 

Mv third son Samuel was born November 



four years, town clerk fourteen j'ears, and 1st 1714. 



representative of Roxbury twenty years; he 
d. s. p. 22 Mar. 1717-18, a. 63, and the name 
became extinct in this l)rancli; of the daugh- 
ters, Elizabeth m. Jacliin Rayner ; Mar//aret 
ni. Daniel Mason, and from them descended 
the eminent lawyer Jeremiah Mason; Mary 



and 



A son, born March 11th 1710- 
lived 12 hours. 

Aly son Thomas was born April 20th 1718. 

Mj' daughter Sarah was born Julv 9th 
1720. 

My daughter Dorothy was born February 



Joseph Tompson; Hannah m. Ralph 25th 1723-4. 

Bradluirst; and Sarah m. Thomas Robin- My son Denison was born July 10th 1725. 

son, as in the text. My son Joseph was born September 13th 

- Capt. Samuel Ruggles m. TNIartha, dan. 1727. 

of Rev. John Woodbridge, by his wife i\Iy daugliter /7^a?«!a/t was born November 

Merc\', dau. of Gov. Thomas Dudley. 10th 1730." 



472 EOBINSOK 

4. James, s. of James (3), m. Elizabeth, clau. of Benjamin Smith, 3 July 
1739, and had Jamex, b. 7 Sep. 1740, d. young; Elizahelh, b. 14 Jan. 1742-3, 
m. Asahel Billings, pub. 29 Ap. 17G5, and d."l3 Dec. 182G; Joseph, bap. 7 
Ap. 1745; Benjamin, bap. 13 Sep. 1747; Patience, bap. 29 July 1750, m. 
Josepli Nye, pub. 24 Ap. 1771; Hannah, bap. 2 Aug. 1752, m. Benjamin 
Jenkins of Barre; j\Iary, bap. 20 Ap. 1755, m. Nathaniel Ruggles of Pomfret, 
Conn.; Sarah, bap. 7 May 1758, prob. d. young; Susan, bap. 20 Aji. 1760, 
prob. d. young. James the f. was one of the very earliest pioneers in what 
was then a Avilderness, and res. on the River road to Barre, at or near tlie spot 
marked " Col. Robinson " on the R. Map. His farm, bounded easterly on 
the river and nortlierly on the Barre line, was included in New Braintree 
when that town was incorporated, and was annexed to Hard wick 10 June 
1814. He was distinguished for his industry, economy, and strict honesty; 
and, as a natural result, he accumulated a comparatively large estate. It is 
related, as one of his peculiarities, that he held corn at a fixed value; that he 
would never sell his crop at a less nor even at a greater price; that he once 
rebuked a neighl)or for taking what he called an extortionate price, who ex- 
cused himself saying, that he could not well spare the corn, but the woman in- 
sisted on having it. " A woman 1 " said he; " so much the worse I" " But 
she offered me so much." " Then you should have beaten her down." He 
d. 21 May 1790, a. 78 ; liis w. Elizabeth, who fully equalled him in industry 
and economy, survived him. 

5. Samuel, s. of James (3), m. Elizabeth, dau. of Joseph Dotv, Jr., of 
Rochester, 20 Oct. 1737, and had Samuel, h. 22 Nov. 1742; Sarah, \h 31 Oct. 
1744, m. Aaron Hunt 24 Oct. 1765; Isaac, b. 20 Jan. 1746-7, a physician, 
settled in Chesterfield about 1771, ret. to Hk. about 1782, and after 1 Mar. 
1788 rem. to Stamford, Vt. ; Joseph, b. 29 Feb. 1752. Samuel the f. was a 
weaver; he rem. from Rochester to Hard wick before 13 May 1740, at which 
date he bought a farm on the River road to Barre, adjoining the estate of his 
brother James, and prob. res. there until 31 Aug. 1762, when ho purchased of 
his sister Hannah their father's homestead on the Ware road. His death 
does not appear on record; but the widow of his son Joseph informed me, 
many years ago, tliat he d. in Mar. 1784, and that his w. Elizabeth rem. to 
Vermont (prob. to Stamford, where her son Isaac resided), and d. about 1805, 

a. 88. 

6. Thomas, s. of James (3), m. Mary, dau. of Capt. Eleazar Warner, 23 
Nov. 1744, and had Denison, h. 18 Sep. 17^16 ; Thomas, b. 10 Feb. 1753 ; Mary, 

b. 3 Dec. 1758, m. Timothy Paige, Esq., 20 Jan. 1780, and d. 29 Mar. 1836. 
Tho:\ias the f. came to Hardwick when a young man, and at first engaged in 
farming. He resided on the River road to Barre, on the farm adjoining that 
of his brother Samuel. Within a few years, however, he rem. to the Furnace 
Village, and res. at the place marked " T. Elwell" on the R. Map (now the 
residence of Mr. Joseph N. Lincoln). Here he kept a store and tavern, and 
also managed a saw-mill and grist-mill, on iSIoose Brook. He was prosperous 
in business, insomuch that only three ])ersons in the town were assessed for a 
larger property than his in 1776; but of this plentiful estate he sacrificed tlie 
larger part, if not absolutely the whole, in the Revolutionary contest, in which 
he was actively engaged from the beginning to the end. He was one of the 
grand jurors who refused, 19 Ap. 1774, to be impanelled at Worcester if 
Peter Oliver, the chief justice, should be present. He was elected lieutenant 
of an "Alarm List" 9 Jan. 1775, and was afterwards styled captain. He 
was a selectman five years, a member of the Committee of Correspondence 
five years, and served on various other important connnittees during that 
troublous period. He sold his real estate, consisting of one hundred and fifty 
acres, in five parcels, in and near the Furnace Village, with the saw-mill and 
grist-mill, to Capt. Benjamin Convers 19 Oct. 1780, for £20,000, in the de- 
])reciated currency of that period, and subsequently rem. to Windsor, but re- 
turned again after a few years. About 1799, his mental faculties liaving be- 
come impaired, and both of his sons having left the town, he and his aged 
wife became inmates of their daughter's family, where he d. 4 (or 5) Jan. 



ROBINSON. 473 

1802, a. nearly 84; his w. j\[ary d. 7 Awj;. 1812, a. S8. Ilcr yonna;est and last 
surviving; grandchild, while tracinp; these lines, elierishes a fresh and affec- 
tionate reuKMuhrance of her manifold kindness to him in the d.ays of his child- 
hood and youth. 

7. Dexison, s. of James (3), ni. Martha, dau. of Elijah Perry of Sandwich, 
12 Oct. 1752, and had at Rochester, Luoj, hap. 5 Au<j. 1753, d. yonnj^; and at 
Barre, Lucy, h. 1 Mar. 1755, m. Amos Parker 25 Dec. 1771; Ahit/ail, h. 15 
Jidy 175(i, m. Ahel Haynes; Martha, b. 12 Jan. 1760, m. Ebenezer Haskell 26 
]\lay 17 79; Klizahelh, b. 28 ]\[ay 1761 ; Denison, b. 9 kw^. 1763; Elijah, b. 24 
Mar. 1765; Hannah, b. 25 Ausr. 1767, m. John Allen 18 Dec. 1788. 'Dknisok 
the f. rem. to Barre about 1754, res. near the Ilardwick line, and d. prob. Nov. 

1803, a. 78; his w. Martha d. 28 Oct. 1807, a. 84. 

8. JosKi'ii, s. of James (3), m. Martha, dan. of Elisha IIed<j;e, pub. 7 July 
1753, and had Mary, b. 3 June 1754, m. Abijah Jennison 5 Dec. 1771 ; Dorothy, 
b. 23 Feb. 1756, m. Dr. Daniel Rood 27 Mar. 1777; Lemuel, b. 4 Jan. 1758; 
Martha, b. 23 Nov. 1759, m. Daniel Wentworth; Samuel Ileih/e, b. 25 Jan. 
1761, m. Abiirail Ripley 26 Nov. 1786; Elishua, b. 19 Jan. l'763, prob. d. 
yotmg; besides these si.K others are named in their father's will, dated 26 Mar. 

1814, namely, Leri, b. , m. Betsey Nj'e 20 Sep. 1798; Jamea ; Joseph; 

I^ydia, wife of Benjamin Rice; Elizabeth, wife of Timothy Cooper; Rebecca. 
Joseph the f. removed early to Barre, and res. near his brother James; he d. 
16 Dec. 1814, a. 87; his w. Martha was not named in his will, and had probably 
deceased before its date. 

9. Joseph, s. of James (4), m. Lucy, dau. of Samuel Ruggles of Barre, 16 
Feb. 1780, and had William, b. 24 Oct. 1781; Sarah, b. 25 May 1788, m. Lewis 
Howe, pub. 21 Aug. 1808, and (2d) Hon. John M. Niles of Hartford 17 June 
1824; J«we.s b. 7 Ap. 1792; Joseph, b. 20 June 1796; Lucy, b. 23 Oct, 1802, 
d. 25 Mar. 1803. Joseph the f. was a thrifty farmer, res. on the very pro- 
ductive homestead, and d. 23 Ap. 1836, a. 91; his w. Lucy d. 4 Aug. 1826, 

a. 68. 

10. Bex.jamix, s. of James (4), res. in Barre; his will, dated 3 Sep. 1793, 
with a codicil, 3 Sep. 1799, was ju-oved 1 Oct. 1799. Li it are named wife 
ILmnah, and c\n\. Anna Gates; Susanna Henry; James; Benjamin ; Hannah, 
wife of Orin Trow; Joseph; John; Josiuh ; Moses; Cushman; Ebenezer; and 
Daniel Foster. 

11. Samuel, s. of Samuel (5), m. Abigail, prob. dau. of Edward Doty (and 
sister of Zurishaddai), pub. 10 Ap. 1762, and IvAd James, b. 1 Ap. 1764; Betsey, 

b. 25 Jidv 1766, m. David Weeks 22 May 1783; Isaac, b. 14 July 1769; Sam- 
uel, b. 12' Sep. 1771. 

12. Joseph, s. of Samuel (5), m. Sarah, dan. of Isaac Clark, 30 Sep. 1773, 
and ha<l Cinderilla, h. 10 Feb. 1780, m. Zenas Cobb 1 Dec. 1803, and d. 9 May 
1804; Joseph, b. 21 June 1782,; Thomas Holt, b. — Mar. 1791, d. 13 Jan. 1792; 
Arminila, bap. 31 Mnv. 1793. Joseph the f. was a miller, atul res. on the road 
to Gilbert ville, a few rods north of the sj)ot marked " Wid. Howard " on the 
R. INhxp, having charge of the grist-mill at that place. He d. 6 June 1799, a. 
47; his w. Sarah m. James Blair of Western (now Warren) 26 Mar. 1805; 
after his death she I'eturned to Hk., res. with her son Josej)h, and d. 16 Dec. 
1844, a. 87, 

13. Dexisox, s. of Thomas (6), m. Millecent, dau. of Rev. Robert Cutler 
of Gr,, i)ub. 10 Ap. 1769; she d. 5 July 1798, and he m. Elizabeth Hyde of 
Leno.x aijout 1801. His chil. were Mary, b. 18 Oct. 1769, m. Al[)lieus Prince, 
anil d. s. p. 11 Sep. 1829; Alice, b. 1 July 1771, m, Daniel Felsiiaw, and d. 1 
Feb. 1792; Hannah, b. 10 June 1773, d. unm. 7 July 1796; Josiah Qainry, b. 
31 July 1775; Sophia, b. 19 Aug. 1778, d. unm. 12 May 1855; Denison, b, 29 
Dec. 1 780 ; Robert Cutler, b. 12 Mar. 1 785 ; Thomas, b. 20 Dec. 1 787. Dexisox 
the f. was a farmer; he was sergeant of Capt. Simeon Hazeltine's com[)any of 
minute-men which marched to Cainbridge on the "Lexington alarm" in April 
1775, and was commissioned captain of the second company of militia in Hk, 
11 June 1778; he was a mend)er also of the important Conunittee of Corre- 
s])ondeuce in 1778. About 1780 he rem. to Windsor, and res. there for several 



474 ROBINSON. 

years; late in life lie followed his sons to Adams, wliere he d. 17 Nov. 1827, 

a. 81 ; his w. Elizabeth d. about 1829. 

14. Thomas, s. of Thomas (r.), ni. Rebecca, dau. of John Paioe, 11 Ap. 
1776, and had Prudence, b. 4 Oct. 17 7S, d. unni. 20 Aucr. 1832; JSIanj, b. 6 
Oct. 1780, ni. Giles Bronson, and d. 1.5 May 1842; TJwmra^, b. 23 Nov.' 1782; 
a son b. 30 Dec. 1784, lived only one day ; JoJm Paige, b. 7 Jan. 1786; Rebecca, 

b. 3 Nov. 1787, m. William Cobb, and C2d) p:iiphaz Case; she d. 4 July 1872; 
David, b. 7 Oct. 1790; Alice, b. 2 Nov. 1792, m. Giles Case, Jr., and d. 13 
May 1844; Millecent, b. 7 Mar. 1795, d. unm. 7 Sep. 1814; Warner, b. 11 May 
1797, a lawyer, d. unm. at Alexander, N. Y., 22 Jan. 1827; Denison, b. 2 June 
1800. Thomas the f. was a farmer. He was one of the "minute-men" who 
marched to Canibridne at the commencement of hostilities, 19 Ap. 1775, and 
was a sergeant in Capt. Samuel Dexter's company, at the Roxbury Camp, in 
Jan. 17 76, and also sergeant in the company of Capt. Timothy Paige, which 
marched "to Bennington in an alarm," in Aug. 1777. He rem. from Hk. to 
Windsor about 1785, returned about 1791, and in 1799 rem. to Onondaga, 
N. Y., then nearly on the western frontier of civilization. He res. in that part 
of the town now known as Howlett Hill, on a productive farm, and in a re- 
markal)ly harmonious neighborhood. Ilis nearest neighbor was Giles Case, an 
emigrant from Connecticut; four children of each family intermarried with 
each other, and many of their posterily still remain in Onondaga and the 
region round about. He d. 31 Aug. 1815, a. 62; his w. Rebecca d. 3 Oct. 1828, 

a. nearly 71. 

15. Denison, s. of Denison (7), m. Dorcas Allen 30 Dec. 1790, and had 
Hannah, b. 28 May 1792; Daniel, h. 2 May 1795; Harriet, h. A Oct. 1798; 
Denison Allen, b. 17 Aug. 1800, res. in Barre, where he d. G Nov. 1880; Eunice 
Putnam, b. 23 Jan. 1803; Nahhj, b. 15 July 1S04; Louisa, b. 17 Sep. 1806. 
DiCNisON the f., a farmer, res. on the homestead in Barre, near the Ilardwick 
line, and d. 14 Ap. 1858, a. nearly 95; his w. Dorcas d. 21 JNlay 1838, a. 70. 

16. Elijah, s. of Denison (7), m. Bat-lisheba Nye, pub. 31 May 1786, and 
had Samuel Rugrjles, b. 14 Oct. 1788; Nancy, b. 15 Aug. 1790 ; Denison, b. 
25 Jan. 1796. 

17. William, s. of Joseph (9), m. Mary, dau. of Jonathan Warner 28 
Nov. 1809, and had William, b. 30 Sep. 1810, m. Harriet N. Bemis 7 Nov. 
1839; Marii, b. 20 Feb. 1813, m. Harrison Harwood 22 Nov. 1832 ; ,S«////, b. 
21 Nov. 1815, m. Samuel Smith, 17 Aug. 1841, and d. 29 Aug. 1863 ; Maria, 

b. 5 Dec. 1818, m. Moses Ruggles 26 May 1841, devoted a portion of her time 
and attention to the practice of medicine; Lucy, b. 27 Ap. 1822, m. Charles 
Bacon 31 Oct. 1844; Hannah, b. 10 Jan. 1827^ m. Alexander \V. Ellsworth 
6 Ap. 1853; James, b. 2 Dec. 1830. d. 25 Nov. 1832; Charles, b. 29 July 1834, 
m. Mary Heiuy 21 May 1860. William the f. early settled in Barre, and 
for several years kept a tavern on the Common. He d. 21 Aug. 1862, a. nearly 
81 ; his w. Mary d. 13 Oet. 1866, a. about 77, 

18. Joseph, s. of Joseph (9), m. Ann Maria, dau. of Nathan Ruggles of 
Hartford, Conn., 11 Dec. 1821; she d. 14 Dec. 1822, and he m. Caroline C, 
dau. of Capt. Seth Banister of Brookfield, 2 Feb. 1826. His cliil. were 
Catherine Maria, b. 18 Nov. 1822, m. James Gallier, at Charleston, S. C, 23 
June 1850; both she and her husband were lost on their passage from New 
Y'ork to New Orleans on board the steamer Evening Star, which foundered at 
sea 3 Oct. 1866; Joseph Rugqles, b. 16 Jan. l?>2l{Seth Banister, b. 14 Mar. 

1828, m. Carrie M. Lee of New York 12 June 1860; Lewis Howe, h. 7 Oct. 

1829, d. 7 Oct. 1848; John Niles, b. 29 ]\Iar. 1833, m. Elizabeth Brown of 
Brimfield 17 May 1859; Eliza A.,h. 7 May 1842; William A., b. 18 Jan. 
1847, d. 27 Aug. 1848. Joseph the f. was a farmer, and res. on the home- 
stead in Hk. until about 1840, when he rem. to Barre. > He was a selectman 
1827, 1828, and 1830, and colonel of a regiment of cavalrv. He d. 10 July 
1877, a. 81 ; his w. Caroline C. (b. 6 Jan. 1806) d. 11 July 1879. 

19. Joseph, s. of Joseph (12), m. Rachel, dau. of Capt. Elijah AVarner, 
2 Ap. 1811, and had Joseph Warner, h. 1 Sep. 1814; Elij(di \Varner, b. 31 
Jan. 1821, m. Elizabeth Eunice, dau. of Asa Clark, 23 Oct. 1855; she d. 19 



ROBINSON. 475 

Mar. 1881 ; Jas^on Mixter, b. 6 Oct. 1822, res. on the homestoad ; Harriet 
Jane, b. 6 Ap. 1831, m. William lirowniiicr 5 Ap. 1849 ; he d. 16 Mar. 1858, 
and slic ni. Albert K. Knight 5 Ap. 1866, and d. 16 Sep. 1869; Sarah M., 

b. 18,'M, ni. Josepli 11. Robinson 20 Jnne 1854. Joskph the f. was a 

farmer, and fur several years eultivated the General Warner farm in the 
centre of the town (now owned by Mr. Frazier Paige), where also he kept a 
tavern ; he afterwards bought the Jenney farm, on the road to Ware, about 
two miles and three quarters from the Connnon, marked " J. Robinson " on 
the R. Map, where he res. during the remainder of his life. He was a select- 
man three years, and d. 23 Oct. 1854, a. 72; his w. Rachel d. 6 Oct. 1863, 
a. 75. 

20. JosiAU QuiNCY, s. of Denison (13), m. Sally Brown 23 July 1797, 
and had Daniel Deniiton, b. 29 Ap. 1798, a lawyer in Adams, in. Amelia 
Bowles, had .son Josiah Quincy, and d. 14 Oct. LS27; Benjamin Franklin, b. 
3 Dec. 1801, m. Eliza B. Whitniore, a merchant and civil magistrate, res. in 
Adams (now North Adams). Josiah Quincy the f., born in llardwick, was 
carried with the family to Windsor, and there worked on the farm until he 
attained maidiood. lie was afterwards a successful merchant and civil mag- 
istrate in Adams, and still later in North Adams, where he d. 29 Aug. 1856, 

a. 80; his av. Sally d. 14 Mar. 1856. 

21. Dexisox, s. of Denison (13), m. Lydia Jenks, and had Jlohert Jenks, 

b. , who settled in Vermont. Dexisox the f. commenced business, with 

a fair prospect of success, but died prematurely 27 Nov. 1807, a. not quite 
27 years. 

22. RoBEKT Cutler, s. of Denison (13), m. Sophia, dau. of Rev. James 
Bri<r'j::s of Cunnnitigton, and had Albert Denison, b. 5 Sep. 1809, m. Amy 
Kelley 12 Feb. 1833; Clara Anne, b. 10 July 1812, m. James E. Marshall, of 
Bradford, England, 11 Sep. 1839, res. in Sandusky, O.; Harriet S., b. 17 
Jan. 1820, m." Joseph P. Merriam 31 Oct. 1846; Jiobert Henry, h. 24 July 
1824, m. Mary Cone 27 June 1849; Mary Elizabeth, h. 14 Oct. 1826, ni. 
George P. Dickinson 27 June 1849; George, b. 10 June 1830, d. (drowned) 
17 June 1851. Rorert Cutler the f. was a skilful j)hysician in Adams, 
Cummington, and North Adams; he d. 10 May 1846, a. 61; his w. So[)hia d, 
25 Sep. 1874, a. 86. 

23. Thomas, s. of Denison (13), b. in Windsor, m. Nancy Wells 13 May 
1812; she d. — Mar. 1827, and he m. Catherine McLeod — Sep. 1829. His 
chil. were Millecent Cutler, b. 12 Ap. 1813, m. F. O. Sayles, Esq., and d. 31 
Jan. 1852; Ann Eliza, b. 29 Ap. 181.5, m. Dr. Nathan Snell Babbitt; Mary 
Sophia, h. 16 May 1817, m. Jackson Mason of Richmond, Vt.; James Thomas, 
b. 6 Se|). 1822, a lawyer, a senator, clerk of the Constitutional Convention, 
1853, and judge of probate for Berkshire Count}'; received from W. C. tlie 
honoi-ary degree of A. M. in 1855; he in. Clara Briggs, and his only surviv- 
ing son, Arthur, b. 15 Mar. 184 7, grad. W'. C. 1.S70, is associated witli him in 
the publication of i\\Q Adams Transcript; Nancy W., h. 20 Jtnie 1826, d. 13 
Oct. 1826; Alexander McLcod, b. 8 Sep. lH30;''Marf/aret Maria, b. 14 Mar. 
1833, m. Lyndon Smith of Terre Haute, Ind.; Elizabeth Rupalee, h. 5 Aug. 
1836, m. Albert R. Smith; John Cutler, b. 4 Oct. 1839, a captain of volunteers 
in the \V^ir of the Rebellion; Charles Henry, h. 2 Sep. 1841; William Deni- 
son, b. 1 Aug. 1844. Thomas the f. was a lawyer, and hehl a high rank at 
the Berkshire Bar; he received from W. C. the honorary degree of A. JNI. in 
1828; he res. in Adams, and afterwards in North Adams, where he d. 3 Oct. 
186 7, a. nearly 80; his w. Catherine S. d. — July 1853. 

24. Thomas, s. of Thomas (14), m. Aliigail., dau. of Giles Case, 28 May 
1809, and had Thomas Newton, b. 24 May 1810, d. 7 June 1811; Abiyad 
Tamma, b. 28 June 1812, m. Samuel E. Barker 25 Jan. 1832. res. in Geddes, 
N. Y.; Emily Millecent, b. 14 Ap. 1814, d. num. 7 Sep. 1856; Thomas, b. 2 
Sep. 1816, in, Celestia S. Howlett 5 Oct. 1841, res. in Geddes, N. Y. 
Thom.\s the f. was a distiller and trader, res. in Onondaga, where he d. 25 
June LSI 7, a. .34; his w. Abigail d. 20 Oct. 1854, a. 66. 

25. John Paige, s. of Thomas (14), m. Lucy Matteson 7 Sep. 1812, and 



476 ROBINSON. 

had Lydia Louisa, b. 5 Aug. 1813, d. 7 Sep. 1815; JoJin Quincy, b. 18 Ap. 

1815, m. Eliza Smiley 10 Sep. 1886; she d. 10 Jan. 1845, and he m. Philenda 
B. Smiley — Sep. 1845; she d. 2 July 1851, and he ni. Helen Cornelia Ball 
— Nov. 1851 ; he d. in 18G5, having had eight children, of whom only one sur- 
vived him; Lucy, b. 18 July 1817; Eunice, h. 17 Jan. 1820, m. William C. 
Butler 22 Nov. i842, res. in Syracuse; EceUna, b. 9 Sep. 1822, d. unni. 24 
July 1844; Denison, h. 24 Ap. 1825, m. Sarah J. Hart 18 Nov. 184 7, a farmer, 
res. in Onondaga. John P. the f. was a farmer, res. on a part of the home- 
stead, d. 7 Sep. 1870, a 84.i 

26. David, s. of Thomas (14) m. Dorcas, dau. of Giles Case, 24 Nov. 

1816, and had Lurancy D., b. 25 Oct. 1817, m. Cephas J. Strickland, and d. 
18 Dec. 1856; Lucius David, b. 20 Mar. 1820, m. Alzira Johnson l.S July 1852, 
a farmer, res. near the homestead until 1879, when he rem. to Middleport, 
K. Y.; Giles Case, b. 26 Feb. 1822, d. unm. 28 June 1863; Cornelia L., b. 
2 ]\Iar. 1825, m. Philander S. White of Geddes; Elishaba, b. 28 Ap. 1827, m. 
Horace Knowles of Marcellus, N, Y. ; Rebecca Paige, h. 15 July 1829; Thomas, 
b. 26 Mar. 1832, m. Louisa Plumb, a farmer, res. on the homestead. David 
the f. was a farmer, res. on a part of the homestead in Onondaga, and d. 30 
Oct. 1866, a. 76; his w. Dorcas d. 10 May 1874, a. nearly 83. 

27. Dexi80X, s. of Thomas (14), m. Saviah Mason, and had a dau. b. , 

d. young; Mary Elizabeth, b. , m. ; William, h. , a lawyer in 

St. Louis ; Denison, b. , d. young. Dexison the f. was a lawyer, res. at 

Port Byron, N. Y., and d. 4 ]May 1852. 

28. JoSKPii R., s. of Joseph (18), m. Sarah M., dau. of Joseph Robinson, 
20 June 1854; and hud Joseph, b. 6 June 1858; William Albert, b. 4 June 
1860; Carrie Warner, h. 16 Dec. 1862. JoSP:pn R. the f. res. several years 
on the homestead, and afterwards at the north end of the Common. 

29. William D., s. of George W. of Barre, m. Susan S. Davis 5 Ap. 1871, 
and had here Walter M., h. 18 Oct. 1872; Alice Etta, b. 8 Ap. 1878; Alfred 
Edwin, h. 3 Ap. 1880, d. 17 Sep. 1880; Fanny E. S., h. 5 Aug. 1881, 

SECTION III. 

Robinson, Jonathan, of Raynham, m. Phebe Williams of Norton, and 
had Phebe, h. about 1779, m. Stephen Plaskell 27 Dec. 1801 ; Jonathan, b. 17 
July 1781; Williams, b. about 1783, d. 15 ]\Iar. 1811, a. 27. Jonathan the 
f. (1. at Raynham while yet a young man, prob. about 1787. His w. Phebe 
" was a woman of great energy and enterprise. Left in early life a widow 
with three young children, and having but small means, and the support of her 
family depending mainly upon her own exertions, she took her children and 
went to Dana, where a brother lived. While there she had an opportu- 
nity to purchase a farm in the north part of Hardwick; and by her own skil- 
ful management not only paid for it, but added much to its buildings." ^ Her 
house was on the road to Petersham, three miles and a quarter from the Com- 
mon, at the place marked " J. Robinson "on the R. Map. She d. 19 Feb. 1831, 
a. 76. 

2. Jonathan, s. of Jonathan (1), m. Iluldah Woodward of Pet., pub. 30 
Oct. 1808, and had John Fay, b. 13 Feb. 1809; Almeda, twin, b. 6 Oct. 1810, 
d. 14 JNLar. 1816; Samantha, twin, b. 6 Oct. 1810, m. Rev. William B. Stone of 
AV. Brk.; Phebe Williams, b. 12 INIar. 1813, m. Rev. William B. Stone of W. 
Brk. 16 Feb. 1842, and d. 12 Nov. 1852; Martha, b. 25 Nov. 1814; Cyrus 
Anson, b. 10 Sep. 1816; Charles, b. 21 July 1818; Jonathan Edwards, b. 23 
Aug. 1820, d. 18 I\Lay 1824; William W., b. 26 Mar. 1822; Alfred, h. 26 Dec. 
1824, m. Julia A. Powers, pub. 27 July 1852, res. at Fitchburg, and at Sinclair, 
Kan.; d. at W. Brk. 22 Aug. 1878, and was buried here. Jonathan the f. 
was a farmer, and res. on his mother's homestead until 1855, when he rem. to 
Spencer, where he d. 10 Oct. 1858, a. 77; his w. Iluldah d. at \\. Brk. 24 
Jan. 1870, a. 88. 

1 It is worth}' of remark that John P. Rob- Windsor, were the longest livers and the 
inson, his sister Rebecca, and his brother last survivors of their father's faniil}'. 
David, all born on the Greeu Mountain at 2 jxg. letter from Rev. William B. Stone. 



ROBINSON — ROGERS. 477 

3. CiiAULES, s. of Jonathan (2), ni. Sarah Adams of W. Brk., and had two 
chil., both of whom d. in infancy; she d. and h« m. (2(1) Sara T., ihiu. of 
Myron Lawrence, Esq., of Belchertown. A hrief sketch of his eventful life 
was published in the Commonireallh, at Topeka, Kansas, January 18, 1877, 
under the head of "Senate Directory:" "Charles Robinson of Lawrence 
was born in llardwick, Massachusetts, July 21, 1818, received an academic 
education and passed two years at Amherst College, but left on account of ill 
health; studied medicine at Pittsfield Medical College, and graduated as M. D. 
in 1843; practised medicine at Belchertown, Springfield, and Fitchburg; went 
to California in 1849, was elected to the California Legislature, serving one 
term; returned to Fitchburg in 1851; resumed practice as a physician; ia 
1854 published a journal of his trip through Kansas in 1849; this led to 
his aj)j)oinlment as agent of the New England Emigrant Aid Society ; removed 
to Kansas in 1854, and took an active and well-known part in the struggle 
which followed; was twice elected Governor under the Topeka Constitution 
of 1855; was elected first Governor of the State of Kansas under the Wyan- 
dotte Constitution; has served many years as Regent of the State University; 
■was a member of the House in 18 72 ; was elected to the Senate in 1874, and 
was reelected in 1876." 

4. Daxiel, of Monson, m. Anna Bridges 28 Ap. 1788, and had Alvnn, b. 
20 Oct. 1788, d. at Deerfield 8 Nov. 1864 ; a child b. — Mar. 1790, d. 3 May 
1790, a. five weeks; Arathusa, twin, b. 13 Oct. 1794; Minerva, twin, b. 13 
Oct. 1794, d. unm. at Deerfield 1 JNIar. 1872; a child which d. 7 Aug. 1805. 
Daniel tlie f. may have rem. to Deerfield; his name early disappears from 
our records. 

5. Nathax, m. Hannah Grant of Barre IG Oct. 1804, and had Nathan 
Warren, b. 20 Mar. 1806, m. Persis Wright 5 Jan. 1853, and d. 17 Mar. 1876; 
BeUeij Field, b. 12 Sep. 1807, m. Justus Allen 21 Nov. 1831, and d. 4 Dec. 
1876; Joseph Williams, h. 25 Sep. 1809; Lucinda, b. 9 Aug. 1811; Philip 
Rosann Grant, h. 13 Aug. 1813. Nathax the f. d. 18 May 1813, a. 34; his 
w. Hannah survived antl buried an infant who d. 2 Feb. 1822, a. four months. 

6. Daniel (possibly s. of Daniel (4)), m. Rhoda Goddard, of Pet., pub. 

1 Oct. 1831, and had Daniel Lewis, h. ; David Franklin, b. 26 Feb. 

1846. 

7. Ebenezer W., m. Susan Bartlett of Pelh., pub. 9 Dec. 1842, and had 
Lizzie Augusta, b. 29 June 1861 ; and prob. others. 

8. Frank, by w. Maria, had Emma, b. 14 Dec. 1870. 

9. William D., of Barre, m. Susan S. Davis 5 Ap. 1871, and had, in Hk., 

Walter M., b. 18 Oct. 1872; Jenny M., b. 1876, d. 12 Oct. 1877; Alice 

Etta, b. 8 Ap. 1878. 

Hannah, was pub. to Isaiah Carpenter 24 Feb. 1762. Mary, m. Joseph 
Nye, pub. 10 Mar. 1805. Josiah, m. Elizabeth Walker of N. Sal, pub. 2 
Nov. 1806. Charlotte, m. Jesse Paige 4 Sep. 1823. John P., of Brlc., m. 
Eliza Ann, dau. of Stephen Rice, Jr., 18 Feb. 1835, and rem. to Boston, where 
lie d. 5 Aug. 1882, a. 73. Phineuas L., of Bennington, m. Elizabeth Clark, 
pub. 30 Mar. 1836. Jacob, m. Rachel Davis 25 July 1836; she d. at Green- 
wich 16 Feb. 1879, a. 60. Joseph, of Amh., m. Almira Richardson 31 Dec. 
1840. Nelson, of Norwich, Vt., ui. Abigail Morton 12 Jan. 1841. Sarah, 
m. Alexander Bartlett of Pelh., pub. 15 Nov. 1841. Arathusa ]\I., of Barre, 
m. Gershom P. Wright, pub. 10 Feb. 1849. Alice A., m. Charles S. Turner 
24 Nov. 1853. Harriet A., of Barre, m. Warren W. Barnes, pub. 10 May 
1854. Carolink, of Enfield, ni. Billings Cummings, pub. 24 Dec. 1855. 
Melissa, m. Billings Cummings, pul). 21 Dec. 1857. Clara, m. Monroe 
Turner 4 Mar. 1858. Drusilla, of Barre, m. David Wyatt 9 Jan. 1873. 
Philena, of Barre, m. Edgar F. Stone 29 Jan. 1873. Ella, m. Norman 
Bartlett of Orange 1 July 1873. Emma A., of Barre, m. J. Warren Patrill 
22 Aug. 1876. 

Rogers, Benjamin, m. Mehetabel, dau. of James Fay, 10 Sep. 1760; she 
d. 1761 or 1762, and he ra. Temperance Phinney 5 Ap. 1763. His chil. were 
John, b. 6 Dec. 1761; Gershom, b. 6 May 1764; Benjamin, b. 26 Dec. 1766; 



478 ROGERS — ROSS. 

Naomi, bap. 26 Dec. 1768; Rebecca, bap. 14 Oct. 1770. Benjamin the f. 
was recoiii mended to the church in Ashlield, 24 Jan. 1775. 

2. Jamks, prob. brother of Benjamin (1), m. Hannah, davi. of James Fay, 

23 Nov. 1769, and had Martin, b. 22 Aajr. 1770; James, b. 1782, d. 27 

Sep. 1796, a. 14 ; Medad, b. 25 May 1786; John, b. 1791, d. 22 Sep. 1796, 

a. 5; and perhaps others. James the f. was a cordwainer, and rem. from 
Kinf;ston to Hk. before 6 Nov. 1766, at which date he bonglit a farm in the 
northerly part of the town, at or near the place marked " Wid. Rogers" on 
the R. Map. He d, 7 July 1823, a. 78 ; his w. Hannah d. 18 Oct. 1835, a. 86. 

3. Martin, s. of James (2), m. Elizabeth, dau. of Seth Taylor, 30 Nov. 
1797, and \vm\ James Phinney, b. 16 July 1799; Irena,\). 12 Jan. 1802; Seth 
Tu>/hi\ b. 29 Aug. 1804, d. 14 Jan. 1819; Dorus Dwight, b. 9 June 1806; 
Mary (or Mercy) Taylor, b. 29 Aug. 1808, d. unm. 5 Dec. 1841; Convers Cut- 
ler, b. 24 Jan. 1811, m. Mary L. Smith 20 June 1833, and rem. to Ware ; 
Rhoda Taylor, b. 15 June 1813, m. Zemira F. Shumway 11 Feb. 1835; Ar- 
minda Spooner, b. 25 Nov. 1815, m. Cutler Barnes 20 Dec. 1837; Fidelia Fay, 

b. 6 Mar. 1818, m. George P. Danforth of Dana, pub. 4 Ap. 1843 ; Eunice Ann, 
b. 23 Aug. 1820, m. Horace Terry, ])iib. 7 Ap. 1843. Martin the f. res. in 
the northerly part of the town, but perhaps rem. to Gr. after the death of his 
wife, where he was drowned in a well, 23 Feb. 1857, a, 86 ; his w. Elizabeth 
d. here 14 Nov. 1853, a. nearly 76. 

4. Medad, s. of James (2), m. Cynthia Parkhnrst 12 Nov. 1810, and had 
Roxana,h. 20 June 1811; Charles, h. 17 Aug. 1814, d. at Springf. 11 Aug. 
1873; Pamelia, h. 1 Mar. 1816. Medad the f. res. on or near the homestead, 
and d. 26 Jan. 1824. 

5. James P., s. of JNIartin (3), m. Eliza Shumway 5 Mar. 1822, and had 

Enos, h. 1824, d. at Springf. 15 Jan. 1854, a. 29; Warren F., h. about 

1843. James P. the f. d. 5 June 1876, a. nearly 77; his w. Eliza d. 8 Aug. 
1881, a. 81. 

6. Dorus Dwight, s. of Martin (3), m. Susanna G. Bond 1 Dec. 1831. 
Their s. Joseph J., b. about 1838, was a soldier in the late Civil War, and was 
killed in the battle of the Wilderness, 6 May 1864, a. 26. 

7. Warren F., s. of James P. (5), m. Catherine E. Presho, 7 ]\Iay 1876, 
and had Charles Warren, h. 30 July 1877; Minnie E., b. 1 Dec. 1880. 

8. Seth, m. Sally Ann Bartlett 2 May 1845, and had Sarah A., h. 

1849, d. 22 Aug. 1852, a. 3. 

9. Anthony, b. in Canada, m. Lucv , and had Lucy, b. 27 Dec. 1862; 

Julia, b. 8 Nov. 1864; Anthony, b. 6 July 1866; Ellen, b. 10 June 1871 ; Ro- 
sanna, b. 17 Dec. 1873 ; Joseph, b. 5 July 1876; Mary, b. 1 May 1878; Emma, 
b. 23 Mar. 1881. 

JNIartha, of Gr., m. Timothy Gilbert, pub. 13 Oct. 1771. Betsey, m. 
Phineas Rollins 12 Sep. 1793. Susanna, m. Nathan Phinney of Williams- 
burg 19 Jan. 1794. Sally, m. Dorus Dwight of Williamsburg, 29 Nov. 1798. 
(The before-named Betsey, Susanna, and Sally were prob. daughters of 
James 2.) Obadiah, m. I^ydia Reed of Wendell, pub. 3 Ap. 1815, and rem. 
to Tecumseh, INlich. Joshua, of Enf., m. Sally Reed, pub. 6 Oct. 1817. 
Edmund, m. Rebecca Woodward of Ware, pub. 24 Jan. 1820. Eliza Jane, 
of Barre, m. Frederick D. Ruagles 14 June 1859. Franklin E., of Gr., m. 
Carrie E. Newland 16 Sep. V865. Wid. Sarah d. 17 Dec. 1879, a. 81. 
Clarence, d. 23 July 1880, a. 17. 

Ropes, George, of Portland, m. Charlotte, dau. of Constant Ruggles, Esq., 
pub. 9 July 1832. 

Rose, Elizabeth, was pub. to Isaac Pratt 24 Jan. 1756; the banns were 
forbidden, and she was pub. 15 Feb. 1756, to Larkin Green, whom she married 
soon afterwards. 

Ross, Hannah, ni. Jonas Bridges 16 Feb. 1806. Rowena, of Brk., m. 
Uriel Spooner, pub. 26 ]\Iay 1816. Sarah, of Brk., m. Henry Fish, Jr., pub. 
21 Sep. 1823. Jeannette, m. Alfred Greenwood 14 JNIar. 1871. Char- 
lotte E., of Barre, m. Samuel K. Trow 5 June 1876. Samuel, m. Jessie 
Kennedy 23 Dec. 1876. 



RUGGLES. 479 

RuGGLES, Thomas, m. INIary Curtis at Nazinff, Essex Co., England, 1 Nov. 
1620, and had TIi()7n(tg, b. about 1623, d. in England; John, h. about 1625, 
m. Abigail, dan. of Griffin Crafts, 24 Jan. 1650-1, and had lour sons, three 
of whom, — John, Tliouias, and Samuel, — survived him ; he d., or was 
buried 15 Sep. 1658; Sarah, b. about 1627, ni. William Lyon of Roxbury, 17 
June 1646, had six sons and one daughter, and d. 9 Feb. 1688-9; Samuel, b. 
about 1629. Thomas the f. eame from England to Roxbuiy in 1637. He and 
bis wife are very favorably mentioned by the " Apostle Eliot" on the Records 
of the Roxbury cluirch, of which he was pastor and they were members : 
" Thouuis Ruggles: he eame to N. E. in the year 1637; he was elder brother 
to John Ruggles, children of a godly father ; he joined to the church soon after 
his coming, being as well known as his brother; his (irst born son died in Eng- 
land; his second son John was brought over a servant by rhilij) Eliot ; and he 
brought two other children with him, Sarah and Samuel. He had a great 
sickn(!ss the year after his connng, but the Lord recovered him in nieicy." 
— "Mary, the wife of Thomas Ruggles: she joined to the church with her 
husband, and approved herself a godly Christian by a holy and blameless con- 
versation, being converted not long before their coming from England." He 
res. in Roxbury seven years, and d. 15 Nov. 1644; his death is recorded by 
Eliot, with the following remark: " 1644, 9". 15*. Thomas Ruggles, a godly 
brother; he dyed of a consumption. These two^ brake the knot first of the 
Nazing Christians; I mean they first dyed of all those Christians that eame 
from tliiU town in England." ^ His w. Mary was sister of the first William 
Curtis of Roxbury, and was bap. in Nazing — April 1589 ; she survived her 

husl)and, m. (2d) Root, andd., or was buried 14 Feb. 1674-5, a., according 

to the record, 88 ; but prob. 86 was the actual age. 

2. JoHX, brother of Thomas (1), " came to N. E. in the year 1635, and soon 
after his coming joined unto the church; he was a lively Christian, known to 
many of the chinch in Old England, whtn'e many of the church enjoyed soci- 
ety together; he brought his first-born, John Ruggles, with him to N. E., and 
his second son was still-born in the first month 1636, of which his first wife 

died." Church Record. He m. a second w., Margaret , but prob. had no 

chil. by her. He was representative three years, and d. 6 Oct. 1663. His son 
John, b. about 1632, m. Mary Gibson of Cambridge, 3 Ap. 1655; she d. 6 Dec. 
1674, and he m. Sarah Dyer of Weymouth 15 j\lar. 1675; she d. 2 May 1687, 

and he m. Ruth ; she d. 11 Ap. 1710, and he d. 25 Feb. 1712-3. By his 

second wife he had son Benjamin, b. 11 Aug. 1676, grad. H. C. 1693, was pas- 
tor of the church in SulKeld, and d. 7 Sep. 1708. 

3. Samuel, s. of Tliomas (1), m. Hannah, dau. of George Fowle of Charles- 
town, 10 Jan, 1654-5; she d. 24 Oct. 1669, and he m. Anna, dau. of Deac. 
Henry Bright of Watertown, 26 May 1670. His chil. were Hannah, b. 21 Jan. 
1655-^6, d. 16 Mar. 165.5-6 ; Mary, b. 10 Jan. 1656-7, d. 31 Mar. 1658 ; Sam- 
uel, b. 1 June 1658 ; Joseph, b. 12 Feb. 1659-60; d. 5 Feb. 1664-5; Hannah, 
b. 11 Dec. 1661, d. 6 Nov. 1669; Sarah, b. 18 Nov. 1663, d. 11 Nov. 1664; 
Mary, b. 8 Dec. 1666, ni. Ebenezer Pierpont 20 Oct. 1691, and (2d) Isaac ^lor- 
ris, 3 Nov. 1702; " an infant, newly born," buried 3 Oct. 1668 ; Sarah, b. 30 
Aug. 1669, d. 17 Nov. 1669; Thomas, b. 10 Mar. 1670-1; Anna, b. 30 Sep. 
16 72, m. William Heath of Roxbury; Nathaniel, b. 22 Nov. 1674, d. — May 
1674; Elizuhah, b. 1 May 1677, m. James Bayley ; Henry, b. 7 July 1681, d. 
unm. 9 Dec. 1702; Huldah, b.4 July 1684, m. Samuel Hill^ of Guilford, Conn., 
9 June 1709. Samuel the f. res. in Roxbury, kept a tavern, but was very ac- 
tively engaged in public life. He was selectman fourteen years, assessor dur- 

1 "These two" were John Grave, who d. sions of the Legislature, was several times 
4 Nov. Iti44, and Thomas Kuggles, who d. Speaker, was judge of our County and Pro- 
eleven days later. bate Courts, was town cleric, and all the busi- 

- 2sazing is described as "a parish in the ness of the church, society, and a large 

hundred of W'altliani," near Lppiug in the share of that of the county and of the colony 

county of Essex, fCngland. for forty years seems to have centered ia 

3 Samuel Hill was " one of the most dis- him." MS. Letter from H. D. Smith, Iisq., 

tinguished men that Guilford ever produced. GuilJ'ord. 
Ue represented the town in forty-three ses- 



480 RUGGLES. 

ing the same period, and representative for the four critical years succeeding 
the Revokition of 1689. He was for several years captain of militia, and when 
Governor Andros and his associates were seized and imprisoned, Joseph Dud- 
ley (afterwards Governor) was committed to his special charge, while tempo- 
rarily released from prison. His preservation from death by lightning on the 
25tiii of May 1G6 7 was so remarkable that an account of it was entered on the 
Church Record by Rev. Samuel Danforth: " 25 (3) 1667. There was a dread- 
ful crack of thunder. Samuel Ruggles happened at that instant to be upon the 
meeting-house hill, with oxen and horse, and cart loaden with corn. The 
horse and one ox were strucken dead with the lightning; the other had a little 
life in it, but it died presently. The man was singed and scorched a little on 
his legs, one shoe torn apieces, and the heel carried away; the man was 
hurled off from the cart and flung on the off side, but through mercy soon re- 
covered himself and felt little harm. There was a chest in the cart, wherein 
was pewter and linen ; the pewter had small holes melted in it, and the linen 
some of it singed and burnt." He (or his son Samuel) was one of the eight 
associates, who purchased of the Indians 27 Dec. 1686, the territory, now the 
town of Hard wick ; and he with his son Samuel and four others, on the 5th of 
May 1686, bought of Capt. James Filch of Norwich, Conn., a tract styled the 
" Mashamoquet Purchase," which afterwards became the town of Pomfret, 
Conn. It was many years, however, before his posterity derived much pecu- 
niary advantage from these jjurchases. He d. 15 Aug. 1692, a. 63; his w. 
Anna d. 5 Sep. 1711, a. 67. 

4. Samukl, s. of Samuel (3), ni. JNIartha.^ dau. of Rev. John Wood- 
bridge of Newbury, and grand-daughter of Gov. Thomas Dudley, 8 July 1680, 
and had Samuel, b. 3 Dec. 1681; Lucy, b. 8 Sep. 1683, m. Joseph Stevens 15 
Feb. 1715-16; 'Timothy, b. 3 Nov. 1685; Hannah, b. 10 Ap. 1688, m. William 
Noyes 17 Dec. 1712; Patience, b. 9 Nov. 1689 (or 7 Nov. 1690), m. James 
Robinson of Boston, 3 July 1711 ; ^ Martha, b. 1 Feb, 1691-2, m. Job Lane of 
Billerica, 17 Dec. 1713; Sarah, h. 18 June 1694, m. John Holbrook 19 Aug. 
1714 ; Joseph, b. 21 July 1696, m. Joanna White 20 Oct. 1720, res. in Roxbury, 
and d. 9 Sep. 1742; Mary, b. 20 Sep. 1698, d. unm. before 1716; Benjamin, b. 
4 July 1700. Samuel the f. res. in Roxbury, and was a " set-work cooper" 
and an innholder. He inherited his father's military spirit and succeeded him 
in many of his offices; he was captain of militia, 1702; assessor, 1694 ; repre- 
sentative, 1697; and selectman continuously from 1693 to 1713, except in 1701 
and 1704, nineteen years. His death occurred after a very short sickness, 25 
Feb. 1715-16, and his funeral is mentioned in Sewall's Diary: " Feb. 28, 1715- 
16. Capt. Samuel Ruggles was buried with arms. . . . He is much lamented 
at Roxbury." ^ His w. Martha d. 1738. 

5. 'J'liOMAS, s. of Samuel (3), grad. at II. C. 1690, and was ordained pastor 

of the church in Guilford, Conn. ; he m. Sarah ; she d., and he m. Mary 

Hubbard of Boston 1 June 1708. His chil. were Sarah, b. 27 Mar. 1699, d. 
unm. 23 Mar. 1722; Anne, b. 3 May 1701, m. Charles Caldwell 3 Nov. 1724, 
and d. 19 May 1760; Mary, b. 8 Oct. 1702, d. young ; Thomas, b. 27 Nov. 
1704, grad. Y. C. 1723, succeeded his father in the ministry at Guilford, and 
d. 20 Nov. 1770; Rebecca, b. 23 May 1712, d. 11 June 1713'; Nathaniel, b. 16 
May 1713, grad. Y. C. 1732, a physician in Guilford, d. 16 Dec. 1794 ; Eliza- 
beth, b. 1715, m. Jehoshaphat Starr 1 Nov. 1734, and d. 9 Sep. 1769. 

Thomas the f. d. 1 June 1728; his w. JMary d. 17 Dec. 1742. 

6. Samukl, s. of Samuel (4), grad. II. C. 1702, was ordained pastor of the 
church in Billerica, 19 May 1708. He m. Elizabeth, dau. of Samuel VV^hiting, 
and grand-daughter of Rev. Samuel Whiting, 19 Dec. 1710; shed. 29 July 
1727, and he m. Mrs. Elizabeth Williams of Roxbury 18 Ap. 1728. His 

1 Of Mrs. Ruggles it is worthy of remark, and Timothy, her husband's brother, Thom- 

that not only was her father a clergyman, as, and three of her sons Samuel, Timothy, 

descended from numerous clergymen on both and Benjamin, also sustained the clerical of- 

sides (including the famous f^ev. Robert lice, and all held an honorable rank in the 

Parker), but her uncle, Benjamin Wood- profession. 

bridge (the tirst graduate of Harvard Col- ^ See note under James Robinson (3). 

lege), three of her brothers, John, Benjamin, 3 Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc, xlvii. 75. 



RUGGLES. 481 

chil. were EUzaheth, b. 21 Sep. 1711, d. 21 Aug. 1713; Samriel, h. 29 May 1713; 
NathinieU b. 16 July 1715, d. 29 Deo. 1717; Elizabeth, b. 21 June 1717, m. 
Samuel Daiumer, Esq., 31 INIay 1737, and (2il) Rev. Daniel Rogers of Little- 
ton; Martlid, b. 9 Dec. 1719, ni. John >Vlntiiig of I^ittleton; Darolhy, b. 7 Jan. 
1721-2, ni. Rev. Isaac Morrill of Wiiniington 4 Aug. 1743; Lucy, b. 9 Feb. 
1723-4; Joseph, b. 9 Jan. 1725-6 ; Nathaniel, b. 14 June 1729,' d. 14 Ap. 
1730; John, b. 4 July 1730; Sarah, b. 6 Nov. 1731, ni. Rev. Josiah Stearns of 
Epping, and d. 2 Ap. 1808 (she had three sons and three daughters; one of 
her sons was Rev. Samuel Stearns of Bedford, who grad. H. C. 1794, and d. 

1834, and was father of Rev. Samuel H. Stearns, grad. II. C. 1823, and d. 

1837; Rev. William A. Stearns, D. D., grad. H, C. 1827, President of Amherst 
College, and d. 8 June 1876; Rev. Jonathan F. Stearns, 1). D., grad. H. C. 
1830, res. in New Jersey; Josiah A. Stearns, Ph. D., an eminent teacher; Rev. 
Eben S. Stearns, D. D., Chancellor of the University in Nashville, Tenn.; and 
others); William, 30 Ap. 1733. Samuel the f. died in office at Billerica 1 
Mar. 1748-9; his vr. Elizabeth d. 25 June 1748. 

7. Timothy, s. of Samuel (4), grad. H. C. 1707, was ordained pastor of the 
church in Rochester 22 Nov. 1710. He m. Mary, dau. of Benjamin White of 
Brookline, 27 Sep. 1710; she d. 23 Jan. 1749, and he m. Anne Woodworth of 
Little Compton, ])ub. 2G Mar. 1750, His chil. were Timothi/, b. 20 Oct. 1711; 
Benjamin, b. 19 iMay 1713; Sa7nuel, h. 5 July 1715; Joseph, b. 13 June 1718; 
Marij, b. 1 Jan. 1719-20, m. John Hammond, Jr., 13 Nov. 1740; Susanna, b. 
6 Jan. 1721-2, m. Paul Mandell of Dartmouth 8 Feb. 1746-7, and rem. to 
Hk.; Edward, b. 30 Aug. 1723; Nathaniel, b. 12 Ap. 1725; Thomas,h. 13 July 
1727, d. 5 Dec. 1727; Hannah, b. 18 Oct. 1728, d. 25 Nov. 1728; Thomas, b. 
2 Mar. 1730; John, b. 2 Sep. 1731 (very eccentric, perhaps partially insane, 
but harmless), res. several years in New Braintree, ret. to Rochester, and d. 
unm. about 1815. Timothy the f. held a high rank in the ministry, and was 
preeminently a man of business. He was apparently more active and etTicient 
than any other individual in promoting the settlement of Hardwick. Through 
his influence and exertions, six sons and a daughter of his own family, five sons 
and two daughters of his sister Patience, wife of James Robinson (also their 
father and mother, late in life), and many members of his parish, were amono- 
the early settlers. On behalf of the pro])rietors he personally visited the town 
several times, both arranging tlie financial affairs of the people and ministering 
to their spiritual wants. He d. in olHce as sole pastor of the church 26 Oct. 
1768, a. nearly 83. In the epitujjh on his heatl-stone he is described as " an 
Able Divine, and a Faithful Minister. Having a peculiar talent at composino' 
Differences and healing Divisions in Churches, he was much improved in Eccle- 
siastical Councils." 

8. Bknjamin, s. of Samuel (4), grad. Y. C. 1721 (A. M. at Y. C, and also 
at H. C. 1724), He m. Dorcas, dau, of Samuel Whiting, and grand-daughter 
of Rev. Samuel Whiting of BillericA, 30 Dec, 1 725. I have not seen his family 
record; but, from other sources, I learn that he had Benjamin, b. 18 Dec. 1726; 

Whiting, b. 1733; Mary, b. , m. Dr. Joel Carpenter of Hk. 9 Dec. 

1755; Dorcas, h. , m. Edward Smith of Hk. 25 Aug. 1757'; Lucy,h. 

1740, ra. Elijah Chapin of Granby 1801 ;i Betsey, b. 1745, d. unm. 29 

May 1795, a. 50; and perhaps iVancy, who m. Dr. Freeman Perry of New 
Bedford, ])ub. 6 May 1795. Bex.tamin the f. was ordained pastor of the sec- 
ond church (then newly formed) in Middleborough, about 1724, where he re- 
mained until the clnu'ch was organized in New Braintree 1754, of which he 
became the first pastor, and remained in office during the remainder of his 
Ufe, having Rev. Daniel Foster as a colleague about four years. He d. sud- 
denly 12 May 1782, a. nearly 82; his w, Dorcas d. 5 Sep. 17 78, a. 75. 

9. Timothy, s, of Timothy (7), m. Bathsheba^ (or Bathshua), widow of 

1 " Alanied at New Braintree, l\Ir. Elijah comb, who grad. H. C. 1722, and d. 8 Ap. 
Chapiu of Granb}', aged 51, to JNIiss Lucy 1730, a. 33, she had eight children: Mercy, 
Ruggles of New Braintree, aged 61, daughter b. 4 Feb. 1723-4, m. John Bassett 21 Oct. 
of the fornierminister of that place." Slass. 1742; Desire, h. 21 Juiv 1725, in. Dr. Elisha 
Spy, Dec. :J0, 1801. Tobey 12 Jan. 1746 ; Fcter, b. 4 Sep. 1726, 

2 By her lirst husband, William New- prob. d. voung; Alary, b. 3 Sep. 1728, m. 

31 



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William Newcomb, and only dau. of Hon. Melatiah Bourne of Sandwich, pub. 
18 Sep. 1736, and bad Maiiha, b. 10 Aug. 1737, m. John Tufts of Brk., pub. 
11 Nov. 17G5, d. 26 July 1813; Timothy, h. 7 Jan, 1738-9; Mary, b. 10 Feb. 
1740-1, m. Ur. John Green of Wore, pub. 19 Mar. 1762, d. 16 June 1814; 
John, b. 30 Sep. 1742, was captain of the first company of militia in Hk. 1771, 
went to Nova Scotia with his father, and d. at Wilniot in old age; Richard, b. 
4 Mar. 1743-4; Balhslicha, b. 13 Feb. 1745-6, m. Joshua Spooner of Brk., 
pub. 8 Jan. 1766, and was executed at Worcester 2 July 1778, having been 
adjudged guilty of hiring other persons to mui'der her husband. The known 
circumstances of this case, however, indicate insanity rather than moral turjn- 
tude ; and confinement in a lunatic asylum would seem to have been a more 
appropriate result than death on the gallows, — involving, as it did, the death 
of her unborn child ;i Elizabeth, b. 15 May 1748, m. Gardner Chandler, pub. 18 
May 17 72. Timothy the f. grad. II. C. 1732. and was one of the most promi- 
nent citizens of Massachusetts, and indeed of New England, in both military 
and civil affairs. As a soldier, he raised a company for service in the West 
Indies, 1740, and received his commission as captain; but as the number of 
companies exceeded tlie demand, his comj)any was disbanded, and thus escaped 
almost certain destruction, iuasnuich as scarcely a tithe of those who embarked 
in this expedition lived to return. In the French War, which commenced in 
1753 (though not formally declared until 1756), and continued until 1763, he 
rendered active and important service, first as colonel of a regiment, and after- 
wards as brigadier-general of the provincial troops on the northern frontier. 
But he was, perhaps, even more eminent in civil life. He conunenced the 
practice of law in his native town (Rochester), rem. to Sandwich about 1737, 
and thence to Hardwick between 24 Ap. 1753, and 4 Mar. 1754. In his prac- 
tice, before his removal to Hk., he was the dreaded rival of James Otis, senior, 
as he was, at a later period, of James Otis, junior, in the General Court. After 
his removal, he was commissioned justice of the peace and quorum 19 Ap. 
1754, judge of the Court of Common Pleas 19 Ap. 1757, and chief justice of 

Lemuel Pope, Jr., of Dartmouth 10 Ap. estate, what object could she heave in under- 

1760; Sunih, b. 21 Oct. 1729, m. Benjamin taking such a detestable crime V . . . Whom 

Fessenden 19 Oct. 1760; William, b. 27 Jan. did she trust with the management of a vil- 

1731, ni. Elizabeth ; Hannah, b. 4 June lainy that so nearly affected her reputation, 

1732, m. Jonathan Sturgis 14 Aug. 1768; her safety, her lifej^ her children, the lives of 
Thomas, b. 17 June 1734, or 1735, prob. d. others, and the happiness of her friends? 
young. She must have been several years The answer was, to prostitutes, tories, regu- 
older than her second husband, Generalltug- lars, deserters, strangers, and foreigners. 
gles, who was not many months more than "Was a woman that is admitted to have 
twelve years old when her first child was sense so stupid, if in the exercise of her 
born. reason, as to trust all that was valuable to 

1 The conduct of Mrs. Spooner, both be- her and hers in the hands of such persons? 

fore and after the murder, bears evident . . . After the murder, she gives the mur- 

marks of insanity, ft appeared on the trial, derers his watch, his buckles, waistcoat, 

that two entire strangers, James Buchanan breeches, and shirts, and even puts them 

and William Brooks, who had been British on, to be worn in the eye of the world, 



soldiers, were invited by her into the house, 
and were entertained for two weeks; during 
which time she engaged them to kill her hus- 
b-md, on his return from Princeton, — pro- 
vided that Ezra Koss failed to destroy his 
life, as he had promised. And after the 
murder, she not only rewarded the three 
murderers with money, but dressed them in 
her husband's clothes, in the presence of her 
household servants. The argument of her 



where they were well known to be Spoon- 
er's clothes, and from their goodness and 
fashion might be known not to belong to 
the persons wearing them, being low and 
vulgar. Was this the conduct of a person 
in the exercise of reason ? Would it have 
been less rational to have written on their 
foreheads, in capitals, 'the murderers of Mr. 
Spooner?'" Under such circumstances, 
a verdict of "guilty " could not be expected 



advocate, Hon. Levi Lincoln, Sen., although from a jury, at the present day; but "not 

it failed, in that period of furious excite- guilty, by reason of insanity," would be 

nient, to convince the jury, deserves con- recognized by both jury and the whole com- 

sideralion. A sketch of that argument is munity as a righteous decision, 

printed in Chandler's Criminal Irials, ii. It may be added, that Mrs. Spooner's 

26-33. Among other things, he said: "The daughter Bathsheba, who married 

whole evidence was that of a fool, or a dis- Trott, and (2d) Heywood, and who 

traded person. Born in a high rank of life, died at Cambridge, 1 June 1858, aged 83, 

well educated, and accomplished, a wife and was liupelessly insane many years before her 

a mother, and in the enjoyment of a good death. 



RUGGLES. 483 

the paine Court 21 Jan. 17(32, which oHlce he held until the Revohition. He 
was also apjiointed special justice of the Su[)erior Court 23 Fel). 1762, " in tlie 
room of Clianibers Uassell, Esq., one of the staudinj;- justices of the said Court." ^ 
He was a representative in the General Court from Roc-hester in 17;i6, from 
Sandwich eiirht years, from 17-39 to 1702, and from Hardwick fifteen years,^ 
from 1754 to 1770, in all twent}'-four years, and was Speaker of the House in 
1762 and 1763. In 176") he was a delegate from Massachusetts to the Con- 
gress which met in New York, and was elected President of that body ; but lie 
refused to sign the proceedings, which he deemed derogatory to the British 
government, and was reprimanded therefor by the House of Representatives. 
Dui'ing the political contest which raged furiously in the succeeding years, he 
was the leader of the king's party in the General Court until he ceased to be 
a member of the House. He was elected councillor in 1764, but declined the 
office, thinking he could render the king more effective service on the floor of 
the House. On the change of the form of government in IMassachusetts, he 
was ap|iointed a member of tlie Council by Mandamus, and took the oath of 
oflice 16 Aug. 1774. After this he returned no more to Hardwick, but left 
Boston with the British officers ami troops the next spring, retired to Nova 
Scotia, and died at AVilmot, near Annapolis, 4 Aug. 17L»5. His w. Bathsheba 
remained with her eldest son in Hardwick, where she died, ])robably, early 
in 1787; a notice of her death appeared in the Worcester Magazine for the 
fourth week in March. His homestead in Hardwick (where some of the traces 
of his agricultural skill remain visible after the la[)se of more than a hundred 
years) was on the easterly road to Gilbertville, about ihree quarters of a mile 
from the Common, at the place marked "J. Mann" on the R. Map. The 
dwelling-house, which stood a few feet south of the present residence of Mr. 
Charles Mandell, was demolished not long ago. 

10. Benjamin, s. of Timothy (7), m. Alice, dau. of Nathaniel j\Ierrick of 

Harwich (now Brewster), 19 Oct. 1736; she d. , and he m. Mary Smith 

of Bel. 28 Dec. 1778. His chil. were Mary, b. 7 May 1738, m.' Daniel 
Billings 23 Feb. 1758, and d. 8 June 1835; Susanna, b. 17 Ap. 1740, m. 
Ebenezer Chipman 4 Mar. 1762; Benjamin, b. 11 Dec. 1741; Sarah, b. 6 
Feb. 1743-4, m Abel Harwood 27 Nov. 1765, and (2d) Ezra Alden of Gr. 2 
Jan. 1772 ; Elizabeth, b. 16 Ap. 1746, d. 28 Nov. 1748 ; Elizabeth, b. 31 Jan. 
1748-9, m. Shearjashub Goodspeed 20 Nov. 1766; Tho7nas, bap. 24 June 1750; 
Alice, b. 23 Nov. 1754, prob. d. young; Seth, b. 7 Jan. 1757 ; Levi, b. 25 Oct. 
17 79, d. at Boston 28 Jan. 1855 ; Joseph, b. 21 Oct. 1781 ; Dnoid, b. 30 Nov. 
1783, d. at Bel. 1 July 1863. Ben.jamin the f. was one of the earliest 
pioneers, and res. on the River road to Barre, not far from the Old Furnace. He 
had great vigor and energy, both physical and mental. He performed yeoman's 
labor on his farm, and became the father of three children after he was sixty- 
five years old. He faithfully served his townsmen as captain of militia, as 
selectman sixteen years, as assessor eleven years, and as chairman of the Com- 
mittee of Correspondence in 1774 and 17 75. He was also one of the most 
active and resolute opposers of his brother, the Brigadier, in the stormy 
jjolitical contest preceding the Revolution. He d. 11 Oct. 1790, a. 77; his 
w. ]\Iary rem. to Bel. with her three children. 

11. Samuel, s. of Timothy (7), m. Alice Sherman of Rochester 25 June 
1738, and had at Roch. Sarah, b. 27 Ap. 1739 ; John, b. 6 Jan. 1741, perhaps 
the same who ni. Mary Caldwell of Barre 20 May 17 77, and d. in 1800; 
Samuel, b. 17 Mar. 1743; Timothy, b. 17 May 1745, res. with his grandfather 
Ruggles at Roch.; Edward, b. 31 Dec. 1746 ; he had also Kezia, bap. here 5 
Oct. 1755; Lucy, b. 20 Dec. 1757, and bap. here five days later, m. Joseph 
Robinson 16 Feb. 1780, and d. 4 Aug. 1826; and prob. others between 1746 
and 1755. Samuel the f. rem. after 1746 from Roch. to Barre, where he res. 
nearly or quite half a century. He d. — June 1802, a. almost 8 7 ; his w. Alice 
d. 1801, a. 79. 

1 Council Records. Esq., who was elected representative for 

'- He represented this town longer than seventeen years in succession, and d. in 
any other person, e.^cept Timothy Paige, office. 



484 RUGGLES. 

12. Joseph, s. of Timothy (7), m. Hannah Cushman of Plymouth 13 Jan. 
1742-3, and had Hannah, h. 28 Aug. 1743, m. Abijah Edson of Springfield 

10 June 1763; James, h. 30 Ap. 1746, d. 21 Oct. 1764; Joseph, b. 8 Ap. 
1748; Nathaniel, b. 14 June 1750; Lydia, b. 10 Mar. 1753; Ann, b. 14 Ap. 
1755, m. Jonathan Danforth 1 Oct. 1780, and d. 4 Mar. 1824. JosErn the 
f. rem. to Hk. before he was married, and res. on the turnpike about a hun- 
dred rods southeasterly from the Common, at the place marked " O. Trow " 
on the K. Maj). He was a blacksmith, and from 1750 to 1757 an innholder ; 
he also had a grist-mill, on Great Meadow Brook, near his house, the 
flume of which remained in \)\a,ce many years, and was used for the purj)Of^e 
of flowing the meadow. He was a lieutenant, and marched with his company 
in 1757 for the relief of Fort William Henry. He d. 28 Jan. 1791, a. 72 
(wrongly inscribed 2 Jan. 1790 on his head-stone). His sons Joseph and 
Nathaniel prob. followed the fortunes of their uncle, the Brigadier, became 
refugees, and were proscribed and banished by the Act of September 1778. 

13. Edwakd, s. of Timothy (7), was pub. to Ann Ferrin (Fearing?) of 
Wareham 16 June 1746, but some obstacle prevented their marriage; and on 
the 29th of December of the same year he was pub. to Lucy, dau. of Deac. 
Daniel Spooner, whom he m. 29 Jan. 1746-7, and had Timotht/, bap. 25 Sep. 
1748, res. in Cambridge, N. Y.; Edward, bap. 26 Aug. 1750; Elizabeth, bap. 

29 Oct. 1752, m. Paul Dean 19 Sej), 1773, d. 21 Dec. 1810; Daniel, b. 

1755; Lucy, b. 26 July 1765, d. unm. 11 May 1790; Constant, b. 27 Nov. 
1767; James, b. 30 Oct. 1770, was drowned in Lake Erie; Nathan, ]i. 13 May 
1774; there may have been others, born between 1755 and 1765, but no others 
are mentioned in the father's will, 17 July 1776. Edward the f. was a 
farmer, and ensign of militia. He res. in what is now New Braintree, some- 
what more than a mile east of the river, on the road to Rutland, until about 

1760, when he bought the estate on the summit of Ruggles Hill, marked '' A. 
Ruggles " on the R. Map, where he d. 21 May 1778, a. 54; his w. Lucy re- 
mained on the homestead many years; but in her old age she res. with her 
son Daniel, and d. 2 Ap. 1821, a. 91. 

14. Nathaniel, s. of Timothy (7), m. Deliverance Barrow 5 Nov. 1752, 
and had Elisha, b. 6 Sep. 1753, d. young; Nathaniel, b. 4 May 1755; Elisha, 
b. 28 Sep. 1758; Thankful, b. 1 Mar. 1761, m. Robert Foot 19 Feb. 1784; 
Timothy, b. 27 Jan. 1763; Mary, b. 29 Mar. 1765, m. Aaron Foot, pub. 6 Dec. 
1788; Thomas, b. 20 Nov. 1770, rem. to Columbia, Me., m. Ruth Clapp, pub. 
14 Mar. 1797; Benjamin, b. 18 July 1772, rem. to Columbia, m. Azubah Clapp, 
pub. 26 Ap. 1798. Nathaniel the f. res. in Rochester, was a captain, and 
justice of the peace ; he d. 25 Dec. 1776, a. nearly 52; his w. Deliverance d. 
1 Feb. 1807, a. 73. 

15. Thomas, s. of Timothy (7), m. Mary, dau. of Dr. Polycarpus Loring 
of Plympton, 4 Dec. 1755, and had Hannah, b. about 1759; Mary, b. about 

1761, m. Zenas Bryant of Plympton; Jacob Loring, b. about 1763. Thomas 
the f. taught school in Hk. 174 7 and 1748, was a physician in his native town 
(Rochester), and d. in early life, before 6 May 17 76, when Benjamin Cook 
of Kingston was aj)pointed guardian of his children; his w. Mary d. before 
7 Feb. 1780, at whieh date her estate was divided. 

16. Benjamin, s. of Benjamin (8), m. Sarah Hunt of Dartmouth, pub. 21 
Ap. 1750, and innnediateiy rem. from Middleborough to Hk.; his w. Sarah d. 
20 May 1772, and he m. Jerusha, wid. of John Aiken, 11 Feb. 1773, she d. 
28 Oct. 1787, and he m. Hannah Hamblin of N. Br., pub. 20 July 1789. His 
chil. were Samuel, b. 9 May 1751, res. at Prange, m. Lydia Hawes of N. Br. 

11 Jan. 1776, and had son Lyman, who d. at Orange 4jDec. 1863, a. 75; Beti- 
jamin, b. 5 Aug. 1753; Lemuel, b. 26 Feb. 1755; Ephraim, bap. 20 Mar. 1757; 
Sarcdi, b. 29 Feb. 1760, m. John Aiken 10 Oct. 1782, and d. 17 Jan. 1822; 
Rebecca, b. 15 Oct. 1763, d. unm. 8 Sep. 1845; Hannah, b. 29 Oct. 1791, d. 
unm. 22 Dec. 1867. Benjamin the f. (ordinarily calleil " Bush Ben," on 
account of his bushy hair, and to distinguish him from three others of the 
same name), res. near the Furnace Village, and d. 21 Oct. 1795, a. nearly 69; 
his w. Hannah m. John Jones of Barre 29 May 1796, res. near the Furnace Vil- 



RUGGLES. 485 

lagje, in a house which she boii2;ht three weeks before this marriatfe, marked 
" C. Jeriney " on the R. Map, and survived her luisband several years. She 
was a woman of extraordinary energy, and had she hved in the present day 
would have been among the foremost in the battle for "woman's rights." She 
d. 22 A]). 1814, a. 60. 

17. Whiting, s. of Benjamin (8), m. Wealthy Smith 20 July 1780, when 
he had attained the ripe age of 4 7 years. They seem to have had only one 
child, Solomon, bap. 25 May 1783, but prob. b. 16 Oct. 1781. Whiting the 
f. was a farmer, res. on the Moose Brook road, at the place marked '' S. Rug- 
gles " on the R. Map, and d. 3 Aug. 1796, a. 63; his w. AV^eallby d. 26 Nov. 
1840, a. 92. 

18. Timothy, s. of Timothy (9), m. Sarah, dau. of Col. Simeon Dwight 
of Western (Warren), pub. 30 July 1766, and had Sally, b. 2 Feb. 1768, m. 
Judah Hinklcy 15 Dec. 1785; Anna, b. 8 June 1769; Sophia, h. 19 Jan. 1771, 
d. 6 Oct. 1775; BelseT/, b. 15 Nov. 1772, d. 29 Nov. 1772; Timolht/, b. 1 Dec. 
1773, d. 19 Sep. 1775; Timothj/, b. 7 Mar. 1776, rem. to Nova Scotia with his 
father, was a major of militia, justice of the peace, member of the Provincial 
Parliament, and d. in March 1831; Sophia, h. 20 Oct. 1777; Simeon Dwight, 
h. 23 Jan. 1780, was a mercliant in Annapolis, N. S., where he d. — Nov. 
1812; Harriet, b. 23 Feb. 1782; Clarissa, h. 3 Ap. 1784; Israel Williams, b. 
27 Aug. 1786, was a prosperous mercliant in Annapolis, where he d. 5 or 11 
Jan. 1880. Timothy the f. naturally favored the king's cause, in which 
his father was so deeply interested, and was placed under guard l\v vote of 
the town, and confined to his farm; he subsequently made his peace, how- 
ever, and did not become a refugee. He was lieutenant of militia before the 
Revolution, but held no office afterwards while he remained here. He was a 
farmer, rough in manner, but manifestly a man of good natural endowments. > 
He res. on the homestead (which had been confiscated but afterwards was re- 
leased to him by the Commonwealth) until 1795, when he sold the farm, 
rem. to Nova Scotia, and settled in the township of Granville. Sabine says, 
'' he was a member of the House of Assembly of Nova Scotia many years; " '■ 
but I suspect he mistakes the father for the son, who held that position.^ He 
d. at Granville 9 Dec. 1831, a. nearly 93; his w. Sarah d. in 1842, a. 92. 

19. Richard, s. of Timothy (9), m. Wealthy -^^, and had Bathshehn, b. 
22 Sep. 1772. RiCHARD the f. was a Tory, and went to Nova Scotia at the 
commencement of hostilities ; he settled in the township of Clements, had 
three sons and four daughters after his removal thither, and d. about 1834, 
" at an advanced age." 

20. Ben-jamin, s. of Benjamin (10), m. Elizabeth Fay (perhaps dau. of 
Deac. James) 26 Nov. 1766, and had Denison, b. 9 July 1767; Moses, b. 20 
Feb. 17 71; Benjamin, b. 11 Mar. 17 73; John, b. 1 Nov. 1775; Alice, b. 16 
Dec. 1777, m. Nathan Thompson of Salem, N. Y., 21 Dec. 1797; Belseij, b. 
9 Aug. 1780, m. Aaron Goodale of Salem, N. Y., 9 Feb, 1802; Marij, b. 17 
Feb, 1783. 

21. Thomas, s. of Benjamin (10), m. Hannah, dau. of Thomas Winslow, 19 
July 1778, and had Miriam, b. 23 Oct. 17 78, m. Ebenezer Foster 8 June 1806; 

Willard, b. 4 Sep. 1780, m. Susan , and d. 3 July 1809; Charlotte, b. 3 Oct. 

1782, d. unm. at Oakham 28 Mar. 1824 ; Arathusa, b. , m. Richard Howe of 

Poultney, Vt. ; Rhoda, b. 1787, d. unm. 21 June 1809; Phila. b. — Aug. 

1790, m. Benjamin Rice, and d. 16 Sep. 1837; Joshua, b. 1 Dec. 1792, m. 
Olive Holton, and d. 3 Sep. 1852; Reuel, b. 27 Mar. 1796, d. unm. 13 Dec. 
1873; Hannah, b. 17 May 1798, m. Warner Smith, and d. 6 Jan. 1857; 

Thomas, b. 14 Dec. 1800, d. s. p. ; Harriet, b. 25 June 1803, m. Riidiard 

Howe, and d. — Oct. 1861; Seraph Howe, b. 23 Feb. 1806, m. Norman B. 
Thom[)son 16 Aug, 1827, Thomas the f. was a shoemaker, a soldier in the 
Revolutionary War, and rem. from Hardwick to Oakham before 17 May 1798, 

1 Ssih'me' 9 Loyalists of the Amer. Rev., ii. magistrate, and representative fur many 

246. years in the General Assembly;" but he 

^ J. W. Riiggles, Esq., says his brother does not intimate that his father performed 

Timothy "was a major in "the militia, a similar service. MS. Letter, Oct. 4, 1839. 



486 EUGGLES. 

where he d. 12 May ISOS ; his w. Hannah d. 28 Mar. 1832, a. 70. (Many of 
these facts are gathered from the Winsloic JMemorial, i. 395, -where it is stated 
that the last four of the chil. were b. at Oakham, and all the others at Hard- 
wick; but I find no record of their birth here, except of the first three.) 

22. Seth, s. of Benjamin (10), m. Hannah, dau. of John Amidon, 25 Nov. 
1790; she d. in child-bed 26 Oct. 1791, a. 39, and he m. Hannah Bursley 22 
Nov. 1792; she d. 4 Oct. 1793, a. 37, and he m. Sukev Jenks, pub. 18 May 
1794. His chil. were Seth Amidon, b. 26 Oct. 1791; Henry Jcnk^, b. 31 Oct. 
1795; Hannah, b. 5 Sep. 1797; WilUum W'mthrnp, b. 1 Jan. 1800; Samuel, b. 
3 Mar. 1802. 

23. Edward, s. of Edward (13), m. Anna, dau. of Paul Dean, pub. 12 Jan. 
1772, and had Pdid, b. 4 Dec. 1772; A^a, b. 28 June 1774, drowned at sea, 
19 Oct. 1798; Ahel, b. 26 Mar. 1776, m. Lucinda Thomas 8 May 1799, res. at 
Carmel, j\Ie., was a representative, and a member of the convention for fram- 
ing the Constitution of Maine; he d. 18 June 1860; Mary, b. 18 Jan. 1778, 
m. Daniel Thomas 3 Sep. 1798 ; Ezra, b. 25 Jan. 1780, for several years an 
active citizen, a captain of militia, selectman, 1820, erected the large house 
on the westerly side of the Common nearest to the turnpike and marked " D. 
R." on the 11. ]\Iap. Meeting with reverses in later life, he rem. to IMaine, 
where he d. unmarried; Fanny, b. 7 Jan. 1782, m. Timothy Rich of Boston, 

pub. 25 Mar. 1810 ; Lucy, b. 1784, d. 28 Ap. 1790, a. 6 ; Ira, b. 29 Oct. 

1785; Mira, b. 11 Dec. 1787; a child b. 1789, d. 2 May 1790, a. 8 

months; Lucy, b. 20 Ap. 1791, m. Woodhull Helme of Blenheim, N. Y., 25 
June 1816; Edward, b. 11 Ap. 1793, accidentally killed (by a cart) 30 Oct. 

1810; Spanner, b. 4' Aug. 1795, m. — Bennett, res. in Rockford, 111., was a 

judge, and d. in March 1874; Anna, b. 2 Oct. 1799, m. William Barr, pub. 24 
Dec. 1827. Edward the f.. a farmer, res. on Ruggles Hill, at the place 
marked " H. Gould " on the R. Map; he was one of the " minute-men " who 
marched on the Lexington alarm in Ap. 1775, and performed a short tour of 
service as sergeant in 1779. He held a more consj)icuous jiosition in January 
and February 1T87, when he was caplain of a company in the defence of the 
government against the insurrectionary ai-my of Shays, and shared in the perils 
and discomforts of that niemorable march from Hadley to Petersham wliich 
resulted in the utter dispersion of the rebel army. He d. 17 Jan. 1805, a. 54; 
His wid. Anna m. John Amidon 14 Dec. 1809, but soon returned to her for- 
mer residence, where she d. 9 Jan. 1842, a. nearly 89. 

24. Daniel, s. of Edward (13), m, Lucy, dau. of Deac. William Paige, 31 
Dec. 1 779, and had Gardner, b. 16 Feb. 1 782 ; Anson, b. 1 7 Dec. 1 783 ; Fj-anliin, 
b. 21 ]\rar. 1786; Mercy, b. 26 Ap. 1788, d. 9 Oct. 1802; Lucij,h. 5 Ap. 1791, 
m. Stephen W. Paioe 26 Oct. 1809, and d. 25 Dec. 1865; Crighton, b. 10 June 
1793; Alma, h. 22 July 1795, m. Benjamin Smith of Rutland, Vt., 15 Sep. 
1833, became insane, and d. here 24 Ap. 1857; Luthera, b. 4 Jan. 1798, m. 
Samuel F. Culler 24 May 1819, and d. 17 Aug. 1823. Daniel the f. was a 
farmer, and for seventeen years an iunholder. He was lieutenant in the Rev- 
olutionary Army, 1779, a selectman four years, assessor eleven years, town 
treasurer six years, and justice of the peace. He res. on Ruggles Hill, at the 
place marked " F. Ruggles," until 1809, when he erected the spacious building 
near the Common, marked "Tavern" on the R. Map, and opened a public 
house, which he conducted until 1826, and then retired from business; soon 
afterwards he bought the house on the Common, built by Ezra Ruggles and 
marked '• D. R.," where he spent a quiet old age, after a busy manhood. He 
d. 26 Feb. 1838, a. 83; his w. Lucy d. 3 Aug. 1840, a. 83. 

25. Constant, s. of Edward (13), m. Sally, wid. of Hudson, and dau. 

of Green, 1792, and had Adin, b. 8 Aug. 1793, m, , and d. 18 

Nov. 1833 (" He was a manufacturer of pistols and rifles; ... as one of his 
workmen was engaged in proving a new barrel, charged with a bullet, he ac- 
cidentally passed in the range; the bullet struck his forehead and came out in 
front of the ear. . . . He left a widow and a large family of children." ^) ; For- 
dyce, b. 30 Oct. 1795, m. Rebecca Bacon 8 Sep. 1822, had several children, 

1 Trumpet and Univ. Mayazine, vi. 2-3, Nov. 30, 1833. 



RUGGLES. 487 

res. here, and d. at Ware 2!) Jan. 1S2S (like his brotlior Adin, lie was a man- 
ufacturer of fire-arms, and was destro>'»Ml by his own liandiwork : a liall dis- 
cliarLHMl from liis pistol, in the hands of a yoiinsi man who was carelessly 
handling it, passeil tliron^li liis hin<is and lod<j;ed in the spine; he lin<rered 
more than a week, when death terminated his distress); Azuhah, b. 24 Nov. 
1797, m. James Abbott of W, Brk., pub. 16 Mar. 18;33, and d. 18 Jan. 1871; 
Eliza, b. 3 Ap. 1800, d. 17 Dec. 1803; Merc;/, b. 17 Sep. 1802, m. Rev. John 
Bisbee of Brk. 7 June 1823, and (2d) Capt. Daniel Jackson of Plymouth; 
left a widow a second time, she rem. to Boston, and successfully continued the 
pi-actice of medicine, in which she had ])reviously been enojaged ; she d. 13 
Dee. 1877, having been the mother of twelve children; Eliza., bap. 10 Feb. 
1805, m. Marcian Seavey, and d. at Greenwood, Tenn., 28 Nov. 18(i0; Char- 
lotte, b. , m. George Ropes of Portland 9 July 1832, and d. while on a 

visit at the house of her sister at W. Brk.; Daniel, b. . Constant the 

f. was a farmer, res. a few years on the homestead, with his mother, and else- 
where in Hk., afterwards near the meeting-house in Prescott, but returned, 
anil for nearly a (pjarter of a century res. on the road to Enfield, somewhat 
more than a mile westerly from the Common, at the place marked with his 
full name on the R. Map. lie long held a commission as justice of the peace. 
lie had an uncommonly keen intellect, and his shrewd sayings are still re- 
membered; in religious or political discussions he was especially formidable; 
if there was a flaw in his adversary's argument, he was sure to detect it, while 
his own logic was conclusive and irresistible. He d. 28 Ap. 184(), a. 78; his 
w. Sally d. 8 July 185.5, a. 86. 

26. Nathax, s. of Kdward (13), m. Catherine Shaw; she d. and he m. 
Harriet, dau. of Dr. William Cutler, 23 Ap. 1813. His chil. were James, h. 

; Ann Maria, b. 11 Oct. 1802, m. Joseph Robinson 11 Dec. 1821, and 

d. 14 Dec. 1822; William Ciitler,9b. , d. young ; Harriet, b. , m. 

Diintree; Julia, b. •, m. Sanborn of Greenfield. Nathax the f. res. 

in Hartford, and was a manufacturer of looking-glasses and picture frames. 
Jn personal appearance he bore a striking resemblance to General Lafayette, 
and the lirilliant Frenchman did not excel him in native gentility of manner. 
Late in life he rem. to New ILiven, and engaged in the making of fire-works ; 
and on the 27th of Mar. 1835, he was suddenly killed by an explosion of his 
own wares. It is a singular coincidence that he and his two ne[)hews, Adin 
and Fordyce Ruggles, should be destroyed by the work of their own hands in 
the space of about seven years. 

27. Nathaniel, s. of Nathaniel (14), m. Drusilla Briggs 2 Sep. 1784, and 
had Zephaniah B., h. 9 June 1789; Nathaniel, b. 27 Ap. 1791; ilfa?-// B., h. 9 
June 1794; Delia, b. 22 June 1796 ; SuMuma, b. 27 Aug. 1798; Increase S., b. 

1800; John H., b. 2 Nov. 1802. Nathaniel the f. res. in Rochester, was 

justice of the peace, and d. 2 Mar. 1827, a. nearly 72. 

28. Elisha, s. of Nathaniel (14), m. Polly Clapp 10 July 1788, and had 
Nathaniel Sprague, b. 18 July 1789; Micah Haskell, b. 9 May 1791, a lawyer 
and member of Congress; Henry, b. 3 Jan. 1793; James, b. 28 Sep. 1795, and 
d. 14 Nov. 1877, a farmer and justice of the peace; William, h. 5 Sep. 1797. 
Elisha the f. res. in Rochester, was a merchant, major of militia, and justice 
of the peace; he d. 20 Aug. 1830, a. nearly 72; his w. Polly d. 4 Sep. 1802, a. 
38. 

29. Benjamin, s. of Benjamin (16), m. Betsey Parks 15 Dec. 1779, and 
had Parks, b. 13 Oct. 1781; Luc>/, b. 23 June 1784, m. William Smith 14 Feb. 
1805; Eleanor, b. 3 Mar. 1788, perhaps m. Josiah Wilcox of N. Sal. 26 Dec. 
1830; Betsey, b. 4 June 1790, m. John Rice, pub. 21 Nov. 1808; she m. (2d) 
Calvin Wetherbee, and (3d) Benjamin Skinner, 19 Jan. 1851. P)ENJAMin the 
f. was a farmer and carpenter, res. on the Enfield road, about three miles from 
the Common, at the place marked "P. Ruggles" on the R. Map, and d. 22 
Dec. 1820, a. 67; his w. Betsey d. 15 Mar. 1827. 

30. Lemuel, s. of Benjamin (16), m. Lydia , and had Lemuel, b. aliout 

1780; Lydia, b. about 1782, m. Hafiield Gould 26 Oct. 1817, and d. 10 Mar. 
1850, a. 67 ; Brigham, b. about 1784 ; Sally, b. about 1786, d. unm. 17 Feb. 



488 RUGGLES. 

1808, a. 21. Lemuel the f. was a farmer, res. on the Moose Brook road, 
about a mile northerly from the Furnace Village, at the place marked " L. 
Rugoles" on the R. Map, and d. 22 Oct. 1806, a. 51; his w. Lydia d. 2 May 
1807, a. 50. 

31. Ephraim, s. of Benjamin (IG), m. Olive Powers 20 Mar. 1783, and 
bad JosJina, b. 9 Oct. 1784, d. 3 Sep. 1786 ; Betsey, b. 16 July 1786; Polly, b. 
28 July 1788, d. 20 Dec. 1801 ; Martin, b. 13 Dec. 1790; Olive, b. 24 Dec. 
1792, d. 28 July 1793 ; Cynthia, b. 26 Sep. 1794, m. Otis Terry 6 Mar. 1817; 
Benjamin, b. 20 Ap. 1797; Olive, b. 14 June 1799; Clarism, b. 18 Mar. 1801, 
m. Alartin Gardner 7 Feb. 1821 ; Ephraim, b. 10 July 1803, d. 19 Dec. 1804. 
Epiikaiw the f. was a fanner, and res. in the westerly part of the town, not 
far from the turnpike, prob. at the place marked " Mr. Ruggles " on the R. 
Map ; he d. 21 Ap. 1836, a. 79 ; his w. Olive d. 3 Aug. 185.S, a^ 9S. 

32. Solomon, s. of Whiting (17), m. Polly Burt 8 Mar. 1803, and had 
Solomon Wliitiiuj, b. 9 Jan. 1804; Polly Bassett, h. 26 Ap. 1805, d. unm. 
24 Aug. 1844; Lerina, b. 25 Ap. 1807, d. 7 June 1807; William Leonard, b. 10 
Jan. 1810; d. 24 Feb. 1810 ; Harriet, b. 28 Nov. 1815. Solomon the f. was a 
farmer, and res. on the homestead. He is remembered as a man of remark- 
able height, on which account, at all parades of the military company of" which 
he was a member, whenever he was jrresent, the right of the file was assigned 
to him. Late in life, he rem. to Ware, where he d. 31 Mar. 1871, a. (accord- 
ing to the record), 89 years, 5 months, and 15 days. 

33. INIosES, s. of Benjamin (20), m. Rhoda Luce 25 Jan. 1798, and had 
Anna, b. — June 1798, d. 5 Sep. 1798. 

34. John, s. of Benjamin (20), m. Mrs. Sally Jenks 26 Ap. 1801, and had 
a child, b. — Sep. 1801, d. 8 Oct. 1801. 

35. Paul, s. of Edward (23), m. Mercy Dexter, pub. 28 Nov. 1796, and 
had John Dexter, b. 2 Dec. 1797. fg 

36. Ira, s. of Edward (23), m. Susan, dau. of Timothy Hathaway 18 Jan. 

1825, and had an infant, d. 25 Ap. 1827; Edward, b. . Ira the f. was 

a farmer, res. on the homestead, and d. 21 July 1832, a. 46; his w. Susan, with 
her surviving son, rem. to Orford, Tama Co., Iowa, and d. there. 

37. Gardner, s. of Daniel (24), m. Lydia, dau. of Capt. Zenas Phinney 2 

Dec. 1804; she d. 23 Sep. 1833, and he m. , who survived him; his chil. 

were Mercy, b. 20 Sep. 1805, m. Willard Allen, pub. 8 Oct. 1826, res. in West- 
minster ; William Paige, b. 11 Feb. 1807, m. , res. in Ridgeway, Wis.; 

Cordelia, b. 20 Aug. 1808, d. 5 Sep. 1810; Daniel, b. 31 Jan. 1810, grad. at 
" West Point, 1833. Entering the 5th Infantry (U. S. A.) he became 2d lieu- 
tenant, Feb. 18, 1836; 1st lieutenant, July 7, 1838; captain, June 18, 1846; 
served in the Florida War ; was distinguished at Palo Alto and La Palma, and 
at the storming of Molino del Rey ; brevet major and lieutenant-colonel re- 
spectively for gallantry at Contreras and Churubusco Aug. 20, and at Chapul- 
tepec Sep. 13, 1847; and resigned May 7, 1861. Made brigadier-general in 
the Confederate army in 1861 ; served in New Orleans in the winter of 1861-2, 
and retreated thence with the forces under Gen. M. Lovell before the sur- 
render of the city to Flag-ofRcer Farragut ; major-general in 1863; surrendered 
with Lee." ^ A sad conclusion of an honorable career. It is much to be re- 
gretted that for any reason whatever he should have sacrificed his well-earned 

military reputation by disloyalty to the national flag. He m. , and res. 

in or near Fredericksburg, Va. ; Cordelia, b. 25 May 1812, m. Asa Paige; he 
d. 19 Jan. 1836, and she m. his elder brother, Moses Paige, 14 July 1837; she 
res. in Troy, N. Y., and Bennington, Vt. ; Sarah Berry, b. 25 Ap. 1814, m. 
Cai)t. Benjamin A. Cobb of Ste})henson, 111., pub. 28 Feb. 1841; Lucy Spooner, 
b. 26 Mar. 1816, a pleasant writer of prose and poetry, for many years a very 
successful teacher in Virginia and Kentucky, but subsequently returned to 

Hardwick; Zenas Phinney, b. 29 May 1823, m. , and res. in Troy, N. Y. 

Gardner the f. was a farmer and a civil engineer; he surveyed many estates, 
and about 1833 constructed the Map of Hardwick to which reference is so 
fre(|utntly made in this volume. He was major of a battalion of artillery, 

1 Drake's Dictionary of Amer. Biography, p. 786. 



RUGGLES. 489 

and justice, of the peace. Throucjh life he was a devoted Freemason ; he was 
Master of IMount Zion LodQ;e nine years, between 182;5 and 1849, District Dep. 
G. Master for tliis district ten years, from 1.S33 to 1842, and for the last seven 
of those years " special agent," on behalf of the fraternity, for the whole ter- 
ritory west of Worcester Connty. After his first marriage he res. in Barre 
uptil al)out 183G, when he returned, and occupied a part of his father's house 
on the Common. He was town treasurer two years, assessor five vears, rep- 
resentative from Barre five years, and from Hard wick in 1838 and 1833. His 
active and usefid life had a tragical close : he was thrown from a wagon and 
killed 5 Aug. 1853, a. 71. 

38. Anso.v, s. of Daniel (24), ni. Lucy, dau. of Moses Paige, 14 June 1812, 
and liad Dw'ujht, b. 31 ^lar. 181G, in early life a bookseller, afterwards a 

physician, and surgeon in the Union army, m. , and res. in the city of 

New York; Manj, b. 4 Mar. 1818, m. William Mixter 7 July 1840; Mo^es, b. 
3 Nov. 1819; George, b. 3 Sep. 1821, town clerk 1859 and 18G0, d. unm. 5 

Jan. 1861; Daniel, b. 9 Aug. 1823, m. , res. in Baraboo, Wis.; Frederick 

D., b. 21 June 1835. Anson the f. was a farmer, and res. on Ruggles Hill, 
upon the homestead of his grandfather. In his old age he spent several 
winters at the house of his son-in-law, Hon. William Mixter, near the Common, 
returning to the hill on the approach of warm weather. He d. 5 Dec. 1881, 
a. 98 years, lacking twelve days; his w. Lucy d. 29 July 18 74, a. 78. 

39. Franklin, s. of Daniel (24), m. Sally, dau. of Dr. Elias Penniman, 21 
or 22 Nov. 1812, and had Ann J., b. 7 Nov. 1813, m. Dwight Billings 31 
Dec. 1834, and d. 11 Jan. 1864; James L., b. 12 June 1815, insane, d. unm. 
11 or 12 Oct. 1851 ; Henri/, b. 5 Ap. 1817, d, 6 Ap. 1825; Charles, b. 10 Feb. 
1819, subject to occasional derangement, a farmer, res. on the homestead, d. 
unm. 14 Alay 1878; Sarah, b. 19 July 1820, m. Samuel Gladding of Providence 
21 Jan. 1840, and d. 22 June 1851; Marj/, b. 16 Mar. 1822, m. Rev. Franklin 
Whitaker of Southbridge, Mass., 1 June 1843, had five children, all of whom 
d. young, res. several years in Janesville, Wis., but returned to her birth-place ; 
Samuel F., h. 18 July 1824, d. 7 Feb. 1825 ; Alma, b. 9 Oct. 1826, m. Richard 
L. Hathaway 14 Ap. 1846, d. in the hospital at Northampton 10 Dec. 1860; 
Henri/, b. 12 July 1829. Fkaxklin the f. was a farmer, and res. on the 
homestead. He was representative in 1850, and d. IG Aug. 1865, a. 79; his w. 
Sally d. 3 Ap. 1864, a. 71, 

40. CniGHTON, s. of Daniel (24), m. Theolotia, dau. of . John Lawton, 21 
Nov. 1816; she d. s. p. 27 June 1817, a. 23, and he m. Rhoda, dau. of Timothy 
Hathaway, 30 Ap. 1820, and had Theolotia, h. 26 Ap. 1821, m. Ginery 
Twichell (a noted stage-driver, railroad president, and member of Cono-ress), 
26 Aug. 1>;46, and d.^9 Mar. 1876; Luthera, b. 3 July 1824, d. 24 Mar.''l825; 

Crif/hton,\fi. 9 Mar. 1827, m. , res. at Lawrence, 111.; Julia, h. 17 June 

1829, m. Stephen S. Seavey of Boston 15 Aug. 1855; he d. 6 Oct. 1867, and 
she m. Alexandre F. Leomans of Paris 28 Mar. 1878, res. at Chicago; 

Cyrus, IF., b. 10 Sep. 1831, m. , postmaster, res. at Brookline; Rhoda 

Maria, h. 9 Ap. 1835, m. William II. Power 28 Oct. 1867. Chighton the f. 
was a farmer, and a captain of militia. He res. on the road to AVare, at the 
place marked " C. Ruggles " on the R. INIap, kept the tavern near the Com- 
mon from 1826 to 1S32, and about 1836 rem. to Barre, where he d. 13 Aug. 
1858, a. 65 ; his w. Rhoda d. 2 Nov. 1879, a. nearly 77. 

41. Parks, s. of lienjamin (29), m. Lucy, prob. dau. of William Smith, 29 
Nov. 1804, and had Li/dia, b. 31 :\Iar. 180S", m. Ransford L. Smith of Hop- 
kinton 25 May 1839; Afarij, h. 7 Sep. 1807; d. unm. at N. Brk. 24 Mar. 
1878, a. 70; Reed Smith, b. 4 Sep. 1809; Lauretta, b. 25 Oct. 1811, m. James 
C. Ayres of N. Brk., pub. 9 Dec. 1838; Almira, b. 27 Nov. 1813, m. Henrv 
A. Moore of Littleton 21 Aug. 1837; Lucij, b. 25 July 1817. Parks the f. 
was a farmer, res. on the Old Greenwich road, three miles westerly from the 
Common, at the place marked '' P. Ruggles" on the R. Map, and d. 12 Nov. 
1835, a. 54; his w. I'ucy d. 6 Nov. 18G7, a. 87. 

42. Lkmuel, s. of Lemuel (30), m. Hannah Hooker of Enf., pub. 30 Mar. 
1818, and had Elbridge, b. 3 June 1819; Salli/, b. 29 Mar. 1821, d. unm. 4 



490 RUGGLES — SABIN. 

Ap. 1847 ; Emory, b. 5 June 1823, fl. 22 Feb. 1825 ; Maria, b. 2 Nov. 1825, 
m. Clinton Howard of Sturbridoje 20 June 1858, res. here and d. 13 May, 
1877; Jane, b. 23 Mar. 1828, d. 3 July 1828. Lemuel the f. was a farmer, 
res. on the homestead, and d. 14 Feb. 1840, a. 51); his w. Hannah d. 16 Dec. 
1877, a. 85. 

43. Brigham, s. of Lemuel (30), m. Abigail Grain 30 Dec. 1813, and had 
Albert Henry, b. 9 Oct. 1814; '' Alucius " Grain, b. 31 Dec. 1815. Brigham 
the f. rem. toBoylston, andd. 9 Ap. 1863, a. nearly 79. 

44. Martin, s. of Ephraira (31), m. Abicrail, dau. of Eleazar Dexter, 

27 Feb. 1816, and had a child, which d. 13 July 1817; JSJartin Dexter, b. 26 
Oct. 1820, d. 9 Mar. 1838; William Powers, b. 11 Nov. 1822; John E,iwin, 
b. 4 June 1826. Martin the f. d. 28 Sept. 1861, a. nearly 71; his w. Abigail 
d. 5 July 1860, a. 73. 

45. Solomon W., s. of Solomon (32), ra. Tryphena Weeks 1 Ap. 1827, 
and had Benjamin Whiting, b. 25 Mar. 1828, d. at Fitchburg 1 Oct. 1846 ; 
JoJin Willis, b. 17 July 1829, d. at Fitchburg 13 July 1852. Solomon W. 
thef. rem. to Fitchburg, and d. 19 May 1863, a. 59. 

46. Moses, s. of Anson (38), m. Maria, dau. of William Robinson of Barre 
26 May 1841, and had Lucy Maria, b. 13 Oct. 1845, m. Edward H. Paige, 
5 July 1876. MoSES the f., a farmer, res. at Barre and on the homestead in 
Hk. for some years, and afterwards on the Mixter Farm, near the Common. 
He was an assessor in 1851 and 1866. 

47. Frederick D., s. of Anson (38), m. Eliza Jane Rogers" of Barre 14 
June 1859, and had Frederick Anson, b. 19 Mar. 1861; Anna Reed, h. 22 Ap. 
1863; Georr/e Raivson, h. 9 Nov. 1864; Mary Mixter, b. 15 Oct. 1866; Garrie 
Cutler, b. 22 May 1870; Jennie Louisa, b. 15 Aug. 1876; Samuel Rogers, b. 7 
Dec. 1880. Frederick D. the f., a farmer, res. on the homestead. 

48. Henry, s. of Franklin (39), m. Harriette S. Geer of Norwich, Conn., 
25 Oct. 1852; she d. 11 Ap. 185 7, a. 26, and he m. Louise Cooke of Preston, 

Conn. ; she d. , and he m. Sarah Perry of Ridgefield, Conn. His chil. 

were Alice, b. 31 Dec. 1853 or 1854, d. 17 May 1862; William Gummings, b. 

28 Oct. 1856; Annie Louise, b. 18 Sep. 1863. Henry the f. res. in Norwich, 
Conn. He served his country several years as consul at Barcelona, and after- 
wards at Malta. 

49. Reed S., s. of Parks (41), m. Sarah A., dan. of Rufus Sargent of 
N. Br., pub. 17 Ap. 1839, and had Esies Sargent, b. 20 Feb. 1844; Frederick 
A., b. 14 Mar. 1848; Mary Ann, b. 29 May 1851, m. Edward B. Brown of 
Brimfield 1 Oct. 1879. Reed S. the f., a farmer, res. near the central bridge 
over Ware River, at the place marked " A. Rich " on the R. Map. He d. 12 
Oct. 1882, a. 73 ; his w. Sarah A. d. 27 Sep. 1876, a. 63. 

50. Elbridge, s. of Lemuel (42), m. Mary Aiken of Prescott, pub. 14 Dec. 
1850, and had Mary Theolotia, b. 20 Aug. 1852; Abhie, b. 21 June 1854; Fred- 
erick Elbridge, b. 23 Sep. 1856, m. Katie El. Wesson 27 Ap. 1882 ; Amon/ A., 
b. 26 May 1859; Ella Frances, b. 3 Aug. 1863; Louis Hooker, b. 17 Nov. 
1866; Gertrude M., b. 1 Feb. 1869; Nelson Paul, b. 29 Aug. 1871. Elbridge 
the f., a farmer, res. on the homestead. 

51. William P., s. of Martin (44), m. Martha J\L, dau. of Capt. John 
Lawton, 22 Feb. 1846, and had Martha Jeannette,b. 8 Oct. 1847; John Wil- 
liam, b. 9 elune 1856. 

52. Frederick A., s. of Reed S. (49), m. Carrie L. Towne 15 Jan. 1878, 

and had Alice Maude, b. 10 Oct. 18 78, d. 7 Sep. 1879 ; Amie L., b. , d. 

12 June 1882. 

53. Franklin (b. in Esperance, N. Y.), bv w. Julia Bell, had Julia Bell, 
b. 9 Dec. 1864. 

Samuel, m. Mary Mace of Stafford, Conn., pub. 20 Dec. 1784. Samuel 
(perhaps the same), m. Susanna Johnson of Thompson, Conn., pub. 6 Mar. 
1786. Polly, m. Samuel French of Craftsbury, Vt., 17 July 179G. Pauline 
M. (dau. of Benjamin and Mary of Otsego, N. Y.), ni. John R. Fish 27 ^lay 
1855, and (2d) Isaac S. Bonney 10 :\L-ir.l864. 

Sabin, David, by w. Mary, had Lydia, bap. 24 Sep. 1738; David, bap. 19 



S ABIN — SAFFORD. 491 

Oct. 1740; C/i/o6, bap. — July 1743; Lucij, bap. 14 Sep. 1746. David the 
f. was a comb-niaker, and came here from Rehoboth. He boiiiiht a farm in 
Hardwick 18 Oct. 1736, and was uibnitted to the church here 4 Sep. 1737. 

Elisha, ni. Sarah Crosby of Sturbridire 18 Feb. 1795. Abigaii,, of Bel., 
m. Dr. William H. Willis, pub. 17 Sep. 1842. Ursula G., d. 5 Sep. 1856, 

a. 29. 

Safford, Thomas, was of Ipswich as early as 1641, and by w. Elizabeth 
had sons Joseph and ,/oA/*, and four dau;;hters. He d. in Ips. 20 Feb. 106 7. 

2. JoHX, s. of Thomas (1), b. about 1633, res. in Ipswich, and by w. Sarah 
had Thomas, Joseph, perhaps John, and five daujrhters. 

3. Thomas, s. of John (2), b. in Ipswich 16 Oct. 1673, m. Eleanor, wid. of 
Richard Shatswell and dau. of Daniel Cheney, 7 Oct. 1098, and had Sarah, 
Thomas, Joseph, h. — March 1704-5. (Thus far I have been j^uided by a 
MS. letter from Hon. Robert Safford Hale of Elizabethtown, N. Y., one of 
the posterity of the last-named Joseph Safford.) 

4. Joseph, s. of Thomas (3), m. Mary Challis 1728, and had Eleanor, 

bap. at Ips. 29 June 1729, d. 13 Dec. 1730 ; Joseph, bap. 25 Oct. 1730 ; Anna, 
bap. 28 Xov. 1731, m. Israel Olmstead 25 Nov. 1756; Challis, bap. 9 Sep. 
1733; Philip, b. about 1736 ; Khenezer, b. about 1738 ; Mary, m. Azariah 
Wrijiht of Westminster, Vt., 29 June 1762. Joseph the f. was a " joyner; " 
he prob. rem. from Ips. to Sutton, and thence to Hk. in 1751, and d. here 
before 1757, when his widow released dower in his estate; slie subsequently 
rem. with her son Joseph to W^oodstock, Vt. 

5. Joseph, s. of Joseph (4), m. Martha Powers 26 Oct. 1753, and had Jesse, 

b. 9 Feb. 1755; Eleanor, b. 23 Oct. 1757; Martha, b. 11 June 1759 (bap. 24 
Sep. 1758 ; it would seem that the date of birth should be 1758, and the date 
of the preceding birth 1756) ; Joseph, b. 22 June 1760; i\Iartj, b. 4 Ap. 1763; 
Challis, h. 6 Feb. 1765; Lucinda, b. 8 Jan. 1771, d. 8 Feb. 1773. Joseph the 
f. was a housewright, and appears to have resided on the Barre road, at or 
near the place marked " Dr. Stone " on the R. Map. He was a partner with 
Deac. Joseph Allen in the hazardous enterprise of erecting, at their own risk, 
the spacious meeting-house which was completed in 1771. He was commis- 
sioned lieutenant of Caj)t. Daniel AVheeler's company of militia-in 17 71, and 
removed to Woodstock, Vt., in 1777, where he d. i9 Jan. 1798; his w. Martha 
d. 31 Mar. 1804, a. 73. 

6. Challis, s. of Joseph (4), m. Rebecca, dau. of Thomas Winslow, 10 

July 1755; she d. , and he m. Lydia, dau. of Jonathan Warner, 8 Feb. 

1700. His chil. were Elizabeth, b. 7"Dec. 1755; An?ia, h. 27 Aug. 1757, d. 
7 Ap. 1759; Anna, b. 22 Feb. 1761; Jonas, b. 23 July 1763; Jonathan, h. 27 
Feb. 1766, went with his mother to Bennington in 1777, studied medicine 
prob. with his step-father. Dr. Jonas Fay, settled at Fawlet, Vt., in 1793, and 
" was a successful and popular practitioner until his death in 1821, aged 56 
(55). Dr. [Jonathan] Safford raised a large family: Horace, Jonathan W., 
Edwin B., Annis, Eliza, Delia, and Caroline;"^ Robert, b. 1 7 July 1768; 
Challis, b. 15 Ap. 1771, was carried to Bennington in 1777, m. Betsey Doty 1 
Nov. 1796, and rem. to Enosburg, Vt., in 1800, where he was elected deacon 
in 1833 ; he was a farmer, and "'won the confidence and friendship of his fel- 
low-citizens in a remarkable degree. It was not known that he had an enemy. 
In politics he was a Federalist of the old school. . . . He died Aug. 22, 1841, 
in the 71st year of his age ; and the people said ' a good man and true has 
gone to his rest.' " 2 Challis the f., in the record of his first marriage, is 
described as of Rutland (prob. Rutland District, now Barre), but seems to 
have become an inhabitant of Hk. immediately afterwards, and res. at the 
north end of the Common, on or near the jjlace marked " P. Hammond " on 
the R. Map. He was a physician, and during the French AV^ar served two 
campaigns in the regiment of Col. Ruggles, — as surgeon in 1757, and sur- 
geon's mate in 1759. His useful life had an early close; the date of his death 
is not found, but the inventory of his estate was rendered 21 June 1771, His 
w. Lydia m. Dr. Jonas Fay of Bennington, the famous Vermont patriot and 
politician, 20 Nov, 1777.- 

1 Hid. of Pawlet, p. 233. - Vtrmont Hist. Magazine, ii. 150-153. 



492 SAFFORD — SEARS. 

7. Philip, s. of Joseph (4), was a "joyner" or carpenter, and resided 

here as early as 1755. He subsequently rem. to Rockinoham, Vt., m. 

Bigelow, and had several children. He served in the French War during five 
campaigns, 1755-1759, and on the roll for 1756 was described as 20 years old, 
and born in Ipswich. In his last campaign 1759, he held the office of lieuten- 
ant; he had previously been a drummer; and he must have been a good one, 
as he was the drum-major. 1757, in the regiment of Col. Ruggles, of which 
his brother, Dr. Challis Saf^ord, was surgeon. 

8. Ehexezer, s. of Joseph (4), m. Abiel, dau. of Elisha Higgins, 24 Nov. 
1759, and had Ehenezer, b. 9 Dec. 1759. He served in the French War dur- 
ing the campaigns of 1757, 1759, and 1760, — the last year as sergeant; on 
the roll for 1759 he is described as 21 years old. Whether he died while 
attached to the army does not appear; but his w. Abiel m. Israel Johnson 29 
Dec. 1761. 

Sampson, John S., by w. Lydia S., had Alice N., b. 12 Feb. 1850. 

2. Perez B., by w. Arminda R., had Francis, b. 16 Ap. 1861. 

Rachel, of Templeton, m.-Capt. Elijah Warner 15 May 1786. Olive, 
m. Allen Cobb 1 Jan. 1795. Betsey, ni. Giles Warner 4 May 1809. 

Saxger, Eleazar, by \v. Mary, had Eleazar and Ahner, twins, b. 12 Mar. 
1739; il/ar//, b. 2 May 1741; Eliznbelh, b. 6 Sep. 1743. Eleazar the f. was 
son of Nathaniel Sanger of Woodstock, formerly a part of Worcester County, 
but now embraced in Connecticut. He was a farmer, and rem. from Wood- 
stock to Hk. in 1735, and apparently resided near the line of Barre. In Feb. 
1 740 he sold to Elisha Hedge 300 acres of land, lying on both sides of Moose 
Brook, and bounded north on the Barre line. He prob. soon afterwards rem. 
to Petersham (then called Nichewoag), where he was residing in August 
1751. 

2. George J., was pastor of the Union Church and Society (the old First 
Parish), from 1856 to 1864. His w. Sarah E., d. 7 May 1858, a. 33, and he 
m. Susan V., dau. of Gardner Bartholomew, 31 May 1859. In the War of the 
Rebellion he served his country, first as lieutenant of infantry, and afterwards 
as chaplain, and was taken prisoner at Galveston. He rem. to Webster in 
1864, and subsequently to Danvers. 

Saunders, Robert, m. Hannah Walker of Pet., pub. 30 Aug. 1768. Mary 
H., of Boston, m. Nathaniel Oliver 2(1, pub. 18 Dec. 1846. 

Sears, Richard, m. Dorothy Thacher in 1632, and had Knyvet ; Paul ; Si- 
las ; Z)<:^or(//<, m. Zechariah Paddock. Richard the f. came to Plymouth in 
1630, and settled in the easterly part of Yarmouth (now Dennis), where he d. 
in 16 76, a. 86 ; his w. Dorothy d. in 1680. 

2. Silas, s. of Richard (1), m. , and had Silas, b. ; Thomas, b. 

1664; Richard, b. ; Hannah, b. 1672, m. Thomas Snow of Eastham; Jo- 
seph, b. ; Josiah, b. ; Elizabeth, b. ; m. John Cook; Dorrity. Si- 
las the f. was a lieutenant, res. in Yarmouth, where he d. 13 Jan. 1698, a. 60. 

3. Joseph, s. of Silas (2), m. Hannah Hall 1700, and had Priscilla,h. 

1701; Hannah, b. 1703; Zechariah, b. 1706; Joseph, b. 1708; 

Stephen, b. 1710; Rowland, b. 1711 ; Barnabas, b. 1714; Peter, 

h. 1716; Bethia, b. 1718; Silas, b. 1720, "went to Rochester;" 

Thaiilful, h. 1723. Joseph the f. res. in East Dennis. (Thus far, I 

have been guided by the Sears Gene(dnyij (appended to Pictures of the Olden 
Times), Freeman's History of Cape Cod, and Savage's Gen. Dictionary.) 

4. Rowland (generally written Roland), s. of Joseph (3), m. Mary, dau. 
of John Freeman of Rochester, pub. 11 Nov. 1738, and had in Hk. Freeman, 
b. 25 July 1740; Barnabas, h. 20 Nov. 1743; Thankful, b. 15 July 1745, m. 
John Cobb 19 July 1764; Elisha, b. 6 June 1748, m. Hannah Sears 31 Oct. 
1771; Mercy, b. 11 Ap. 1751, m. Reuben Snow 11 May 1769; Hannah, h. 20 
Feb. 1754, ra. Ezekiel Baker, jmb. 2 Oct. 1785; Mary, bap. 4 June 1758. Ro- 
land the f., in the record of his marriage at Rochester, is described as of 
Upton; but he seems to have rem. to Hk. before the birth of his first child, and 
in 1742 bought land on Moose Brook, near Barre. He was a " bloomer," ^ or 

1 "Bloom, a mass of iron that has passed the]bloraary, or undergone the first ham- 



SEARS — SELLON". 493 

foroer of iron, and his forge was prob. on the site of what has long been called 
" Taylor's Mills." He was lieutenant of militia, a soldier in the llevohitionary 
War, selectman live years, after which he rem. to Greenwich, where he res. in 
1787, when he took the oath of allegiance, having been involved in the Shays 
Rebellion. His wife Mary was disnussed from the church in Hk. to the church 
in Gr. 13 Sep. 1779. 

5. Barxabas, s. of Joseph (3), m. Thankful, dau. of John Freeman, at 
Rochester, 25 Sep. 1732, and is said (in Sears Gen. p. 32) to have had two 
sons, Barnabas and Stephen; he had in Hk. Mary, b. 27 Ap. 1738, m. Capt. 
Jonathan .Fletcher of Rut. District (Barre), 1 May 17C0. Barnabas the f. 
was a " bloomer," prob. an associate of his brother Roland, and had rem. from 
Roch. to Hk. before the birth of his dau. in 1738. He rem. to Brk., where he 
purchased one eighth part of certain " iron-works," 5 Jan. 1740, and did not 
survive quite two years ; his inventory was rendered 28 Oct. 1741 ; his brother 
Roland settled the estate, and seems to have adopted the dau. Mary, who was 
bap. in Hk. 11 Sep. 1743, being styled in the record " iicpheio of Rolon Sears." 

6. Silas, perhaps s. of Joseph (3), by w. Deborah, had Baniabas, h. 21 
Mar. 17G3, possibly the Ca])!. Barnabas Sears who d. at Amh. 26 Feb. 1850, 
and was described as b. in Hard wick, and .S4 years of age. 

7. Frekmax, s. of Roland (4), m. Mehetabel, dau. of Andrew Haskell, 22 
Oct. 1761, and had Roland, h. 24 Dec. 1 762, and d. at Gr. 22 INIar. 1851; 
Andrew Haskell, b. 29 Mar. 1765, m. (then res. in Gr.) Rachel Stetson, — 

Mar. 1787; Melicent, b. 20 Sep. 1767, m. Field, and d. in Erving 6 Mar. 

1 853, a. 85 ; Mary, b. 1 7 Feb. 1771; Mercy, b. 23 Jan. 1774; Charles Doolittle, b. 
7 Oct. 1775. Freeman the f. prob. rem. to Gr. before 2 Feb. 1779, when his 
w. Mehetabel was dismissed from the church in Hk. to the church in Gr. 

8. Barnabas, s. of Roland (4), or possibly s. of Barnabas (5), m. Rachel 
Bullard of Rut. District (Barre) in 1764, and had Jolm, b. 2 Aug. 1765; Han- 
nah, b. 4 Mar. 1767; Joseph, b. 12 Ap. 1769; Mases, b. 22 Ap. 1771 ; Barnabas, 
b. 18 May 1773, d. 2 June 1773; Freeman, bap. 15 May 1774, d. 18 June 
1774; Mary, b. 10 June 1775. Barnabas the f. was a farmer, and res. on part 
of the homestead. His military service during the Revolution was abundant 
and conspicuous. He was sergeant of the company of "minute-men " which 
marched on the Lexington alarm, 19 Ap. 17 75; he returned and assisted Capt. 
Samuel Billings in organizing a company for the regular service, of which he 
was commissioned lieutenant 23 May 1775, and was captain of a company in 
the Dorchester Camp 15 Feb. 1776. He was elected major of Col. Holman's 
regiment 26 June 1776, and in 1781 is mentioned as '"Lieut. Colonel, Com- 
mandant," in the three months' service, when his i-esidence was in Greenwich. 
In the troublous times which followed the Revolution, like many other olHcers 
and soldiers, he was concerned in the unlawful effort lor relief, which is styled 
the Shays Rebellion or Insurrection. His oilence was pardoned by the gov- 
ernment, and he subscribed the oath of allegiance in 1787. He rem. to Green- 
wich, prob. before 13 Sep. 1779, when his w. Rache' was dism. from the church 
in Hk. to the church in Gr. 

Barxabas, d. 3 Oct. 1838, a. 67. Abigait (wid. of Barnabas), d. 4 Dec. 
1860, a. 80. Abigail, m. Charles S. Smith of Barre 21 Sep. 1841. Sarah 
A., m. William A. F. Weeks of Oakham, pub. 20 Sep. 1859. Nettie O., of 
Gr., m. Sylvester S. Cleveland 2 Dec. 18j3. Lucius E., of Gr., m. Sarah E. 
King 10 Jan. 1865. 

Seaver, Moses, was a soldier in the French War 1755. Lucy, m. Na- 
thaniel Jackson of Gr., pub. 10 Ja.i. 1792. Lucy, m. Ezra Leonard, pub. 5 
July 1807. Luther, m. Salouu Jackson, pub. 4 Nov. 1808 ; she d. 13 Ap. 
18u9, a. 22. 

Sellox, John, Jr., was f^aartermaster in the French War, 1761, and was 
prob. the same who boug'.t of Isaac Abbott thirty acres of land adjoinino- 
Gr. 9 Jan. 176 7, was a s:/idier in the Revolutionary War, 1776, and m. Martha 
Moseley, at Sutto'* 26 Nov. 17 78. 

mering." "Bihmary (or Bloomary), the first forge through which iron passes after it 
is melted fror the ore." WtbsUr. 



494 SELLON — SHURTLEFF. 

Nancy, m. Sylvanus Piirino;ton, pub. 3 July 1780. Samuel, of Leverett, 
m. Abigail JMoseley pub. 22 Jan. 1786. John, m, Rebecca Leech (or Luch) 
of Bel.', i)ub. 25 Sep. 1796. 

Sessions, Josiah T., m. Sarah A., dau. of Benjamin AV. Sherman, 28 
Mar. 1872, and had Ajinn W., h. — Nov. 1873; George F., b. 10 Dec 1877; 
Ansel Benjamin, b. 8 Oct. 1880. 

Shaw, Jesse, m. Paulina, dau. of Joseph Crowell, 19 Dec. 1813, and had 
a child d. 17 Mar. 1814, a. 11 days. 

2. LoREN, ni. Lucy H. Totman 17 Mar. 1846, and had Charles Henry, b. 
22 July 1850, 

3. William H., m. Lucy A. , and had Ahhy Eliza, b. 8 Jan. 1861; 

a dau. b. 1 Doc. 1863. 

GiNNET (Jeanette), m. David Ayers 21 Dec. 1742. Andrew, m. Anne 
Blair 17 Nov. 1749. Thomas, ni. Elizabeth Phinney of Pet. 7 June 1777, 
John, of Brk., ni. Kezia Chamberlain 12 June 1780. Mehetabel, ni. 
Oliver Harris, pub. 16 Ap. 1780. Hannah, m. Thomas Reed Smith 8 Mar. 
1792. Louisa, m. Alvah Wood of Northampton 6 Ap. 1824. Chauncey 
R., of Bel., m. Eunice M. Elwell 24 May 1831. Oziel, of Ware, m. Levina 
Bassett 10 May 1836. 

Sherman, Benjamin "W., m. Lydia , and had EUzaheth, h. , d. 

19 June 1842, a. 1; Lucy, b. 17 May 1843, d. 15 Oct, 1847; Avery, b. 15 
Nov. 1847, d. 9 June 1849; Anna, b. 28 Jan. 1849; Sarah Adeline, b. 22 Feb. 
1850, m. Josiah T, Sessions 28 Mar, 1872; a son, still-born, 28 July 1852; 

George, b. , d. 19 Sep. 1855, a. 3 days; Charles W., b, 24 Mar. 1859, d, 24 

July 1859. Ben.jamin W. the f., a farmer, res. a little more than half a mile 
north from the Common, at the place marked " S. Berry " on the R. Map. 

2. Horace R., m. Frances , and had Clara Dustin, b. 1 Ap. 1849, d. 

15 Ap. 1850. 

Mary, of Grafton, m. John Cooper 15 Mar. 1748-9. AVilliam, of Roch- 
ester, m. Hannah Steward 11 Sep. 1766. John, of Barre, m. Mrs. Sally 
Allen 3 Dec, 1835. ]\L\ry S., m. James PL Severance of Boston 9 Jan. 
1866. 

Shugrue, Patrick, m. Bridget , and had Ahhle, b. 11 Feb. 1858; 

John, b. about Dec. l!-!59, d. 1 Ap. 1860, a. 3 months. Patrick the f., b. in 
L-eland, d. 9 Oct. 1879, a. 44. 

2. Cornelius, m. JNIary J. Higgins, pub. 17 Jan. 1861, and had Mary, b. 
19 Mar. 1868; Julia, b. 16 Dec. 1869; Johanna, b. 16 Aug. 1871; Catherine, 
b. 15 Sep. 1872. 

3. John, m. I\Iary , and had John, b. 9 Mar. 1872; Timothy, b. 16 

Aug. 1873; Agnes, b. 11 Jan. 1877. 

Julia, m. James Sullivan, pub. 6 Dec, 1858, Julia, m. Florence Mahoney 
of Holyoke, pub. 17 Feb. 1863. Patrick, m. Hannah Fleming 15 Jan. 1865. 
Michael, m. Hannah Bresnihan of Ware 26 Nov. 1868. Mary, m. William 
Daunt, Jr., 3 Feb. 1878. John, d. 29 Aug. 1880, a. 75. 

Shumway, Perez, of Pv,n, m. Sarah Dwight 3 Ap. 1811, and had Relief, 
bap. 2 Aug. 1812, and m. Jos.'oh A. Gould, pub. 18 Jan. 1839, as a resident 
in Petersham; Eliza Flae/g, bap. ('adult) 25 June 1820, m. James P. Rogers 
5 Mar. 1822, and d. 8 Aug. 1881, .-. 81. 

Levius, of Barre, ni. Mary Eliza Bolster 17 Aug. 1834. Zemira F., m. 
Rhoda W. Rogers 11 Feb. 1835. Zi mira F., of Pet. (prob. the same), m. 
Mrs. Lucinda Dexter 1 Oct, 1856, Alfred, d. 30 Sep. 1821, a. 14. 

Shurtleff, Jedediah, m. Lucy Ne 'diall of Danvers 7 July 1785, and 
had Otis, b. 15 Sep, 1787, m, Lydia, dau. of Maj. Seth Hinkley, 14 Feb. 
1810; Clarissa, b. 10 Oct. 1790; twins b. 10 M.^y 1794, and d. 12 and 13 May 
1794; Thomas Neiohall, b. 2 Ap. 1796, d, 11 No '.1798; Fairman Newhall, b, 
28 Ap, 1799. Jedediah the f. was a tailor, and yent from house to house 
to make garments. He was lame and thriftless. A.'^t.er a temporary absence 
from the town he became a pauper, and with his wife icturned and received 
public aid for the remainder of life. He d. 26 Mar. 1845, a. "^2; his w. Lucy 
d. 5 Ap. 1838, a, 77. 



SHURTLEFF — SLOAN. 495 

2. Jonas, m. Dolly Ilawes of N. Br. 27 Mar. 1794, and liad Beriah Ilmoes, 
b. 19 June 1795. 

IIkmax, m. Sally Merrick 30 Nov. 1788. 

Siiu.KY, Sardius, had Sardius, J., b. ; and by second wife, Mary 

, had Mary June, b. 25 June 1836; Leander, b. 10 July 1838; Charlotte 

Ellen, b. 3 Aug. 1840; Julia Maria, b. 6 July 1842, m. Samuel S. Dennis 26 
Nov. 1863; Emili/ Louisa, b. 22 Aug. 1844, d. 15 Feb. 1848. Saudius the f. 
d. 16 Feb. 1845, a. 41. 

2. Sumner, ni. Anna G. , and had Frances Jane, b. 11 July 1843; 

John Bruman, b. 8 Nov. 1847; a dau. b. 15 Sep. 1849, 

3. Watervillk (or AValter), of Brlc, ni. Hannah, dau. of Cyrus Dan- 
forth, 29 Mar. 1843, and had, in Ilk., Martlia Maria, b. 8 Jan. 1845; Delphia 
Jane, b. 15 Nov. 1846; Ella Frances, b. 4 Feb. 1848. 

4. Sardius J., s. of Sardius (1), m. Augusta M. Newconib, pub. 9 Nov. 
1856, and had Frederick, b. 5 Feb. 1859; Charles Sardius, b. 5 Dec. 1862; 
Minnie Augusta, b. 4 July 1867; Estelle (or Annie G.), b. 6 Aug. 1809, d. 16 
Aug. 1869. Sardius J., a farmer, res. on the road to Ware, at the place 
marked "Keyes Tyler " on the R. Map. 

5. Leaxder, s. of Sardius (1), was an assessor eleven years, from 1862 to 
1873, except 1868, and a member of the school committee in 1872 and 1873. 
He rem. to Spencer, with his mother, and was afterwards married. 

Samuel, m. Sarah Ingersoll of Pet., pub. 29 Aug. 1773. IMoi.ly, m. 
Stephen Woodward of Pet. 13 May 1777. Eunice, of N. Sal., m. Adonijah 
Dennis, pub. 1 May 1780. Elisha, m. Elizabeth Twitchel of Athol 1 Nov. 
1781. Betsey, m. Samuel Worden of Pet. 30 June 1785. Aisijaii, m. 
Patty Corey 29 Sep. 1785. Braman B., of Enf., m. Maria A. Utley 31 
Dec. 1833. Sarah C, of Auburn, m. Constant Southworth, pub. 27 Dec. 
1838. Ann Maria, of Barre, m. Henry Wilkiiis, pub. 24 Oct. 1841. Caro- 
line A., m. William A. AVarner, Jr., 15 Nov. 1860. Isaac (b. in Sutton), 
d. 5 Mar. 1853, a. 73. 

Simmons, Taylor, d. 17 Nov. 1819, a. 39. Susan, m. John Thayer, pub. 
7 Feb. 1820. 

SiMoNDS, Abigail, m. Joseph Marsh 17 jNIay 1750. Judah, m. Thankful 
Allis 28 May 1777. Hannah, of AVare, m. David Aiken 15 July 1765, and 
d. 28 July 183 7, a. 97. Sarah, of Barre, m. Frederick Henry, pub. 24 Nov. 
1791. Philexa, m. Robei-t Parker, pub. 13 May 1811. Saijah, m. John 
Towne, pub. 2 Nov. 1858. 

Simpson, Nathaniel, had w. Dulcinea, who d. 12 Feb. 1834, a. 41, and 
he ni. Sai-ah, dau. of Samuel Spooner, 12 Mar. 1835; she d. 23 eJuly 1846, a. 
46, and he m. Harriet N. Denio, 23 Dec. 1847, and had Homer Nathaniel, b. 
13 Aug. 1850, d. 20 Mar. 1864; Harriet Isabel, b. 7 Nov. 1852, d. 21 Dec, 
1858. Nathaniel the f, was b. in Wardsboro', Vt,, came to Ilk. about 1820, 
was an honest and industrious shoemaker, and res. on the turnpike about three 
quarters of a mile east of tVie Common, at the place marked " INlr. Stimpson" 
on the R. Map; he d. 18 Dec. 1876, a. nearly 85 years. 

2. Joseph, m. Adeline , and had Adeline, b. 20 June 1865; Mary Z., 

b. 21 Aug. 186 7. 

Slaney, William, m. Anna , and had Sarah Gertrude, b. 11 Sep. 

1804; Frederick Sames, b. 19 Aug. 1866; Alice Anna, b. 25 June 1871. 

Mary A., m. John H. Fay 15 Aug. 1877. 

Sleeper, Samuel, m. Lucy Ellen , and had Emma M., h. about 1834, 

d. 27 Sep. 1848, a. 14; Clarissa Ann. h. 28 Nov. 1843, d. 12 June 1849; George 
W. P., b. 1 Ap. 1846; L. Webster, b. 15 Mar. 1850; a dau.. still-born, 15 Mar. 
1852. 

2, Curtis C (s. of Timothy and Ruth), m. Fanny, dau. of George C. Rich- 
ardson, 8 Mar. 1873, and ).ad Mary Eliza, h. 5 Dec. is 73; Ejjie Louisa, b. 4 
May 1875; Samuel Curti,, b. 24 June 1877; a dau. b. 10 Ap. 1879; a dau. 
still-born, 29 Ap. 188 j. 

Sloan, Willap.>, m. Alma, dau. of Ezra Clark, and had Melina, b. 27 Feb. 
1822, m, CharlK.^ P. Brown of Woodstock, Conn., 24 Oct. 1849; Julia Ann, 



496 SLOAN— SMITH. 

b. 6 Dec. 1825; Ezra C, b. 1 July 1827; Dwirjht, b. 10 Ap. 1830; Daniel P., 
b. 1 May 1832, d. 1 Oct. 1833 ; Luthera A., b. 10 May 1835, d. 29 May 1853, a. 
18; Elhha Winsloiv, b. 18 Mar. 1837; Elizahelh Pair/e. b. 7 Jan. 1844; Marian 
Louisa, h. 28 Jan. 1846; Elnora, b. 10 June 1848. Willard tbe f., a farmer, 
res. on the road to Gr., about two miles westerly from the Common, at the 
place marked " W. Sloan " on the R. Map. 

2. Jonathan Shipman, brother of AVillard (1), had permission from the 
General Court to take the name of Henry Clinton. He m. Mary Eliza, 
dau. of Jacob Earl, 18 Ap. 1844, and d. s. p. (accidentally killed by the fall of 
a tree) 26 Mar. 1855, a. 4 7. 

3. James, m. Celia J. Richardson 16 Mar. 1837, and was, perhaps, the same 
who d. at Dana 1 Dec. 1875, a. 69. 

Smith, Benjamin, was one of the earliest and most energetic pioneers in 
the settlement of the town. Though not one of the original purchasers, he 
became a proprietor of the township by vote passed at a proprietors' meeting 
held in Roxbury 21 Feb. 1732-33 : "Voted, that Benjamin Smith, who mar- 
ried one of the heirs of John Curtice, deceased, sence he has carryed on his 
part of the charge with us, 'tis oi'dered that the said Benjamin Smith shall 
have recorded to him the ninth part of the said John Curtises share." He 
was a farmer, and res. on the old River road, about a mile southerly from the 
Furnace, at the place marked " A. Rice " on the R. Maj). ^V'hen the General 
Court granted to the inhabitants, 1 Dec. 1736, authority to elect certain olficers 
to manage their affairs, previous to their incorporation as a town, Mr. Smith 
was authorized to call the first meeting for that purpose; at which, on the 9th 
of Feb. 1736-7, he presided as moderator, and was elected chairman of the 
board of selectmen. He served on several important committees, and at the 
first meeting after the incorporation of the town, in 1739, was again elected to 
the otlice of selectman. He came here from Roxbury, where his first wife d., 
and he m. Experience, dau. of John Curtis, 21 Mar. 1716-17; she d., and he 
m. Hannah Phillips 23 Ap. 1724. His cliil. were Olive, h. about 1714, m. Ezra 
Leonard 1 June 1737, and d. 16 Feb. 1798; Elizabeth, b. about 1716, m. James 
Robinson 3 July 1739; Benjamin, b. 6 Mar. 1718; Samuel, b. 9 Ap. 1721; 
Caleb, b. 21 Feb. 1724-5; Hannah, b. 24 Jan. 1727; Manj, b. 26 Mar. 1729. 
Benmamin the f. appears to have rem. to Rutland before 1747, and to have 
res. there several years; but according to a tradition related to me, nearly half 
a century ago, by a lady then about ninety years old, he returned and spent 
his last days in tiie family of his daughter, Olive Leonard, surviving to extreme 
old age. He was certainly living 16 May 1769, when he executed an imper- 
fect will, now in possession of Mr. J. F. Morris of Hartford, one of his pos- 
terity. 

2. Moses, m. Mary , and had Mary, bap. 1 Jan. 1737-8; he prob. d. 

before 28 Aj). 1751, at which date j]Ioses, son of " Widow Mary Smith " then 
residing at Ware River, was bap. here. 

3. Edward, m. Dorcas, dau. of Rev. Benjamin Ruggles of N. Br. 25 Aug. 
1757, and hud Dorcas, bap. 9 Dec. 1759, m. Solomon Hedge 8 Mar. 1781; 
Susanna, bap. 17 Nov. 1765, m. Israel Aiken of Windsor 23 Sep. 1784; John, 
bap. 7 May 1769; Samuel, bap. 16 June 1771. Edward the f. was a cooper, 
and res. here as early as 10 Oct. 1750, when he bought 165 acres of land ad- 
joining Quobbin (Greenwich), of l^iv. Timothy Ruggles of Rochester. The 
time of his death, or removal, is not ascertained. 

4. AVilliam, m. Sarah , and had, prob., William, b. about 1771; Eliza- 
beth, h. 21 Sep. 1778, m. John Walker of Gr., pub. 16 Nov. 1806; Lucu, b. 20 
Nov. 1780, prob. m. Parks Ruggles 29 No.-. 1804; Lydia, b. 20 June 1783; 
Mary, b. 8 May 1785, d. unm. 8"'Nov. 1809. \7iLLiAM'the f. d. 27 Sep. 1813, 
a. 74; his w. Sarah d. 19 Sep. 1831, a. 88. 

5. Thomas Reed, perhaps s. of William (4), m. Hannah Shaw 8 Mar. 1792, 
and had Thomas, b. 26 Aug. 1792; Elias, b. 24 Feb. i"96, res. long in Gr., d. 
in Ware 5 May 1879; Warren, b. 2 Aug. 1799. Thomao Reed the f. was a 
farmer, res. near the line of Gr., about a quarter of a mile noi b of the turnpike, 
at the place marked " T. R. Smith " on the R. Map, was selectnan five years, 
and d. — June 1845, a. 77; his w. Hannah d. 6 Dec. 1858, a. 87. 



SMITH. 497 

6. William, prob. s. of William (4), m. Lucy, dan. of Jk'njamin Rn^nles, 
14 Feb. 1805, and had Jluggles, h. — Mar. 1806; William llan.wn, h. 16 June 
1812, d. 4 Mar. 1846; Sarah Reed, b. . William the f. d. 4 May 1816, 

a. 45; his w. Lucy d. 15 June 1867, a. nearly 83. 

7. John, m. Hannah, dau. of Warhani Warner of N. Br., 1 Sep. 1793, 
and had in Hk. Warner, b. — 1795, d, in /•'arre 28 Jan. 1867, a. 71; and 
proi). others. Joiix the f. was a cabinet-maker, and res. generally in Barre; 
but he bought of James Lawton, 26 Mar. 1792, the estate near the Conunon, 
marked " W. Mandell " on the li. Map, which he sold to J^lijah B. Harmon 
30 July 1798, and returned to Barre. 

8. Oliver B., m. Marv , and had Charles S., b. at N. Sal., 22 Sep. 1817; 

at Waitsfield, Vt., Frances B., b. 13 Nov. 1819; Mary A., b. 23 Aug. 1821; 
Fanny R., b. 26 Mav 1823; Horace S., h. 2 Ap. 1825; and after he came to 
Hk., ^Liioj II., b. 7 Oct. 1827, m. Jason Cleveland 30 Jan. 1843; Sarah M., b. 
30 Oct. 1829 ; Jane E., b. 9 May 1831 ; Eliza Ann, b. 5 Ap. 1833. 

9.' War MEN, s. of Thomas Reed (5), m. Pamela , and had Caroline, 

b. 14 Seji. 1830. Warren the f. was captain of cavalry, and d. 1 Sep. 1841, 

a. 42. 

10. Moses, s. of Moses, and b. in Sterling, m. Adelaide, dau. of Charles 
Paige, 25 Dec. 1834, and had John R., b. 16 Oct. 1835, d. 25 Aug. 1838 ; John 
R., b. 17 Mar. 1839; Charles Moses, h. 8 July 1854, d. unm. 13 Feb. 1877. 
Moses the f. in early life was a merchant, but was obliged to abandon active 
pursuits by severe chronic rheumatism. He afterwards bought, and for many 
yeai's occupied, the estate on the westerly side of the Common, formerly the 
residence of Daniel Ruggles, Esq., and marked " D. R." on the R. Map. 
He d. 23 Feb. 1881, a. 79. 

11. Ruggles, s. of William (G), m. Hannah D. Bonney of Chesterfield, 
pub. 16 Mar. 1838, and had Eleanor Aiif/us/a, b. 6 Mar. 1839. 

12. Charles S., jirob. s. of Oliver B. (8), m. Abigail Sears 21 Sep. 1841, 
and had Ellen Elvira, h. 11 Oct. 1842, d. 31 July 1844; Ellen S., b. 23 Aug. 
1844. 

13. Benton, was ordained pastor of the Universalist church and society 2 
July 1845. He m. Maria L. Sprague of Boston, pub. 26 Aug. 1845, and had 

William Benton, b. 22 July 1846. He rem. in 1849 to Shirley Village, and 
subse(|uently to So. Reading, Chatham, Waltham, and Newmarket, N. H., and 
retiu'ned to Waltham. He was for many years the very efficient secretary of 
the State Convention of Universalists in Massachusetts. His w. Maria L. d. 
at Waltham 5 Nov. 1882, a. 63. 

14. Andrew, m. Margaretta , and had Charles Frederick, h. 4 Aug. 

1848. 

15. Ben.jamin, m. Sophronia , and had a dau. (name not recorded), 

b. 26 Oct. 1849 ; the mother jjrob. d. 29 Ap. 1874, a. 61. 

16. Thomas, m. Alice H. , and had Mary, h. 26 Nov. 1851 ; Alice, b. 

10 Aug. 1853; Rosanna, b. 1 Jan. 1856; Margaret, b. 1 July 1857; Thomas, 
b. 24 Sep. 1859; William, h. 8 Dec. 1861 ; John, b. 2 Ap. 1864. 

17. JoHX, m. Elizabeth , and had Mary Anna, b. 20 June 1853; John 

W., b. 15 Jan. 1855; and prob. Catherine Jane, b. 10 May 1860. 

18. Constantine, m. Julia A. Thaver 3 July 1856, and had Constantine, 
b. 25 Feb. 1862. 

19. Royal, m. Catherine , and had Margaret, b. 17 Aug. 1858. 

20. James M., m. Martha , and had George William, b. 4 May 1862; 

Frederick Austin, b. 26 Feb. 1875, d. 9 Nov. 1875. 

21. William, m. Agnes , and had Thomas, b. 14 Nov. 1867. 

Hannah, m. Samuel Howe of Rut. 29 jNIay, 1739. Saraii, m. Jacob 

Knowlton, pub. 1 Nov. 1762. Joseph, m. Jane Smith of Pet. 26 Aug. 1768. 
Mary, of Bel., m. Capt. Benjamin Ruggles 28 Dec. 1778. Kezia, m. John 
Giflin 22 July 1783. Rhoda, of Pet., m. John Jameson 15 Dec. 1785. Bet- 
sey, of Ware, m. Timothy Barlow, pub. 6 June 1791. ILannah, m. John 
Baker of Pelh., pub. 15 Feb. 1794. Rebecca, m. Levi Higgins of (Jr. 7 Jan. 
1796. Abigail, m. Obed Lain, 16 Feb. 1802. Samuel, m. Cynthia Mason 
32 



498 SMITH— SNOW. 

22 Dec. 1803. Sally, m. Arcliippus Thayer of Mansfield 29 Nov. 1804. 
Elkanok, m. Zenas Cobb 2 June 1805. Mary, of Gr., m. Aqiiila Collins 18 
Oct. 1807. Triphena, of Dana, m. Epbraun Hodges, Jr., pub. 25 Dec. 1815. 
Orrel, of Ware, ni. Moses M. Warner, pub. 30 Dec. 181 G. Sally, of Pet., 
in. Royal Cleveland, pub. 3 Ap. 1820. Nancy M., of N. Sal., ni. Samuel R. 
Aiken, pub. 24 Ap. 1826. Amos K., of Wendell, m. Anna W. Dexter 12 
June 1826. Dr. James M., of New Haven, ni. Martha Ann Paige 25 Nov. 
1829. Nancy R., of Barre, m. Maj. James Danforth, pub. 11 Sep. 1830. 
Mary L., m. Convers C. Rogers 20 June 1833. Martha, m. Gamaliel Col- 
lins, 13 Oct. 1834. Ransford L., of Hoj)kinton, m. Lydia Ruggles 25 Mar. 
1839. Sylvia S., of Gr., ni. Justus Johns(jn, pub. 28 Feb. 1840. Sarah R., 
ni. Daniel 11. Fay of Southboro' 1 Ap. 1841. Mklona, m. Elbridge Hill of 
Holden, pub. 19 May 1841. Luther, m. Elizabeth E. Grant 21 July 1847. 
Charles E., of W. Brk., m. Lucy A. Ehvell 25 Dec. 1850. Jonathan P., 
of Gr., ni. Mary S. Earl 6 Dec. 1853. Julia Ann, m. Francis P. Weeks 26 
June 1872. Mrs. Lizzie, m. Gardner S. Davis 23 Mar. 1874. Mary S., 
m. Otis B. Richardson 14 Ap. 1877. 

Eleanoi!, d. 14 Oct. 1823, a. 16. John, d. 10 June 1829, a. 39 (he had 
buried two children in August 1825, names not recorded, one a. 3 years, the 
other a. 1 year). Sally, w. of Minor, d. 17 Oct. 1829, a. 35. George, d. 
9 Nov. 1831, a. 70. Susan, d. 28 June 1838, a. 14. Elizabeth, w. of Wil- 
liam, d. 7 Oct. 1855, a. 26. Andrew, d. 14 Aug. 1859, a. 62. Mrs. Thank- 
ful, d. 22 Nov. 1872, a. 74. 

I have found it impracticable to give a full account of the several families 
bearing the name of Smith, who have res. here, or to show the connection, if 
any, between them, except in a very few cases. INlany seem to have remained 
here ordy a short time; many undoubtedly neglected to register the birth of 
their children; and many deaths also were not recorded. I have mentioned 
such births, marriages, and deaths as I could ascertain, in chronological order, 
and regret my inability to present a more satisfactory result. 

Snow, Jesse, m. , and had prob. Apollaa, h. 1767; prob. Rebecca, 

b. 1769, m. Ephraim Lane 13 Nov. 1803, d. 20 Mar. 1835, a. 65; Jesse, 

b. 29 Sep. 17 71; Manj, b. 7 Mar. 1775, m. Abel Walker, Jr., 26 Jan. 1797; 

he d. , and she m. Crawford, and d. in Gr. 18 Feb. 1865, a. nearly 

90. There may have been other chil. before the parents came here. Jesse 
the f. res. in the westerly part of the town, prob. at the place marked " B. 
Snow" on the R. Map, about four and a half miles from the Common; he d. 
in June 1825, a. 96; his w. Mary d. 5 Feb. 1813, a. 77. 

2. Reuben, m. Mercy, dau. of Roland Sears, 11 May 176 9, and had Sam- 
uel, b. 28 May 1770; Stephen, b. 16 May 1772; Barnabas, b. 22 Aug. 1774, d. 
31 Oct. 1775; Barnabas, b. 11 May 1778, according to the record; but prob. 
the date is wrong, as the date of his baptism is 8 June 1777, 

3. Jonathan, of Harwich, bought a farm here 1 May 1770, which he sold 
to Simeon Hazeltine 9 Dec. 1771, calling it his homestead; but no I'ecord is 
found of his family. 

4. Apollos, prob. s. of Jesse (1), ni. Leah Packard of Bel., pub. 14 July 

1794, and had Barnabas, b. — Nov. 1795 ; Clarissa, b. 1798, m. George 

W. Knapp of Franklin, 21 Sep. 1823, and d. in Dana 29 May 1874, a. 75 
years and 5 months; perhaps also Hiram, and others. Apollos the f. was a 
farmer, prob. inherited the homestead, and d. 1 Nov. 1843, a. 76. The names 
of his chil. and gr. chil. indicate that he was son of Reuben (2), rather than 
of Jesse (1) ; but if he was 76 years old when he d. in 1843, he must have been 
born as early as 1767, whereas Reuben (2) was not married until 1769. 

5. Barnabas, s. of Apollos (4), m. Eunice, dau. of Frederick Wicker, pub. 

3 Feb. 1817, and had Alanson, b. 1820, d. 3 Mar. 1843, a. 23; Reuben A., 

b. 1823; Cyrus, b. 1825, d. 21 Ap. 1840, a. 15; Susan M., b. 

1833, d. unm. 27 Jan. 1852, a. 18 years and 6 months. Barnabas the f. 
prob. inherited the homestead; he d. in Ware 22 Dec. 1874, a. 79; his w. 
Eunice d. here 2 May 1869, a. 80. 

6. Hiram, perhaps s. of Apollos (4), m. Louisa F. , and had Eugene, 



SNOW— SOUTIIWORTII. 499 

b. — Ap. 1S45, d. 31 Aug. 1845, a. 4 months. LouiSA F. the mother d. 7 
June 1860, a. nearly 52. 

7. Keuhkx a., s. of Barnabas (5), m. Persis M., <Uui. of Thomas Ilaskins, 
pub. 16 Nov. 1849, and had E hue r A Ian son, h. 28 Jan. 1852; Susan Maria; b. 
19 Sep. 1853. Rkuben A. the f. d. in Dana 23 Nov. 1862, a. 39. 

8. JosKPH P., m. CordoHa A. Sturtevant of Gr., pub. 29 Nov. 1851, and 
had Cora Nelly, b. 28 Feb. 185 7. 

9. Charles L., ra. Abby J. , and had Samuel B., b. 9 Ap. 1858. 

10. George F., m. Jane \\. , and had Frederick Henry, b. 11 Mar. 

1868. 

Nahby, m. Samuel Pike 17 Dec. 1778, at Sutton. Betiiaxy, m. Nathaniel 
Harriuian of Chesterfield 14 j\Iar. 1781, Sally, m. Edward Allen of New 
Windsor 30 Jan. 1783. Salome, m. Nathaniel Wliitcomb, Jr., of Gr., pub. 
26 Ap. 1789. Almond, m. Mary S. Newton 31 Dec. 1845. Faxny ]M., m. 
Franklin B. Newland, pub. 31 Jan. 18G2. Mary (a widow), d. 17 Ap. 1840, 
a. 85. Josephine, d. 18 Sep. 1842, a. 1 year and 6 months. 

SouTHGATE, Stewart (or Steward), m. Deborah, dau. of Benjamin 
Raymond, 22 July 1773, and had RoJicrt Scott, b. 31 Jan. 1774; Elizaheth, b. 
21 June 1775, d. young; Mercy, b. 29 May 1777, m. Samuel Danforth at Bar- 
nard 9 Mar. 1800'; Mary, b. 22 Sep. 1778; and at Barnard, Salhi, b. 31 Oct. 
1780; John, b. 29 July 1783, d. 27 May 1790 ; Relief, b. 29 May 1785, d. 26 
July 1795; Deborah, b. 27 Feb. 1787, d. 31 July 1795; Lynde, b. 2 Mar. 1789; 
William, b. 22 Mar. 1791, d. 3 Aug. 1795; Joanna, b. 4 Feb. 1793, d. 8 Aug. 
1795 ; Elizaheth, b. 17 June 1795, d. 20 July 1795. Stewart the f. was b. 
in I^eicester, 1748, being the youngest son of Stewart (or Steward), b. 1703, 
and grandson of Richard, who came, with wife (Elizaheth Stewartl) and five 
chil(h-en, from Coombs, Suffolk County, England, in 1715, settled in Leices- 
ter three years later, and d. in 1 758, a. 88. ^ lie served in the Revolutionary 
War as a sergeant of Capt. Samuel Billings' company, 17 75. He did not 
long remain here, but rem. to Barnard, Vt., about 1780. Fifteen years after- 
wards he suffered a terrible domestic affliction: five of his children died of 
canker-rash between 20 July and 8 Aug. 1795; less than three weeks. His w. 
Deborah d. at Barnard 28 Feb. 1813, a. 58. 

SouTHWORTH. " Widow Alice Southworth arrived at Plymouth, 1623, in 
the third ship, called the Ann; and soon after was married to Governor Wil- 
liam Bradford ; she had two sons by her first husband, to wit, (Jonstant and " 
Thomas, who came with her or soon afterward, and were quite young, 'J'komas, 
not n)ore than six years old. They both became distinguished men in the 
colony. Constant settled in Duxbury, and was one of the original proprietors of 
Bridgewater, and d. 1678, leaving three sons, Edward, Nathaniel, and Wil- 
liam. . . . Nathaniel had land towards Taunton, called Freeman's land, i)er- 
haps in Middleborough. Edward, of Middlei)orough, perhaps s. of Nathaniel, 
had four sons. Constant, Edward, Lemuel, and Benjamin, who all settled early 
in North Bridgewater." ^ 

2. Constant, s. of Edward, as above, m. Martha, dau. of Joseph Keith, 
and had Betsey, b. 19 Jan. 1735, m. Joseph Cole 8 Dec. 1757; Nathaniel, b. 16 
Feb. 1737; Ezekiel, b. 10 Mar. 1739; Martha,,i\\\n, b. 18 Ap. 1741, d. 1 July 
1741; Mary, twin, b. 18 Ap. 1741, d. 24 May 1741; Desire, b. 7 Sep. 1742, d. 
28 Feb. 1747; Jedediah, b. 6 Jan. 1745; Constant, b. 29 Jan. 1747, d.. young; 
Sarah, b. 9 Dec. 1749, d. num.; Ichabod, b. 9 June 1751, d. 27 Jan. 1756. 
Constant the f. res. in Bridgewater, and d. in 1775, a. 64. 

3. Nathaniel, s. of Constant (2), ni. Catherine, dau. of David Howard, 27 

Aug. 1762, and had Martha, b. 1764, d. young; Simeon, b. 1766; 

Nathaniel, b. 1769, settled in Lyme, N. H.; David, b. 1773, d. young; 

and by secoml wife (Jennet Brett) Catherine, h. , m. Ambrose Keith 20 

Oct. 1796. Nathaniel the f. res. in Bridgewater, and d. in 17 78, a. 41. 

4. Simeon, s. of Nathaniel (3), m. Elizabeth Anderson 24 Dec. 1789; she 

1 Washburn's Hist, of Leicester, pp. 395, 304, 305. See also Kincrman's Hist, of 
396. North Bridgeicater, \)\\. 050-53. 

2 Mitcheirs Hist, of Bridgewater, pp. 



500 SOUTHWORTH — SPOONER. 

d. , and he ni. Anna . His chil. were Alvah, b. , d. young ; Nancy, 

b. 1801, d. unm. 20 Jan. 1881, a. nearly 80 ; Jmtin, h. ; Sai-ah, ; 

Elizaheth, ; Louisa, ; Alvah, b. — 1811 ; Cnnstanl, b. 1814. Sim- 
eon the f. rem. to Ward (now Auburn), and afterwards to Lyme, N. H., 
where his sons Alvah and Cons/a7it were born. 

5. Alvah, s. of Simeon (4), and Anna, came early to Hk., m. Fanny 
Hunter of Prescott, pub. 25 Mar. 1843, and d. here 19 June 1872, a. 60. No 
record found of children. 

G. CoNSTAXT, s. of Simeon (4) and Anna, came here early, m. Sarah C. 
Sibley of Auburn, pub. 2 7 Dec. 18.38, and had Constant Eurjene, b. 8 Dec. 
1839;" Alvah Fitzroy, b. 11 Aug. 1843, d. unm. 10 Feb. 18(J9; Oscar S., b. 2 
Feb. 1846 ; Frank Kossuth, h. 2 Sep. 1851. Constant the f. res. in the 
northwesterly ])art of the town, and owned the mills marked " Wardwell's 
Mills " on the R. Map, where he was largely engaged in manufacturing vari- 
ous kinds of lumber. He was a selectman eight years, assessor four years, 
member of the school committee five vears, and representative in 1847 and 
1857. He d. 5 Dec. 1877, a. 63. 

7. Constant Eugene, s. of Constant (6), m. Lucretia L. Johnson 16 May 
1865; she d. 24 Nov. 1874, a. 35, and he m. Cordelia L. Johnson of Dana 3 
July 1878. His chil. were a son, b. 10 Feb. 1866 (name not recorded); Sarah 
Mu>i, b. 29 May 1867; Constant Lervy, h. 10 May 1870; Cretia, ov Lucretia A., 
b. 12 May 1879. 

8. Oscar S., s. of Constant (6), m. Fanny M. CoUins 15 Ap. 1869, and had 
Mary Louisa, b. 24 July 18 70. 

9. Frank Kossuth, s. of Constant (6), m. Hattie J. Stark 10 Dec. 1878, 
and had Mahel Anna, b. 14 Oct. 1880. Mrs. Mary W., d. 20 Feb. 1842, a. 
28. 

Spooneu, William, m. Elizabeth Partridge; she d. 28 Ap. 1648, and he 

m. Hannah, dau. of Joshua Pratt, 18 Mar. 1652. His chil. were John, b. ; 

Sarah, b. 5 Oct. 1653; Samuel, b. 4 Jan. 1655; Martha, b. ; William, 

b. , d. 1729; Isaac, h. , d. 1 709 ; Hannah, b. ; Mercy, h ; 

Ebenezer, b. — 1666, d. 5 Feb. 1718. William the f. was in Plymouth as 
early as 1637, being then apparently a minor. He was sworn a freeman 6 
June 1654, and res. at Plymouth until about 1660, when he rem. to that part 
of Dartmouth which is now Acushnet, and d. in 1684. 

2. John, s. of William (1), apparently bv two wives, had John, b. 2 July 

1668, d. 1728; William, b. 11 May 1680; Jonathan, b. 28 Aug. 1681, d. 

13 Ap. 1711 ; Elizaheth, b. 19 June 1683, d. 14 July 1743 ; Eleanor, b. 1 Feb. 
1685; Phehe, b. 11 Mav 1687; Nathan, b. 21 Sep. 1689; Rebecca, b. 8 Oct. 
1691, d. 9 Mar. 1729; Deborah, b. 10 Aug. 1694; Barnabas, h. 6 Feb. 1699, d. 

1734. JoHX the f. res. at Dartmouth (Acushnet), and was living 7 Feb. 

1733, the date of his will.i 

3. Samuel, s. of William (1), m. Experience,^ and had William, b. 13 
Feb. 1688-9; Mary, b. 4 Jan. 1690-1 ; Samuel, b. 4 Feb. 1692-3; Daniel, b. 
28 Feb. 1693-4; Seth, b. 31 Jan. 1694-5; Hannah, b. 27 Jan. 1696-7; Jos- 
hop,^ b. 13 Nov. 1698 ; Anna, b. 18 Ap. 1700; Experience, b. 19 June 1702; 
Beulah, b. 27 June 1705; Wing, b. 30 Ap. 17 — (record defaced). Samuel 
the f. res. in Dartmouth (Acushnet), was a weaver, constable in 1680 and 
1684, and d. in 1739, a. 84. 

1 Thus far, in 1113' account of this family, 2 Xhe author of the Spooner Memorial (p. 

I have relied entirely on the Spootier Me- 42) reasonably conjectures that her name 

moriul, a beautiful volume of 242 pages, pub- was Experience Wing. 

lished in 1871 hy Hon. Thomas Spooner of 3 xhis name is given as Joshua in the 

Cincinnati, Ohio, one of the Vice-Presidents SjMoner Alemoricd, p. 42. I think it is de- 

of the N. E. Hist. Genealogical Society, signed for Jashub, a contraction of Shear- 

The same author has prepared for publica- jashub, which name is found in the next 

tion an exhaustive genealogy of tlie wliole generation. I have not seen the father's 

family descending from the original WiL- will, and know not precisely in what form 

MAM Sfoonek. It is much desired that he the name appears there; but the Dartmouth 

may soon have suitable encouragement to record has it Jos/u)/>, as in the text, 
publish the result of his arduous and long- 
continued labor. 



SPOONER. 501 

4. Joiix, s. of John (2), ni. Rosamond, dan. of Samnel and IMary (Hatha- 
way) Hammond, 20 June 1705, and had Jedutliwi, b. 10 Ap. 1706, ni. Ruth, 

dau. of Lettice «Tenney, and d. 1740; PIk^ic, b. IG Ap. 1708; John, b. ; 

Benjamin, b. ; Thomas, b. 16 Jan. 1718; Peter, b. ; Elizabeth, b. 

; Rosamond, b. 4 Jan. 1724. Johx the f. was a farmer, res. in Dart- 
month (Acushnet), and d. between 4 INIar. and 12 Ap. 1728. See Spooner 
Memorial. 

5. William, s. of John (2), ra. Alice Blackwell, and liad Jemima, h. 7 Dec. 
1700; Joanna, twin, b. 12 May 1703, ni. James Whitcomb, Jr.. of Rochester 
12 July 1727; Elizabeth, twin, b. 12 .May 1703; Micah, b. 2 Ap. 1707; Na- 
thaniel, b. 21 Ap. 1709; Rebecca, b. 1 7 'Nov. 1710; Sarah, b. 18 Jan. 1712; 
Mercy, b. 8 Jan. 1714; Isaac, b. 9 Jan. 1716; Alice, h. 27 INfar. 1718; Wil- 
Uam, b. 27 Jan. 1720 ; Ebenezer, b. 29 May 1724. William the f. was a 
farmer, and res. in Dartmouth (Acushnet). See Spooner Memorial. 

6. Samuel, s. of Samuel (3), m. Rebecca W^eston 10 Ap. 1717: slie d. 26 
Jan. 1728-9, and he ni. Deborah, dau. of Isaac Pope, 8 ]\Iar. 1729-30. His 
chil. were Esther, b. 26 Jan. 1717-8; Hannah, h. 18 Au<:j. 1719, m. Cnpt. 
Benjamin Willis of Dartmouth 30 Mar. 1743, rem. to Hardwick, and d. 6 Feb. 
1812, a. 92; Thomas, h. 3 Ap. 1721; Zephaniah, b. 15 May 1724; Amaziah, 
b. 9 Mar. 1725-6, settled in Hk. ; Elnathan, b. 20 Nov. 1730; Abigail, b. 11 
Ap. 1732, m. John Jenney of Dartmouth 23 Nov. 1752, rem. to Hk., and d. 
10 Dec. 1829, a. 97; Seth, b. 31 Jan. 1735-6. Samukl the f. was a farmer, 
res. in Dartmouth (Acushnet), and d. in 1781, a. 88. 

7. Daniel, s. of Samuel (3), m. Elizabeth Ruggles ^ at Rochester 10 Oct. 
1728 ; she d., and he m. Mrs. Bethia Nichols of Lancaster 3 Sep. 1767 ; she 
d., and he m. Mary, widow of Paul Dean of Hk., 16 Oct. 1780. His chil. 
were Lucy, b. 29 Oct. 1729, ra. Edward Ruggles of Hk. 29 Jan, 1746-7, and 
d. 2 Ap. 1821, a. 91 ; Elizabeth, b. 14 July 1731, m. Daniel Fay of Hk. 18 
May 174 9, and d. 24 Nov. 1756, a. 25 ; Philip, b. 13 Dec. 1733, m. Elizabeth, 
dau. of Kenelm Winslow of Hk., 25 Dec. 1755; she d. 8 Ap. 1792, and he m. 
Eunice, dau. of Benjamin Trow ; he res. in Pet., and d. 30 Sept. 1826, a. 93; 
Shearjashub, b. 14 Aug. 1735, m. Sarah, dau. of Ebenezer Whipple of Hk., 21 
May 1 760, res. in Pet., was a carpenter and a soldier in the Revolutionary 
War; he rem. to Heath, and d. 25 Ap. 1785, a. nearly 50; Ruggles, b. 24 
Mar. 1736-7, m. Mehetabel Nye, res. in Pet. and Dana, is said to have served 
in the French and Revolutionary Wars, was certainly involved in the Shays 
Rebellion, and through his active life almost constantly engaged in litigation, 
— a notable instance of which was his suit against Sarah Peckham for breach 
of promise of marriage, tried at Worcester, and a verdict rendered for the 
defendant 16 Oct. 1782. His old age was dark and dreary; he became en- 
tirely blind, lost all his ]iroperty, and would not acknowledge any e.xpectntion 
of a future existence. He retained his mental faculties, which were naturally 
strong and active, until extreme old age, and, until near the close of life, often 
walked from Dana to Hk. He d. in 1831, a. 94 ; his wife Mehetabel d. 1 Sep. 
1855, a. 92, or 97, according to difl'erent authorities; Wing, b. 29 Dec. 1738, 
res. in Pet., was a carpenter, a captain in the Revolutionary War, m. Eunice 
Stevens 27 Jan. 1763, aiul d. 7 Dec. 1810; Eliakim, h. 7 Ap. 1740; Daniel, b. 
10 Dec. 1741, m. Abigail Munroe 18 Nov. 1766, settled in Hartland, Vt., and 
was selectman, representative, justice of the peace, and d. in Nov. l«2.s ; 
tiaunah, b. 25 June 1743, d. young; Paul, b. 20 March. 1745-6, m. Asenath 
Wright; she d. and he m. Mrs. Ann Post. He was a physician and an active 
politician. He settled early in Hartland, Vt., and " was a member of the 
state council four years from 1778, then Lieutenant-Governor until 1786, 
judge of the supreme court for nine years ending in 1788, and was an agent 
of the State to the Continental Congress in 1780, and again in 1782." - He 

1 She was prob. dau. of John and Eliza- his son. Rev. Timothy Riifrgles of Rochester, 

beth Riii;\i;les, and b. at Koxbury in 1700. as a safe slielter, where she remained until 

Her father d. early in 1712, and Capt. Sam- she was married. 

uel Ruggles was appointed guardian, who 2 Hall's History of V'ermont, p. 469. 
seems to have placed her in the family of 



502 SPOONER. 

(1. 5 Sep. 1789, a. 43, wliile yet in the prime of life, and in the midst of his 
tisefuhiess. (His second son, Paul, settled in Hardwick, Vt., was the first 
town clerk of that town, 1795, and also its first representative, elected in 1797, 
1798, and 1799.) Daniel the f. res. several years in Dartmouth, where he 
was born, and the births of all his children are recorded in that town; but 
a doubt is expressed in the Sponner Memorial, p. 96, whether all of them were 
born there, inasmuch as the father seems to have resided in Rhode Island 
about 1732. However this be, it is certain that he removed to Hardwick be- 
fore 16 June 1748, when he sold a lot near the Harre line, " granted oriLjinally 
to Mr. Keith," and adjoining land of " Col. Willis." He did not long re- 
main here, however, as in a deed dated 14 July 1750 he is described as of 
Nichewoag (Petersham) ; but he manifestly retained very intimate relations 
with the inhabitants of Hk.; five or six of his children married our sons and 
daughters, and in his old age he came here for his third wife. He was a 
"joiner" or carpenter, and was elected deacon of the church in Petersham 
soon after his removal into that town. The precise date of his death is not 
ascertained; but he is generally believed to have survived until 1797, one 
hundred and three years after he was born. There can be no reasonable 
•loubt, I think, that he completed more than a century of life ; and the tradi- 
tion of his extreme old age is current among his descendants to the present 
day. His last wife, Mary, d. here 9 M;iy 1822, a. 94 ; her head-stonestands 
in the new cemetery. 

8. Thomas, s. of John (4), m. Rebecca, dau. of Judah and Alice (Alden) 
Paddock, granddaughter of David Alden, and great-granddaughter of John 
Alden the Pilgrim, 10 June 1742, and had Rebecca, b. 2 Aug. 1743, m. 
Timothy Green of New London, Conn., 2 Jan. 1763; John, bap. 23 Ap. 
1745, m. Lydia, dau. of John and Lydia Alden, 25 Mar. 1769, was a printer, 
and established the first newspaper in New Bedford ; Tltomas, b. 8 Mar. 174 7, 
said to have lost his life in the Revolutionary Army; Judah Paddock, b. 5 
Nov. 1748, m. Deborah Douglass 10 Sep. 1770, was a printer, settled in 
AVestminster, Vt., and d. — Feb. 1807 ;i Rosamond, b. 21 Mar. 1751, m. 
Ezra AVinslow, and rem. to Hk., where he d. 12 Aug. 1789, and she m. 
Richard Ransom of Woodstock, Vt., pub. 26 Nov. 1801, and d. 1829; Alice, b. 
2 Mar. 1753, m. Paul Ingraham 28 Jan. 1770, res. in New Bedford, and d. 25 
Ap. 1792; Jeduthun, b. 12 May 1755; Alden, b. 22 Aug. 1757, m. Sarah Bur- 
ton of Norwich, Conn., 30 Ap. 1781^ was a printer, res. in Windsor, Vt., and 
d. 1 May 1827;"^ Frances, b. 2 Mar. 1760, m. Capt. Joseph Bowman of 
Barnard, Vt., 26 Jan. 1786. Thomas the f. was a carpenter or housewright, 
res. at Newport, R. I., and afterwards at New London, Conn. ; his five sons 
are said to have rendered military service in the Revolutionary War, and two 
of them, with his son-in-law, Green, were the earliest printers in Vermont. 
He d. in Mar. 1767; his w. Rebecca prob. came to Hk. with her son Jeduthun, 
or her dau. Rosamond Winslow, m. Capt. Joseph Warner of Cunnnington, 
formerly of Hk., 12 Nov. 1781, and d. in Jan. 1812. (For much in this article 
I am indebted to the kindness of Hon. Thomas Spooner.) 

9. Ebi<:nkzer, s. of William (5), m. Sarah, dau. of James and Patience 
(Ruggles) Robinson, at Rocliester, pub. 3 Jan. 1745-6, and had Micah, bap. 

1 " The first printing-otlice in Vermont was ' Pliant as reeds where streams of freedom g-Iide, 

estalilished at Westniiiister, in the siminier ^'i™ ^s the hills to stem oppressiou's tide.' ■' 

(if 1778, by Judah Paddock Spooner and Thompson's Hist, of Vermont, ii. 171. 

Timothy Green. At the session of tlie ^ The printing; press and types which had 

Legislature in October following, Judah P. been used at Westminster,' having been 

Spooner and Alden Spooner were appointed purchased b}' George Hougli, he removed 

State printers. ... In February, 1781, was them to Windsor, and, in partnership with 

commenced at Westminster, by J. P. Alden Spooner, on the 7th of August, 1783, 

Spooner and Timothy Green, the publica- commenced the publication of a paper 

tion of the first newspaper ever printed in called " T/ie Vermont Journal and Uidver- 

Vormont. It was called ' The Vermont On- sal Advertiser." This was the third paper 

zette, or Gieen Mountain Post Boy,' and it established in Vermont. Thompson's Bist. 

had for its motto the following couplet, of Vermont, ii. 171. 
which is truly characteristic of the inhabit- 
ants of the Green Mountain State. 



SPOONER. 503 

25 "May 1746, d. unin. in the army at Ticonderowa, 1778; Dorothy, bap. here 26 
Feb. 1748-9, m. Snnmel INIillcr, res. at Kent, Conn.; Ebenezer, b. 24 Mar. 
1750-1, bap. here 5 May 1751. m. Rebecca, dan. of William and Rachel 
Spooner, 24 Ap. 1774, res. at Kent; Hannah, b. 12 Jan. 1753, bap. here 21 
Jan. 1753, m. William, son of William and Racliel Spooner, 3 Sep. 1788, 
res. at Monkton, Vt., and d. 3 Jan. 1813; Alice, bap. here 15 Dec. 1754, 

said to have m. Hendrick Wine<rar; ISarali, b. , m. Isaac Dunham; 

Plube, twin, b. 4 Sep. 1758, m. Elilm Potter 5 Ap. 1792, res. at Monk- 
ton, d. IG Sep. 1810; Elizabeth, twin, b. 4 Sep. 1758, m. Benjamin Bronson, 

res. at Warren, Conn. ; /l/o////, b. , m. James Sprague ; Rebecca, b. 25 

Jan. 1762, m. William Peck 22 Ap. 1784, res. at Monkton, and d. 3 Jan. 1839; 
Patience, b. 24 Feb. 1764, m. Jasper Barnes — Ap. 1790, res. at Washington, 
Conn., and d. 30 Nov. 1817. Ehexezer the f. rem. from Rochester to Hk. 
before 26 Feb. 1748-9, and res. on the east side of the River (now New Brain- 
tree). He subsequently seems to have removed to Kent, Conn., and to INlonk- 
ton, Vt.; he d. — 1800'; his w. Sarah d. 22 Feb. 1806, a. nearly 86. 

10. Amaziah, s. of Samuel (G). m. Lydia, dau. of Deac. James Fay, 22 
Feb. 1749-50, and had Thomax, b. 15 3Iar'. 1750-1, m. Molly Haven of Barre 
7 Nov. 1777, and (2(1) ^lartha Smith 15 Dec. 1784 (he had son Elijah, b. 
— Nov. 1791, d. at Gr. 12 Dec. 1872, a. 81) ; Zephuniah, b. 1 Oct. 1753 ; Lucy, 
b. 9 Oct. 1755, m. Eli Freeman (his second wife), 22 July 1813; Elizabeth, h. 
28 Jan. 1758; Lydia, b. 12 Sep. 1760; Samuel, b. 20 Jan. 1763; Charles, b. 
10 Oct. 1764, m. Charity Curtis 15 Feb. 1795; Rebecca, h. 17 Nov. 1767; 
Hannah, h. 11 Mar. 1771; .S>^A, b. 21 June 1773. Amaziau the f. was a 
farmer, came to Hk. from Dartmouth before he was married, res. on the north 
side of the turnpike, and the west side of Mn<ldy Brook, at the place marked 
"C. Spooner" on the R. Map, and d. 8 July 1798, a. 72; his w. Lydia d. 10 
Aug. 1817, a. 87. 

11. Eliakim, s. of Daniel (7), m. Bath'^heba, dau. of Jonathan Warner, 
pub. 29 July 1764, and had Alfred, h. 27 Nov. 1780. Eliakim the f. kept a 
tavern in Hk. 1777 and 1778, but soon afterwards rem. to Vermont. He was 
in military life as early as 1757, and in 1759 in the French and Indian War, 
and was on duty in the early part of the Revolutionary War. In early man- 
hood he moved to Vermont, and settled at Westminster. ... He freijuently 
represented his town in the State Legislature, and was elected one of the 
Executive Council of the State from 1802 to 1807 inclusive.^ He d. 3 Jan. 
1820, a. nearly 80; his w. Bathsheba d. 29 Jan. 1831, a. 84. 

12. Jeduthux, s. of Thouuis (8), m. Hannah, dau. of Joshua Crowell, 27 
Ap. 1781, and had Harriet, b. 20 July 1782, m. Elisha S. Sturtevant, and d. 
at Worcester 21 Dec. 1855; Uriel, b. 11 Ap. 1784, m. Rowena Ross of West 
Brookfield, pub. 26 May 1816 ; she d. 12 Sep. 1841, and he m. Hannah, dau. of 
Deac. Henry Fish, pub. 26 Ap. 1843; she d. at W. Brk. 10 Nov. 1857, a. 65, 
and he d. at the same place 8 June 1865 ; Rebecca b. 6 Mar. 1786, m. Moses 
Barnes Jr., of W. Brk., i)ub. 21 Nov. 1808, and d. 1 Sep. 1853; Thomas, b. 23 
June 1788, settled in W. Brk., m. Beersheba Mcintosh, 28 Feb. 1816, and d. 

26 Jan. 1856 {Spooner Memorial); Paulina, b. 14 July 1790, d. unm. 17 
Jan. 1861; Hannah, b. 19 Oct. 1792, m. Cephas Clapp of W. Brk. 21 Mar. 
1815; Wyman, h. 2 July ISdS} m. Elizabeth, dau. of Deac. Henry Fish, 10 
Nov. 1818, was a printer iiT^Windsor, Vt., and a prominent politician in 
Wisconsin, 2 where he was judge of probate and of the Circuit Court, 

1 Spooner Memorial, p. 93. pciinted circuit judge, which position he held 

2 " When about twenty-one he commRnced until the election of Jiulf,^e Doolittle. He 
the ]>uljlication of a weekly newspaper, was elected to tiie As-^enilily in 18.j0, 1851, 
wliich he continued for about twelve years. 1857, and 1801. In 1857 he was elected 
He then began tlie study of law, and was Speaker of the Assembly. He was elected 
admitted to its practice in 1833. . . . State senator for the terms of 1862 and 
In 184-2 he removed to Wisconsin, and in 18G3. In the last session he was chosen 
1843 he settled in Elkhorn, Walworth President of the Senate, and became 
County, where he has ever since resided In Lieutenant-Governor when INIr. Salomon 
184G he was elected judge of probate, which succeeded to the executive cliair. In 1863, 
otiice he held until the probate was merged 18G5, and 1867, he was elected Lieiitenant- 
into the County Court. In 1853 he was ap- Governor ; and, by virtue of his otiice, he 



604 SPOONER. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives, President of the Senate, and 
Lieutenant-Governor of the State ; Lorhif/ b. 29 Ap. 1797, d. 27 or 29 Sep. 
1802 ; Jeilulhun, h 5 July 1799, went early to Windsor, Vt., became a printer 
under tlie instruction of his uncle, Alden Spooner, and of his brother, Wy- 
man Spooner, res. for a time in Burlington, m. Isabella P. Spooner, 30 Ap. 
1823, and (2d) Betsey R. Ross, 3 Nov. 182(3; he d. in Iowa 9 Mar. 1867. 
Jeduthun the f. came to Hk. before he was married, and was one of its 
most respected inhabitants during the remainder of his life. He was a 
saddler, and res. about fifty rods north of the Common, at the place marked 
" ^yid. Parker" on the R. Map, until 1801, when he advertised his estate 
for sale, " which had been occupied as a stand for a saddler near twenty 
years," and bought a farm on the easterly road to Gill>ertville, about two and 
a half miles south of the Common, marked " Wid. Mar.-h " on the R. Map, 
and devoted himself to farming; his house, which disappeared several years 
ago, stood a few rods from tlie road, and was approached by a lane, of which 
some vestiges still remain. He was a man of most exemplary character, and en- 
dured with Christian philosophy a severe domestic affliction, occasioned by the 
insanity of his wife, with tragical accompaniments. He was a selectman seven 
years, assessor six years, town clerk five years, and representative four )ears. 
He closed ins eyes on the " lights and shadows" of mortal life 16 May 1817; 
his insane wife Hannah eluded the watchfulness of her friends and committed 
suicide 16 Dec. 1807, a. 52. 

13. Zepiiaxiah, s. of Amaziah (10), m. Sally Church 5 Nov. 1789, and 
had BrddfonJ, b. 5 Ap. 1791 ; Barnabas, b. 9 Julv 1793, d. 23 or 24 May 
1814; Grover,h. 19 May 1798; C/iaiies C, h. 13 Dec. 1804. ZEriiANiAH 
the f. was a farmer, res. on the homestead, and d. 13 June 1810, a. 56 ; his w. 
Sally d. 30 Aug. 1833, a. 68. 

14. Samuel, s. of Amaziah (10), m. Hannah Williams 14 Jan. 1798, and 
had Sarah, b. 12 Jan. 1800, m. Nathaniel Simpson 12 Mar. 1835, and d. 23 
July 1846 ; Orin, h. 28 Nov. 1802; Hannah, b. 2 Oct. 1804, m. Orville Swift 
of Wilmington, Vt., 5 June 1832; Samuel Brujham, b. 17 Sep. 1806, d. at 
Springf. 8 May 1862; Lydia Maria, b. 24 July 1810, perhaps m. Julius Nor- 
ton of Bennington, Vt.,' 29 Feb. 1836; Zephaniah, h. 28 Mar. 1812, res. in 
Springf., m. Sophronia Randall in Hk. 8 Ap. 1841. Samuel the f. d. 19 Ap. 
1840, a. 77; his w. Hannah d. 2 June 1830, a. 53. 

15. Seth, s. of Amaziah (10), m. Mehetabel Taylor 19 Feb. 1795; she d. 
12 May 1812, a. 40, and he m. Mrs. Sally Gates 25 Nov. 1812. No record is 

is found of the birth of his children; but he had Rhoda, h. 1797, d. 21 

Sep. 1811, a. 14; and perhaps Fanny, h. 1801, d. unm. 14 Dec. 1822, a. 21. 

16. Bkadfoui), s. of Zephaniah (13), m. Arathusa, dau. of John Earl, 30 
Nov. 1821, and had Sarah Church, b. 18 Nov. 1822, m. Charles Wood of 

Barre 21 Aug. 1851; Alden Bradford, b. 12 Nov. 1824; John F., b. 

1826, d. unm. 26 Dec. 1873, a. 47; Harmon C, bap. 11 May 1829; Caroline 

E., b. about 1830, m. George R. Paige 22 Jan. 1852; Henry, b. 1832, d. 

19 Feb. 1834, a. 1 year and 7 months; Maria, b. 1835, d. 22 May 1836, 

a. 1 year and three months; Jane M., b. about 1839, m. A. Lyman Barr of 
N. Br. 1 Jan. 1862; He^iry A., b. 1 July 1840. Bradford the f. was a 
farmer, and res. on or near the hoiuestead, but on the east side of Muddy 
Brook, at the place marked " B. Spooner" on the R. Maji. He d. 1 Nov. 
1872, a. 81 ; his wife Arethusa d. 7 Ap. 1872, a. 72. 

17. Grover, s. of Zephaniah (13), m. Ruth, dau. of Timothy Hathaway, 

28 May 1829, and had Charles, b. ; Timothy HeUhaway, b. ; Lucius, 

b. . Grover the f. was a cabinet-maker, res. in Barre, and d. 19 Aug. 

1858, a. 60. 

18. Charles C, s. of Zephaniah (13), m. Anna Maria, dau. of Orin 
Trow, 17 Sep. 1829, and had Hannah Robinson, b. 30 Dec. 1S30; Barnabas 
Berry, b. 30 Jan. 1833, d. 20 Mar. 1833; Charles Grover, b. 5 Ap. 1834, d. 27 

presided over the Senate for six consecutive avan. Judge Spooner is a man of constant 
years. He was a member of the first board dilifience and energy." History of the State 
of trustees fur the Deaf and Dumb at Del- of Wisconsin (1875), pp. 796, 797. 



SPOONER — SPROUT. 505 

Aiiq:. 1848; Harriso?!, b. 25 Jan. 1840; Webster, b. 17 Feb. 1845, res. in 
Boston; George, h. 21 Nov. 1854, d. 25 Nov. 1854. Ciiaulks C. the f. was 
for some years a farmer, and afterwards a merchant, havin<^ a store on the 
Common, but lony; ago retired from active business. He was a selectman 
eleven years, between 1837 and 18G8. 

19. Okix, s. of Samuel (14), m. Naomi Clark 25 Feb. 182!). I have seen 

no record of the birth of his children; but he had Andrew W., h. 1832, 

d. 6 July 1858, a. 26. Addisox, b. 1835, m. Delphia M., dau. of Erastus 

W. Paige, pub. 24 Aug. 1858, and d. 23 Sep. 1859, a. 24; Marion A., b. 

1845, m. William H. Tucker 6 June 1877; and perhaps others. OuiN the f. 
res. in Barre, and d. 13 Sep. 1867, a. nearly G5; his w. Naomi d. 17 Mar. 
1869, a. 60. Though resident in Barre, Mr. Spooner and his wife, with their 
two sons, seem to have been buried here, and their names are inscribed on 
a monument in the new cemetery. 

20. Harmon C, s. of Bradford (10), m. Harriet E., dau. of James Brown- 
ing, 14 Nov. 1855; she d. 11 July ISGO, a. 25. and he m. Harriet E., dau. of 
William A. Warner, 16 Jan. 1862. His chil. were James Bradford, b- 3 
Feb. 1857, d. 22 Feb. 1857; William Bradford, h. 8 June 1863; Roheii Bil- 
lings, b. 9 July 1868. Haumox C. the f., a cabinet-maker, was in business 
several years on the Common, and afterwards at Gilbertville ; about 1878 he 
rem. to Warren. 

21. .Aldex Bradford, s. of Bradford (16), m. Sarah A., dau. of Phin- 
ehas ]Morton, 26 Jan. 1858 ; she d. 2 (or 3) Dec. 1864, a. 29, and he m. 
Julia A., dau. of Capt. Pliny Alden, 7 Jan. 1873. He had Stephen Henry, 
b. 31 Mar. 1860. Alden B. the f., a farmer, res. on or near the home- 
stead. 

Joshua, of Brk., m. Bathsheba Ruggles, pub. 8 Jan. 1766; was murdered 
at Brk. 1 Mar. 1778. Joel, of Northfield, m. Lydia Trow 24 Dec. 1797. 
Alma, m. Daniel Hale, pub. 9 Feb. 1806. Charles, of Pet., m. Betsey 
Powers 4 June 1818. Amaziah, of Amh., m. Clarissa Alden 27 Ap. 1825. 
Mary, of Barre, m. Benjamin F. Richmond, pub. 11 Nov. 1837. Mercy J., 
m. Abiel B. Staples of Taunton 20 Ap. 1842. Benjamin A., M. D., of 
Southbridge, m. Mary A. Johnson, pub. 9 Feb. 1845; she d. 17 Dec. I860, a. 
34. William J., m. Johanna Sweeney 19 Nov. 1868. P>unice, widow of 
Philip Spooner and sister of Capt. Israel Trow, d. 30 May 1830, a. 86. 
Lydia, d. 15 Oct. 1841, a. 78. 

Sprout, Nathaniel, ni. , and hadJames, b. 23 Jan. 1749; Nathaniel, 

b. about 1751 ; Robert, b. about 1754; besides these he was prob. father of 
Ehenezer, b. about 1757; Samuel, b. about 1760; Nathan, b. about 1763. 
Nathaniel the f. sold land in the northeast part of the town to Walter 
Hastings 8 Sep. 1750, and bought fifty acres 6 Dec. 1756, near Southworth's 
(formerly Wardwell's) mills. He was a farmer, and a soldier in the French 
War, 1755 and 1759. 

2. Jame^s, s. of Nathaniel (1), m. , and had Roxana, b. 1785, m. 

John Barlow, pub. 12 June 1808, and d. 20 July 1876, a. 90 years and 10 

months; he was prob. father also of Abiel, b. , who m. Jonas Barnes 20 

Mar. 1791; and Rachel, b. , m. James McKoon 24 Feb. 1801 (both older 

than Roxana). James the f. d.5 .\p. 1825; liis w. d. 15 Feb. 1825. 

3. Nathaniel, s. of Nathaniel (1), m. Azubah Ctunmings 28 Dec. 1775. 
No record found of children, nor anything further concerning him, except that 
he was a soldier in the Revolutionary ^Var. 

4. Robert, s.of Nathaniel (1), ni. Betsey Lincoln 17 Sep. 1781, and had 
Charles, h. — Dec. 1782, d. 1 Oct. 1789, a. 6 years and nearly 10 months; prob. 
Robert, h. 1794, d. at N. Sal. 25 Feb. 1845, a. 50 years and 11 months. 

5. Ebenezer, prob. s. of Nathaniel (1), m. Mary Thayer of Pet. 11 Dec. 
1783 ; she d. 1 Nov. 1789, a. 33, and he m. Miriam Barnes 3 June 1790; she 
d. at Or. 29 Feb. 1852, a. 85 years and 6 months. No record found of chil- 
dren. 

6. Nathan, prob. s. of Nathaniel (1), m. Lucinda Dana of Amh., pub. 10 
Mar. 1795, and had Lucinda, b. 29 Dec. 1795 ; Clarinda, b. 28 Jan. 1798, d. 



506 SPROUT — STEPHENS. 

unm. at Chicopee 23 Jan. 1862; Amariah, h. 23 Feb. 1800; Joseph, b. 18 
Aucr. ; Melinda, b. — Feb. 1807. 

Mercy, m. David Intrrahain of Amb. 1786. Polly, of Gr., ni. Jo- 
seph Cmnmings, pub. 19 Sep. 1812. EziiA, of Gr., m. Dency Newhmd 3 Dec. 
1818. Polly, m. Samuel Johnson, pub. 15 May 1825. Abigail, m. Ezra 
Johnson of Prescott, pub. 6 Nov. 1830, Cynthia, d. 18 Nov. 1802, a. 7. Neg- 
lect in recording the birth of children prevents a more specific account of the 
Sprout family. 

Squires, Ephraim, m. Rebecca Kimball of Enfield, pub. 13 Aug. 1827. 

Staples, Mary, of Prescott, m. Giles Warner, pub. 12 Ap. 1824. Eben- 
EZER P., of Taunton, m. Luthera G. Dexter 26 Ap. 1841; and (2(1) Mary A. 
Peck 11 Nov. 1845. Abiel B., m. Mercy J. Spooner 20 Ap. 1842. 

Stearns, Daniel, died before 23 Aug. 1758, when some of his estate in the 
hands of his administrator, Stejdien Stearns of Cambridge, was used for the 
payment of a debt to John Fassett. No record found of family. 

2. Asa, m. Elizabeth , and had Sa7nuel,h. ; Ariernas,h. ; Al- 
fred, b. 1790, grad. W. C. 1812, said to have d. in 1834, a. 44; Polhj, b, 

, d. 8 May 1791, a. 1 year and 2 months. Asa the f. res. on the road to 

Barre, about a mile and a half from the Common, at the place marked " S. 
Newton " on the R. JNInp, and d. 27 Jan. 1795, a. nearly 40; his w. Elizabeth 
ni. Nathaniel Woods 17 Nov. 1795, and quitclaimed her interest in the real es- 
tate toiler sons Samuel and Artemas, who, having rem. to Mendon, N. Y., sold 
the same to Silas Newton 21 Ap. 1819. Fevhups Alice, Eliza, and Harriet, 
named below, may have been of the same family. 

Bexjamin, of Rut., m. Mrs. Mary Warren 12 Nov. 1753. Mehetabel, of 
Wore, m. Isaac Rice 1 Dec. 1768. Abigail, m. Thomas Wheat, pub. 17 Jan. 
1770. John P., ofN. Br., m. Susanna GrilHn, pub. 26 July 1774. Patience, 
of Wore, m. Isaac Clark, Jr., 6 Jan. 1774. Hannah, ra. Jesse Kenney 11 
Aug. 1776. Alice, m. Perley Williams of Hubbardston, pub. 28 Mar. 1808, 
and d. there 12 Sep. 1847, a. 57. Eliza, m. John Browning of Hubbardston 
5 Nov. 1810. Harriet, m. Amherst Hastings of Pet. 29 Dec. 1811. Abi- 
gail, wife of Isaac, of Monkton, Vt., d. 22 June 1809, a. 22. 

Stebbins, Ben.jamin, m. Mercy Aiken 24 Sep. 1772, and rem. to Barnard, 
Vt., before 1782. John B., m. Martha L. Monroe 11 Ap. 1877, 

Stedman, Harriet, m. Elijah C. Newton 16 Nov. 1848. Hannah, m. 
George S. Titus of Ware 1 May 1858. Lemuel, d. 7 June 1874, a. 81 (b. at 
Sturbridge). 

Steel, Samuel, m. Margaret , and had David, bap. 13 Nov. 1745; 

lliomas, bap. 13 Nov. 1745; William, bap. 7 Oct. 1750; Aaron, bap. 6 Feb. 
1753. Samuel the f. seems to have res. east of the River, now New Brain- 
tree. 

Stephens, Jacob (otherwise written Stevens), m. Abigail — — , and had 
Sarah, b. 23 Ap. 1741 ; Tabiiha, h. 10 Aug. 1743; Christopher,]). 15 Feb. 1745- 
6; Lucy, bap. 21 Aug. 1748; Jacob, bap. 12 May 1751. 

2. Thomas, m. P]lizabeth Perkins of Brk., pub. 15 Jan. 1 748-9, and had Mary, 
b. 3 Oct. 1749; Nehemiah, b. 5 JNIar. 1752; Thomas, b. 27 Mar. 1754; Eliza- 
beth, b. 20 Nov. 1756. Thomas the f. sold 84 acres in the west part of the 
town to Ephraim Cleveland 27 Mar. 1761 ; after which I find no trace of him. 

3. Daniel, m. Rebecca, dau. of Moses Whipple, pub. 14 Ap. 1811, and had 
Lewis, b. 11 May 1813, d. 14 Feb. 1850; Cijrus Washburn,h. 15 Oct. 1815, m. 
Lucy Richardson of Dana 31 Dec. 1837, and d. there 1 Nov. 1866 ; Joseph 
Whipple, b. 18 Oct. 1817; Almon Giffin, b. 28 July 1824, m. Malvina Roberts, 
pub. — Ap. 1852. Daniel the f. d. 9 May 1864, a. 75 ; his w. Rebecca d. at 
Dana, 7 Dec, 1873, a, 83, 

4. Jacob, m, Hannah Thayer, pub, 8 Nov, 1796, and had Mary, b. 

1797, d. 6 Aug. 1819, a. 22 ; Sarah Ann, h. 1814, m. Charles N. Gibbs of 

Prescott, 1 Dec. 1836, and d. there 5 Ap. 1852, a. 38. Jacob the f. d. 16 Ap. 
1833, a. 62; his w. Hannah d. 17 May 1830, a. 57. 

5. Joseph Whipple, s. of Daniel (3), m. Elizabeth C.Richardson 23 Mar. 
1843, and had a son b. 12 Nov. 1843, and d. the next day; Albert Augustine, 



STEPHENS — STEWART. 507 

b. 31 Dee. 1850; Elizabeth AdeUa, b. 23 Fi-b. 1853, d. 27 June 1856 ; FMza 
Jane, b. 11 May 1856, ni. William II. Gillin, 29 June 1875. Joseph AV. the f. 
d. 22 Sep. 1861; bis w. Elizabeth C. m. Philip Johnson 21 Au;;. 1,S62. 

Anna, of Marlboi'onnjli, ni. James Woods, pub. 5 Oct. 1747. Maky, ni. 
William Thayer 28 Nov. 1793. Robert, in. Abi<:jail Davis 9 Oct. 1794. 
Dolly, of Pet., m. Wilder Barnes 20 Nov. 1794. Thomas, m. Abij^ail Hale 
of Dana, pub. 18 Nov. 1815. Debohaii, m. Seth Wbi|)ple, pub. 22 Mar. 1819. 
Hannah, m. Caleb Thayer, pub. 16 INIar. 1823. Levi, ni. Mrs. Thankful 
Dexter 18 Oct. 1830. Maiiy G., of N. Sal., m. Luther Cole, pub. 9 Mar. 
1846. Hattie R., m. Charles W. Thayer 12 Oct. 1871. Puudence, w. of 
Thomas, d. 20 Oct. 1814, a. 68. Thomas, d. 15 June 1819, a. 72. Polly, 
d. unm. 6 Aug. 1819, a. 22. Widow Dolly, d. 25 June 1840, a. 66. ]\Iauy 
E., d. 29 Sep. 1875, a. 1 year. 

Stetson, Robert, of Scituate, historically known as " Cornet Robert," 
was a. noted man in his day, and d. 1 Feb. 1702-3, a. 91. He liad nine chil- 
dren, of whom the eldest was Joseph, h. 1639, as is stated in Deane's Hist, of 
Scituate, and Barry's Genealoc/i/ of the Stetson Familij. 

2. Joseph, s. of Robert (1), re«. in Scituate, and had eight children, of 
whom the second was Robert, b. 9 Dec. 16 70. 

3. Robert, s. of Joseph (2), res. in Scituate, m. Mary CoUamore, and had 
eight children, of whom the eldest was Anthony, b. 12 Sep. 1693. 

4. Anthony, s. of Robert (3), res. in Scituate, m. Anna Smith 28 Mar. 
1717, and had Mary, h. 9 Dec. 1717; Isaac, h. 19 Oct. 1719; Joseph, b. 24 
Feb. 1722 ; Anna, h. 2 June 1724; Charles, b. 17 Oct. 1726 ; Ezra, b. 22 Sep. 
1729; Elisha, h. 28 Jan. 1731 ; Thomas, h. 22 Ap. 1734; Ben/amin,h. 7 July 
1736 ; Abiel, h. 23 Oct. 1738, settled in Chesterfield, and m. Ruth Bonney of 
Hk. 24 Feb. 1767 ; Martha, b. 18 Aug. 1741. 

5. Ezra, s. of Anthony (4), " m. Sarah Rider, and moved to Hardwick " 

(Stetson Fam.). His chil. were Anthony, k. , settled in Wilmington, Vt. ; 

Benjamin, b. • , m. Mercy Johnson of Hk., and settled at Sangersfield, 

N. Y. ; Ezra, b. , settled in Springfield, N. Y. ; Sarah, b. . m. 

Ephraim Thaver of Hk. 29 Ap. 17 79 ; Hannah, b. , m. Solomon Hinds, 

Jr., of Gr. 2' Oct. 1791; 3Iary, b. , m. Benjamin Thayer of Hk. 22 

Sep. 1793; Anna, b. , m. Thaddeus Russell of Dana 2 June 1803. 

Ezra the f. d. in JNIay 1805, a. 75; he had previously m., for second wife, 
Susanna Gibbs of Gr., pub. 6 Ap. 1786. The Hardwick Records do not 
mention the birth of his children, but do mention their marriage, and his own 
second marriage and death. In the genealogy of the Stetson Faintly, the dau. 
Hannah is said to have m. William White of Fairhaven, and Anna is said to 
have ni. Theodosius Russell of Greenwich, N. Y., but I follow the Hardwick 
Records. 

6. Robert, supposed to have been of the same family, but his lineage not 

ascertained, by wife , had Robert, h. 29 June 1772; Susanna, b. 19 Dec. 

1774, m. Joshua Bascom of Western (Warren), pub. 14 July 1793; Reuben, 
h. 23 Mar. 1775; Betsey, b. 29 Dec. 1776, m. Asa Blackmore of Pittsford, 
Vt., 27 Nov. 1800; Thomas, b. 3 Feb. 1779; Elijah, b. 15 June 1781; Sally 
Smith, b. 17 Feb. 1784, m. Silsbee Wetherell of Wore. 29 Nov. 1810. Rob- 
ert the f. d. 18 Jan. 1814, a. 73. 

7. Daniel, perhaps brother of the foregoing, by wife , had Susanna, 

bap. 10 Ap. 1774; Lucy, bap. 7 May 1775; Henry, bap. 25 July 1779. 

8. Elij.\h, s. of Robert (6), m. Dulcinea, dau. of Elijah Carpenter, 17 Ap. 
1808, and had Lydia Rich, b. 22 Dec. 1812, d. 19 July 1816. 

Rachel, m. Andrew Sears of (Jr. 1787. Lydia, m. Ze[)haniah 

Hack of Gr. 4 Mar. 1790. Sarah, m. Samuel Haskins, pub. 16 Nov. 
1806. 

Stewart, Daniel (otherwise written Steward and Stuart), by w. Pru- 
dence, had Ellcanah, b. 12 Aug. 1737; Samuel, b. 12 Oct. 1739, a member of 
Capt. Samuel Robinson's company in the French War, and d. in the campaign 
of 1756;! Hannah, b. 20 June 174 7, m. William Sherman of Rochester 11 

1 Seth Stewart (or Stuart), b. in Roch- and lost his life in the same campaign, at 
ester, was a member of the same company, the early age of 20 years. 



508 STEWART — STONE. 

Sep. 1766. Daxiel the f. prob. came here from Rochester, and perhaps rem. 
to Barnard with his son Elkanali. 

2, Elkaxah, s. of Daniel (1), m. Lydia, prob. dau. of Elisha Cobb, 7 Sep. 
1761, and had PriscUIa, b. 3 May 1762, m. Fitch Button 5 Sep. 1782; Sam- 
vel, h. 2 Dec. 1763, m. Sarah, dau. of Capt. Daniel Ei^ery, 22 Oct. 1789 (he 
then res. in Barnard, where he had Polly, b. 14 Mar. 1790) ; Prutlence, b. 1 1 
Ap. 1765, m. Timothy Banister 5 Sep. 1782; Lydia, h. 19 Sep. 1767, m. Asa 
Paige 19 Feb. 1789; John, b. 19 July 1769; Moses, b. 19 Ap. 1771. Elka- 
NAH the f. served in the French War 1755, and rem. to Barnard, Vt., as 
early as 1779, where his three daughters were married. He is said to have 
d. of hydrophobia, being bitten by a mad wolf. 

Susanna, m. Ithamar Reed of Pet. 16 Jan. 1749-50. Peace, m. Samuel 
Atwood 30 Ap. 1753. Daniel, perhaps the same as Daniel (1), m. Eunice 
Allen 5 Sep. 1768. 

Stockwell, Cyrus, resided here a short time only, but he left his mark. 
In May 1818, he established a line of mail stages from Worcester to North- 
ampton, the first which ever passed through Hardwick, and maintained it 
successfully for several years. He also kept a tavern in 1822 and 1823, soon 
after which he removed to Worcester, where he long ])ursued the same busi- 
ness. During his residence here, his son Stephen N. was born, 31 Aug. 1823, 
who became eminent as a manager of the Boston. Journal. In an obituar\' ])ub- 
lished in that paper, it is stated that " his journalistic career covers a term of 
nearly forty years, and with the exception of brief periods of rest, he has 
labored with great zeal in the field which he had chosen. From compositor 
in his youth to the editorial chair, he has filled nearly every intermediate 
position with rare ability and unsurpassed fidelity." Fie was also a member 
of the Common Council of Boston and a representative and senator in the 
General Court. He died in Roxbury 13 April 1881, aged 57. 

2. Simon, by wife Sophia, had Sumner, b. 30 Dec. 1847; Emma Jane, b. 8 
June 1858; Ida Josephine, b. 26 July 1863, d. 22 .June 1879. 

Mercy, of Prescott, m. Granger Peirce, pub. 18 Jan. 1832. 

Stone, Joseph, s. of Joseph, and b. in Shrewsbury 12 Nov. 1789, 
m. Patty Maynard of Shrewsburj-, pub. 11 Mar. 1816, and had Harriet, b, 
22 Jan. 1817, m. John Paige 23 Oct. 1845; Manj Field, b. 24 Sep. 1819, d. 
unm. 29 Sep. 1838; Joseph, b. 29 Sep. 1821, d. 2 Mar. 1822; Martha, b. 29 
June 1823, m. Charles Mandell 3 Mar. 1846; Lucretia, b. 15 Mar. 1825; 
Louisa, b. 16 Ap. 1827, m. Charles P. Aiken 27 Sep. 1846. Joseph the f. 
was a skilful and beloved physician. He came here in the spring of 1814, 
immediately after the death of Dr. Beckwith, and for thirty-five years minis- 
tered relief to suffering humanity. After his marriage he resided on the 
Barre road, about half a mile from the Conmion, at the place marked '• Dr. 
Stone " on the R. Map. His fellow citizens manifested their confidence in 
him by electing him to various offices of trust and honor; he was deacon of 
the Union Church; selectman seven years; town clerk twenty years, from 
1829 to 1848 inclusive; member of the school committee eight years; dele- 
gate to the Constitutional Convention in 1820; rei)resentative in 182.S; and 
senator in 1845 and 1846. He d. greatly lamented, 27 June 1849, a. 59. 

2. Charles, m. Mary , and had Ma7-y E.,h. 1841, d. 13 Oct. 

1856, a. 15; Sylvanus A., h. 6 Mar. 1844, d. 8 Aug. 1846; Williain A., b. — 
Aug. 1847, d. 9 May 1854; Sarah Louisa, b. 25 Oct. 1853; John Franklin, b. 
18 Sep. 1857. 

3. Samuel, m. Elizabeth , and had a son, b. 20 Ap. 1844. 

4. John A., m. Roxana M. , and had Frank Eugene, h. 2 Jan. 1855; 

Dwight Warner, b. 25 Feb. 1857, d. 29 ^Mar. 1857; Dwight, b. 19 Jan. 1858, 
d. 10 Feb. 1858; William Forest, b. 16 Jan. 1859 ; Netlie Maria, b. 29 July 
1861. 

5. Charles E., m. Lydia , and had Charles Albert, b. 9 Jan. 1858. 

6. Henky H., m. Mrs. Huldah B. Bliss 2 June 1870, and had Jennie Maria, 
b. 4 July 1871 ; Emory Mitchell and Emerson Almon, twins, b. 13 Oct. 1873; 
Martha" Elizabeth, b. 26 Mar. 1876. 



STONE — STURTEVANT. 509 

John, m. Susanna Mandell 12 May 1768 (she d. at Dana 28 July 1844, a. 
nearly 95). Huldaii, of Southboroiiuli, m. Azariah Banjos, pub. 2 Mar. 
1769. John, Jr., of (ir., ni. Betsey Bryant, pub. 10 Se[). 1798. Susanna, 
of Dana, m. Thomas Haskins, pub. 25 l\Iar. 1818. John, m. Harriet Wel- 
nian of Barre, pub. 27 Ap. 1818. Dr. William, of Enf., ni. Mvs. Hannah 
Jenney 23 Nov. 1819. Houack, m. Abitiail Grant 14 Ap. 1822. Hoska, 
ni. Perna Kin<4 18 June 1824. Eliza, ni. Moses Barnes 28 .May 1826. Rev. 
Gkorgk, of Sandgate, Vt., m. Eluthera F. Lawton 10 July 1831. Fidelia, 
of Pet., m. Calvin Sanfonl, pul). 4 Sep. 1841. Rev. William B., of W. 
Brk., m. Pliebe W. Robinson 16 Feb. 1842. Mercy Ann, in. Augustus 
Conkey of JNIt. Morris, N. Y., 10 Mar. 1846. Hosea E., ni. Fanny llieh- 
ardson, pub. 17 Oct. 184 7. Clara B., m. John V. Presho 3 Ap. 1850. Sa- 
MANTHA M., HI. William P. Granger 28 Oct. 1852. Ellen, of Dana, m. 
Elbridge Towne, pub. 24 Oct. 1857. Clark, of Enf., m. Mrs. Hannah 
Danforth 30 Sep. 1858. Mary, m. Joseph Topp, pub. 30 July 1863. Caro- 
line, ni. Joseph St. John 10 Jan. 1869. Edgar F., m. Philena Robinson, 
of Barre, 29 Jan. 1873. 

Stowell, Isaac, m. Nabby , and had Salli/, b. 9 Jan. 1783; Jotham, 

b. 15 May 1785; Nabin/, b. 7 Feb. 1788. 

Abel, of Pet., m. Rachel Freeman, 5 July 1792. Charles, m. Ruth Bur- 
den of Charlton, pub. 11 Oct. 1829. Avery AV., m. Caroline S. Ingraham of 
Audi., pub. 14 Oct. 1845. 

Stratton, Ichabod, a cooper, res. in Brk. 12 Feb. 1731-2. He subse- 
quently removed to Hk. with his wife Elizabeth, who became a member of the 
church 13 Nov. 1737. The date of his admis.-ion does not appear; but he was 
manifestly a member, because he was called to account, 14 Nov. 1753, for ab- 
senting hiujself " from the sacrament of the Lord's Supper," but afterwards 
made his peace with the church. He d. 31 Oct. 1762; his wife Elizabeth d. 
8 Nov. 1761. No record is found of their chil., who were prob. born in Brk.; 
but they are su})posed to have been parents of Fraiicis, Ichabod, and Elizdbefh, 
who had a son, Judah, b. 18 July 1749, bap. 29 Ap. 1750, and who m. Thomas 
Elwell, pub. 25 Ap. 1762. 

2. Francis, prob. s, of Tchabod (1), m. Eunice Corlie (or Kerley) 29 Ap. 
1740, and had Surah, h. 4 Feb. 1741; Martlia, bap. 19 June 1743; Eunice, b. 
18 Aug. 1744. 

3. Ichabod, prob. s. of Tchabod (1), m. Abigail Chui-ch of Hadley 14 Oct. 
1743; she d. 9 Ap. 1755, and he m. Hannah Goodnow 1 July 1755. His chil. 
were Asa, b. 15 July 1744 (called David in baptismal record 22 July 1744); 
Elihu, b. 25 Feb. 1745-6; John, b. 20 Ap. 1748; Mary, b. 2 Feb. 1749-50; 
Jonathan, h. 6 Ap. 1756; AbigaU, b. 9 Ap. "l757; Joel, b. 16 Oct. 1758. 

Betty, Avidow of Jonathan Stratton of Marlborough, m. Elisha Hedge, pub. 
4 Nov. 1765. She ret. to JNlarl., where she died; her son, Jonathan Stratton, 
was appointed administrator 11 Mar. 1794. 

Sturtevant, James, b. in Duxbury, by w. Sybil, had Si/hil, b. . m. 

James Whipple, Jr., pub. 20 Feb. 1808 ; /i.^a, b. in N. Bi-. about 1792; Marcia, 

b. 1796, was pub. to Lyman Thomas 19 June 1815, and m. to Adin A. 

Thompson 16 Dec. 1828; she d. in Phillipston 22 Feb. 1879, a. nearly 83; 

James, b. ; Houiand, b. in Ware about 1810; Olive, b. , living in 1852. 

James the f. d. here 30 Sep. 1829, a. 67; his w. Sybil d. 10 Mar. 1852, a. 
nearly 88. 

2. Asa, s. of James (1), m. Ruth Baker 1 May 1815, and had a child b. — 

Aj). 1819, d. 12 May 1819; Seneca P., b. about 1820; ^' li , b. about 

1.S22, d. at Ware 18* Aug. 1862, a. 40; a child, b. , d. — June 1826; James 

W., b. ; Thomas li., b. ; G'eort/e Edwin, b. — Feb. 1834, d. 23 Jan. 

1S35; Asa Grafton, b. about 1835, a soldier in the War of the Rebellion, d. at 
New York 28 Oct. 1862, a. 27; his head-stone is in the new cemetery. Asa is 
supposed to liave been father also of Prolexena, who m. Lorenzo Newland 22 
Aj). 1835; Sybil P., who m. Elbridge C. Howard of Monson, pub. 23 May 
1846 ; and perhaps Cordelia A., of Gr., who m. Joseph P. Snow, pub. 29 Nov. 
1851. Asa the f. d. 3 Feb. 1867, a. 74 years and 8 months; his w. Ruth d. 29 
Jan. 1871, a. 78. 



510 STURTEVANT — SUMNER. 

3. James, s. of James (1), ni. , and had Seneca, b. ; Jnines IL, b. 

; Charlex O., b. ; Julia, b. 182G, d. 10 Deo. 1829, a. 3. 

4. HowLAND, s. of James (1), m. Mehetabel , and had Erelyn, h. about 

1834, m. Alpheus S. Nye of Dana 2 Ap. 1854; Thaddeus, b. about 1840, d. at 
Dana 18 Oct. 1869, a. 29; a child b. 31 July 1843, d. 15 Aug. 1843. How- 
land the f. was a painter, and d. 21 Sep. 1843, a. 33. 

5. Seneca P., s. of Asa (2), ni. Sarah , and had James William, b. 4 

July 1848, d. 9 Jan. 1874; Asa, b. 24 Feb. 1850, d. 23 Sep. 1853; a son b. 21 
Dec. 1851; Ellen Louisa, b. 4 Ap. 1854. Seneca P. the f. d. 11 Jan. 1855, a. 
34 years and 9 months. 

6. James W., s. of Asa (2), m. Angeline C. Cumniings 27 Nov. 1850, and 
had Fred, b. 29 Ap. 1854 ; Grace, b. 6 Feb. 18C9, d. 12 Sep. 1869. James W. 
the f., a wheelwright, res. on the road to Enfield, nearly three miles from the 
Common. 

7. Thomas R., s. of Asa (2), m. Frances E. Hazard of New Bedford, pub. 
1852, and had jSIary Lilli/, h. 1 Ap. 1858. 

8. Seneca, s. of Jiunes (3), m. Mary C , and had Albert S., h. about 

=- 1843, m. Sophia M. Patrill 14 Aug. 1866; she d. 10 Mar. 1877, a. nearly 

39, and he m. Susan R. Richardson 4 Dec. 1877, and had George E., b. 25 Jan. 
1881; Mary D., b. about 1845, m. Charles Newton 14 Mar. 1861; Sarah Hid- 
dah,h. 15 Sep. 1846 (called Hulduh H. in the record of her marriage), m. Elmer 
L. Barnes 8 Jan. 1864; Charles Henry, b. 9 July 1848, m. Lauretta Hunter of 
Presc, pub. 24 Dec. 1868; Abbi/ Eudora, b. 7 June 1850, m. Alanson S. Bas- 
sett 13 Oct. 1874; Flora Maria, b. 23 JNIar. 1852, d. 23 July 1854; Flora 
Maria, b. 3 Aug. 1854; Lendall Dwight, b. 3 May 1857, drowned 3 Aug. 1870; 
Emma Angeline, b. 30 Oct. 1861, d. 20 Dec. 1861; Cora Emma, b. 28 Oct. 
1865. 

9. James H., s. of James (3), m. Maria A. Whipple, pub. 1 July 1853, and 
had Cyrus Eston, b. 11 Jan. 1854; Eunice Celestia, b. 12 July 1856, m. William 
AV. Johnson 18 Aug. 1880; Joel Rupert, h. 30 May 1861, d. 17 Oct. 1865; 
Sarah Maria, b. 5 June 1865. James H. the f., a farmer, res. in the westerly 
part of the town. 

10. Charles O., s. of James (3), m. Mary Jane , and had Leon How- 
ard, b. 5 Ap. 1867; Amy Florence, b. 15 July 1876; Edgar Leroy, b. 4 Nov. 
1880. 

Sullivan, Patrick, by w. Bridget, had /o/^n, b. 28 July 1864; Bridget, b. 
20 July 1866. 

2. Eugene, m. Mary Sullivan, pub. 13 Sep. 1868, and had Daniel, b. 24 
Nov. 1870. 

3. IMiCHAEL, by w. Mary, had il/or?/ Ellen, b. 15 Mar. 1870; John, b. 18 
Nov. 1871 ; Cornelius, b. 10 Mar. 1874; Dennis, b. 5 Nov. 1875; Francis, b. 2 
Oct. 1877; William, b. 28 Sep. 1879. 

Sumner, William, s. of Roger, b. at Bicester, Eng., in 1605, came to New 
Eng. in 1636, and settled at Dorchester, where he d. 9 Dec. 1688. He m. 
Mary West 22 Oct. 1625, and had six chil., of whom the fourth was George, 
b. 1634. 

2. George, s. of William (1), was lieutenant, deacon, and representative. 
He res. at Milton, where he d. 11 Dec. 1715. He m. Mary Blake of North- 
ampton, and had eight chil., of whom the sixth was Edward, b. 29 Aug. 
1676. 

3. Edward, s. of George (2), res. at Roxbury, and died there in 1763. He 
was one of the early proprietors of Hardwick. He m. Elizabeth Clapp 25 Sep. 
1701, and had eleven chil., of whom the youngest was Benjamin, b. 29 Dec. 
1724. 

4. Benjamin, s. of Edward (3), res. at Ashford, Conn., was captain, repre- 
sentative, and deacon, and d. 4 Jan. 1803. He m. Bridget Perry 3 Oct. 1748, 
and had thirteen chil., of whom the eldest was James Fitch, b. 29 July 1749. 

5. James Fitch, s. of Benjamin (and cousin german to (governor Increase 
Sumner), m. Ada Bullard of Dedham 30 Sep. 1773 and had Sarah, b. 19 Oct. 
1774, m. David Keyes of Eastford 30 Jan. 1793; Drusilla, b. 13 Ap. 1777, 



SUMNER — TAYLOR. 511 

m. Murray Brown of Hk., and d. 9 Aug. 1837; William, b. 13 Aup;. 1779, d. 
here 7 Jan. 1837 ; Syhil, b. '29 i\Iay 1782, ni. Asa Raymond IG Oct. 1803; Eliza- 
beth, twin, b. 6 June 1785, d. 22 May 1789; il/«V//, twin, b. G June 178.5, d. 
unm. 25 Sep. 1809; Benjamin, b. 17 Feb. 1788; Irena, b. 15 Ap. 1793, ni. 
Thompson Howard 25 July 181G, and d. 15 Mar. 1872; Lucij, b. 22 Feb. 1797, 
d. 13 Sep. 1803. James Fitch the f. res. at Ashford, Conn., until 1801, when 
he came here and res. in the westerly part of the town. He was styled cap- 
tain, and was " killed by a fall," 25 June 1803. 

6. Benjamix, s. of James Fitch (5), m. Mary Osborn of Ware 10 Oct. 
181G, and had James Fitch, b. 4 Sep. 1817; Georqe, b. 30 July 1819; Elizabeth 
Clark, b. 16 Aug. 1822, d. 8 Sep. 1822; haiuh Clark, b. 16 Oct. 1823; Sarah 
Brou-n, b. 14 May 1826, m. Converse, and d. 10 Ap. 1845; William Ben- 
jamin, b. 21 Jan. 1833, d. 27 July 1845. Benjamin the f. d. at Ware 21 
Sep. 1855; his w. Mary d. here 29 Aug. 1850. 

7. James Fitch, s. of Benjamin (G), m. Martha Ann Converse of Ware 
1843, and had Martha Lucinda, b. 3 Jan. 1844. 

8. George, s. of Benjamin (6), m. Melina A., dau. of Jason Thayer of 
Andierst, 2 Oct. 1845, and had George William, b. 9 Nov. 1846, d. 17* Aug. 
1849; Virejil Maro, b. 9 June 1849, d. 16 Aug. 1849. George the f. d. fe 
May 1850; his w. Melina A. m. William Cummings of Ware 27 May 1856. 

9. Isaiah Clakk, s. of Benjamin (6), m. Louisa Turner of Pelhani 3 Feb. 
1846, and had Benjamin Clark, b. 30 Jan. 1849; Mary Louisa, b. 21 Nov. 
1850, m. Walter Peirce 12 Ap. 1871; Samuel Ambrose, b. 12 Nov. 1853; 
Charles Wi/man, b. 20 Aug. 1856; Elizabeth Abigail, h. 7 Oct. 1859, m. Albert 
Marsh 7 Oct. 1876. Isaiah Clark the f. d. at Ware 3 June 1882. 

10. Benjamin Clark, s. of Isaiah Clark (9), m. Louisa Haskins 21 Sep. 
1870, and had George, b. 31 Aug. 18 71. 

J\Lany particulars concerning this family are gathered from the Sumner 
Genealogy. 

Swasey, Betsey, m. John Coloney 3 Aug. 1788. 

Swift, Nathan, of Rut. Dist. (Barre), m. Mary Willis 8 Sc]). 1774. 
Orville, of Wilmington, Vt., ni. Hannah Spooner 5 June 1832. Martin 
J. Jr., of Bridgewater, m. Louisa S. Ames 11 Dec. 1845. Mary A., of 
Bridgewater, m. Harrison F. Barnes 12 June 1861. 

Taylor, Jonathan, by w. , had Stephen, bap. 25 Ap. 1762; Rtbecca, 

bap. 23 Sep. 1764; Daciil, bap. 26 July 1767. 

2. Seth, m. Mehetabel •, and had Mehetabel, b. about 1772, m. Seth 

Si)Ooner 19 Feb. 1795, and d. 12 ]\Iay 1812, a. 40; Sylvanus, b. about 1774; 
Seth, b. about 1776, m. Rhoda Granger of N. Br., pub. 5 Feb. 1804, and d. 7 
June 1811, a. 35. leaving an only dau. Harriet; Betsey, b. 1778, m. Mar- 
tin Rogers 30 Nov. 1797, and d. 14 Nov. 1853, a. 75 vears and 10 months; 
Enos, b. about 1780, m. Mary Taylor, 22 Nov. 1801, and d. 13 Nov. 1822, a. 
42 ; Nathan, b. about 1782; Olive, b. prob. about 1784, m. Ammi Taylor of 
Fairlee, Vt., 14 Sep. 1800; Rhoda, b. about 1789, d. unm. 20 Nov. 1811, a. 
22. No record is found of the birth of these children; the dates are estimated 
by comparison with the dates of marriages and deaths. Seth the f. was 
styled captain ; he d. suddenly at Boston, where he was transacting some busi- 
ness, 5 or 7 July 1811, a. GG; his w. Mehetabel d. 22 July 1832, a. 91. 

3. Sylvanus, s. of Seth (2), m. Eunice Bridges 19 Nov. 1801; she d. 24 
Jan. 1819, a. 50, and he m. Anna Dewin of Brk., pub. 30 Jan. 1820. His 
chil. were Mary Mixter, b. 8 June 1804, m. Hiram Gorham 26 Nov. 1829; 
Lyman, b. 1 Nov. 1808. Sylvanus the f. res. near Barre, at the place 
marked '• S. Taylor" on the R. Maj), and was the proprietor of " Taylor's 
Mills." He d. 5' Ap. 1849, a. 75; his w. Anna d. 19 June 1841, a. 63. 

4. Nathan, s. of Seth (2), m. Susanna Gorham of Barre, pub. 27 Nov, 
1806, and had five children, who were all bap. with the mother, 18 May 1820, 
naniely, Mehetabel, Fanny, Levina. (perhaps the same who m. (Jardner Hatha- 
way, pub. 25 Aug. 1855); John Gorham, b. about 1812, d. at Springf. 1 Aug. 
1866, a. 54; Nathan, b. about 1815, m. Lucy S. Haven of Barre 7 Dec 1853. 
Nathan the f. d. 11 May 1815, a. 32. 



512 TAYLOR — THAYER. 

5. Lyman, s. of Sylvanus (3), ni. Adeline M. Howland 28 Nov. 183!), and 
had Marii A. G., h. 29 Nov. 1844, d. 27 Alio-. l,S4.S; Si/lvanus, b. 25 Mar. 1847; 
George Howland, b. 5 Aug. 1849; James Barnard, b. 15 Aug. 1850. 

Bartholomew, soldier in the French War. killed in battle 8 Sep. 1755. 
Edward, ra. Lydia Haskell 23 Nov. 1775. Susaxna, of Athol, m. Nathaniel 
Merrick 23 Oct. 1797. Lemuel F., ra. Cassandra U. Dexter 9 Ap. 1835. 
Leonora, m. Victor Robert, pub. 9 Nov. 186 7. Harriet, dau. of Samuel 
and Lavinia, d. 16 Oct. 1803, a. 3 years and 9 months. John, formerly of 
Wrentham, d. 27 Sep. 1811, a 65.i 

Terry, John, Jr., m. Sarah Ramsdell 26 Sep. 1782, and had prob. John, 
b. about 1783; Sally, h. 14 Dec. 1786, d. 18 Oct. 1795; prob. Reuel, b. about 

1789; m. Dolly Winslovv of Ware, pub. 15 Dec. 1810; Phehe, b. 1791, d. 

8 Oct. 1795, a. 4; Sylvanus, b.. 1793, d. 12 Oct. 1795, a. 2 ; prob. Otis, b. 

about 1795; a child b. — Feb. 1799, d. 31 Oct. 1802; a child b. — May 
1801, d. 24 Oct. 1802. Mrs. Sarah Terry d. 8 Aug. 1802, a. 40. 

2. John, prob. s. of John (1), m. Ruth Dana 17 May 1804, and had Alvah, 
h. 11 Ap. 1805 ; Sarah, b. 20 Dec. 1806, m. Oren Ramsdell 8 June 1823 ; Rufh, 
b. 25 j\Iar. 1809, ra. John P. Marsh of Ware, pub,. 31 Oct. 1840, and d. 30 
Nov. 1878; Horace, h. 6 July 1811; Alanson, b. 24 July 1814, d. 7 May 1816 ; 
Sylvia, b. 25 Aug. 1818 or 1819, m. Festus Alden of Gr. 10 Sep. 1840 ; Phehe, 
b. 14 Mar. 1824; William A., b. 12 Mar. 1830. (The last two chil. apjiear to 
have been by second wife, Esther.) 

3. Otis, prob. s. of John (1), m. Cynthia Ruggles 6 Mar. 1817, and had 
Otis Lysander, bap. 24 May 18is. 

4. Horace, ra. Eunice A. Rogers, pub. 7 Ap. 1843, and had John, b. 11 
Mar. 1844; Eunice R.,h. 4 Jan. 1846; Ruth Elizabeth, b. 17 Nov. 1851, d. 7 
Dec. 1853. 

PiiEiJE, m. David Bassett 11 Dec. 1782. Lydia, ra. Rev. Joshua Crosby 
of Gr. (now Enfield), 8 P'eb. 1790. Joanxa, a widow, d. 6 Jan. 1814, a. 88. 

Thayer, Benjamin, b. in Mansfield, m. Polly Stetson 22 Sep. 1793, ijnd 
had Sojihia, b. about 1794, m. Jeremiah Thurston, and d. at Gr. 7 Jan. 1858, 

a. 64; Ilelief,h. about 1798, m. Ephraim Amsden, Jr., of Gr. 15 Oct. 1816, 
and d. at Ware 27 May 1868, a. 70 ; Hannah, b. about 1800, d. unm. at Dana 

21 Feb. 1864, a. 63 years and 2 months; Benjamin, b. 1810, d. 11 Sep. 

1813, a. 3 years. Benjamin the f. d. 11 Nov.' 1851, a. 86. 

2. James, perhaps brother of Benjamin (1), ra. , and had Ira, b. 

1794, d. 3 Oct. 1813, a. 19. James the f. d. 7 July 1820, a. 50. 

A " widow Thayer" d. 31 Aug. 1825; age not stated. 

3. Samuel, perhaps brother (or possibly son) of Benjamin (1), m. Fanny 
Richardson, pub. 27 Jan. 1812, and had James H., b. about 1816 ; Lendall W., 

b. about 1818, m. Clarissa C. Skinner 7 Sep. 1843, and d. 8 Ap. 1852, a. 34; 
Ansel W., b. about 1822, m. Bodicea Pike 12 Dec. 1854, and d. 12 Aug. 1856, 
a. 34. Samuel the f. d. 11 Feb. 1873, a. 85 years and 6 months; his w, 
Fanny d. 3 Dec. 1869, a. 79. 

4. Uel, parentage not ascertained, m. Lydia , and had Aurjusta, h. 2 

Mar. 1800; Thomas W., b. 3 Dec. 1803, d. 18 Ap. 1804; Elbridye Gerry, b. 
21 Oct. 1805; Nathan Wood, b. 7 Nov. 1808. 

5. Hosea, of Dana, m. Syrena Whij^ple, pub. 26 Ap. 1819, and had Joel, 
b. 1821. 

6. Erastus, m. Rubv Whipple 26 May 1830, and had Elmer M., b. 

1840; Sarah, b. 7 Dec. 1844, d. 28 Jan. 1845. Erastus the f. d. 16 Mar. 
1848, a. 35. 

7. Jonas H., s. of Samuel (4), ra. Mary Ann ; she d. 11 Jan. 1865, a. 

50, and he m. Clarissa C, widow of his brother Lendall W. Thayer, 4 Nov. 
1866. Some of his chil. were (prob.) John Porter, h. about 1837, accidentally 
killed near Princeton, N. J., in Sep. 1859, a. 22 ; Julia Ann, b. about 1840, 
m. Constantine Smith 3 July 1856, and (2d) Francis P. Weeks 26 June 1872, 
and d. 4 May 1874; Scott Leroy, b. about 1847. Jonas H. the f. d. 17 May 
1871, a 55. 

1 Several members of the Taj'lor family were buried in a private cemetery near the 
Barre line. 



THAYER — THOMAS. 513 

8. Ezra, m. Julia , and had Zachary Taylor, b. 8 July 1848, d. at Dana 

29 Nov. 1864. 

9. JoKL, s. of Hosea (5), m. Jane F. Converse 28 Nov. 1849, and had Ida 
Luella, b. here 29 May 1853, though the father is styled of Dana in the record 
of marriage. 

10. Andrew J., m. Sylvia B. Johnson, pub. 24 Nov. 1855, and had Philip 
Edwin, h. 12 Mar. 1858; Carrie Civilla, b. 24 Nov. 18C1; Arthur Freeman, b. 
6 Mar. 186G. 

11. Samukl E., m. Hortensia Norcutt, pub. 22 Nov. 1859, and had LiUie 
Maria, b. 18 July 18G2; Henry Alannon, h. 30 Jan. 1866; Emily W., b. 12 
Mar. 1874; Charles Mitchell, b. 1 July 1875. 

12. Elmkr M., s. of Erastus (6), m. INIary I^llen Forbes 10 July 1861, and 
had Jennie A.,h. 1862, m. James T. Kellogg of Gr. 25 Nov. 1880. 

13. Scott Lkroy, s. of Jonas H. (7), m. Balarah Allen 3 Nov. 1867, and 
had Abbie Florence, b. 26 July 1868; John Porter, b.— Aug. 1870, d. 11 Mar. 
1871; Alice G., h. 15 Sep. 1872, d. 14 Oct. 1872; Anna Lura, h. 14 July 
1875, d. 10 Sep. 1875. 

14. CiiARi.KS W., m. Harriet R. Stephens 12 Oct. 1871, and had Era May, 
b. 8 Feb. 1872. 

15. George W., m. Mary Ann , and had a son b. 4 Dec. 1876. 

Grixdall and wife came here from Wrenlham in 1769. John, a Revolu-' 

tionary soldier from 17 78 to 1781, m. Exe (Achsah?) Powers of (ir., pub. 
5 Nov. 17!S0. Ei'iiRAiM, was a cor])Oi'al in the army, 1777; and Samuel, 
was a soldier from 17 78 to 1781, but no further trace of them ap])ears. Ra- 
chel, m. Henry Butterfield of dr. 20 Nov. 1783. Mary, of Pet., m. Ebenezer 
Sprout 11 Dec. 1783. Ahigail, m. Silas Richardson 26 Nov. 1789. Sally, 
m. Moses Whipple 31 Dec. 1789. William, m. ]\Iary Stephens 28 Nov. 
1793. Hannah, m. Jacob Stephens, pub. 8 Nov. 1796, and d. 17 May 1830, 
a. 57. Nancy, m. John Johnson, pub. 10 Nov. 1797. Sally, m. Aaron 
Johnson of Gr. 4 Oct. 1798. Lina, m. George Marsh of Pet., pub. 9 Ap. 
1801. Clarissa, m. John Wild of Butternuts. N. Y., pub. 15 Feb. 1819. 
John, m. Susan Simmons, pub. 7 Feb. 1820. A5fNis, m. William Kelly, pub. 
25 Dec. 1820. Caleb, m. Hannah Stephens, pub. 16 Mar. 1823. Maktiia, 
m. David Whipple, pub. 26 Jan. 1827. CiViLLA R., ni. Philip Johnson, 
pub. 20 Mar. 1830. Sally W., m. Solomon G. Towne of Winchendon 13 
May 1834. Susan, m. Newell Bacon 31 Dec. 1839. Willfam A., m. Sarah 
Ann Weaver 9 May 1850. Mary Ann, m. George W. Richardson, pub. 

1854. Balarah, dau. of Joel, d. 21 Sep. 1810, a. 17. Melzar, s. of 

Joel, d. 12 Mar. 1814, a. 19. 

Tho.vias, William, was one of the very earliest pioneers in the settlement 
of Harthvick, having a house here as early as 13 Dec. 1732. He res. on the 
old road from the Furnace Village to (iilbertville, at the place marked " C. 
Paige " on the R. Map.^ His w. Patience d. 27 Oct, 1746, and he was pub. 
to Susanna ^larble of Stow 11 Ap. 174 7,^ and d. 22 IMay 174 7, a. prob. 
about 60. He was a member of the first board of selectmen after the town 
was incorporated in 1739, and manifestly a man of much energy .^ His chil. 
who shared in the division of his comparatively large estate, 11 May 1749, 
were ylmo.s (eldest son); Zerviah, b. 1709, m. Samuel Marsh, and (2d) Isaiah 
Pratt 2 Mar. 1746-7, and d. 18 Ap. 1798, a. 89; Temperance, b. , m. Ed- 
mund Jordan; Hannah, b. , m. Isaiah Glazier 8 Nov. 1738; Elizabeth, b. 

, m. Edmund Grover ; Daniel; Nathan; Aaron, m. Elizabeth Mai'vile of 

Brk., pub. 27 Jan. 1749-50; Israel, b. 7 Aug. 1735. {Mary, b. 3 Mar. 1731-2, 
had prob. d. young.) 

1 He devoted a spot on his farm to the ^ j once supposed fliis Wiliiani Thomas to 
burial of tlie dead, whicli was rudely di.s- have been the first .^chool-master in Ilard- 
turbed in 1S71, when excavations were made wick, 1745; but afterwards found evidence 
for the Ware River Itailroad. that the school-master was of Marlborough, 

2 No record is found of the marriage; and and father of Robert li. Thomas, the " Far- 
as he lived so short a time after the inten- mer's Almanac " maker. 

tiou was published, it may be doubted 
whether it was consummated. 
33 



614 THOMAS. 

2. Amos, s. of William (1), m. Abigail , and had Elizabeth, b. 4 July 

1738 ; William, b. 18 Sep. 1739, d. young; Abigail, h. 3 Mar. 1741, m. Sam- 
uel Beals 31 July 17G7; Olive, b. 1 Dec. 1742, prob. d. joimg; William, b. 6 
Aug. 1744; Amos, b. 6 Ap. 1746; Joseph, b. 24 May 1748 ; Daniel, b. 5 May 
1750 ; I\lercy, b. 6 Ap. 1752, m. Luke Bonney 5 Nov. 1772; Isaac, b. 13 July 
1754, d. 18 Dec. 1755. Amos the f. was a farmer, res. about half a mile south 
of his father's homestead, at the place marked " Moulton " on the R. Map, 
and d. 31 July 1754. 

3. Nathan, s. of William (1), m. Hepzibah , and had Alary, b. 11 

Jan. 1743-4; Nathan, b. 12 Nov. 1745; Patience, b. 31 Jan. 1747-8. 

4. William, s. of Amos (2), was a physician, and res. in Brk. ; he m. Abiel 
Collins 23 Aug. or Sep. 1765, and among his ohil. were Argalas (whose name 
was changed, in manhood, to Samuel Beats Thomas), a noted keeper of a 
hotel, opposite to the court-house in Worcester; and Sylvaniis, an innholder in 
the westerly 2)art of West Brookficld. Dr. William the f. d. in Mar. 1805, 

a. 60. 

5. Amos, s. of Amos (2), m. Eunice Bangs 20 Dec. 17 70, and had Isaac, h. 
11 or 13 July 1771, d. 19 Ap. 1842; Nathaniel, b. 13 or 21 Feb. 1773, d. 8 
Dec. 1851 ; Avios, h. 24 Oct. 1774, d. 29 July 1853 ; Abigail, h. 13 Mar. 1776, 
d. 11 Sep. 1862 ; Eunice, b. 11 Feb. 1778, d. 8 Ap. 1852 ; David, b. 24 Oct. 
1779, d. — May 1865; Beals, b. 29 June 1781, d. 24 Aug. 1854 ; Azariah, b. 
15 Dec. 1782, d. 14 Sep. 1830 ; Neman, b. 21 June 1785, d. 9 or 29 June 1843; 
Alary, b. 9 Aug. 1786, d. 9 Nov. 1840; Rhoda, b. 29 Dec. 1788, d. 25 July 
1789; Rhoda, b. 22 Dec. 1790, d. 21 Oct. 1865 ; Arden, b. 24 Sep. 1793, d. 4 
Nov. 1874; Rhoba (Ruby?), b. 7 Aug. 1795, d. 1 Sep. 1814; Alpheus, b. 2 
Ap. 1797, living in Athol, 1875. Amos the f. rem. soon after 1774 to N. Sa- 
lem, where most of his children were born; he d. 29 Ap. 1831, a. 85; his w. 
Eunice d. 26 June 1830, a. 78. For most of the facts in reganl to this family 
I am indebted to his grandson. Dr. Jason B. Thomas of Thorndike. 

6. Joseph, s. of Amos (2), ni. Mary, dau. of Elisha Billings, 17 Mar. 1774, 
and had four chiL, the record of whose births is mutilated so that the several 

years do not appear: Isaac, 1* 20 Dec. , d. 23 Feb. 17 78; Polly, b. 9 Oct. 

; Isaac, h. 2 July , prob. m. Cynthia Washburn 27 Nov. 1805; Sabra, 

b. 29 Aug. . Joseph the f. prob. rem. to Hai-dwick, Vt., and d. 9 Mar. 

1841, a. 93; his w. Mary d. 11 Sep. 1819, a. 65. 

7. Daxiel, s. of Amos (2), m. Mercy , and had Samuel Beals, b. 2 

Feb. 1771; Betty, b. 9 Sep. 1772; Perthinia, b. 31 May 1774, m. Joseph Crow- 
ell 24 Oct. 1793; Daniel, b. 28 Jan. 1776; he may have been father also of 

Lucinda, b. , m. Abel Ruggles 8 May 1799; Alercy, h. , m. Isaac 

Warren 19 Oct. 1800; Abigail,^ about 1781, m. Gershom Cobb 2 May 1811, 
and (2d) David Blackmer 13 Oct. 1823, and d. 22 Mar. 1832, a. 51. Daxiel 
the f. became (with his wife) a public charge as early as 1812, and remained 
so in 1819, and prob. through life; she d. in Sep. 1824, and he d. not many 
years later. 

8. Beals, s. of Amos (5), m. Nancy Bigelow of N. Brk., pub. 16 Jan. 1815; 
she d. 12 ^lay 1821, a. 29 nearly, and he m. Dolly W., dau. of Capt. Thomas 
Egery, 11 Ap. 1824; she d. 23 June 1836, a. 33, and he m. Sally W., dau. of 
Stephen Goriiam, 28 Nov. 1837. His chil. were, an infant, d. 7 July 1816; 
Jason B., b. 6 Aug. 1817; Nancy B., b. 15 Dec. 1825, m. George J. Newton 
8 Feb. 1855, and d. at Gloversville, N. Y., 3 or 4 June 1858; Clara E., h. 21 
July 1828, m. Addison A. Hunt 16 Mar. 1852; Edwin E., h. 24 Jan. 1831, d. 
at Saratoga Springs — Jan. 1868; Sarah J., b. 21 Sep. 1840, m. Franklin 
Wait 18 Feb. 1862, d. at Greenfield 5 Feb. 1878. Beals the f. was adopted 
by Maj. Samuel Beals (the husband of his aunt), and res. on his homestead on 
the easterly road to Gilbertville, but afterwards erected a house on the turn- 
pike, about a hundred rods northerly from the Common; he was a farmer, and 
d. 23 or 24 Aug. 1854, a. 73 ; his w. Sally W. d. at Wore. 18 Dec. 1857, a. 54. 

9. Daniel, s. of Daniel (7), m. Polly, dau. of Capt. Edward Buggies, 3 
Sep. 179<'S, and had Asa R., b. at Penobscot 5 July 1799; Hiram, h. here 24 
Nov. 1800, d. 6 Aug. 1803 ;. Elihu H., b. here 30 Oct. 1802. 



THOMAS — THURSTON. 515 

10. Jasox B., s. of Boals (8), m. Pliila, dau. of Capt. Martin JNIandell, 17 
Ap. 1850, and had a son b. 30 Aiiti. ISfj'), d. 20 Sep. 1855; a dan. 1). 21 Ap. 
1860, d. 14 An<r. 1860; Martin M.,h. 28 Jnne 18C1. Jasox B., the f., a phy- 
sician, res. in Thorndike, where he d. 28 Nov. 1880. 

11. Isaac, s. of Isaac of Pembroke, ni. Mary, wid. of Asa Hatch of Plym- 
outh, 12 May 1747, rem. to Hk. in 1762, was a merchant, and enj^affed in 
the manufacture of potash and ironware. His house and store were on the 
east road to Gilbertville, between the places marked " O. Trow " and "J. 
Mann" on the 11. Map, which, after his death, became the property of John 
Rowe of Boston. He d. in 1765; his w. Mary was administratri.\ 22 Oct. 
1765, but d. before 28 Feb. 1766. 

Patikxck, ni. Jonathan Kendall of Leominster 10 Oct. 1745. Submit, 
of N. Br., m. Richard Waite, pub. 20 June 1771. Axna, m. Decring Elwell 
of AV. Hampton, pub. 20 Mar. 1791. IsuAEL, of Gr., ni. Fanny IVirce, pub. 
30 Nov. 1797. JoAXXA, m. Jonas Barnes, pub. 24 Mar. 1806. Cynthia, m. 
Lawrin Mason, pub. 15 INIay 1813. Lymax, was pub. 19 June 1815, to Mar- 
cia Sturtevant. Israp:l, m. Gratia Cobb of Gr., pub. 22 Jan. 1827. Jacob, 
of Shutesbury, m. Nancy Burt 5 Nov. 1837. 

Thompson, Adix A., m. Marcia, dau. of James Sturtevant, 16 Dec. 1828, 
and had Lt/dia Jane, b. 20 Nov. 1829; Tryplwsa Elizabeth, b. 13 Dec. 1830, 

m. Moore, or IMorse, and d. 4 Dec. 1878, at New Salem ; James 

Barfeld, b. 21 Mar. 1832; Marcia Auf/usta, b. — Nov. 1833, d. at N. Sal. 20 
Sep. 1852; Samuel Adin, b. 4 May 1835; Frances Julia, b. 4 Aug. 1837. 

2. Thomas E., m. Susan and had a son d. 1 Oct. 1842, a. 2 months; 

Charles Henry, b. 4 Ap. 1844. 

3. Calkb, m. Josephine , and had Florence Virginia, b. 31 July 1848. 

Jamks, m. Polly Sellon 20 Aug. 1777. EuxiCE, m. John Wallis, Jr., of 

Barre 7 Feb. 1780. Natiiax, of Salem, N. Y., m. Alice Ruggles 21 Dec. 
1797, Ikexe, a widow, d. 15 Mar. 1872, a. 79. 

Thueshek, Hervky. s. of Timothy, and b. in N. Br., m. Aurelia Bolster 
5 Dec. 1826, and had Si/tvia W., h. about 1828, m. Elliot B. Trow 27 Mar. 
1866; Malinda, h. about 1830, m. William Blake of Bel. 6 Mar. 1848; Charles 
H., b. about 1833, d. in Barre 28 June 1863, a. 30; Elizabeth, b. about 1835, 
m. William Bates of Barre, pub. 21 Oct. 1853; Orarnel S., b. 18 Sep. 1845. 
Heijvey the f. d. 24 Mar. 1878, a. 75; his w. Aurelia d. at N. Br. 19 Jan. 
1851, a. 42. 

2. Haulow, m. Irene , and had George, b. 1843, d. 25 July 1847, 

a. 4; Anf/eline, b. 24 Feb. 1847; a daughter b. 20 Feb. 1849. 

3. David, m. Nancy Robbins, pub. 17 Sep. 1850, and had Delia E., b. 
about 1854, m. Alfred J. Graves 25 Ap. 1875; Harrison Orciitt, h. 12 .June 
1856; Lura, b. 3 Aug. 1858, d. 21 Oct. 1872. David the f. d. 3 Oct. 1869, 

a. 49 ; his w. Nancy d. 22 May 1869, a. 44. 

4. Hakkisox Oucutt, s. of David (3), by w. Lizzie, had Maud Edith, b. 
27 Oct. 1880. 

5. Frederick, by w. Nancy M., had a son b. 11 June 1857; Herbert Fred- 
erick, b. 11 May 1859; Effie Augusta, b. 31 Jan. 1861. 

6. Elijah C., by w. Philinda, had Jennie Angeline, b. 28 Aug. 1863; Rob- 
ert Orcutt, b. 20 Dec. 1864. 

Abigail, of N. Br., m. Josiah Butler 7 Feb. 1771. Lewis, of Prescott, m. 
Lydia Chase — Dec. 1842. 

Thurstox, Samuel, m. Sibbelah , and had Sail;/, b. about 1772, m. 

Abncr Weston 17 Oct. 1788, and d. 13 Mar. 1836, a. 63; ie/^/ce, b. about 
17 75, in. Stephen Gorliam 6 Nov. 1798, and d. 22 Ap. 1831, a. 55; Deborah, 

b. about 1778, m. Col. Micah Reed, pub. 3 Ap. 1797, and d. 30 June 1828; 
Paul, b. 6 Aug. 1781, d. 17 Feb. 1786; Samuel, b. 11 Jan. 1784, d. 17 Feb. 
1786. Samuel, the f. became "deranged in mind" and wandered from 
his home 11 Mar. 1807; his vv. advertised his absence in the j\Iass(ichusetts 
Spy, 1 Ap. 1807, and on the 8tli or 9th of the same month he was found dead, 
a. 62; the church record has this rt^mark : " Verdict of jury, that his death 
was accidental." His w. Sibbelah (or Sybil) m. Capt. Samuel Dexter 26 Sep. 



516 THURSTON— TROW. 

1811, but "left his bed and board " before 19 Oct. 1812; she d. in N. Br. 13 
July 184 9, a. 100 years, as inscribed on her head-stone in the new cemetery 
in Hk., and also on the town record of N. Br., where her name is erroneously- 
written " Isabella." 

2. Jeremiah, ni. Sophia, dau. of Benjamin Thaver, and had Mary F., b. 
about 1822, d. unm. 14 Ap. 1842, a. 20 ; Martha L.',h. about 1823, d. unm. 6 
Mar. 1863, a. 40. Jeremiah the f. d. 12 Mar. 1829, a. 34 ; his w. Sophia d. 
at (Jr. 7 Jan. 1858, a. 64. All were buried in the new cemetery; but only 
Martha L. appears by the record to have died here. 

TiHBETTS, Franklin La Fayette, m. Mary W. Hervey 12 Jan. 1853, 
and had Edith M., b. 16 Oct. 1854; Mary Effie, b. 14 May 1857; Albion B., 
b. 13 Oct. 1859. 

TiNXEY, Zenas D. (otherwise written Dexter Z. Tinney), of NewbUrg, 
Me., m. Ruth Dexter 6 Nov. 1856, and had Harriet Maria, b. 16 Aug. 1857, 
d. 6 Dec. 1864. Zenas D. the f. was a soldier in tlie Federal Army, and 
was killed in the Battle of the Wilderness, 6 May 1864, a. 33 ; his w. Ruth d. 
25 June 1881, a. 54. 

Gideon, of Barre, m. Betsey Chikft 8 Mar. 1792. Daniel, of Ware, m, 
Abigail Pike 16 Oct. 1803, and d. 29 Nov. 1811, a. 63. Mrs. Tinney, d. — 
June 1825, a. 70. 

TiSDALE, Abi.tah, m. Miriam , and had Abijah, b. 24 July 1792. 

Titus, Ephraim, m. Hannah Cobb 20 Dec. 17 70, and had William, b. 19 
Dec. 1771 ; Seth,h. 11 Aug. 1774. 

Ebenezer, of Gr., m. Patty Rich 30 Aug. 1792. George S., of Ware, m. 
Hannah Stedman 1 May 1858. 

ToTMAN, Lucretia, m. Miles Cobb, pub. 30 Dec. 1826. Nancy, m. Sam- 
uel 1). Anderson of Ware 7 Aug. 1828. Lydia, m. Laertes Evans 2 June 
1833. Lucy H., m. Loren Shaw 17 Mar. 1846. L. Maria, m. Addison A. 
Barber of Audi., pub. 1- Sep. 1848. 

ToWNE, Eli.jah, m. Louisa , and had Harriet Malrina, b. 11 Dec. 

1821, m. Di-. David Ransom of Carlville, N. Y., 19 May 1840 ; Paul Allen, h. 
8 Dec. 1823; Jlosina, b. 4 June 1825. 

2. William B., m. Elizabeth , and had Carrie L., b. about 1860, m. 

Frederick A. Ruggles 15 Jan. 1878; Ernest Eur/ene, b. 8 Dec. 1864. 

3. Amos T., m. Laura M. , and had Frank Elbridge, b. 26 July 1869. 

4. Henry G., m. Mary Ann Warner 1 Jan. 1872, and had Pe.rcie IL, b. 22 
M.ay 1878 ; George Henry, b. 29 Jan. 1880; William G., b. 17 Aug. 1881, d. 9 
Sep. 1881. Henry G. the f., a merchant and deacon, res. on the Common. 

Almira, m. Hosea Butterfield of Gr., 11 Ap. 1820. Eliza A., of Gr., m. 
John V. Presho, pub. 13 June 1857. Elbridge, m. Ella Stone of Dana, pub. 
24 Oct. 185 7. John, m. Sarah Simonds, pub, 2 Nov. 1858, Charles R., d. 
6 Nov. 1862, a. nearly 32. Sally, dau. of John, b. at Dana, d. 24 Ap. 1864, 
a. 35. 

Trask, Danfouth, m. Clarissa Winter of Gr., pub. 23 Nov. 1833, and had 
George Dan forth, b. 15 Nov. 1834, d. 8 Mar. 1840; Charles Edwin, h. 26 Sep. 
1836, d. lo'Mar. 1840; Walter Scott, b. 11 Aug. 1838, d. 12 Mar. 1840; Wil- 
liam Augustus, b. 24 Feb. 1840. 

2. Michael, m. Milly Rawson of So. Orange, pub. 4 May 1844; she d. 13 
Mar. 1847, a. 21, and he m. Martha Rawson, pub. 20 May 1848. His chil. 
were Alden F., b. 25 Feb. 1847; Sylvanus Michael, b. 23 Mar. 1849; Alpheus 
H., b. 1 Aug. 1851, d. 12 Oct. 1851. 

David, of Leicester, m. Pamela Cutler, pub. 21 July 1816. 

Trow, Ben.jamin, m. Margaret , who was adm. to the church in Nor- 
ton 1754. His chil. were Solomon, b. , a soldier in the French AVar, 1759; 

Israel, b. about 1737; Eunice, b. about 1744, m. Philip Spooner of Pet., and d. 
here 30 May 1830, a. 86; and perhaps others. Benjamin the f. res. in Nor- 
ton, and d. 9 Sep. 1769; his w. Margaret d. in 1789, a. 86. 

2. Israel, s. of Benjamin (1), m. Mary Clapp 1 Jan. 1761; she d. here 13 
June 1809, a. 71, and he ni. Prudence Leonard of Taunton, pub. 1 A\>. 1811. 
His chil. were Benjamin, b. 18 Ap. 1763, a soldier in the Revolutionary War, 



TROW — TUCKER. 517 

17 78, settled in Bucklaiul ; Israel, b. 11 May 17G6, m. Hannah Makepeace 28 
May 1788, and d. in N. Br., 27 Aug. 180G ; Orln, b. 9 Nov. 1769; LjifUa, b. 

, ni. Joel Spooner of Nortlifield 24 Dec. 1797 ; Nancji, b. , in. Joseph 

Bruce 28 Ap. 1799. Israkl the f. was a sergeant in tlie French War 1759, 
and a captain in the Revolutionary War, for several short campaigns ; he was 
a member of the Committee of Corres])ondence four years, between 1775 and 
1781 ; selectman four years, between 1782 and 1793; assessor six years, 1778- 
91 ; treasurer three years, 1773-75; and representative in 1784 and 1785. 
About 1793 he rem. from Norton to Petersham, and about two years later to 
Hardwick, where he res. during the remainder of his life, on the turnpike, 
near the Furnace, at the place marked " E. Trow " on the R. Map. He d. 17 
Feb. 1825, a. 88. 

3. Oiiix, s. of Israel (2), came here with his father about 1795, and m. Han- 
nah, dau. of Benjamin Robinson of Barre, j)ub. 26 May 1799 ; she d. 13 June 
1817, a. 41, and he m. her niece, Lucy P., dau. of James an(l granddaughter 
of Benjamin Robinson of Barre, 14 July 1822. His chil. were Chirissa, b. 26 
Nov. 1799, d. 8 July 1803; Gardner, b. 21 Sep. 1801, d. 7 July 1803; Alma, b. 
— June 1803 or 2 July 1804, m. Dan W. Lane 6 Jan. 1824, and d. in 1875; 
Elliott Beckwith, b. 10 Dec. 1805; Orin, b. 2 Jan. 1808; .4/i/ia Maria, b, 18 
Sep. 1810, m. Charles C Spooner 17 Sep. 1829; Israel Clapp, b. 20 Sep. 1815; 
a child b. 14, and d. 16 May 1817. Ouix the f. was a farmer, res. on the 
homestead witli his father, and d. 28 Oct. 1822, a. nearly 53; his w. Lucy 
P. m. James Browning 26 Nov. 1829. 

4. Elliott B., s. of Orin (3), m. Anna P. King of Barre 27 I\Lar. 1831; 
she d. 15 Aug. 1863, a. 59, and he m. Sylvia W. Thresher 27 Mar. 1866. His 
chil. were Anna Maria, h. 7 Dec. 1831, m. George W. Reed of Hubbardston 
11 Nov. 1869; Elliott B., b. 25 Dec. 1833, m. Lsabella Worthington of Ster- 
ling, 111., and d. at Coloma, 111., 12 May 1862; Samuel King, h. 6 June 1836, 
m. Charlotte E. Ross of Barre 5 June 1876; Joseph K., b. 9 Aug. 1838, d. 18 
or 19 Oct. 1859. Elliott B. the f. was a farmer, res. on the homestead, and 
d. 7 or 8 Oct. 1879. 

5. OitiN, s. of Orin (3), m. Eunice G. Robinson of Barre (sister of his step- 
mother) 31 May 1828, and had Orin Clapp, b. 17 Nov. 1830; Charles Lin- 
coln, b. 11 Seji. 1833; Lucian Dioujht, b. 12 Jan. 1839. Ouix the f., a far- 
mer, res. on the turnpike, near Great Meadow Brook, at the place marked " O. 
Trow " on the R. Map. He was a captain of militia, a selectman six years, and 
representative in 1861. His w. Eunice G. d. 11 Mar. 18G6, a. 51. 

6. Ouix Clapp, s. of Orin (5), m. Nina Rosalie Petri at Baltimore, ]\Id., 
3 July 185 7, and had Rosa Eunice, b. 3 Oct. 1858. Orix C. the f. d. at 
Washington, D. C, 27 Oct. 1864. 

7. Charles Lixcolx, s. of Orin (5), m. Abbie J., dau. of Gardner Bar- 
tholomew 10 Sep. 1855, and had Samuel B., b. — May 1858, d. 3 Oct. 1858. 
Charles L. the f. rem. to Richmond, Ind., where he d. 15 Feb. 1877. His 
w. Abbie J. m. Joseph N. Lincoln of Hardwick. 

8. LuciAX Dwight, s. of Orin (5), m. Rhoda Griffin of Syracuse, N. Y., 13 
Sep. 1865, and had Fannie Eunice, b. 7 Dec. 1867; Pue/la Maud, h. 3 Aug. 
1869. LuciAX Dwight the f., a farmer, res. with his father on the home- 
stead, and has long been an energetic and very useful member of the school 
committee. 

Truesdale, Harvey E., of Holden, m. Anna Fellows, pub. 29 May 1850, 
and had, in Hk., Etta Cordelia, b. 4 May 1851; Anna Lorinda, b. 19 May 

1853 ; Mary Eliza, b. 12 Dec. 1854, m. Stearns, and d. at Holden 3 Jan. 

1877. 

Tucker, Robert, with wife Martha, and children Seth, Eliphaz, Joshua, 
and Laban, came from Norton to Brookfield, and thence to Hardwick in 1774, 
and res. at first in a house of George Field. Robert the f. d. in 1805 ; his 
w. Martha d. 30 Nov. 1809, a. 74. 

2. Seth, s. of Robert (I), m. Miriam Arvin (Marvin?) 17 Dec. 1807, and 
had Robert, b. 22 Sep. 1808, m. Elizabeth W. Tucker of N. Sal., pub. 5 Mar. 
1832, and d. at Ware 30 June 1879; Bradford, b. 26 Miy 1811 ; John Marvin, 



518 TUCKER — TUTE. 

b. 26 June 1817; Ruth A., b. 26 Mar. 1820, m. William S. Bassett 1 Dec. 1836; 
Seth Porter, b. 5 May 1822, d. 22 June 1836 ; Sarah E., b. 23 July 1826. Seth 
the f. (1. 14 May 1853, a. 89 ; his w. Miriam d. 28 Aug. 1858, a. 72. 

3. Joshua, s. of Robert (1), m. Sarah Johnson of Oranrre, pub. 10 Mar. 
1799, rem. to N. Sal., and had, perhaps, Ehenezer, b. about 1807, d. here 22 Ap, 
1857, a. 50; Alfred, b. about 1808; prob. Joshua, b. about 1813, d. here 22 
Nov. 1836, a. 23. 

4. Labax, s. of Robert (1), m. Ruth Converse of Ware, pub. 16 Oct. 1803; 
she d. 30 Nov. 1809, a. 27, and he m. Anna Douglass 8 Nov. 1810. His chil. 
were Seneca, b. 13 Sep. 1805; Ct/nthia, h. 12 Jan. 1807, d. iinm. 7 Feb. 1865; 
Lahan, b. 30 Aug. 1808; Johi Estes, h. 7 Sep. 1811, ni. Adeline Gilinore 17 
Mar. 1846, and d. at N. Brk. 3 May 1872; Manj Louisa, b. 8 Jan. 1818. 
Laban the f. d. 21 Nov. 1822, a. 51. 

5. Alfred, s. of Joshua (3), m. Mary ; she d. 21 June 1838, a. 28, and 

he m. . His chil. were Wilcutt, h. about 1835, d. 20 Ap. 1858, a. 23; Addi- 
son Frederick, b. 11 Oct. 1845. Alfred the f. d. 26 Ap. 1866, a. 58. 

6. Avery, m. Elizabeth W. , and had Lomira, b. 1840, d. 29 July 

1844, a. 4; Caroline E., b. 1842, d. 2 Aug. 1844, a. 2; Freeman Sylvester, 

h. 5 July 1843; a dau. b. 11 Ap. 1848, d. 17 Ap. 1848; Sarah Elizabeth, b. 7 
Oct. 1850, d. 11 Jan. 1851. 

7. Hiram, ni. Mary E. , and had Georqe Edicard, b. 2 Nov. 1843; Maria 

E., b. 7 Ap. 1847, d. 28 Ap. 1848; Mary L., b. 19 June 1849, m. John F. 
Lathrop of Newtonville 16 Oct. 1872; William H., b. about 1851 ; Frank B., 
b. 19 Oct. 1852, d. 20 Ap. 1858; Frederick Hermon, b. 16 Aug. 1856. 

8. Christopher C, m. Mary S. , and had Ellen Jane, b. 14 Aug. 1853. 

9. Elijah F., m. Abbie J. Newcomb, pub. 19 Feb. 1856, and had Emma 
Augusta, b. 25 Nov. 1858, d. — Jan. 1859; Willie Isaiah, b. 9 Sep. 1862. 

10. William H., s. of Hiram (7), m. Dahliette M., dau. of Adonijnh Dennis, 
80 Ap. 1867; she d. 12 Aug. 1874, a. 32, and he m. Marion A. Spooner of 
Barre 6 June 1877. His chil. were Frai^k W., b. 7 Mar. 1868 ; Ethehjn D. M., 
b. 3 Dec. 1871; Howard II., b. 24 Feb. 1879. 

11. Ephraim, parentage not ascertained, m. Abigail , and had Benja- 
min, b. 6 jNIay 1780; Ephraim, b. — Ap. 1784. 

Clarinda, of N. Brk., ni. James Vokes, pub. 16 Nov. 1784. 

TuppER, Martyn, Rev., was the first minister of the Calvinistic Society 
after its separation from the original Congregational Society in Hardvvick. 
He was born at West Stafford, Conn., 6 Jan. 1800, grad. at Nassau Hall 1826, 
was ordained here 16 Ap. 1828, and resigned 29 Ap. 1835; he was installed at 
E. Longmeadow in Oct. 1835, and dismissed in Sept. 1849; after a short pas- 
torate at Lanesboro' he was re-installed here 23 June 1852, and remained 
pastor of the church until 1 Sep. 1870, when he resigned, and rem. to Wa- 
verly, 111. He m. Persis L. Peck of W. Stafford 13 Ap.'^1828, had three chil. b. 
here, and others in Longmeadow: Henrji Martyn, b. 10 June 1830, grad. A. C. 
1859, pastor of the church and principal of the Shaw Coll. Inst, at Ontario, 111.; 
Augusta Lomira, b. 4 Feb. 1832, m. Theodore E. Curtis of Waverly, 111., 22 
Dec. 1868; Emily Peck, h. 2 Oct. 1834, m. Dr. John C. Norris of Leipsic, 
Del., 14 July 1863, d. at Philadelphia 24 Dec. 1866, and was buried in the 
fnmily lot in the new cemetery; James Brainard Taylor, b. at Longmeadow 8 
Nov. 1839, grad. W. C. 1861, a lawyer; Elizabeth H., b. at Longmeadow 22 
Oct. 1844, d. here, unm., 26 Aug. 1864. ]Mrs. Tupper d. at AVaverly 7 July 

1871, a. 67; about a year afterwards, her bereaved husljand transported her 
remains to Hardwick, and deposited them by the side of their children; after 
which he visited his friends in Stafford, and there sickened and d. 31 July 

1872. He was buried here among his people, to whom he had ministered more 
than twenty-five years. 

TuRXER, Bathsheba, m. Luther Burgess, 24 Dec. 1797. Frances M., 
m. Alpheus Johnson, pub. 28 Ap. 1853. Charles S., m. Alice A. Robinson 
24 Nov. 1853. Munroe, m. Clara Robinson 4 Mar. 1858. Abigail, d. 5 
May 1845, a. 19. 

TuTE, James, m. Kezia , and had John, b. 6 July 1732, hup. here 14 

Aug. 1737; James, bap. 21 May 1738; Sarah, b. 5 Mar. 1740. 



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Mrs. Catherine m. William Ricliards, Roxbury, 28 Feb. 1830. 

Tyler, Reubex, ni. Elizabeth Billinsrs 3 Ap. 1.S31, and had Reuben Cutler, 
b. 4 Dee. 1832; Sarah Clementine, b. 4 July 1835 ; Elmira Elizabeth, h. 15 Auj;. 
1838; a dan., b. 1 Nov. 1847, d. 16 Nov. 1847. Reuben the f. d. 21 Nov. 1859, 

a. nearly 52. 

Sally, of Western (Warren), m. Robert Field, pub. 20 Feb. 1802. 

Utley', James, m. Mary , and had Elijah, h. about 1784, m. Abicrail, 

dau. of Maj. Moses Mandell, 25 Sep. 1820, kept an extensive livery-stable in 
Hanover Street, Boston, and d. 13 May 1824, a. 40 ; Oren, b. about 1787; prob. 
Susan, h. about 1790, m. Masa Bassett 10 May 1814, and d. 17 July 1820, a. 

80; Tpvoh. Hannah, b. , m. Thomas Gorham of Barre 12 Dee. 1811; Per- 

ley, a partner in business with his brother in Boston; James, b. 1797, d. 

4 June 1800, a. 3; Amasa Sessions and Man/ Miller, twins, b. 3 Mnv. 1800, 
both d. 13 Au<];. 1803. James the f. was a farmer, removed here from Wil- 
braham 1797, and res. on the road to Enfield, about three and a half miles 
from the Common, at the place wronj^ly marked " D. Utley " on the R. Map. 
He d. 15 Mar. 1812, a. 56; his w. Mary m. Moses Barnes of Brk., pub. 25 
May 1813, and after his death returned, and d, here 13 Feb. 1843, a. 82. 

2. Orex, s. of James (1), m. Hannah Dexter of Royalton, pub. 22 Sep. 1811 ; 
she d. 19 Mar. 1829, a. 41, and he m. Susan Adams of Brk., pub. 11 Mar. 1831. 

Some of his chil. were Maria A., b. 1813, m. Braman B. Sibley of Enf. 

31 Dec. 1833, and d. at Ware 9 May 1853, a. nearly 40; James Dexter, b. about 
1815, d. 2 Feb. 1818, a. 2; Louisa V., b. about 1818, ni. John L. Lewis of 
Athol 25 Sep. 1843, and d. 16 Mar. 1878, a. 60; Mary, h. 1825, d. unra. 

7 Dec. 1851, a. 26; Hannah E., b. 1832, d. unm. 7 Oct. 1850, a. 18; 

Henry A., b. 1836, d. at Brk. 7 Sep. 1857, a. 21. Besides these, John T., 

Rebecca W., wife of Zelotes H. Spooner, George D., and James B., are men- 
tioned, as then livinsi;, in their father's will, 28 Nov. 1850. Orex the f., a 
farmer, res. on the homestead, and d. 30 Nov. 1850; his w. Susan d. 22 Mar. 
1866, a. 70. 

Voices, Robert, m. Ruth Bangs of Barre 19 July 1793, and had Charles, 

b. about 1806, and prob. others. 

2. Edmund, m. Salome, dau. of Eastman Bolster, 3 May 1832, and had 

Harriet N., b. about 1833, m. Laban Presho, Jr., 17 Mar. 1853; a son b. 

1835, d. 11 Dec. 1839, a. 4. Salome the m. d. 10 Sep. 1858, a. 45. 

3. Charles, s. of Robert (1), m. Jerusha, dau. of Ebenezer Perry, 29 
Oct. 1844, and had a son b. 7 May 1851, d. 8 May 1851; Charles Perry, b. 

8 June 1856. Jerusha the m. d. 30 May 1887, a. nearly 65. 

4. Charles P., s. of Charles (3), m. Harriet S. Browning of N. Br. 4 
Aug. 18 78, and had Harriet, b. 12 Sep. 1879. 

Waite, Richard, m. Submit Thomas of N. Br., pub. 20 June 1771, and 
had Thomas, b. 10 Ap. 1772. 

2. Joseph E., m. Sabra A. , and had Frank Augustus, b. 26 Aug. 

1855, d. unm. 12 Dec. 1878, at W. Brookfield. 

David, m. Bathsheba, dau. of Joshua Crowell, 23 Nov. 1769. Phineas, 
of N. Br., m. Patty Anderson, pub. 20 Sep. 1801. Sy'lvixa, dau. of David, 
m. Ashbel Rice, pub. 21 June 1807. Asa J., of Athol, m. IMary M. Richards, 
pub. 9 Dec. 1851. Samuel, d. 7 Feb. 1838, a. 60. Abigail, a widow, d. 
28 Dec. 1866, a. 74. 

AValker, Ebexezer, s. of Philip of Rehoboth, m. Dorothy Abell, and 
had, among others, Caleb, b. 30 Oct. 1706. 

2. Caleb, s. of Ebenezer (1), m. Abigail, dau. of Dr. Ezra Dean of 
Taunton, and had Caleb, b. 14 Feb. 1728-9, m. P^lizabeth Perrin, and d. 4 
Mar. 1753; Abraham, b. 1 Nov. 1731, m. Jemima Bishop, and d. 17 Nov. 
17 74; Aliiqail, b. 11 Feb. 1733-4, m. Jonathan Carpenter, and d. 2 Feb. 
1817; xibel, b. 11 May 1736; Comfort, b. 26 May 1739, m. ^Nlehetabel Robin- 
son, and d. 14 Ap. 1815. Caleb the f. res. in Rehoboth, and d. 3 Ap. 1768, 
a, 61; his w. Abigail was b. 10 Dec. 1704, and d. 1 Jan. 1795. 

3. Abel, s. of Caleb (2), m. Lois Read 14 Ap. 1763; she d. 24 INIar. 1801, 
and he m. her sister, Bathsheba Read, pub. 15 Nov. 1801. His chil. were 



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Cyril, b. 9 Feb. 1764, d. here unm. 30 Dec. 1849; Lois, b. 18 Oct. 1766, m. 
Lewis Baker of Pelli. — Feb. 1787, and d. 12 Aug. 1853; Ahel, b. 27 Sep. 
1770; William, b. 29 Oct. 1772; Ahirjall, b. 13 Aug. 1775, d. unm. at Somers, 
Conn., 16 Mar. 1853; Thomm, b. IS" Nov. 1777, a printer, m. ]\Lary Eaton of 
Wore, rem. to Rome, N. Y., 1799, and was president of the Bank of Utica, 
and of a savings bank; Iluldah, b. 29 Oct. 1780, m. Daniel Sexton of 
Somers 18 June 1812, d. 19 Nov. 1858. Abel tlie f. was a Revokitionary 
soldier, and a farmer, rem. from Reliobotli to Hardwick in 1779, res. near Gr., 
and d. 17 Feb. 1819, a. nearly 83; his w. Bathsheba d. 27 Jan. 1819, a. 73. 

4. Abel, s. of Abel (3), m. Mary, dau. of Jesse Snow, 26 Jan. 1797, and 
had Alvah,h. 9 Ap. 1798, m. Vesta Whitcomb of Gr. 8 Sep. 1821, rem. to 
Oswego, N. Y.; Horace, b. 12 Oct. 1799, d. 2 Sep. 1803; 0/ls, b. 28 Dec. 
1800, d. 26 Aug. 1803 ; Cyril, h. 6 Dec. 1802, d. 23 Aug. 1803; Mary, h. 27 
Aug. 1804; Harriet, b. 4 Nov. 1806, m. John S. Hall, 15 Se]). 1830, rem. to 
Columbus, O.; Vashti, b. 24 Sep. 1808 ; Ahel, b. 14 Dec. 1810, m. Sarah S. 
Allen of Brimfield 14 Oct. 1835, rem. to Elgin, 111. Abel the f. was killed 

by the fall of a rock 15 Nov. 1811; his w. Mary ni. Crawford, and d. in 

Gr. 18 Feb. 1865, a. nearly 90. 

5. AViLLiAM, s. of Abel (3). m. Eunice, dau. of Col. Thomas Powers of 
Gr., pub. 4 Sep. 1804; she d. 29 May 1828, and he m. Mrs. Mercy Brown of 
Warren, pub. 16 Jan. 1830. His chil were Lois Reed, b. 9 July 1805, m. 
Joseph Cobb, Jr., of Boston 30 Dec. 1830; Thomas Powers, b. 7 Jan. 1807, 
m. Marv Gibbs of Gr., pub. 26 Feb. 1836; William, b. 9 May 1810, d. 10 
May 1819; Susan, b. 8 Oct. 1813, m. Hammond Hunt 30 Ap. 1839, and (2d) 
Joshua Conkey of Rochester, N. Y., 3 Jan. 1848; James Hervey, b. 14 July 
1818; Eunice Elvira, b. 1 Aug. 1820, m. John Allen of Bel. 30 Oct. 1838. 
William the f. was a farmer, lieutenant of militia, and selectman three 
years; he res. on the turnpike near Greenwich Village, at the place marked 
" Lt. Walker " on the R. Map, and d. 30 Jan. 1852, a. 79. 

6. James H., s. of William (5), m. Sarah McCIintock of Ware, pub. 2 
Nov. 1852, and had Fanny Priscllla, b 27 Sep. 1855; William Henry, b. 30 
Nov. 1857; George Benjamin, b. 9 Sep. 1862; Mary Lois, b. 28 Mar. 1864; 
Susan Eliza, h. 9 Sep. 18fi7, d. 24 May 1872. James H. the f. , a farmer, 
res. on the homestead, was selectman three years, and rejiresentative in 
1882. 

7. Elias, parentage not ascertained, by w. , had Samuel, Leonard Rob- 
inson, and Dacid Hiygins, all bap. (with others) 27 Oct. 1782; he ni. (2d) 
Saiah, dau. of John Aiken, 27 Feb. 1772, and had Ellas, b. 25 Mar. 1773, d. 
young; Sarah, b. 19 May 1775, bap. 27 Oct. 1782; Susanna, b. 12 Ap. 1778, 
m. Silas Guild of Lebanon, Conn., pub. 29 Aug. 1796; Hannah, b. 23 Sep. 
1780; Iktthsheha, b. 9 Mar. 1783; Jerusha, b. 17 Mar. 1785; Ellas, b. 4 Sep. 
1787; Fanny, b. 17 Mar. 1790; Ruhy, b. 8 Nov. 1792. 

8. Akad, had Mary A., b. at Royalton 5 Aug. 1835, m. George Warner 17 
Oct. 1855, and d. 22 Nov. 1856; James, b. here 1 6 May 1839, d.""ll Ap. 1840; 
Sarah Josephine., b. here 9 Mar. 1845, d. 10 Ap. 1849. 

SiMEO.v, m. Judith Goss 10 Oct. 1751. Patience, of Pet., m. Silas Jobn- 
son 27 Nov. 1766. Hannah, of Pet., m. Robert Saunders, pub. 30 Aug. 
1768. Hannah, m. Isaac Nye 29 Nov. 1770. Elizabeth, of N. Sal, m. 
Josiali Robinson, pub. 2 Nov. 1806. John, of Gr., m. EIizal)eth Smith 19 
Feb. 1807. Mary, of Barre, m. Job Dexter, pub. 1 Nov. 1811. Helen C, 
dau. of Adam, d. 8 June 1869, a. nearly 18. 

Wallace, Edmund (otherwise written Wallis), m. Mercy , and had 

SaUy, b. 15 Aug. 1783. 

2. Joseph, m. Clara J. Wallace 3 Dec. 1872, and had Leroy, b. 19 Sep. 
1879. 

Nahum, d. 30 Aug. 1844, a. 64. Mary, ra. Joseph Baker of Gardner 17 
Mar. 1847. Mrs. Mary A., of Barre, m. Edwin Beeman 7 Dec. 1860. Car- 
rie, of Barre, m. Charles L. Warner, pub. 24 Jan. 1861. 

Walton, Thomas, m. Betsey Haskins, pub. 19 Aug. 1810. 

Ward, Albert B., m. Anna O. , and had Charles Albert, b. 16 Oct. 



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1869.; A)ina Francesca, h. 25 Feb. 1878; a dau. b. 30 Dec. 1879; Florence 
M., b. 14 Oct. 1881. 

2. William Fkancis, m. Mary , and had William Francis, b. 20 

May 1873. 

WiLLiA.-M, of Ware, m. Melinda Eassett 10 Mar. 1831. Sarah, m. Anson 
Basselt 28 Nov. 1848. John, d. 4 Sep. 1856, a. 56. Nathan (b. at Athol), 
d. 30 Auor. 1872, a. 84. 

Waudwell, Stp:phkn K., ni. Balarali (or Billerab), dan. of Col. Thomas 
Powers of Gr., and had Elvira, h. — Feb. 1813, d. 16 An<r. 1814; Catherine 
E., b. 26 Nov. 1814, ni. William Edwards of Sonthbridn;e 27 Nov. 1834, 

and d. 23 Jan. 1876; an infant, b. , d. 1 Dec. 1816; Lucia, twin. b. 24 

July 1818, ra. Georrre F. Maxwell of Philadelphia 9 Nov. 1840 ; Marcia, 
twin, b. 24 July 1818, m. Henry Conover of Sandusky City, O., 23 Feb. 
1837; Mary, b. 4 Ap. 1821, m. John Blair of Philadelphia 5 Oct. 1841, and 
d. at Southbridfre 3 Jan. 1875. Stephen K. the f., born at Somers, Conn., 
was a successful physician and a remarkably skilful sur<);eon ; in both capac- 
ities, he had an extensive i:)ractice. He rem. here in the sprini^ of 1814, on 
the death of Dr. Beckwith, and res. on the Common several years, afterwards 
about three quarters of a mile northerly, on the turnpike, at the ])lace marked 
" Dr. Wardwell" on the R. Map. He d. 8 Oct. 1844, a. 55 ; his w. Balarah 
d. at Southbridnje 8 Dec. 1873, a. 84. 

Wake, Samuel, m. Mrs. Mary Belding, 3 Nov. 1757. By a former wife 
he had several children, one of whom, Jesse, was bap. here 9 Sep. 1750. 
Samuel the f. res. on the east side of the river, now N. Br., and was deacon 
of the N. Br. Church. 

2. William, by w. , had Mary, bap. 15 Mar. 1752. 

Warner, William, came from En<:;land, and settled in Ipswich as early 
as 1637. He brought with him three children : John,h. about 1616 ; Daniel ; 
and Abigail, who m. Thomas Wells, and d. in July 1671. William the f. 
was living 29 Oct. 1654. 

2. John, s. of William (1), m. , who d. , and he m. Priscilla, dau. 

of Mark Symonds, about 1655; his chil. were Samuel, b. about 1640; John, 
b. about 1643, d. in Springf. 21 Jan. 1724; Mark, b. about 1646, d. in North- 
ampton 3 ^hly 1738, a. 92 ; Nathaniel, b. about 1650, was in Brookfield 1673, 
and d. in Hadley 15 Jan. 1714; Daniel, h. about 1653, d. in Ipswich 8 June 
1659; Joseph, b."l5 Aug. 1657, d. 18 June 1658; Meketabel, b. 16 Ap. 1659, 

d. in Hadley 12 June 1678; Daniel, b. 16 Ap. 1661, d. 1688; Eleazar, 

b. 13 Nov. 1662, d. in Hadley 8 May 1 729 ; Priscilla, b. about 1664, m. Thomas 
Cummings of Dunstable, 19 Dec. 1688. John the f. rem. from Ipswich to 
Brookfield before 16 70, and was styled one of the "principal inhabitants." 
When that town was destroyed by the Indians in 16 75, he retreated, with his 
younger children, to Hadley, where some of his children had already settled, 
and where he d. soon after 17 May 1692. 

3. Samuel, s. of John (2), m. jNIercy Swan, in Ipswich, 21 Oct. 1662; 
she d. in Dunstable 3 Ap. 1683, and he m. Mary Swallow 4 May, 1684. His 
chil. were Priscilla, b. 25 Sep. 1666, d. young; Samuel, b. 5 July 1668, settled 
in Pomfret, Conn.; John, b. 2 Aug. 1670, d. 14 July 1671; 'Dorothy, b. 2 
June 1672; Sarah, b. 28 May 1674; Richard, b. 13 Aug. 1676, res. in Groton, 
and d. about 1767, a. 91 (his will, dated 10 June 1763, was proved 15 Oct. 

1767); Eleazar, b. 27 Jan. 1686; Priscilla, b. . All these chil. were 

prob. b. in Ipswich, except the last two, who were b. in Dunstable. S.\muel 
the f. res. at Brookfield (prob. without his family) in 16 73, when he was one 
of the petitioners for the incorporation of the town, and he may have* been 
present when the town was destroyed in 1675; he certainly tesli{ie<l, 26 ]\Iar. 
1678 (describing himself as about 38 years old), that he formerly owned land 
there. He was one of the early settlers of Dunstable, and was one of the 
only fourteen proprietors resilient there 30 Nov. 1682, and one of the seven 
male members of the church, at its organization 16 Dec. 1685. He bought a 
farm 14 Oct. 1689, in Groton, where he prob. d. about 1703. 

4. Eleazar, s. of Samuel (3), m. Prudence, dau. of Thomas Barnes of 



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Brookfield 4 Dec. 1722, and had Mary, b. 21 Ap. 1724, m. Thomas Robin- 
son of Hk. 23 Nov. 1744, and d. 7 Ang. 1812; Ph'meas, b. 11 Oct. 
1726, a deacon in N. Br., m. Martha Nash of Hatfield, pub. 29 Dec. 
17.51, and d. 25 Mar, 1795; Patience, b. 26 Mar. 1729, m. Beriah 
Hawes, pub. 15 Nov. 1750; WarJum, b. 1 Nov. 1730; Eleazar, b. 26 
Feb. 1733-4, a soldier in the French War, and d. in service, at Fort Massa- 
chusetts, 20 Nov. 1755; Martin, b. 2 Sep. 1735, settled at Norwich; Silas, b. 
21 jNIay 1737, a soldier in the French ^Var, d. of wounds received in battle, 
24 Aug. 1760; Samuel, b. 7 Oct. 1739, res. in N. Br., m. Unity Ware 19 Ap. 
1769; Noah, b. 9 Feb. 1741-2, a soldier in the French War, killed in battle 

1760; Prudence, h. 14 June 1744, m. Daniel P^ldridge 10 Feb. 1767. 

Elkazar the f. devoted several years, in early life, to the service of his 
country. For a brief sketch of his military career, and of his single-handed 
deadly encounter with an Indian, see page 13 of this History. His martial 
spiiit was inherited by his sons, seven of whom served in the French AV^ar, — 
three at the sacrifice of life. After his marriage, at the mature age of thirty- 
six years, he resided first on the westerly side of the road from N. Br. to W. 
Brk., and on the southerly side of the brook at the head of Ditch Meadow, 
then in Brk., but now included in New Braintree. About 1730 he removed 
to the place long known as the " Perez Cobb Farm," ^ on the road to Rutland, 
about a mile east of the Furnace A^illage; his farm embraced a part of the 
Indian fort, or stronghold, at Winnimisset. After the settlement of Hk. he 
was one of the most active citizens, and one of the twelve men who united to 
form the first church; he was also selectman six years, assessor six years, and 
often moderator of the town meetings. He d. 28 Feb. 1776, a. 90; his w. 
Prudence d. 25 Feb. 1770, a. 65. 

5. Warham, s. of Eleazar (4), m. Hannah Ware, and had Willard, b. 23 

May 1759, d. 1854 ; Marihel, b. 29 Mar. 1761, d. young; Noah, b. 12 

Sep. 1762, d. 20 Jan. 1859; Beriah, b. 2 Ap. 1764, d. young; Unitij, b. 8 May 

1766; m. Dr. Fletcher; Lexois, b. 22 May 1768 ; Royal, b. 30 Ap. 1770, 

d. 24 Sep. 1854 (two of his dau. d. here unm.: Alma, d. 2 or 3 Mar. 1869, a. 
59; Mary, d. 18 or 19 Jan. 1878, a. 65); Hannah, b. 3 July 1772, m. John 
Smith r Sep. 1793; Justus, b. 11 June 1774, d. here 8 Dec. 1866 (his s. 
Franklin S., b. in Burlington, Vt., long a Southern planter and a colonel,^ d. 
here 25 Dec. 1865, a. 66); Susan, b. 30 Oct. 1776, m. Thomas Paige 17 June, 
1798, and d. in Compton, C. E., 8 Dec. 1863; Samuel, b. 22 Aug. 1778; Sally, 
b. 18 July 1781, m. Ninian Clark of Hancock, N. H. ; Prudence, b, 27 July 

1 He sold this farm to Perez Cobb 4 May whom she has been living, accompanies her 
17G4, and prob. res. with his son Warham, on this pilgrimage." 

during tiie remainder of his life. Desiring to know the result of this matter, 

2 Like other Southern planters, Mr. I addressed the Town Clerk, who ascertained 
Warner hekl slaves. When he returned to for me the following particulars: Mr. 
New England, about 1850, with shattered Aiken left Hardwick with "Aunt Judy" 
health, he brought with him one of the April 6, 1874, and in due time she arrived 
house-servants, who faithfully ministered to at her old home in Lewisville, La Fayette 
his wants as long as he lived. The follow- Co., Arkansas. Here she found her children, 
ing account, which was published in the but soon became homesick. She therefore 
Barre Gazette, Ap. 3, 1874, has reference to " bought a home for her children, and re- 
this subject, and is presumed to be substan- traced her steps to Hardwick, arriving there 
tially correct: "Hardwick has a real only a few days after Blr. Aiken, May 24, 
slave romance. 'Aunt Judie Warner,' as 1874, taking with her a daughter and grand- 
she is familiarly known, an aged negress son, expecting to have a home with Mr. 
who came to Hardwick some twenty-five Aiken." He could not easily accommodate 
years ago, with her helpless master, Colonel so large a family; and therefore she " kept 
Frank Warner, and nursed him until his house at the Old F'urnace until the next 
death, several years ago, when he left lier autumn, and then went back with her 
eight hundred dollars, is going back to his daughter and child to Arkansas; she lived 
old iinme in Arkansas. Within a few months there until the summer of 1875, when she 
she has iearntd that her children, sold from went to Cleveland, Ohio, to the house of 
her when j'oung, and whom she has mourned a brother of Colonel Warner, where she died 
as dead, are living, and that one daughter in the autumn of 1882." Such is the conclu- 
is about to be married; so she is going on sion of a " real slave romance," and the only 
to the wedding. Charles P. Aiken, with one of its kind connected with the history 

of Hardwick, 



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1784, m. Daniel Record of Barre, and d. here 8 Ap. 1870. This family was 
remarkable for longevity; at least four of the number attained more than 
ninety years of age, and several others exceeded eitrhty. Wakham the f. 
was a farmer, res. in N. Br., about half a mile from Furnace Village, and d. 
4 Dec. 1817, a. 87 ; his w. Hannah d. at Hancock, N. H., , a. 90. 

6. AxDHEW ^ came from England as early as 1632, and settled in Cam- 
bridge ; he rem. to Hartford about 1637, and thence to Hadley in 1059, where 
he d. 18 Dec. 1684. His chil. were Andrew, m. Rebecca Fletcher, and d. in 
Middletown, Conn., 26 Jan. 1081; Robert, m. Elizabeth Grant, and (2d) Mrs. 
Deliverance Rockwell; he d. in Middletown 10 Ap. 1690; Jacob, m. Rebecca 

, and (2d) Elizabeth Goodman, and d. in Hadley 29 Sept. or Nov. 1711; 

Daniel: Isaac, h. about 1645, m. Sarah Boltwood, res. in Northfielil and in 
Deerfield, where he d. in 1691; Ruth, livingin 1677; a dau. who m. John (or 
Daniel) Pratt; Manj, m. John Steele, and (2d) William Hills; Jolm, res. in 
Middletown. 

7. Danikl, s. of Andrew (6), m. Mary ; she d. 19 Sep. 1672, and he m. 

Martha, dau. of Robert Boltwood. His chil. were Mary, b. 24 Feb. 1663; 
Sarah, b. about 1665, m. Isaac Sheldon 25 Nov/1685; Daniel, b. about 1666; 
Andrew, b. 24 June 1667; Anna, b. 17 Nov. 1669; m. Isaac Hubbard; Mary, b. 
19 Sep. 1672, perhaps m. Samuel Sheldon; Hannah, b. 24 Jan. 1675, m. 
Samuel In<rram of Hatfield 14 Oct. 1696; John, b. — Ap. 1077, rem. to 
Wethersfield, Conn., and d. in 1714; Abraham, b. 20 Dec. 16 78; -.So?/? we/, b. 13 
Ap. 1080 ; Ebenezer, h. 5 Nov. 1681 ; Mehetabel, b. 1 Oct. 16.S.S, m. Preserved 

Clapp 21 Jan. 1703; Elizabeth, b. , m. Thomas Wells of Haddam, Conn., 

26 Dec. 1705; Esther, b. 15 Dec. 1680, m. Samuel Henry 26 June 1707; Mar- 
tha, b. 3 Ap. 1088, d. 25 Nov. 1089; Nathaniel, b. 15 Oct. 1690. Daniel the 
f. res. in Hatfield, and d. 30 A p. 1692; his w. Martha d. 22 Sep. 1710. (Thus 
far I have been guided chiefly by Judd's History of Dudley in regard to 
the posterity of Andrew Warner.) ^"~-~— -- 

8. Daniel, s. of Daniel (7), m.Mary, dau. of John Hubbard, 12 Dee. 1688, , , ,,-.- ^ 
and had Mary, b. 31 Aug. 1689, d. 24 Feb. 1692; Daniel, b. 1 ]\Iar. 1093, res. ' ^K/5 
in Hatfield, and prob. m. Thankful Billings, and (2d) Elizabeth Adams of 
Suffield, Conn., 29 Dec. 1719; Mary,h. 17 Aug. 1094, m. Joseph Wait 22 

Sep. 1720; Hannah, b. 1700, prob. m. Samuel Billings, rem. to Hk., and 

d. 5 Mar. 1767; Jonathan, b. about 1704 ; Sarah, b. 11 Oct. 1707; Joseph, b. 
18 Jan. 1710. Daniel the f. res. in Hatfield, but in his old age rem. to Hk., 
where some of his chil. had settled, and d. here 12 Mar. 1754, " in the 88* 
year of his age ; " his head-stone remains in the old burial-ground. With the 
exception of Deac. John AVhite, he was prob. born earlier than any other 
person of English descent who has ever died in Hardwick. 

9. Jonathan, s. of Daniel (8), m. Bathsheba, dau. of Ichabod Allis of 
Hatfield, 8 Aug. 1733, and had Daniel, b. 22 Dec. 1734; Mary, b. 23 Feb. 
1736-7, m. Zurishaddai Doty 4 Dec. 1755; Bathsheba, b. 7 Oct. or Nov. 1738, 
d. 5 Dec. 1740; Lydia, b. 3 Nov. 1740, m. Dr. Challis SaflFord 8 Feb. 1760, 
and (2d) Hon. Jonas Fay of Bennington 20 Nov. 1777; Sarah, b. 1 Nov. 
1742, m. Thomas Wheeler 8 Sep. 1762, and (2d) Capt. Elijah Warner 30 
Dec. 1807; shed, in Gr. — Dec. 1837, a. 95; Jonathan, h. 14 July 1744; 
Bathsheba, b. 24 July 1746, m. Eliakim Spooner, pub. 29 July 1704, and d. 
29 Jan. 1831 ; Lucy, b. 10 May 1748, in. Asa Hatch 23 Jan. 1700; Rhoda, b. 
3 Mar. 1752, d. 15 Sep. 1753 ; Rhoda, b. 11 or 17 Nov. 1754, m. Robert Mc- 
Intyre 26 Nov. 1772, and (2d) Jonathan Lynde of Pet. 26 Ap. 17 78. Jona- 
than the f. j-em. early from Hatfield to Ilk., and res. a few years in the south- 
west part of the town, but in 1743 bought the large farm adjoining the 
Common, which long remained in his family. He was an energetic, thrifty 
man, dealt largely in real estate, kept a store and tavern at the south end of 
the Common, was selectman five years, commencing in 1738, and treasurer 

1 Andrew may have been brother of both had sons John and Daniel, and a 
William (1), but I have discovered no similaritj' of names occurs among their later 
proof of the fact. It is observable that posterity. 



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524 WARNER. 

nineteen years, from 1744 to 1762 inclusive. He d. 28 May 1763, a. 59; his 
w. Bathsheba m. John Burt of Sprintrf. 4 June 1765. 

10. Joseph, s. of Daniel (8), m. Mary, dau. of John Hubbard of Hatfield; 

she d. , and he ni. Mary Whipple 14 Nov. 1764 ; she d. , and he m. 

Mrs. Rebecca Spooner 12 Nov. 1781. His chil. were Elijah, b. about 1739; 
prob. Stephen, h. , who m. Lois Goss 26 May 1768, and (2d, after his re- 
moval to Granby) Mrs. Damaris Church 13 Nov. 1771 ; Mari/, b. 1 Nov. 1747, 
perhaps m. Timothy Moore 26 May 1768;^ Atina, b. 2 May 1750, m. James 
Paige 25 Oct. 1770; Hannah, b. 7 Oct, 1752, m. John Bradish, Jr., 4 Mar. 
1773; John, b. 2 Ap. 1755; Persis, b. 22 Oct. 1757; Moses, bap. 27 Ap. 1760; 

Huldah, b. 12 July 1762 ; Mary, b. 1771, d. unm. in Cummington 22 Dec. 

1863, a. 92. Joseph the f. rem. from Hatfield to Hk. before 1747, was a 
farmer, and res. on the road to Enfield, somewhat more than a mile from the 
Common, at the place marked " Constant Ruggles " on the R. Map. He was 
captain of militia, and led his company in an expedition for the relief of Fort 

'William Henry, in Aug. 1757, during the French War. He was selectman 
and assessor in 17 70; but rem. and was recommended to the church in " No. 
8 " (now Cummington) 4 Sep. 1774. 

11. Daniel, s. of Jonathan (9), m. Mary Wright 31 May 1758, and had 
Lydia, b. 12 Aug. 1759, m. Samuel French 23 Feb. 1775; Daniel, b. 28 July 
n(Sl; Jonathan, h. 13 Sep. 1763; Mary, h. 19 Oct. 1765, m. Rev. Solomon 
Aiken of Dracut, pub. 12 Oct. 1788, and d. at Hardwick, Vt., 30 Oct. 1820; 
Justus, b. 22 May 1768 ; Alpha, b. 1 Dec. 1770, m. Lydia Cobb 14 Jan. 1796, 
settled in Hardwick, Vt., was colonel of militia and an innkeeper "for nearly 
60 years ; this house was one of the most noted in Vermont, and many a trav- 
eller would ride a little later, or go a little farther, to get to Warner's." ^ He 
■was also a representative in the General Assembly. He rem. to Chillicothe in 
1853, and d. there in Jan. 1854; Wright, b. 11 Sep. 1773; Charles Lee, h. 30 
Nov. 17 76 ; Betsey, bap. 23 Ap. 1780, m. Levi Whipple 21 Aug. 1803; Patience, 
b. 2 Dec. 1782. Daniel the f. was a farmer, and res. near Gilbertville, at 
the place marked " Mr. May " on the R. Map. He was a soldier in the 
Frencli War, and afterwards captain of militia. He was a member of the 
Committee of Correspondence five years, selectman six years, and assessor 
ten years. About the year 1807 he rem. to Ohio, and d. at Putnam in the 
summer of 1823, a. nearly 89. 

12. Jonathan, s. of Jonathan (9), m. Hannah, dau, of Paul Mandell 5 
Feb. 1766, and had Susanna, b. 10 July 1767, m. Capt. Artemas Howe of N. 
Br. 16 Feb. 1786, and (2d) Gov. Moses Robinson of Bennington, Vt., where 
she d. 2 Ap. 1844; Bathsheba, b. 25 Mar. 1769, m. Luke Brown 8 June 1798, 
and d. at Springf. about 1855 ; Hannah, h. 20 Feb. 17 71, m. Pelatiah Hitch- 
cock 17 July 1791; Betsey, b. 26 Mar. 1773, d. 18 Aug. 1778; Joseph Warren, 
b. 13 July 17 75, d. 9 Aug. 1777; Fanny, b. 14 Sep. 17 78, m. John A. Parker 
of Roxbury 23 Feb. 1801; Jonathan, b. 13 June 1781 ; Harriet, b. 15 Jan. 
1783, m. Alexander Holton of Westminster, Vt., 12 Oct. 1806, and was living 
in 1879; Alma, b. 15 j\Lay 1785 ; Mary White, b. 7 Mar. 1787, m. Brad- 
ley; Louisa, bap. 30 May 1790, m. Eliphaz Jones of Enf., pub. 21 Aug. 1825, 
d. at Springf. 2 Mar. 1872; William Augustus, bap. 7 June 1795, grad. H. C. 
1815, a lawyer of high reputation in Boston, but d. 23 Dec. 1830, at the early 
age of 35. Jonathan the f. inherited the homestead, cultivated the large 
farm, and managed the affairs of the store and tavern; but a large portion of 
his time was devoted to the public service. At the commencement of the 
Revolutionary contest he was lieutenant of the South Company; he was 
elected captain of that company 22 Sep. 1774, and captain also of the com- 
pany of " minute-men " which was organized on that day. At the election 
of regimental officers in the next October he became colonel, and was pro- 

1 There is some confusion here; the siniul- as the dau. of Joseph and INIary (Wliipple) 

taneous marriage indicates that Mary, who Warner. Perhaps Mrs. Moore d. before 

m. Tiraotliy Jloore, was sister to Stephen; 1771, when the second Mary was born, 
yet another Mary, b. in 1771, is described 2 Vermont Hist. Magazine, i. 334. 
in the record of her death as b. in Hk., and 



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motcd to the office of brigadier-fjeneral, 13 Feb. 17 76, by tlie General Court. 
On the reorijanization of tbe militia, in IT.Sl, after the adoption of the Con- 
stitution, ho was elected major-general, to which office he was re-commissioned 
3 Ap. 178G, under a new arrangement; he faithfull)' performed the arduous 
duties of his office during the Revolutionary War and the Shays Insurrection, 
and was honorably discharged, on his voluntary resignation, in Dec. 1789. 
He was also actively engaged in civil affairs ; being a member of the Com- 
mittee of Correspondence three years, selectman three years, representative 
five years, senator nine years, and a member of the Council two years. His 
active and useful life was brought to a close 7 Jan. 1803, at Craftsbury, Vt., 
whither he had gone for the transaction of business; his w. Hannah retained 
her residence at the homestead until extreme old age, when she entered the 
family of her youngest dau. at Enf., where she d. — Aug. 1839, a. 91. 

13.' Elijah, s. of Joseph, Clp),m. Submit, dau. of ,John Wells, 14 Jan. 

1762, she d. , and he m. ^Rachel Sampson of Templeton 15 May 1786; 

she d. 16 May 1807, and he ni. Mrs. Sarah Wheeler (his cousin) 30 Dec. 
1807. His chil. were Abel, b. 29 Ap. 1763, m. Sally Cook (at Kings- 
ton) 15 Feb. 17S6; David, h. 10 Mar. 1765; Elijah, b. 10 June 1767; Lydia, 
b. 18 Aug. 1769, d. young; Giles, b. 3 Dec. 1771; Lydia, bap. 19 June 1774, 
m. Charles (iilbert of Chester 25 Feb. 1796; £/ec?o, bap. 15 Sep. 1776, m. 

White, and d. at Fhillipston 4 Mar. 1864; C/ior/e.9, bap. 5 Feb. 1780 ; 

Polly, bap. 21 July 1782, prob. d. young; Peisis, b. about 1783, m. Noah Joy 

of Flainficlil 21 Jan. 1806, d. at Hawley 23 Oct. 1853, a. 70; Olive, b. , 

m. Fyam Mitchell of Cummington 27 Oct. 1807 ; Patty, b. ; Rachel, 

b. about 1788, m. Joseph Robinson 2 Ap. 1811, d. 6 Oct. 1863,. a. 75; John 
Whitcomb, bap. 2 Oct. 1791, killed at a military parade by an iron ramrod 
shot through Ids head during a sham-fight, 2 Oct. 1811 (see Benjamin W. 
Childs); Submit Wells, bap. 7 Dec. 1794, d. 9 Sep. 1828. Elijah the f. 
was a farmer, ami res. on the road to Ent'., three and a quarter miles from 
the Common, at the place marked "•G. Warner" on the R. Map. He was 
captain of militia, selectman six years, and d. 24 Jan. 1819, a. 80. In his 
will, dated 2 Jan. 1810, he named thirteen chil. then living. 

14. Jonathan, s. of Daniel (11), m. Sally, dau. of John Paige, 25 Feb. 
1789; she d. 11 June 1807, a. 38, and he m. Annis, wid. of Joel Marsh, 18 
Oct. 1807. His chil. were Mary, b. 3 Dec. 1789, m. William Robinson 28 

Nov. 1809, and d. at Barre 13 Oct. 1866 ; a child b. , d. 26 Mar. 1792, a. 

6 days ; Moses Mandell, b. 30 Mar. 1793; Jonathan, h. 28 Mar. 1795, settled 
in Hard wick, Vt.; Lewis, b. — Jan. 1797, d.l Ap. 1797; Daniel, h. 2 July 
1799 ; Lewis, b. 1 June 1801 ; William Augustus, b. 8 Jan. 1804; Levi Whipple, 
b. 7 ,>une 1806. (In these dates I follow the family record, which ditters 
somewhat from that of the town.) Jonathan the f. was a judicious and 
thrifty farmer; he inherited the homestead, but after his second marriage 
bought the INIarsh Farm, and erected a new house on the easterly road to Gil- 
bertville, at the place marked "A. Warner" on the R. Map. He was ensign 
of militia, selectman three years, and d. 1 July 1831, a. about 68; his w. 
Annis d. at Springf. 17 May 1859, a. nearly 94. 

15. Justus, s. of Daniel (11), m. Catherine Hall of N. Br. 29 Dec. 1791, 
and had William Augustus, b. — Nov. 1792, d. 26 Feb. 1793, Justus the f. 
d. 18 i\Iay 1793, a. 25. 

16. Giles, s. of Elijah (13), m. Betsey Sampson 4 May 1809; she d. 18 
Jan. 1823, a. 49, and he ni. ]\lary Staples of Fres., pub. 12 Ap. 1824. His 
chil. were Rachel, b. 14 May 1811, m. Loring Gilbert of Ware 5 May 1831 ; 

a chihl b. , d. 4 Sep. 1813, a. one month; Mary Abigail, b. 7 Feb. 1825, 

m. Charles Hathaway 24 Ap. 1845, and d. 28 Nov. 1847; Betsey Sampson, b. 
3 i\lar. 1827, d. 11 Sep. 1828 ; Francis Giles, b. 13 Ap. 1829 ; Caroline Maria, 
b. 9 Nov. 1832, m. West Paige 13 Dec. 1848, and (2d) Henry Paige of Prov- 
idence 22 Aug. 1859; George Elias, b. 29 May 1834, a conductor on the Ware 
River Railroad; James Loring, b. 16 Feb. 1837, d. 18 Feb. 1874. Giles the 
f. was a farmer, and inherited the homestead. He d. 20 Nov. 1847, a. 76; 
his w. Mary d. 28 Nov. 1862, a. 66. 



626 WARNER. 

17. Moses Makdell, s. of Jonathan (14), m. Orrel Smith of Palmer, pub. 
30 Dec. 1816, and had Sarah A)w, h. 15 Feb. 1818, d. in Dixon, 111., 18 Feb. 
1853; Henri/ S., b. 27 July 1819, res. in Sterling, III.; Clarissa S., h. 2 Aug. 
1821; llvses M., b. 1 Mar. 1824, res. in Sterling; Orrel M., b. 22 Ap. 1826 ; 
Mary L., h. 1 Ap. 1828, d. 4 Oct. 1830; Mary L., b. 16 June 1830 ; Delphia 
J/., b. 20 June 1832, m. Calvin W. Mann 2 Ap. 1856 ; George P., b. 22 July 
1834. Moses M. the f. was a farmer, and res. on the road between the roads 
to Gilbertville and to Ware, nearly two miles from the Common, at the place 
marked "Mr. Warner" on the R. Map. In 1838 he rem. to Sterling, 111., 
and d. in Lyndon, 111., 31 Jan. 1876, a. nearly 83 ; his w. Orrel survived, and 
res. with her sons at Sterling. 

18. Daniel, s. of Jonathan (14), m. Nancy, dau. of Deac. Henry Fish, 29 
May 1821, and had Henry Fish, b. 28 Feb. 1822, d. unm. 22 Sep. 1868; twins, 
b. and d. in 1825; Elizabeth Ann, b. 6 Sep. 1826, d. unm. 19 Nov. 1850; 
George, b. 14 Ap. 1830; Lucy Jane, b. 15 June 1835, m. Samuel A. Howe of 
Barre 8 Jan. 1859. Daniel the f. was a farmer, and res. near the central 
bridge over Ware River, at the place marked " D. Warner " on the R. Map; 
he afterwards bought the estate on the easterly road to Gilbertville, nearly 
two miles from the Common, marked " Mr. Bolster " on the R. Map, He d. 

23 Sep. 18 76, a. 77; his w. Nancy d. 2 Feb. 1775, a. 77. 

19. Lewis, s. of Jonathan (14), m. Vironia, dau. of John Anderson of 
N. Br., pub. 2 Ap. 1827 ; she d. 6 July 1853, a. 47, and he m. Susan Weeks 
of Oakham, pub. 21 June 1856. His chil. were Jonathan, b. 26 Jan. 1823; 
Charles L., b. 27 June 1831; Susan A., h. 4 Mar. 1834. Lewis the f. was a 
farmer, and after a temporary absence ret. to Hk., and res. near " Taylor's 
Mills," at the place marked " Dea. Amidon " on the R. Map. He d. 11 Sep. 
1875, a. 74. 

20. William Augustus, s. of Jonathan (14), m. Elizabeth F., dau. of 
Silas Billings, 24 May 1832, and had Harriet Elizabeth, h. 7 July 1834, m. 
Harmon C. Spooner 16 Jan. 1862; William Augustus, b. 15 Ap. 1837; Silas 
Franklin, b. 21 July 1843, d. 21 Nov. 1845; 3Iary Ann, b. 28 July 1846, m. 
Henry G. Towne 1 Jan. 1872; Julia Maria, b. 11 Jan. 1851. William 
Augustus the f. inherited the homestead, and was accounted one of the best 
farmers in the town. He d. 30 Aug. 1878, a. 74; his w. Elizabeth F. d. 11 
May 1878, a. 65. 

21. Levi Whipple, s. of Jonathan (14), m. Luthera, dau. of Ezra Clark, 
10 Ap. 1832, and had William B., b. 10 Dec. 1832, d. 1 Jan. 1833; Caroline 
Maria, b. 12 Oct. 1835, m. Eleazar Damon of Ware 2 Aug. 1854; Emeline 
Frances, b. 3 Aug. 1837. Levi Whipple the f., a farmer, d. 28 July 1844, a. 
38; his w. Luthera'm. William E. Bassett 25 Dec. 1851. » 

22. Francis G., s. of Giles (16), m. Louisa Sturtevant, pub. 20 Dec. 1851,- 
and had Clarence Alfred, b. 26 Ap. 1852, d. 28 Ap. 1873 ; Mary Louisa, b. 9 
July 1861. Fkancis G. the f. was a farmer, inherited the homestead, and d. 
12 Sep. 1863, a. 34. 

23. George, s. of Daniel (18), m. Mary A. Walker 17 Oct. 1855; she d. 

24 Nov. 1856, a. 21, and he m. Harriet, dau. of John Wheeler, 21 Oct. 1858. 
His chil. were Mary Elizabeth, h. 22 Sep. 1856 ; Sarah Esther, b. 16 Dec. 
1859, d. 31 Dec. 1859; George Franklin,h. 11 June 1862, d. 25 Jan. 1863; 
Hattie Sophia, h. 6 Nov. 1865; George Daniel, b. 5 Nov. 1867. George the 
f., a farmer, inherited the homestead; he was assessor seven years, and has 
been selectman from 1876 to the present time. 

24. Charles L., s. of Lewis (19), ni. Caroline Wallace of Barre, pub. 24 
Jan. 1861, and had Lewis, b. 13 Sep. 1865. Charles L. the f., a farmer and 
deacon, res. on the easterly road to Gilbertville, at the place marked " Dea. 
Fish " on the R. Map. 

25. William Augustus, s. of William Augustus (20), m. Caroline A. Sib- 
ley 15 Nov. 1860, and had William Paige, b. 6 Feb. 1871, d. 2 July 1872. 
William Augustus the f., a farmer, has been deacon of the cluu-ch, and 
member of the school committee many years; also a member of the Massa- 
chusetts Board of Agriculture. 



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2G. DwiGiiT, b. in Prescott, in. Mchetabel Knapp of Pet., pub. 7 Sep. 1852, 
and (1. 7 May 1857, a. 4G. P)y a former wife he had Emelbie L., b. about 
18oG, m. Jonas H. Allen of Wore. 3 Feb. 1858; Livia A., b. about 1847, m. 
Henry G. Hutcliinson of Wore. 6 Dec. 18G5. 

27. Waltku W., m. R. Alice Cleveland, pub. 2 Dec. 1852, and had a son 
b. G Au<r. 1858. 

28. JNIosES, m. Lucy , and had Joseph, b. 7 Ap. 1864. 

Samuel, of Sprin«i;f., m. Clarissa Richards 11 July 1820. Eli, of N. Br., 
m. Lucia A. Cleveland 1 Ap. 1845. Sakaii A., of N. Br., m. Philip Aniidon, 
pub. 14 Nov. 1848. Emerson, of N. Br., m. L. Angeline Cleveland, pub. 18 
Jan. 1851. Joirx, d. 5 May 1844, a. 64. Oilman E., a soldier in the Union 
Army, d. at Hickman Bridge 22 Sep. 1863, a. 23. 

Warren, Ben.jamin, m. Mary Maccoye 29 May 1744, and had Benjamin, 
b. 9 Sep. 1745 ; Asahel, b. 2 Nov. 1748. Ben.jamin the f. was a tailor, and d. 
19 Sep. 1750; his w. ]Mary m. Benjamin Stearns of Rut. 12 Nov. 1753. 

2. Asaiiel, s. of Benjamin (1), m. Ahirgaret , and had Jolin, b. 6 July 

1772; Locisa, b. 30 Sep. 1773 ; David, b. 7 Oct. 1775. 

3. David, m. Anna Boolen 17 Feb. 1791, and had David, b. 9 Oct. 1791; 
Anna, b. 5 Ap. 1793. 

4. Isaac, m. Mercy, dau. of Daniel Thomas, 19 Oct. 1800, and had ]\Iin- 

erva, b. 6 July 1801 ; Anson, b. 20 Sep. 1802 ; Cyrus, b. 1.S04; William, 

b. 1 Nov. 1805, d. 8 Sep. 1814; Lucinda, b. 25 Feb. 1807; Mary, h. 29 Mar. 
1809 ; Henry, b. 9 Mar. 1812; Maria Emeline, b. 4 July 1814. Isaac the f. 
was a worthy mechanic, and res. near Gilbertville, but rem. to Weathersfield, 
Vt., about 1817. )<.-*- 

Washburn, Joseph, b. in Bridgewater, m. Hannah Johnson, and had 

Seth, b. 1723; Elijah, b. ; Ebenezer, b. 1734; Abiah, b. , 

ni. Jacob Wicker 1747 ; Sarah, b. , m. Joseph Cerley; Mary, b. , 

m. Clough of StalTord, Conn. Joseph the f. rem. from Bridgewater to 

Middletown, Conn., and thence to Leicester before 1745. He d. in 1759 ; his 
w. Hannah d. in 1780, a. 87. See Washburn's Hist, of Leicester, pp. 412, 413. ~ 

2. Joseph, s. of Josiah, and a kinsman of Joseph (1), was b. in Bridge- 
water, 1705, ni. Deliverance Orcutt, and had Joseph, h. 1729; Jeremiah, 

b. 1731; Hannah, b. 1733, m. Deac. Seth Pratt 1752; Joanna, 

h. 173G, m. Solomon Leonard, Jr. ; Sylvanus, b. 1738; Eliub, b. 

1740; Eiiphulet, b. 1742; Martha, b. 1744, m. Elijah Edson 

1766, and rem. to N. Br. Joseph the f. was a captain, res. at Bridgew., and 

d. 1766 ; his w. Deliverance m. Packard, and d. 1790, a. 88. 

See Mludid Fs^/f^s^ oy'/JnV/^e M)a<er j_P' 326. 

3. Ebenezer, s. of Joseph (1), m. Dorotliy Newhall, and had Arlemas,h. 16 
Oct. 17G7, a member of the senior class in Harvard College, d. of small-pox at 
Lancaster, in Dr. Atlierton's Hospital, 23 Sep. 1792; Dolly, b. 31 Jan. 17 70, 
d. unm. 28 Ap. 1835 ; Ebenezer, b. 25 Oct. 1772, a clergyman, d. at Racine, Wis., 
29 Dee. 1857 ; Cyrus, b. 5 Nov. 1774; Clarissa, b. 26 May 1777, m. Thomas Eg- 
ery 28 Ap. 1796 ; Hannah, b. 20 Oct. 1779, d. 15 Dec. 1781 ; he had also Susanna, 

b. , d. 12 Aug. 1771. Ebenezer the f. taught school in Leicester several 

years, and after his removal to Hk. was engaged in the same occupation; he was 
generally known as " Master Washburn." He was also the village poet, and 
many of his rhymes may be read on the head-stones in the old burial-ground. 
He was lieutenant of the famous company of " minute-men" which responded 
to the Lexington alarm in Ap. 1775, and was afterwards quartermaster in the 
army. He d. 24 Jan. 1795, a. 60 ; his w. Dorothy d. 29 Oct. 180 7, a. 67. 

4. Joseph, s. of Joseph (2), m. Mary Washburn, and had Levi, b. 

1757; Lavinia, h. 1763; Mary, h. 17G4, all b. at Bridgewater; he 

rem. them.-e to Hk., and res. not far from the Furnace, in which he seems to 
have had some interest. 

5. Sylvanus, s. of Joseph (2), m. Melicent Richards 7 I\Lar. 1765, and 

had a cliild b. , d. here 9 Nov. 1769 ; Sylvanus, b. 1 June 1773 ; Stephen, 

b. 28 Nov. 1774: Melicent, b. 10 May 1778, d. 14 Oct. 1778. Sylvanus the 
f., a housewright, rem. fi'ora Bridgewater to Hk. as early as 1769, was town 



528 WASHBURN — WEAVER. 

clerk ten years, from 1778 to 1787, and assessor for the same years, except 
1781. lie was a man of more than ordinary intelligence, and many anecdotes 
of his shrewd sayings were current half a century ago. His record of the an- 
nual town-meeting in March 1787 is characteristic: "The Town met and pro- 
ceeded as follows, viz. (1) Chose Gen. Jonathan Warner Moderntor, and then 
after quarrelling the remainder of the day, voted to adjourn the meeting to 
Monday the second day of April next at nine o'clock in the morning." Brief, 
distinct, and doubtless strictly true, as this meeting occurred when the Shays 
excitement was at fever heat. At the adjourned meeting Mr. Washburn was 
reelected clerk and assessor, but resigned l)oth offices and removed to Barnard, 
Vt. The vacancies were filled 2 July 1787. 

6. Eliphalet, s. of Joseph (2), m. Anna, dan. of Caleb Benjamin, 19 Sep. 
1769, and had Naomi, b. 24 Oct. 17 70, m. Silas Newton 9 Ap. 1789; Elipha- 
let, h. 16 Aug. 17 72, d. 2 Feb. 1796; Luther, h. 18 July 1774, m. Kate Cutter of 
Lancaster 25 Mar. 1799, rem. to Lanesboro' and thence to Pittsfield ; "he 

was an able lawyer and a prominent citizen ; " ^ he d. 1838; Rufus, b. 12 

May 1776; Cah-in, b. 15 May 1778; Aima, b. 21 May 1780, m. Benjamin W. 
Childs 25 Nov. 1798; Triphena, h. 12 May 1782, prob. d. young; Cjjnthia, b. 
22 June 1784, m. Isaac Thomas 27 Nov. 1805; Delphia, b. 12 June 1787; Ueuel, 
b. 22 June 1789, m. Mrs. Sophia Moody 13 Jan. 1817, inherited the home- 
stead, but rem. to Ware, where he d. 22 Dec. 1869, a. 80; Juliana, b. 8 Oct. 
1791. Eliphalet the f. was a farmer, and res. on the road to Ware, three 
miles from the Common, at the place marked " T. Newcomb " on the R. Map. 
He d. 14 Dec. 1816, a. 74 ; his w. Anna d. 15 Oct. 1814, a. 68. 

7. Cyrus, s. of Ebenezer (3), m. Electa Stratton of Vernon, Vt. ; she d. 26 
Jan. 1806, and he m. Rhoda Field of Northfield 19 Aug. 1806; she d., and he 
ni. Lucy, dau. of Timothy Hathaway, pub. 24 Sep. 1827. His chil. b. here 
were Cyrus,h. 12 Nov. 1800, d. 28 Mar. 1802; Electa, bap. 5 Mar. 1803, d. 9 

Mar. 1803. After his removal he had Albert Alden, b. , res. in Vernon, 

Vt. ; lloxana Stratton, b. , m. N. F. Bryant, Esq.; Clarasa, b. , d. unm. 

at Vernon 1878. Cyrus the f. taught school and afterwards practised 

medicine here, residing at the north end of the Common, near the spot marked 
" P. Hannnonil " on the R. Map. " He i-em. to A^ernon, Vt., 1803, was pres- 
ident of the Vt. Med. Society several years, town clerk and su])erintendent of 
schools more than twenty years ; " ^ he was justice of the peace from 1805, and 
probably married more couples than any other person in Vermont. He d. at 
Vernon' 2 Mar. 1860, a. 85. 

8. Philip, prob. s. of William of Bridgewater, b. 1743, m. Sarah, dau. of 
Nathan Carpenter, 8 Jan. 1767, and had Hepzlbah, b. 23 Aug. 1768; Marvel, 
b. 17 Dec. 17 70. 

9. Rufus, s. of Eliphalet (6), m. Thankful Cutter of Lancaster 25 Mar. 
1799, and had Nancy C, b. 7 Mar. 1801 ; Lorenzo C, b. 3 Ap. 1806 ; Lionel W., 
b. 18 June 1808; Catherine, b. 10 June 1810. 

Elisha and family, and WilliAiM and family, came here from Bridgewater 

in 1770. Elijah, m. Mary Winchester 1 Jan. 1778. Azubah, of Stafford, 

m. Silas Dean, Jr., pub. 23 Feb. 1783. Lydia, m. Israel Cummings, pub. 4 

Sep. 1785. Rufus, Jr., of Johnstown, N. Y., m. Laura L. Knowles 21 Feb. 

J837. Elizabfth, widow of Robert, d. 12 Sep. 1847, a. 91. 

Watkins, Darius, m. Rebecca Weeks of Ware, pub. 8 Nov. 1760, and 
had Rhoda, b. 5 Nov. 1761 ; Betkia, b. 15 Aug. 1762; Stephen, b. 18 July 1765, 
rem. to Wendell; Darius, b. 10 Sep. 1767, prob. m. Cilda Thayer of Dana, 

pub. 3 Sep. 1812 ; David, b. 2 June 1769, m. Polly , who d. 5 Dec. 1795, 

and he m. Hannah Garfield of Cambridge 30 May 1798. 

2. George L., m. Christina Bonney 11 Mar. 1858, and had Julia Jeanette, 
b. 30 Aug. 1867; Nellie, b. — May 1872, d. 3 Nov. 1873. 

Watson, Thankful, of N. Br., m. Paul Eager, pub. 22 Oct. 1797. Su- 
KEY, m. Royal Dennis 6 Oct. 1802. Lucinda, of the Gore, d. 2 Oct. 1804, a. 
nearly 17. 

Weaver, Benmamin F., m. Sarah H. Russell of Ware, pub. 22 Oct. 1827; 

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she (1. 14 Ap. 1854, a. 45, and he m. Mary Ann WoUman, pub. 12 Sep. 1854. 

He had Sandford, b. 18 July 1850, d. 14 Mar. 1870; Hunnuh G., b. 1835, 

m. Whitman, and d. at Athol 9 May 1880, a. 45. He was perhaps father 

also of George Jt., h. about 1830, m. Caroline S. Peyton 1 Feb. 1854; Sc^rah 

Ann, b. about 1832, ni. William A. Thayer, 9 May 1850; Dwufht J., b. , 

m. Mary S. Bassett of Ware, pub. 8 Mar. 1.S53; Mary E., b. , m. George 

A. Streeter of Southbridge, pub. 8 Mar. 1853. Ben.jamin F. the f. d. 16 
Mar. 18G2, a. Gl. 

Hannah, d. 3 Dec. 1851, a. 87. 

^\'ki{I5, John, m. Piiscilia, dau. of Thomas Winslow of Harwich, 12 Doc. 
1773; she d. in child-bed 28 Mar. 1785, a. 28, and he m. Lydia Thomas 
27 Ap. 1786; she d. 20 Dec. 1801, a. 46, and he m. Lydia Forbes of Barre, 
pub. 25 Nov. 1804. His chil. were Jnhn, b. at Barnstable 18 Feb. 1775, d., 
unm., at sea about 1805; Georcje Washington, b. here 29 Sep. 1776; WItislow, 
h. 4 June 17 78, m. Betsey Means of Freeport, Me., and d. at Turner, Me., in 
June 1.S43; Elisha, b. 14 Sep. 1780, unm., drowned at sea 24 Sep. 1805; Bet- 
sey, b. 5 Dec. 1782, m. Ezra Clark 17 Nov. 1803, and (2d) Capt. Benjamin 
Paige 6 June 1819, and d. 16 Mar. 1856; Joshua, b. 18 Mar. 1785, m. Betsey 
Lane at Freeport, Me., 7 May 1806; PrlscUla, b. 16 Feb. 1787, m. Noah Beach 
8 Jan. 1805; Jonathan, b. 29" July 1791; a child b. 19 Nov. 1793, d. 23 Nov. 
1793; a child b. — Feb. 1795, d. 6 ]Mar. 1795. John the f. was born in 
Barnstable, rem. to Hk. about 17 76, res. in the westerly part of the town, and 
d. 5 Aug. 1828, a. 82; his w. Lydia d. 4 Dec. 1820, a. 64, or G6. 

2. (ii-:oHGK Washington, s. of John (1), m. Patience, dau. of Isaac Clark, 
16 Oct. 1803, and had in Hk. Eliza, b. 16 Mar. 1805, m. Walter Koss 5 Ap. 
1824; George ]Vashin{/lon,h. 27 Sep. 1808, m. Achsah Holden of Shrewsbury, 
Vt., — Dec. 1833; John, h. 15 Nov. 1810, m. Mrs. ]\Iary G. Brown; Surah 
Ann, b. 15 Ap. 1813, m. Reuben Holden of Shrewsbury, Vt., — Mar. 1839 ; 
Isaac Clark, b. 27 Sep. 1815, m. Elizabeth K. Fiilkerson 2 Aug. 1843, rem. to 
Galesburg, 111.; and at Shrewsbury, Lorenzo Dow, b. 21 Jan. 1818, m. Saloam 
M. Fish"21 Jan. 1848, res. at Milwaukee, Wis.; Elbriilge Gerry, b. 19 Ap. 
1820, m. Ann S. Boughton — Sep. 1845, and d. 3 Nov. 1854; Luthera Clark, 
b. 14 Nov. 1822, m. Francis B. Gibson — Mar. 1843. Gkorge W. the f. was 
a farmer, and rem. with his family to Shrewsbury, Vt., about 1817, where he 
d. 23 Mar. 1861; his w. Patience d. 8 Mar. 1857. (Thus far, I have gleaned 
several names and dates from the Winslow Memorial, pp. 302-314.) 

3. Jonathan, s. of John (1), m. Mary, dau. of David Paige 14 June 1819. 
He was a school-teacher and captain of militia. He rem. <'arly and res. in two 
or three of the adjoining towns. I have not I'aen his family record; l)nt some 

of his children were Charles, b. ; Mary P., b. , m. Loring F. Wood 

of N. Br,, pub. 5 Sep. 1839, res, in Barre; Charlotte, b, 1823, d, 29 Mar. 

1828, a. 4 years and 5 months; John, b. , res. in New York city; Elisha, 

b. , res. in Petersham; Charlotte A., b. about 1829, d, 11 Mar. 1831, a, 2; 

Thomas, b. , res. in N, Br.; Jonathan T., b, 30 July 1834, d. 21 July 1835. 

Jonathan the f. d. 23 Ap. 1871 ; his w. Mary d. 2 Aug, 1869, a, 69. 

Webster, Elizabeth, m. John Hunt, Jr., 23 Dee. 1772, Sarah, m. 
Aaron Hudson 3 Nov, 1777. Betsey, m, Moses Doty 20 Sep. 1781. 

Weeks, Thomas, m. Catherine Clark of Rochester 3 Ap. 1743, and liad 
Nathaniel, b, 8 Oct. 1744; Joseph, b. G Jan. 1746-7; Susanna, h. 7 Ap. 1749, 
m. Silas Robinson of Bennington 2 Oct. 176G; Mary, b. 31 Aug. 1751, m. John 
Gitlin 7 Sep. 1769; Dauiil, b. 17 Jan. 11 r)4; Elizabeth, bap. 9 May 1756, m. 
Benjamin Holmes of Bennington 10 Feb. 1780; John, hap. 11 Mar. 1759; Shic- 
erick, bap. 5 July 1767. Thomas the f. is supjjosed to have been a descend- 
ant from George of Dorchester, who was there in 1640, and had sons Ammiel, 
^^'illiam, and Joseph. He served in the French War 1757. He rem. from 
Hk. to Bennington, and d. there in August 1804, a. 84 ; his w. Catherine d. 14 
Oct. 1818, lacking three days of 96 years, though by a common mistake the 
head-stone bears 9 7 as the age, 

2, Joseph, s. of Thomas (1), m. Hannah, dau. of Capt. Benjamin AVillis, 

10 May 17 75; she d. 30 Jan. 1798, a. 49, and he m. Elizabeth ; she d. 

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and he ni. Rebecca , who d. 3 May 1835, a. 75. Some of his chil. were 

Lemuel, b. 30 Nov. 1777; David, h. 1800; Shivericl; b. • 1801; a 

child b. — Feb. 1805, d. 10 Mar. 1805. Joseph the f., a Revolutionary sol- 
dier, res. some years on the road to Ware, about a mile from the Common. 
In his old age he prob. rem. to Hardv»'ick, Vt., and d. 11 Dec. 1836, a. 90. 

3. David, s. of Thomas (1), m. Elizabeth Robinson 22 May 1783, rem. to 
Benniiiiiton, Vt., and there had David, b. 24 Nov. 1798, m. Harriet L. Web- 
ster ; Samuel, b. 12 Ap. 1800, m. Ruth Dewe)' ; and prob. others. David the 
f. was a soldier in the Revolution, while residing here, and d. at Bennington 
4 Oct. 1836, a. 82 (83 on head-stone) ; his w. Elizabeth d. 2 Ap. 1822, a. 55. 

4. Lemuel, s. of Joseph (2), m. Fanny, dau. of Capt. John Wheeler, 27 

Dec. 1801, and had Sally, b. 1804, d. 13 Dec. 18u9, a. 5; an infant, b. 

, d. 30 June 1807. Lemuel the f. rem. to Hardwick, Vt., but both his 

children d. here; his w. Fanny also d. here (prob. in child-bed) 8 July 1807, 

a. 25. He then m. Mary , who survived him and d. 1 Feb. 1855, a. 80, at 

Hardwick, Vt., where he also d. 30 July 1853, a. 76. ' 

5. David, s. of Joseph (2), m. Anstiss Manly of Enf. 6 Mar. 1827, and had 
Anna, b. 1828, d. unm. 2 June 1875, a. 47 ; Henrii, b. ; Francis P., 

b. about 1834. David the f. d. 25 July 1838, a. 38; his w. Anstiss d. 20 Ap. 
1874, a. 66. 

6. Shiverick, s. of Joseph (2), m. Celia W. Hathaway 26 Nov. 1821, and 

had Amelia, b. — Jan. 1825, m. Mixer, and d. at Ware 27 Feb. 1857, a. 

32; a son b. 1836, d. 19 July 1838, a. 2. Shiverick the f. rem. early 

to Ware, and d. 7 Sep. 1873, a. 72. 

7. Francis P., s. of David (5), m. Julia Ann, widow of Constantine Smith, 
and dau. of Jonas H. Thayer, 26 June 1872, and had William F., b. — Ap. 
1874, d. 24 Oct. 1874, a. 6 months. His w. Julia Ann d. in child-bed 4 May 
1874, a. 34. 

8. Ammiel, parentage not ascertained, had w. Susanna, who d., and he m. 

Sarah, widow of Mandell, 26 Feb. 1778. He had Artemaa, b. 9 Nov. 

1769; Ruih, b. 13 Oct. 1773. Ammiel the f. rem. to Leverett before 13 June 
1783. He had served his country in the campaign of 1776. 

9. Holland, parentage not ascertained, m. Mary Peirce, pub. 2 Feb. 1772, 
and had Ebenezer, b. 30 Dec. 1772; Mary Warner, b. 9 Aug. 1774; Hannah, 
b. 15 jVIar. 1776, m. Silas Marsh of Westborough 18 Ap. 1802. 

10. Judah, ra. Mary Clark of New Stratford, pub. 4 Dec. 1780, and rem. 
to Bennington, where he had D-a, b. 28 Sep. 1781; Polly, b. 11 Ap. 1783; 
Judah, b. 12 Ap. 1785 ; John Clark, h. 19 Oct. 1787 ; Eunice, h. 7 Nov. 1791. 

11. David, m. Abigail Bond, and had Rich, b. 20 Oct. 1799. Li the His- 
tory of Pawlet, Vt., p. 253, it is said that •' David Weeks from Hardwick, 
Mass., 1801, settled south of the village, and conducted the tanning business 
over fifty years; married Abigail Bontl, and had Elijah, Salmon, Ricli, Scth B., 
Matilda, Abiyail, Eliza, and Nancy.'" 

12. Samuel, "from Hardwick, Mass., 1801, settled on the present home- 
stead of Arthur Goodspead, and raised nine children: Wheeler, John, Curtis, 
Hiram, Safford, Harvey R., Williani P., Cyrus, and Sarah." Hist. Paidet, p. 254. 

(The two last-named were probably brothers ; but the records fail to show 
their relationship, or that of Ammiel, Holland, and Judah, to Thomas 1.) 

Margaret, w. of Nathaniel, adm. to the church 13 Nov. 1744. Content, 
prob. sister to Thomas (1), m. Isaac Clark 29 Oct. 1742. Rebecca, of Ware, 
m. Darius Watkins, pub. 8 Nov. 1760. Nathan, m. Polly Lawton 12 Ap. 
1807, Triphena, m. Solomon W. Rnggles 1 Ap. 1827. Susan, of Oak- 
ham, m. Lewis Warner, pub. 21 June 1856. William A. F., of Oakham, m. 
Sarah A. Sears, pub. 20 Sep. 1859. 

WHEELS, John, s. of John and R;ichel (Marsh) Wells of Hatfield, m. Martha, 
dau. of Ichabod AUis, and had JoAh. b. 14 Mar. 1729; J\Iartha, h. 12 June 
1731, m. Elisha Waite; J\Iary, h. 26 Feb. 1734, m. Jonathan Farr 5 June 
1751; Lucy, h. 7 Mar. 1736, prob. d. young; Lydia, b. 16 Aug. 1738, m. Nathan 
Billings 24' Feb. 1757; Submit, b. 3 May 1742, in. Elijah Warner 14 Jan. 1762; 
Elijah, h. 1 Ap. 1744. All these births are recorded here; but the first two 



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prob. occurred in Hatfield. Jorix the f. came here early, and seems to have 
res. first at (iilbertville, where he had a grist-n)ill, and afterwards near Enfiehl. 
He was the first treasurer of the town, and lield that ofliee four years, 1737- 
1740; he was also selectman four years, 1738-1741. He d. not longj before 15 
Feb. 1745-6, at which date his inventory was presented; his w. Martha m. 
Capt. Nathaniel Hammond of Swanzey, N. H., G Aug. 1747; he d. here, and 
she m. Nathaniel Kellogi:: of Hadley 19 July 1758, and d. 13 Sep. 17(;4, a. 61. 

2. John, s. of John (1), m. Kezia Farr 14 Dec. 1748, and had John, h. 27 
Sep. 1749; Lucy, bap. 8 Mar. 1752; Kezia, baj). 9 June 1754; Joshua, bap. 3 
Oct. 1756; Oliver, bap. 25 Mar. 1759; Susanna, bap. 2 Aug. 1761. John the 
f. prob. rem. to Ware about 1752, buthischil. b. afterwards were bap. here. 

Wksson, William Brigham, m. Azuba Maria Graves of Athol, pub. 11 
Oct. 1807, and had Maria Loraine, b. 19 Nov. 1810, m. Moses F. Dickinson 27 
Sep. 1831 ; William Cutler, b. 23 Dec. 1814; Theresa Rivers, b. 8 Ap. 1816, d. 
7 May 1816 ; William Brigham, b. 21 Mar. 1820, rem. early, and res. at Detroit; 
Ezekiel Lysander Bascom, b. 5 Sep. 1823; Alice Graves, h. 14 Aug. 1827, d. 

1827. William B. the f., s. of William, was born in Ho])kinton 29 May 

1777, but rem. early with his parents to Athol; he grad. \V. C. 1802, was 
ordained pastor of the first church in Hk. 30 Oct. 1805, ami was dismissed, at 
bis own reijuest, 30 June 1824. He continued to reside here, at the place 
marked '-JMr. Wesson" on the R. Map, being engaged for some time in mer- 
cantile business, until 9 INIay 1836, when he died, a. nearly 59; his w. Azuba 
Maria d. 13 Aug. 1863, a. about 79. 

2. William Cutlf.k, s. of William B. (1), m. Elizabeth Jones of Gr. 14 
June 1840, and had Maria E,, b. 29 Mar. 1841, m. John D. IMorton of Boston 
7 Oct. 1862; Sarah A., b. 6 Mar. 1845, m. George M. Wolcott of Holyoke 5 
Nov. 18G8. William C. the f., a farmer, and for many years proprietor and 
driver of a mail-coach between Hk. and W. Brk., res. on the homestead. 

3. Ezekiel L. B., s. of AVilliam B. (1), m. INhirtha S. Dow, and had Edwin 
L., b. 14 Aug. 1852, m. Nellie Dow 23 Sep. 1880; George McClellan, b. 13 
Oct. 1861; Almon Frank, b. 4 Ap. 1864; William Pliny, b. 21 May 1868; 
Ellen M., b. 31 Oct. 1870; Elizabeth, b, 12 Oct. 1872. Ezekiel L. B. the f., 
a farmer and provision dealer, res. near the homestead, at the place marked 
" Mr. Tupper " on the R. Map. 

Weston Auner, m. Sally, dau. of Samuel Thurston, 17 Oct. 1788, and had 

Samuel, h. 1789, bap. 2 July 1797, a shoemaker and musician, d. 20 Aug. 

1838; Jahn Wheeler, b. , bap. 2 July 1797, res. in Barre. Abxeu the f. 

rem. to Barre, and prob. d. befoi'e 1814; his w. Sally d. 13 Mar. 1836, a. 63. 

Wethekbee, Sami'SON, m. Hannah , and had Jonathan, h. 7 Jan. 1 749; 

Hannah, b. 2 May 1751. 

2. Calvin, m. Betsey, prob. wid. of John Rice and dau. of Benjamin Bug- 
gies, and had Benjamin liuggles, b. 24 June 1823; John Slillman, b. 1 June 
1825, m. Martha M. Nims ot Keene, N. H., pub. 27 Dec. 1851, and d. 31 Mar. 
1854; Samuel, b. 17 June 1827, m. Luthera Johnson 27 Dec. 1849; Adin Plum- 
mer, b. 24 Aug. 1830. Calvin the f. d. 16 Ap. 1839, a. 36; his w. Betsey m. 
Benjamin Skinner 19 Jan. 1851. 

0. Benjamin R., s. of Calvin (2), m. Abigail S. Richards, pub. 3 Feb. 1850, 
and had Augustus Eugene, b. 23 Jan. 1851. 

Hannah, of Pet., m. James Wing 11 Ap. 1799. Mrs. Lydia, m. Barnabas 
Rich of Enf., pub. 26 Nov. 1827. Varnum, m. Betsey R. Rice 14 Nov. 1831. 

Phineas, d. 21 Ap. 1822, a. 52. Gilbert, d. Aug. 1825, a. 21. Mrs. 

Wetherbee, perhaps w. of Gilbert, d. 26 Aug. 1825, a. 20. 

AVetherell, John B., m. Parnell , and had Laura Gertrude, b. 25 

Aug. 1847, m. Clarence E. Hitchcock of Springf. 23 May 1872; Charlotte Eliza- 
beth, b. 13 Jan. 1849, m. Charles W. AVood of Wore. 13 June 1872; John Her- 
vey, b. 10 Sep. 1854. 

LuciNDA, m. Samuel Cook, Jr., of Pet., pub. 30 Ap. 1825. 

Wheeler, Thomas, rem. from Acton to Worcester about 1739, was elected, 
in 1748, deacon of the first churcii, ami remained in Wore, until about 1764, 
when he rem. to Hardwick, was adm. to the church 8 Nov. 1764, and d. here 



532 WHEELER. 

31 Jan. 17G9, a. 74. In his will, dated 6 July 1764, he named sons Daniel, 
Amos, Nutlian, TJiomcift, and grandson Timothy Moore. 

2. Daniel, s. of Thomas (1), ni. Betty, dau. of Lieut. William Holloway of 
Marlborough; she d. here 7 Mar. 17 74, a. 39, and he m. Mrs. Mary Cleveland 
of New JNIarl borough, pub. 2 Ap. 1775. His chil. were John, b. about 1757; 
Manj, h. about 1759, m. Moses Mandell 28 May 1777, and d. s. p. 20 Ap. 1782, 

a. 23; if others, they prob. did not live to maturity, as in his will, dated 21 
Nov. 1812, the whole estate was given to the chil. of his deceased son John. 
Danikl the f. rem. from Wore, to Hk. soon after 15 Sep. 1761, when he bought 
of Capt. Samuel Robinson the estate on the tm-npike, a little more than a mile 
from the Common, marked "Old House" on the R. Map. His house was con- 
sumed bv fire 15 Aug. 1773. He was a farmer, captain of militia in 1771, and 
d. 10 Jan. 1813, a. 84; his w. ]\Iary d. 7 Dec. 1810, a. 76, or 77. 

3. Amos, s. of Thomas (1), res on the homestead in Worcester, which was 
quitclaimed to him, 14 Ap. 1769, by his brothers, soon after the death of their 
father. His son Amos settled in Woodstock, Vt., and was father of Amos D., 

b. 13 Dec. 1803, grad. W. C. 1827, D. D. at Bowd. Coll. 1860, minister at 
Topsham, Me., and d. 28 June 18 76. 

4. Nathan, s. of Thomas (1), m. Hannah, dau. of John Hunt, 1 July 1762, 
and probably rem. from Brk. to Hk. during the same year. He had Persis, b. 
27 Mar. 1763; Lemuel, b. 30 Ap. 1764; m. Anna Ames of Barre 2 May 1793, 
res. s(5veral years on the road to Gilbertville, at the place marked " L. Manly," 
and d. s. p. 18 Feb. 1837; his w. Anna d. 4 Dec. 1846, a. 80; Nathan, b. 16 
June 1767; Hannah, b. 22 Dec. 1768, m. Lewis Abbott of Oakham 2 May 
1793; Bettij, b. 4 May 1773, m. Elihu Wright of AVestminster, Vt., 28 Nov. 
1799; PoU'y, b. 5 Ap. 1775, m. Peter Wilder of Oakham, pub. 25 May 1794; 
Arlemas, b. 10 June 1777. Nathan the f. rem. to Stratham, N. H. 

5. Thomas, s. of Thomas (1), m. Anna, dau. of Jonathan Warner, 8 Sep. 
1762, and had Charles, b. 13 Oct. 1763, d. unm. 11 Nov. 1805; Thomas, b. 3 
Mar. 1767; Moses, b. 26 May 1769; Daniel, b. about 1771, d. 8 Oct. 1798; 

Sully, b. 1774, d. unm. 5 July 1793, a. 19. Thomas the f. was a farmer, 

and res. several years on the turnpike at or near the place marked *'C. 
Paige" on the R. Map, which he sold to Col. Stephen Rice 19 Nov. 17 70, and 
rem. to Brk., but returned before 31 Aug. 1777, and afterwards res. on the 
road to Gilbertville at the place marked " L. Manly " on the R. Map. He 
d. very suddenly^ 10 July 1804, a. 65; his w. Anna m. her cousin, Capt. 
Elijah' Warner, *30 Dec. 1807, and d. in Dec. 1837, a. 95. 

6. John, s. of Daniel (2), m. Mary, dau. of John Paige, 18 Nov. 1779, and 
had Betsey, b. 3 June 1780, m. Isaac Davis of Rut., pub. 2 May 1825, and d. 27 
July 1849; Fanny, b. 29 Sep. 1781, m. Lemuel Weeks 27 Dec. 1801 , rem. to 
Hardwick, Vt., but d. here (prob. in childbed), 8 July 1807; Daniel, b. 7 
Oct. 1783; John, b. 29 Aug. 1785 ; Mary, b. 16 Feb. 1788 ; Holloway Taylor, 

b. 29 Sep. 1790, res. in Rut., and d. 7 Ap. 1841 ; a child b. , d. 2 Dec. 

1792. John the f. was a farmer, and res. on the homestead with his father. 
He was a man of great energy, both physical and mental. He was deeply 
involved in the Shays Rebellion, and was an aide-de-camp to Shays himself. 
His contemporaries spoke of him as superior to his chief in military skill and 
conduct. He was arrested, tried in Hamp>hire County, at the Ajn-il term of 
the Supreme Court in 1787, convicted of treason, and condemned to death. 
He received full pardon, however, by the Governor 30 April 1787, and on the 
1st of September 1789 was commissioned captain of militia,^ — a majority of 
the company doubtless apjiroving his political opinions. But though thus 
sustained by his townsmen and by the government, it is said that his mind 
never regained its former buoyancy. Whether his mortification and chagrin 
tended to shorten his life is not known; but he d. 8 June 1794, at the early 
age of 37 ; his w. Mary d. 5 May 1821, a. 60. 

1 "While giving directions to his hired "^ He was 1st lieut. of the same company 

men respecting his hay, lie felt himself 17 Jan. 1784, and seems to have retained 

faint, fell into their arms, and instantly ex- the office until he was promoted in 1789. 
pired." 3Iass. Sj)tj, July 18, 1804. 



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7. Thomas, s. af Tlioinas (5), ni. Anna, dan. of Lieut. Job Dexter. 3 
June 1790; she d. 20 Mar. ISO-i, a. 3:^, and he m. Mary, dan. of Timothy 
Paifje, Esq., U P'eb. 1><05; she d. at Ticonderotra, N. Y., 18 Sep. 1828, a. 
nearly 48, and he m. twice afterwards. Ilis chil. were Charles, b. 20 ]\Iar. 
1791, m. Luthera, dau. of Elijah Ban<j;s, 2 JNIar. 181 1, and d. s. p. at Ticon- 
deroga, N. Y., 30 Sep. 1818; his widow m. Joseph Adams of Shutes. 1 Ap. 

1824; a child b. , d. 2 May 1793; Salhi, b. 28 Ap. 1794, m. Daniel 

Wheeler 3 Nov. 1814; a child d. 12 Sep. 1796, aged ei-vlit days; William 
Augustus, b. 30 Mar. 1798, m. Alniira W., dau. of Capt. JMoses Allen, 13 Jan. 
1825, was a very energetic and skilful iron-founder and manufacturer in 
Worcester, where he d. 17 Feb. 18 7G; a child b. — Nov. 1800, d. 26 Jan. 

1801; a child b. , d. 4 July 1802; Aim Dexter, b. 3 Dec. 1805, d. 18 Jan. 

1816; a child b. , d. 18 July 1807; Thomas Alonzo, b. 7 Nov. 1H08, d. 

(of spotted fever) 15 Ap. 1811; Charlotte Sophia, b, 8 May 1811, m. William 
Burnett Cooper, and (2d) Ashley Cooper Bennett, had ten chil., res. in 
Garden Prairie, HI., and afterwards in llothville, Mo.; Mary Emeline, b. 21 
June 1813, m. Thomas R. Green of Bel., and d. 20 Feb. 1843; Rebecca Ann, 
b. 6 Mar. 1816, m. Lyman Burrill, and d. at Dunkirk, N. Y., 10 June 1853; 
Eliza Jane , h. lb Xy>. 1819, m. Rev. Stephen Lovell, and d. 4 Mar. 1848; 
Juliet Elvira, b. 10 Sep. 1821, d. unm. at Greenwich 19 (or 29) June 1840. 
Thovas the f. was a very ingenious blacksmith and iron-founder; he also 
cultivated a farm. He was long in the military service, being a captain in' 
1801, major in 1811, and colonel in 1813. He res. on the road to Gilbertville, 
at the place marked " I). Wheeler" on the R. Map, and afterwards near the 
New Furnace, at the place marked " M. S.," until about 1818, when he re- 
moved to Ticonderoga, N. Y. ; he returned about 1830, and res. a few years 
at Greenwich, and afterwards at Worcester, where he d. 26 Ap. 1851, a. 84. 

8. Moses, s. of Thomas (5), m. Mehetabel Pearson of Randolph, Vt., in 
1798, and had Sophia, b. 11 Dec. 1799, m. John Wheeler, i)ub. 2 May 1825; 
Daniel, b. 10 July 1801 ; Amanda, b. 6 Dec. 1.S02, m. Alanson Johnson, pub. 
8 May 1826; Sarah Warner, b. 2 Dec. 1804; Moses, h. 2 Sep. 1806, drowned 
8 June 1819; Hitty, h. 24 May 1808; IJnry Parsons, b. 27 Aug. 1810, d. 15 
Mar. 1816; Harriet, b. 24 July 1812. ]Mosks the f. from about 1790 to 1803 
res. at Randolph, Vt., where he was m. and his first three chil. were born. 
He then ret. to Hk., res. on what is now the Town Farm (on the Pet. road), 
and d. 14 Aug. 1828, a. 59. 

9. Daxikl, s. of John (6), m. Sally, dau. of Col. Thomas Wheeler, 3 Nov. 
1814, &nd IvmI Sally Ann, h. 2 Nov. 1815, d. unm. 25 Jan. 1833; Fanny, h. 
15 Sep. 1817, m. Forester B. Aiken 10 May 1837, and d. 23 Dec. 1872; Mary, 
b. 25 Sep. 1819, m. Levi Adams of Shutes., pub. 3 May 1843; Elizabeth, b. 
22 Aug. 1821; Daniel Warner, b. 15 Aug. 1823, m. Delia Jennev of Ware, 
pub. 28 May 1848; Charlotte, h. 13 Nov. 1825, m. Edwin D. McTarland of 
Wore. 23 Feb. 1864; Lulhera Elmira, b. 19 June 1828, m. Edward Dean 19 

June 1851 ; John, h. 17 July 1829; Eliza Ann, h. 1832, d. 7 Mar. 1833, 

a. 1 year; William A., bap. 13 Dec. 1835. Daniel the f. was a farmer, res. 
on the road to Gilbertville, at the place marked " D. Wheeler " on the R. 
Map, and afterwards on the Moose Brook road, near the Furnace, at the 
place marked " D. Billings;" late in life he rem. to Wore, where he d. 13 
June 1864, a. 80; his w. Sally d. 26 June 1864, a. 70 ; both were buried here 
in the new cemetery. 

10. JoriN, s. of John (6), m. ; she d. , and he m. Sophia, dau. of 

Moses Wheeler, pub. 2 May 1825. His chil. were Daniel, b. 9 Ap. 1816, res. 

in East Boston; John, b. , m. , d. ; Mary G., b. 15 July 1820, 

m. Bartlett (one other child by first Avife d. young); Moses P., b. 2 Oct. 

1828; Harriet S., b. 16 Feb. 1830, m. George Warner 21 Oct. 1858; Charles 
A., b. 31 Mar. 1832; Sarah E., b. 3 July 1834, d. unm. 17 May 1866; George 
E., b. 4 May 1836, res. in the city of New York. Joiix the f. rem. early to 
Rut., where all his chil. were born, e.\ce|)t the youngest; about 1835 he re- 
turned, and for many years res. on the Gilbertville road at the place marked 
" D. Wheeler." He was a farmer, and d. 7 (or 27) Sep. 1865, a. 80. 



534 WHEELER— WHIPPLE. 

11. Daniel, s. of Moses (8), m. Mary, dan. of Barnaba'' Hinkley, pub. 5 
Nov. 1826, and had Mart/ Ann, b. 20 Sep. 1827; Daniel Hinkley, b. 7 June 
1829; Susan, h. 11 Nov. 1830. Daniel the f. rem. to Maine about 1835. 

12. Moses P., s. of John (10), m. Anna Maria Smith of St. Louis 3 Oct. 
1861, and had Eimna Louisa, b. here 6 June 1868. Moses P. the f. rem. to 
Springfield. 

13. Charles A., s. of John (10), m. Christiana B. Howe of Barre, pub. 7 
Mar. 1865, and had Mary Louisa, b. 26 Mar. 1869. Charles A. the f., a 
farmer and deacon, res. on the homestead. 

14. Ephraim, parentao;e not ascertained, by w. Anna, had Ephraim, h. 8 
Dec. 1764; Anna, b. 4 May 1767; Persis, b. 29" Dec. 1769; Rhoda, h. 31 Aug. 
1772. Ephraim the f. came here from Braintree in 1769. 

Sarah, m. Thomas Emmons 30 Ap. 1741. Martha, of Marlb., m. David 
Woods, pub. 11 Feb. 1743-4; Rebecca, m. Daniel Munden 8 Aug. 1771. 
Elizabeth, m. Joseph Cleveland 4 May 1772. George P., of Pet., m. Al- 
meda Aiken 13 June 1848. William A., m. Sarah E. Howe of Shrews., 
pub. 9 Nov. 1857. Fanny (b. in Pet.), d. unm. 30 Ap. 1861, a. 71. 

Wheelock, David, by w. Phebe, had Lydia, b. 22 Sep. 1760, ra. Ichabod 
Merritt of Ware, pub. 6 Ap. 1 783. 

2. Calvin C, by w. Clarissa E., had Hattie Maria, b. 15 Jan. 1861, d. 24 
May 1862; Ellen M., b. 186.3, d. 2 Sep. 1865, a. 2 years. 

Gideon, m. Sarah Forbush 14 Jan. 1771. Sally, m. James Holland of 
Gr. 15 Nov. 1792. Sarah, m. Benjamin Merritt of Ware 8 Jan. 1797. 
John Moore, s. of Eli, d. 17 May 1835, a. 1 year and 9 months. 

Whekt, Thomas, and Abigail Stearns were pub. 17 Jan. 1770. 

Whipple, Ben.jamin, b. in Ipswich 1726, by w. Hepzibah, had Nehemiah, 
b. here 25 ]\Iar. 1750; Hepzibah and Sarah, twins, b. 1 July 1751; Abigail, b. 
21 June 1753 ; Lienjamin, b. 16 Sep. 1755; Prudence, b. 27 July 1757; David, 
b. 17 Sep. 1759; and at Bennington, Elizabeth, b. 24 Mar. 1763; Persis, b. 14 
Mar. 1768. Ben.jamin the f. came here from Westboro' in 1749, was a cor- 
poral in the French War, and rem. to Bennington about 1761. 

2. Ebenezer, rem. to Hk. from Sutton about 1751, and by w. Prudence, 

had Paul, b. , d. about 1771; Samuel, b. 7 Dec. 1751; John, b. 6 Jan. 

1754, perhaps the same who d. 5 July 1777; Prudence (posthumous), b. 17 
Mar. 1756, m. George Field 13 Ap. 1775, and d. 15 Dee. 1838. Ebenezer 
the f. was a "joiner," a sergeant in the French War, and was killed in battle 
8 Sep. 1755; his w. Prudence m. Deac. James Fay, pub. 13 Sep. 1760. 

3. Samuel, s. of Ebenezer (2), m. Sarah, dau. of Ezra Leonard, 30 IMar. 
1775, and had Rhoda, b. 24 Oct. 1775, m. Solomon Cutter of Rimlge, N. H., 
3 Jan. 1799; Olive, b. 6 June 1778, m. Chiron Penniman 17 Jan. 1797; John, 
b. 5 Feb. 1780; Fanny, b. 27 Feb. 1782; Charles, b. 12 Nov. 1784; Sarah, 
b. 20 Aug. 1786 ; Samuel Dudley, b. 24 June 1788; Anson, b. 23 Mar. 1790; 
SoiMa, b. 27 Feb. 1792. 

4. James (a descendant from Matthew,^ who d. at Ipswich 28 Sep. 1647, 
through Joseph, 2 who d. at Ips. about 1709, Deacon James, ^ of Grafton, 
who d. 3 Nov. 1766, a. 85, and Jacob ^), was b. at Grafton in 1732, settled 

in Ilardwick, m. Lydia Powers 29 Nov. 1750, and had Lydia, b. 1753, 

and d. 1757; Jacob, b. 4 Nov. 1755; David, b. 12 Sep. 1759; James, b. 

1765; Moses (posthumous), b. 1768. James the f. d. in 176 7. 

5. Jacob, s. of James (4), m. Edna Forbush 30 Dec. 1777, and had Lydia, 

b. 1779, m. lehaliod Towne of Gr., pub. 27 Jan. 1798; Ephraim, b. 

1781, d. at Dana 28 June 1862, a. 81 ; Sarah, b. 1782, m. Ezra Thayer; 

Mercy, h. 1784, d. young. (The names and dates of birth are copied 

from the Whipple Genealogy. Jacob the f. was a deacon and a preacher 
in the Baptist church in the north part of the town (now Dana), and d. in 
1818. 

6. David, s. of James (4), m. Elizabeth Davis of Gr. 7 Ap. 1785; she d. 16 
Sep. 1826, a. 60, and he m. Martha Thayer, pub. 26 Jan. 1827; she d. 27 May 
1836, a. 71, and he m. Arathusa Estabrook 1 Dec. 1836. His chil. were Len- 



WHIPPLE — WHITCOMB. 535 

dall, b. 14 Dec. 1795, d. unrn. 21 Nov. 1817, and was tlio first person buried 
in the new cemetery (having; previously assisted in bnildintr tlie snrrouiidinu 
wall); Joel, b. 19 July 1797; C(irena,'h. 28 May 1799, m.' Ilosea Thayer of 
Dana, pub. 26 Ap. 1819; Eliza, b. 11 Mar. 1804, "m. William Johnson 15 Aug. 
1822. 

7. James, s. of James (4), m. Electa Johnson 21 Ap. 1785, and had James, 

b. 1785, m. Sybil Sturtevant of Ware, i)ub. 20 Feb. 1808; Ci/Nthia, b. 

1788, m. Ephraini Thayer; Balhsheha, b. 1791, ni. Ajwllos Johnson ; Seth, 

b. 1793, m. Deborah Stephens, pub. 22 Mar. 1819, and d. at Otsego, N. 

Y., in 1846 ; Catherine, b. 1706, m. Thomas Jenkins of Otsego, and d. in 

1841; Almira, b. 1778, m. Tra Haskell of Gr. ; Almond, b. 1800, res. 

in Howell. Mich., and was clerk of the Judicial Court; Sophronia, h. 

1802, in. Oliver N. Shipman of Springf., N. Y. ; Sfjuire, b. 1804, grad. U- C. 
1830, a civil engineer in Utica, N. Y. James the f. rem. in 1817 to Otsego, 
N. Y., and thence to Springf., N. Y. See Gen. of Whipple Famih/. 

8. Moses, s. of James (4), m. Sarah Thayer 31 Dec. 1789, and had lieherca, 
b. 9 Oct. 1790, m. Daniel Stephens, pnb. 14 Ap. 1811 ; Sarah, b. 16 Ap. 1792, 
ni. Joel Gleason, pub. 24 June 1811 ; L>j(lla, b. 17 Feb. 1795, m. Holland 

llandall of Barre, pub. 7 Ap. 1S17; Moses, b. 22 Sep. 1796; Polh/, b. 

179(), (1. 1802; Joseph, b. 30 Aj). 1801 ; Hannah, b. 11 June 1803, d. unni. 

at Dana 17 Ap. 1858 ; Susanna, b. 9 Sep. 1805, m. Stephen N. Johnson, pub. 
3 Feb. 1823; Selinda, h. 1 May 1809, m. Cyrus Doubleday of Dana; J!uhi/, b. 

10 Nov. 1811, m. Erastus Thayer 26 May 1830, Moses the f. d. 1842. 

9. Joel, s. of David (6), m. Eunice Richardson 2 Sep. 1821, and had 
Charles L., h. about 1S30, d. num. 25 Mar. 1879, a. 48; Eliza E., b. about 
1840, m. Peebles Johnson 21 May 1861. Joel the f. d. 28 or 29 Jan. 1864; 
his w. Eunice d. at N. Brk. 9 Oct. 1869, a. 68, and was buried here. 

10. Moses, s. of Moses (8), ni. Eunice Knowles 6 Ap. 1823, and had Har- 
riet. K., b. about 1824, m. S. Osborn Brown of Fitchburg 1 May 1845 ; ^fartf 
Maria, b. about 1827, m. S. Osborn Brown, then of Springf., 5 June 1850; 
also Moses K., Susan, Albert, and Charles. 

11. Joseph, s. of Moses (8), m. Deborah, dau. of George Haskell, 15 Ap. 
1824, and had Emili/ R., b. about 1825, m. John Haven, and d. at Boston 8 
June 1856. Joseph the f. was a colonel of militia, and deacon of the 
church. He rem. to Springfield about 1842. 

Lucy, of Westborough, ni. ]\Ioses Pratt 16 Nov. 1747. Moses, brother of 
James (4), ni. Catherine Forhush 25 i\Iay 1758. Sarah, m. Sbearjiishub 
Spooner of Pet. 21 ]\Lay 1760. Maky, m. Joseph Warner 14 Nov. 1764. 
Lydia, m. Ephraini Cleveland, Jr., 15 Nov. 17 70. Hanxah, m. David 
Leonard of "No. 5" (Cummington) 15 Feb. 1773. Rachel, m. Joshua 
Johnson 12 Aug. 1798. Levi, m. Betsey Warner 21 Aug. 1803. Betsey of 
Grafton m. James W. Jenkins, i)ub. 1 Jan. 1804. Maria A., m. James H. 
Sturtevant, pub. 1 July 1853. Charlotte S., m. William E. Dart, pub. 30 
Mar. 1858. 

Whitaker, Franklin, a clerijyman, m. INIary, dau. of Franklin Ru'jgles, 
1 June 1843, and hail Mary, b. here 19 Ap. 1844, d. 16 Dec. 1850 ; Helen, b. 
in Janesviile, Wis., 2 Mar. 1848. d. 17 Aug;. 1850; Franklin, b. in Jancsville 

11 Jan. 1850, d. 20 July 1857; Willie, h. here 19 Aug. 1851, d. 26 Nov. 1853; 
Ellen, h. in Janesviile 16 Sep. 1853, d. 28 Jan, 1854. 

2. Ika W., by w. , had Charles Eastman, b. 11 Aug. 1845; a son b. 7 

Feb. 1848 ; Lucj/ Maria, b, 11 June 1850. 

AVhitcomb, James, s. of Robert and grandson of John, was b. at Scituate 
about 1668, where he m. Mary Parker in 1694, and h-A.d James, h. 31 Aug. 
1695, d. young; Nathaniel and James, twins, b. the former on the 19th and 
the latter on the 21st of August 1697, as the Scituate Records distinctly 

show; Mary and Joanna, twins, b. 22 Mar. IJuiJ (of whom Mary m. 

Davis, and Joanna m. Chapman); Bobert, h. , named in his father's 

will 22 Sep. 1727. James the f. was a " set- work coojjer," rem. from Scitu- 
ate to Rochester, where he d. 26 June 1728, a. 60; his w. Mary d. 30 Nov. 
1729, a. 62. 



536 WHITCOMB. 

2. Nathaniel, s. of James (1), ni. Rosilla Coombs 21 Jan. 1722-3; she 
d. 8 Mar. 173 7-8, and he m. Phehe Blackman 27 JliIv 1738. His chil. were 
Joanna, b. 6 June 1725, m. Silas Dean 13 Sep. lliA;' Mary, b. 9 Oct. 1727, 
m. Paul Dean 4 Dec. 174.5, and (2d) Deac. Daniel Spooner 16 Oct. 1780, and 
d. 9 May 1822; Dorcas, b. 8 Mar. 1729-30, ni. Solomon Aiken 8 Feb. 1749- 
50, and d. 10 Dec. 1803; Nathanid, b. 26 May 1732; Rosilla, b. 19 Feb. 
1733-4, m. George Paige 4 June 1752, and (2d) "Capt. William Breckenridge 
of Ware 17 Mar. 1790, and d. 29 Oct. 1807; Asa, b. 29 Feb. 1735-6; John, 
h. 14 Feb. 1737-8, prob. d. young; Lot, b. 2 May 1739; Content, b. 27 Oct. 
1740, m. Solomon Bush of Ware 27 Nov. 1767. Nathaniel the f. was a 
cooper, rem. with his family from Rochester to Hardwick about 1742, was 
selectman five years between 1745 and 1759, assessor three years, and d. 18 
Mar. 1772, a. 74 ; his head-stone remains standing in the old cemetery. 

3. James, s. of James (1), m. Mercy, dau. of Deac. Samuel Winslow of 
R()(di., 15 Aug. 1721 ; she d. 20 Sep. 1726, a. 21, and he m. Joanna, dau. of 

William vSpooner of Dartm., 12 July 1727 ; she d. , and lie m. JNIercy, dau. 

of Capt. Josiah Winslow of Freetown, pub. 15 Nov. 1728; she d. 20 Ap. 1729, 

a. 28, and he m. Sarah, widow of Thomas Lincoln and dau. of IMajor Edward 
Winslow of Koch., 31 May 1731 (three of these wives were cousins to each 
other). Ilis chil., all by his last wife, were James, h. 3 Mar. 1731-2, a soldier 
in the French War, killed at Gaspereau, N. S., 24 July 1755; ^ Thomas, b. 2 

Dec. 1733, d. at Western 17 70; Sarah, b. 26 Oct. 1735; Mercy, b. 26 

Aug. 1737 ; Scottoway, b. 1 June 1739 ; Robert, b. 1 May 1741; ]\''nlhan, bap. 
25 Sep. 1743 ; also Edward and Mnry, named in their father's will. James 
the f. owned land in Hk., and seems to have res. here a short time ; he rem. 
from Roch. to Western (now Warren) about 1743, where he d. between 30 
Aug. and 16 Dec. 1763; his w. Sarah was living 28 Feb. 1771, when her 
dower was assigned. 

4. Robert, s. of James (1), m. Joanna Lawrence 13 Jan. 1731-2, and had 
Elizabeth, h. 11 Nov. 1732, m. AVilliam Powers of Hk. 16 Nov. 1758; Joshua, 

b. 19 Nov. 1734; Joanna, b. 29 May 1737, m. Isaiah Hatch 31 Jan. 175G, and 
rem. to Hk.; and prob. others. Robert the f. res. at Rochester. 

5. Nathaniel, s. of Nathaniel (2), m. Margaret Aiken 19 June 1755; she 

d. , and he m. Mrs. Mary Freeman 17 Oct. 1779. His chil. were Dorcas, 

b. 16 June 1756, d. unm. 3 Jan. 1777; Lucy, b. 18 JNLar. 1758 ; Margaret, bap. 
8 June 1760; Phebe, ha.]). 24 Oct. 1762; Abigail, bap. 9 Dec. 1764. Na- 
thaniel the f. rem. to Gr. before 1779. 

6. Asa, s. of Nathaniel (2), m. Joanna, dau. of Benjamin Raymond, 15 
Mar. 1759, and had Rhoda, b. 22 Julv 1760, m. Ephraim Briggs at Barnard, 
Vt., 18 Ap. 1780; John, b. 17 Sep. 1761; Chapman, b. 5 Mar."l765; Anthony, 
b. 17 June 1766; Asa Barnanl, b. 23 Aug. 1770; Joanna, b. 11 July 1773; 
Benjamin, b. about 1775 (the four last named d. before 1809, and their names 
are inscribed together on ahead-stone at Barnard); Philodes, b. in Barnard 
27 June 1776, and the record describes him as "the first cliild that was born 
in this town." AsA the f. was a very active man. and the principal leader in 
the settlement of Barnard. He was the agent of the proprietors for the sale 
of their land, and induced a large number of liis relatives and neighbors to 
remove thither; so many, indeed, that on the organization of that town all 
the principal town officers, with perhaps a single excej)tion, were Hardwick 
men. He was selectman, 1778, the first justice of (he peace, 1778, representa- 
tive, 1779, and a leading spirit through life. He d. 31 Mar. 1812, a. 76. On 
his head-stone it is inscribed that "he was one of the framers of the Constitu- 
tion of this State, one of the first settlers of this town, and a main pillar of its 
infant settlement ; and during the struggle for independence was a firm sup- 
porter of the cause of his country." ^ 

1 July 25, 1755. "Lieut. Wilson came "Diary of Dr. John Thomas," N. E. Gen. 

from Gaspereau; brings an account that one Rvy , xxxiii. 390. 

of Capt. Cobb's men were killed passiug - I remember Mr. Whitcomb as a mus- 

from the fort to the village on liis liorse ; lie cular man, with features in<licating great 

and his horse were both killed; his name energy of character. He had also a fund 

wasWhitcum; he came from Hardvvike." of humor, and sometimes expressed his 



WIIITCOMB — WHITE. 537 

7. Lot, p. of Nathaniel ('2), m. Lydia Nye of N. Br. 9 Dec. 17G2, and 
had BcUii, b. 28 Sep. 1763; Mehelnhel, b. 2 Ap. 1765, d. 13 Ap. 1765; Bniiich, 
bap. 6 i)ec. 1767; Nathaniel, bap. 26 July 1772; Lot, bap. 5 Mar. 1775; 
Justus and Lydia, bap. 15 Auo;. 1779; James, bap. 9 Dee. 1781. Lot the f. 
rem. to Barnard, and was a member of the "Committee of Safety" (by 
which the first town meeting was called) in 17 7S. Perhaps he did not re- 
move his family so early. 

8. MosK.s, prob. s. of Robert (4), m. Sarah Powers 4 Nov. 1762, and had 
Judith, b. 10 Atifj. 1763; Charles, b. 23 Sep. 1765; Joshua, b. 18 May 1768; 
Caloin, bap. 17 Nov. 1776; Luther, bap. 16 Aug. 1778; Moses, bap. 18 Feb. 
1781. 

9. Bexjamix F., by w. Sarah H., had Marin, b. 2 Nov. 1874. 

Or.ivK, m. Kufus Carpenter of Woodstock 27 Feb. 1 777. Nathaniel, Jr., 
of Vjv., perhaps the same as Nathaniel (5), m. Salome Snow, pub. 26 Ap. 
1789. Charles, recommended to the church in Rochester, Vt., 5 Feb. 1797. 

White, John (s. of John who was buried at Hatfield 15 Sep. 1665, and 
grandson of John, who came to N. E. in 1632, res. at Cambridge, Hartford, 
and Hadley, was elder of the church in Hartford, and d. there between 17 
Dec. 1683 and 23 Jan. 1684), was b. in Hatfield 1663, m. Hannah, dau. of 
Thomas AVells, 7 July 1687, and had John, b. 26 Sep. 1689, and d. in AVest 
Springfield 1759; Mary, h: 3 Jan. 1692, d. young; Hannah, b. 26 Mar. 1695, 
m. John Hastings 14 July 1720; Mary, b. 1697, prob. d. young; Jona- 
than, b. 18 Sep. 1700, d. in Hebron, Conn., 28 Mar, 1776 ; Sarah, b. , m. 

Philip Smith 11 Jan. 1722, and was m. twice afterwards; Elizabeth, b. , 

m. Daniel White 19 Jan. 1726, and d. 4 July 1770, a. about 65 ; Marlha, h. 14 
Mar. 1708, m. Joseph Olmstead of Bolton, Conn., in 1732; David, b. 1 July 
1710. John the f. was a deacon of the church in Hatfield. In his old age 
he rem. here, and d. 13 Nov. 1750, a. 87. His head-stone stands by the side 
of that which was erected in the old cemetery in memory of his son the Rev. 
David White. He was born at an earlier date than any other person whose 
head-stone is to be found here.^ 

2. David, s. of John (1), m. Susanna, "granddaughter of the first Thomas 
Wells of Deerfield, and it is believed that her name was Wells ; she was 
brought up in the family of her uncle, the second Thomas Wells of Deer- 
field." 2 His chil. were 'Thomas Wells, b. 12 Aug. 1739; Sarah, h. 29 May 
1741, m. Rev. Lemuel Hedge 5 Nov. 1761, res. in Warwick, and is said to 
have d. in JNliddlebury, Vt., in 1808 (Mem. of Elder John White, etc.) ; Su- 
sanna, b. 30 Aug. 1743, m. Jonathan Dauforth 19 Ap. 1770, and d. 14 Nov. 
1779; John, b. 11 June 1745, grad. II. C. 1765, m. Sally, dau. of James 
Brown of Wore, pub. 26 Dec. 1784, rem. before 25 Mar. 1785 to Wore, was 
styled "major," and d. 1796. David the f. grad. Y. C. 1730, was or- 
dained as the first pastor of the church in Hard wick 17 Nov. 1736, and d. in 
office 6 Jan. 1784, a. nearly 74; he was a thoroughly good man, but by no 
means brilliant. His w. Susanna d. 17 July 17S3, a. 69, and her memory was 
blessed by all who survived her, as both brilliant and good. The parsonage, 
or "minister's lot," was half a mile northerly from the meeting-house, at the 
place marked " E. Cutler" on the R. ^lap; it contained two hundred acres 
of land, and included the farms afterwards owned by Dr. William Cutler and 
Mr. Timothy Hathaway. Mr. White sold this estate in 1777, and bought a 
house a few rods north of the Common (with 35 acres of land), at or near the" 
place marked " P. Hammond " on the R. Map, where he died. 

shrewd remarks in rlivme. For example: But if your miglitiness' divine 

on one occasion wlien the wife of one of liis For liiglier good design her, 

friends was givini; free vent to her impa- Into your hands, at anv time, 

, ^ '• 1 1 1 J u- I 'm ready to refign her. ' 

tience and vexation, he gravely asked his •' = 

friend what lie thought of Doctor Hum- -fo which liis friend replied, "I think he 
grum's prayer: spoke like a Christian and a man of sense 

" Ye Godi!, ye gave to me a wife, ,'„ , „ ^ c l\ • c _m 

Out of your wonted favor, ^ foj- * m"re full account of this family, 

To b3 the comfort of my life, see Judd s Ihst. of liadlet/, pp. 594-590. 

And 1 was glad to have her, "^ Memnriats of Elder John White and of 

his Desctndants. 



538 WPIITE — WICKER. 

3. Thomas Wells, s. of David (2), m. Naoma Wood of Nortlifield, pub. 
14 Oct. 1764, and had in Hardwick. David, b. 4 Dec. 17G5; Thovwx, b. 26 July 
1767; Tliendosia, b. 19 Au^. 1769; Naoma, b. 13 Sep. 1771; Rhoda, b. 17 Oct. 
1773; Salhh b. 11 Feb. 1776 ; and in Barnard, Susanna,h. 28 Dec. 1780: Han- 
nah and John, twins, b. 13 Jan. 1783; Olcott, b. 9 Jan. 17S6; Samuel, h. 1 
Nov. 1788. All these chil. married, and their numerous descendants are scat- 
tered throunrh Vermont, New York, and Ohio. Thomas Wells the f. (jrad. 
H. C. 1759, tauorht school and kept a store in Hardwick, was town clerk eight 
years, and assessor four years, until Sep. 1777, when he resigned both offices. 
About this time he rem. to Barnard, Vu, and on the organization of that town, 
9 Ap. 1778, he was elected its first town clerk and held that office several 
years. " In 1799 he removed to Ohio, and settled in Roxbury, now Water- 
ford, Washington Co., where he lived with his son David, and died there 3 Sep. 
1815." Mem. of Elder John White, etc. ' 

4. John, Jr., lineage not ascertained, by w. Abigail, had Thomas, h. 27 Oct. 
1787; Abigail, b. 3 Ap. 1789. 

5. Elias, of Barre, m. Hope, dau. of Sylvanus Cobb, 2 Oct. 1789, and had 
(born here) Liici/ W., b. about 1791, m. Perley Blanchard of N. Br. 31 Dec. 
1812, and d. at Brk. 19 Ap. 1875 ; Betsey, b. 15 Jan. 1793, m. Jonah Howe 21 
Sep. 1812; Noah W., h. 9 July 1795 ; Frederick; b. 7 May 1797; George M., 
b. 1 May 1805, d. 19 Sep. 1833. Elias the f. d. 22 Aug. 1810, a. 50 ; his w. 
Hope d. 29 June 1860, a. 91. 

6. Noah W., s. of Elias (5), m. Anna Lawrence 5 Nov. 1826, and had a 
dau. b. 22 Sep. 1845, and prob. others. He d. at Brk. 1 July 1872, a. 77; his 
w. Anna d. 24 Jan. 1868, a. 65. 

7. JosiAH, m. Helen J. Granger 26 May 1863, and had George Anson, b. 21 
May 1864; Man/ Frances, b. 18 May 1867; Hattie Virginia, b. 5 Oct. 1869; 
Charles Williajnl h. 27 Feb. 1872, d. 19 Oct. 1876. 

Sarah, m. John Perkins 23 July 1777. John, m. Polly Clark 19 Nov. 
1795. Dr. Joseph, m. Beersheba Jenney of New Bedford, pub. 30 June 1799, 
Noah, of Barre, m. Mivina, dau. of Sylvanus Cobb, 8 Feb. 1807; she d. at 
Barre, 10 Oct. 1850, a. 64, Lauriston, m. Elizabeth O. Felton of N. Br., 
pub. 20 June 1855. Mary Anx, m. Charles B. Conant of Springf., 18 May 
1864. Caroline, m. Isaac S. Bemis of Pittsford, Vt., 24 May 1866, Mitch- 
ell m. Mary A. Laro 1 Jan, 186 7, William, m. Rose Bennett 28 Aug. 1871. 

Whiting, Erenezer, m. Abigail Bryant, pub. — Sep 1797, and had Isa- 
bella, b. in Williamsburg 4 Sep. 1798, m. Southworth Jenkins Mann, pub. 19 
Nov. 1827, and d. 31 May 1869; also (born here) Lucius, h. 18 Dec. 1800, d, 
unm. 1 Jan. 1833; Calvin, b. 28 May 1803, d. unm. 25 Feb. 1829; Joseph War- 
ren, b, 24 Ap, 1805, d, unm. 1 June 1834; Olive Packard, b, 1 May 1807, m. 
Walter Mandell 30 Nov. 1837, d. s. p. 29 July 1838; Lemuel, b. 13 Nov. 1809, 
d, unm. at BuflPalo, N. Y., 15 Jan. 1835. Ebenezer the f. was a bricklayer, 
and d. 6 July 1811, a. 42 ; his w. Abigail m. Jesse Paige 20 May 1812, and d. 
29 July 1856, a. 79. 

Abigail, m. Stephen Morton 15 Ap. 1805. Calvin, d. 24 Ap. 1803, a. 16. 
Widow Abigail, d. 6 Feb. 1818, a, 74, These were prob. the sister, brother, 
and mother of Ebenezer. 

Wicker, Jacob, " m. Abiah Washburn, sister of Col. Seth, 1747, and 
moved to Hardwick," (Washburn's Hist. Leicester, p, 408.) She d, here 30 
June 1812, a. 86. 

2, James (perhaps from Leicester), by w. Martha, had Lucinda, b. 22 Oct, 
1773; Patty, b. 3 Ap. 1775; Joel, b. 1 Oct. 1779; Betsei/, h. 8 Ap. 1781; So- 
phia, h. 6 Ap, 1 783, 

3, William, prob. s. of Jacob (1), m. Susanna Parker of Paxton, pub. 23 
Feb, 1772, and had Jacob, h. 20 Feb. 1773; Susanna, b. 7 Sep. 1774, m. Seth 
Willis 12 Oct. 1794; John, h. 18 Aug. 1776; Lavina, b. 7 Feb. 1779, m. Wil- 
liam Bassett, Jr., 28 Nov. 1799; Pliny, h. 23 Ap. 1781; Lemuel, h. 9 July 
1783; Ira, b. 26 July 1785; William, b. 22 Ap. 1788; Lucy, b. 9 Oct. 1790, 
m, Justus Jenney 19'Feb. 1811 ; Mclinda, b. 2 Aug, 1796. 

4, John, s. of William (3), m. Priscilla Collins 15 Nov, 1803, and had 
Charles Augustus, b, 3 Sep, 1804 ; Daniel Wright, b. 28 Feb. 1806, 



WICKER — WILLIS. 639 

5. Lkmuf.l, s. of William (3), m. Mary P., dau. of Moses Hunt, 15 Jan. 
1811; she d. 14 Oct. 1812, and he m. Sarah, dan. of (;eor<j;e Haskell, 5 Oct. 
1813. His chil. were Marji, bap. 12 Oct. 1812, d. 28 Oct. 1812, a. 3 months ; 
Cijrust Washburn, bap. 9 Oct. 1814. Lemuki. the f. rem. to Bridport, Vt., 
soon after 1814. 

6. luA, s. of William (3), settled at Bridport, Vt., m. ]\Iary, dan. of George 

Haskell, 1 Oct. 1812, and had Lydla Emeline, b. , d. here 31 Jan. 1818, a. 

1 year. 

Luther, m. Catherine Johnson, pub. 10 June 1780. Mary (or IMercy), 
dan. of Frederick and Susan, m. Abner Gillin, pub. 20 Dec. 1813, and d. at 
W^are, 20 Jan. 1865, a. 80. Eunice, ni. Barnabas Snow, ])ub. 3 Feb. 1817. 
JosEFH, d. 10 Dec. 1705, a. 26. Widow Susanna, d. 20 Ann;. 1800, a. 47. 

Wiley, Albert L., m. Ellen M., dau. of Harrison (J. O. Monroe, 2 June 

1865, and had Nelly (or Nettie), b. 1866, d. 11 Nov. 1872, a. G; Lura 

Augusta, b. 12 Ap. 1870; Harry L.,h. 27 May 1873, d. 6 June 1873; Nelly 
Amelia, h. 27 Julv 1874 ; Albert L., b. 2 July 1H77; Edward Everett, b. 30 Dec. 
1880. 

Willard, Josiah, bv w. Dinah, had Martha, b. 22 May 1762. 

Willis, Samuel, of "Dartmouth, m. Mehetabel Gifford 24 Mar. 1712-13, 
and had Elialim, b. 9 Jan. 1713-14, grad. H. C. 1735, elected pastor of the 
church in Maiden 16 Oct. 1751, and d. in office 14 Mar. 1801, a. nearly 88; 
Hannah, b. 20 Jan. 1715-16; Benjamin, b. 13 May 1718; Zcrviah, b. 23 June 
1720; Abigail, b. 31 Jan. 1721-2, d. 8 Ap. \122;Jabez, b. 12 Oct. 1723, d. 13 
Jan. 1723-4 ; Samuel, b. 6 Jan. 1724-5; Ebenezer, b. 23 Oct. 1726 ; Mehetabel, 
b. I July 1729; Jireh, b. 26 Sep. 1731. Samuel the f. was a colonel and 
justice of the peace, and was admitted as an associate proprietor of Hardwick, 
27 Dec. 1732. 

2. Benjamin, s. of Samuel (1), m. Hannah, dau. of Samuel Spooner, 30 
Mar. 1743; and had' in Dartm. Rebecca, b. 20 Mar. 1743-4, m. James Wing 
13 Aug. 1772, anil d. 21 Oct. 1823; Lemuel, b. 30 Ap. 1745; Abigail, b. 17 
July 1746, m. Ebenezer Childs of N. Sal. 26 Dec. 1760 ; Hannah, b. 29 Oct. 
1748, ni. Joseph AVeeks 10 ]\Lay 1775; also (I)orn here) Mehetabel, b. 27 Nov. 
1750, m. Lemuel Brvant of Wardsboro', Vt., 27 Oct. 1793, and d. here 30 July 
1797 ; Mary, b. 29 Ap. 1752, m. Nathan Swift of Barre 8 Sep. 1773; Zerviah, 
b. 1 ]\Iay 1754, m. John Keith 21 Oct. 1782. Ben.jamin the f. was a farmer 
and captain, rem. here from Dartm. 1748, res. near Barre, and d. about 1756 ; 
his w. Hannah d. 6 Feb. 1812, a. 92. 

3. Lemuel, s. of Benjamin (2), m, Rebecca, dau. of Lemuel Berry, 27 May 
17 71, but had no children. He was for many years an innliolder on the 
turnpike, three quarters of a mile northerly from the Common, at the place 
marked "Dr. Wardwell " on the R. Map. He was a selectman two years, 
assessor sixteen years, and town clerk nineteen years. In his old age he found 
it necessary to receive alms from the town which he had served so long and 
so faithfiully. He d. 25 Ap. 1829, a. 84; his w. Rebecca d. 16 Ap. 1826, 
a. 78. 

4. Ebenezer, of Middleborough, was adm. to the church there 25 July 
1758; he m. Mary Jackson, who d. here 5 July 1810, a. 74, and he in. Rebecca 
Lane of Gr., pub. 13 May 1811. His chil. were Ebenezer; John; Seth; 

Mary (d. before 1810); Hannah, m. Jabez Green of Lincoln 1786; 

Kezia, m. Samuel L. Robinson 20 June 1793, and d. 13 July 1856, a. 80. 
Ebenezer the f. rem. here before 9 Sep. 1781, when he became a member of 
the church, and was elected deacon 12 May 1785. He res. on the road to 
Enfield, and d. 5 Feb. 1813, a. 78. 

5. Seth, s. of Ebenezer (4), m. Susanna, dau. of William Wicker, 12 Oct. 
1794, and had John, b. 6 Nov. 1795; Joseph, b. 14 Jan. 1797; Lavina, b. 5 

July 1798; Thomas Jefferson, b. 11 Jan. 1800; William Wicker, b. , d. 

12 May 1812, a. 9 riionths; an infant, d. 14 June 1815, a. 4 days. Seth the 
f. was deacon of the Baptist Church from 1801 to 1811, and res. with or near 
his father. 

6. James R., parentage not ascertained, by w. Malvina, had Leander, b. 27 
Jan. 1848. 



540 WILLIS — WING. 

7. James M., by w. Hannah M., had Eliza S., h. 28 Sep. 1849; Frank Wll- 
lard, h. 10 Sep. 1851; Delia Maria, b. 31 Liar. 1853. 

8. DiMMiCK, Jr., m. Mary E. Marsh, pub. 2 J^ov. 1851, and had Willard 
Francis, h. 8 Ap. 1852. His w. Mary E. d. 15 Oct. 18G0, a. 32. 

Edmund, was pub. to Mercy Fuller of Oakham 26 Feb. 1775, and again 
23 Feb. 17 77; recommended to the church in AVoodstock, Vt., 30 July 1789. 
Olivp:, m. James Ilawkes of Pet. 7 Mar. 1776. Silas, Jr., m. Ruth Wright 
of Brk., pub. 29 Nov. 1778. Hanxah, m. Atvvood Aiken 9 Dec. 1779. 
Adam. m. Ann Finton of N. Br. 14 Dec. 1785. Betsey, m. Moses Hawkes 
of N. Br. 11 Oct. 1787. Thomas, m. Anna Rice 16 Nov. 1800. Haxxah, 
ni. Dr. Elliott B(;ckvvith, pub. 2 Mar. 1812. Dr. William H., m. Abigail A. 
Sabin of Bel. pub. 17 Sep. 1842. 

Wilson, John, by w. Lilly, had Alexander, b. 3 Feb. 1742-3; Oliver, b. 
14 Jan. 1744-5; /o/in, bap. 21 Dec. 174G; Sarah, bap. 2 Ap. 1749; David, 
bap. 24 Feb. 1 754. John the f. 2)rob. res. on the east side of the river, now 
New Braintree. 

2. Robert, by w. Matilda, had Ann Maria, b. 2 Dec. 1855. 

Caleb, m. Polly Flagg 6 Oct. 1791. Patty, m. James Lawton 12 Ap. 
1804. Hannah W., of Southbridge, m. Elder Joseph Glazier, pub. 11 Ap. 
1834. Mary Ann, dau. of Charles, d. 7 Dec. 1838, a. 2. 

AViNCHESTER, Benjamin, of Grafton (perhaps previously of Roxbury), 
executed his will 25 Dec. 1758, proved 1 July 1762, iu which he named Vife 
Elizabjeth, and chil. Thomas, Benjamin, Joshua (deceased), Joseph, Sarah, 
Anna, and Mary. The sons Thomas and Benjamin had already rem. to 
Hard wick. 

2. Thomas, s. of Benjamin (1), by w. Mary, had Moses, b. 5 Sep. 1749 
m. Margery Forbush 9 Mar. 1780, d. 11 Mar. 1831; Thomas, b. 1 Sep. 1751 
d. 24 Ap. 1753; il/ar^, b. 10 Ap. 1753, m. Elijah Washburn 1 Jan. 1778 
Prudence, h. 10 Oct. 1755, m. Oliver Bailey of Cummington 3 June 1779 
Elizabeth, b. 14 Mar. 1760, m. Theodorus Forbes of Wilmington 22 Jan. 1781 
Thomas, b. 9 Dee. 1763. Thomas the f. d. 10 Jan. 1787, a. 65; his w. Mary 
d. 29 Sep. 1803, a. 82. 

3. Benjamin, s. of Benjamin (1), m. Sarah, dau, of Deac. Joseph Allen, 
19 Feb. 1761, and had Prudence, b. 17 Oct. 1762, m. Jonas Allen (then of 
Sutton) 15 Feb. 1781, d. here 19 Dec. 1797; Sarah, h. 16 Aug. 1767, m. Jonas 
Allen 29 Aug. 1798, d. 10 May 1802; Benjamin, b. 2 Dec. 1769. Ben.jamin 
the f. d. suddenly, while on a journey, at the house of his brother in Grafton, 
6 Jan. 1771, a. about 45. 

4. Joshua, s. of Benjamin (1), by w. Mary, had Sarah, b. 17 Aug. 1753, 
Joshua tlie f. d. before 25 Dec. 1758. 

5. Thomas, s. of Thomas (2), m. Patience Dennis 23 Dec. 1787, and had 
Anson, b. — Nov. 1788, d. 22 Ap. 1790; Anson, b. 3 Doc. 1790; prob. Thomas 
Elliott, b. about 1792, and bap. (adult) 2 Ap. 1820 ; David, b. — Mar. 1795, 
d. 12 Nov. 1796. Thomas the f. d. about 1812; his w. Patience d. 5 Oct, 
1809, a. 40, 

6. Benjamin, s. of Benjamin (3), m. Rebecca, dau. of James Wing, 31 
May 1801, and had Russell, b. 25 Feb. 1802; Hiram, b. 8 Dec. 1803 ; Ben- 
jamin Franklin, b. 9 Mar. ISIO;'' Rebecca Wing, b. 30 Jan. 1814, d. 29 Oct. 

1814; Caroline, h. 30 Aug. 1816. 

7. Anson, s. of Thomas (5), m. Harriet, dau. of Elijah Carpenter, 2 Sep. 
1812, and had Thomas Dennis, b. 22 July 1813; Moses Dwight, b. 13 Oct. 
1815; Elijah Carpenter, b, 15 Sep. 1817; "Elliott, h. 22 Mar. 1821; Lewis, b. 
10 July 1823; Lucius, h. 14 Mar. 1826. Anson the f. was elected deacon 
of the church 10 Mar. 1824, and rem. to Mendon, N. Y., about 1830. 

Wing, James, had w. Ruth, who d. about 1771, and he m. Rebecca, dau. 
of Capt. Benjamin AVillis, 13 Aug. 1772. His chil. were Sarah, b. 16 Feb. 
1761, m. Elijah Carpenter 1 Feb. 1784, d. 10 Jan. 1842; Luci/, b. 26 Nov. 
1763, ni. Nathan Chandler of Rochester, Vt., pub. 16 Ap. 1786; Kezin, b. 19 
Sep. 1765, m. Daniel Allen 20 Jan. 1791, and (2d) David Barnard of Shel- 
burne, pub. 1 May 1815; Nathaniel, h. 3 Oct. 1767, prob. d. young; Isaac, b. 



WING — WINSLOW. 541 

14 June 17 70, prob. settled in Rochester, Vt., and m. Betsey, dau. of David 
Allen, 24 Jan. 1793; James, b. 5 July 1773, ni. Hannah Wetherbee of Pet. 11 
Ap. 1799; Benjamin, b. 22 Oct. 1774, ni. Rebecca Lee of Barre, pub. 9 Feb. 
ISOl; Itulh, h. 28 July 1776, d. unm. at Sprinixf. 2 Nov. 1854; Rebecca, bap. 

4 July 1779, ni. Benjamin Winchester 31 INIay 1801; Molh/, bap. 1 7 June 
1781; John, bap. 29 June 1783; Enoch and Lina shared in the division of 
their father's estate 22 Ap. 1796. Jamks the f. res. on the turnpike, about a 
mile and three quarters from the Common, at the place marked " Ruth 
Wing" on the R. Map, where he d. 8 Jan. 1791 ; his \v. Rebecca d. 21 Oct. 
1823, a. 79, having received aid from the town for several years. 

Roger, of Williamsburg, m. Polly Dennis 24 May 1790; she d. here 17 
Aug. 1790, a. 18. 

WiNSi.ow, Kenelm, s. of Edward, and brother of Governor Edward of 
Plymouth, was born in Droitwich, Worcestershire, England, 29 Ap. 1599, and 
came to New England prob. in 1629; he res. in Plymouth until about 1641, 
when he rem. to Marshfield. He m. Ellen, wid. of John Adams, and prob. 

dau. of Newton, — June 1634, and had Kenelm, b. about 1636; Ellen, b. 

about 1638, ra. Samuel Baker 1656, and d. 27 Aug. 1676; Natlmniel, b. 

about 1639 ; Job, b. about 1641. Kexelm the f. was a farmer and joiner. 
He represented Marshfield in the General Court eight years, and held sundry 
minor oilices. He d. at Salem (where he had perhaps resorted for medical 
aid, having long been sick) 12 Sep. 1672, a. 73. His w. Ellen d. at ]\larshf. 

5 Dec. 1681, a.\S3. 

2. Kenklm, s. of Kenelm (1), settled in what is now Brewster, m. Mercy, 
dau. of Peter Warden of Yarmouth ; she d. 22 Sep. 1688, " in the 48th year 

of her age," and he m. Damaris , who survived him. His cliii. were 

Kenelm, b. about 1667, d. at Harwich (Brewster) 20 Mar. 1728-9, a. 61; 
Josiah, b. 7 Nov. 1669, a captain, d. at Freetown 3 Ap. 1761 ; llioinaa, b. 
about 1672, d. 6 Ap. 1689, a. 16; Samuel, b. about 1674; Mercy, b. about 
16 76, m. Melatiah White of Rochester, and (2d) Thomas Jenkins of Barn- 
stable before 22 Dec. 1715; Nathaniel, b. about 1678, res. in Rochester, Little 
Compton, and Middleborough, and rem. to Maine; Edward, b. 30 Jan. 1681; 

Damaris, b. , m. Jonathan Small of Harwich 30 July 1713 ; Elizabeth, b. 

, m. Andrew Clark of Harwich 9 Aug. 1711; Eleanor, b. , m. Shuliael 

Hamlin of Barnstable 25 Mar. 1719; John, b. about 1701, a deacon of the 
church in Rochester, wliere he d. about 1755. Kexelm the f. d. 11 Nov. 
1715 "in the 79th year of his age," and his head-stone stands in a cemetery 
near his homestead, but within tlie easterly border of Dennis. 

3. Nathaniel, s. of Kenelm (1), m. Faith, dau. of Rev. John INIiller 3 Aug. 
16()4, and had Faith, b. 19 June 1665; Nathaniel, b. 29 July 1667; James, b. 
16 Aug. 1669; Gilbert, b. 11 July 1673; Kenelm, b. 22 Sep. 1675; Eleanor, b. 
2 July 1677, m. John Jones; Josiah,h. 21 July 1681, buried 16 May 1682; 
John, b. 13 Jan. 1683-4. Nathaniel the f. inherited the Marshfield home- 
stead, was a captain, and representative in the General Court four years. He 
d. 1 Dec. 1719, a. 80; his w. Faith d. 9 Nov. 1729, a. 84. 

4. Job, s. of Kenelm (1), by w. Ruth, had WUliam, b. , d. s. p. shortly 

before 8 Mar. 1757, when his will was proved; Richard, b. , a physician, 

d. 1727 or 1728; James, b. 9 May 1687; Mary, b. 1 Ap. 1689, prob. d. "young; 

George, b. 2 Jan. 1690-1; Jonathan, b. 22 Nov. 1692; Joseph, b. ; John, b. 

20 Feb. 1694-5; Elizabeth, b. , m. John Marshall. Job the f. settled in 

Swansey, where his house was burned by the Indians at the commencement of 
Philip's War; he then rem. to Freetown, where he was selectman in 1686, town 
clerk in 1690, and representative in 1686 and 1692. He was also lieutenant 
of militia, and d. 14 July 1720, a. about 80; his w. Ruth survived. 

5. Samuel, s. of Kenelm (2), in. Bethia Ilolbrook of Scituate 26 Sep. 1700; 

she d. , and he m. IMercy King of Scituate 11 Nov. 1703; she d. 16 Feb. 

1733, and he was pub. to Ruth Briggs 15 Sep. 1739. His chil. were Merci/, b. 
16 Aug. 1705, m. James Whitcomb 15 Aug. 1721, and d. 20 Sej). 1726; Eliza- 
beth, b. 29 Jan. 1706-7; Ann, b. 12 Feb. 1708-9, m. Roland Hammond, pub. 1 
May 1731 ; Thomas, b. 7 June 1711; Kenelm, b. 20 Feb. 1712-13; Judith, b. 8 



542 WINSLOW. 

July 171G. Samuel the f. was early styled cordwainer, afterwards yeoman, 
res. in Roch., and was deacon of the chureh as early as 1710. He was livinor 
18 June 1750, and prob. soon afterwards followed his sons to Hardwick. 

6. Edward, s. of Kenelni (2), by w. Sarah, had Edward, b. 6 Nov. 1703, a 
farmer and captain, inherited the homestead, m. Hannah, dau, of his uncle 
Kenelm VVinslovv of Harwich, 14 Dec. 1728; she d. 23 Sep. 1745, and he m. 
Rachel, dau. of his uncle Josiah Winslow of Freetown, 1 May 1746; she d. 28 
Dec. 1766, and he m. Mrs. Hannah Winslow of Uigbton, pub. 9 Aug. 1767; he 
d. 7 May 1780 (his dau. Hannah, b. 6 May 1740, m. John Paige of Hardwick, 
pub. 24 Dec. 1764); Mehetahel, b. 6 May 1705, m. Col. Thomas Winslow, son 

of her uncle, Kenelm Winslow of Harwich, 12 Feb. 1722-3; Sarah, b. 

1707, m. Thomas Lincoln, who d. in Rochester 15 June 1730, and she m. James 
Whitcomb 31 ]May 1731, rem. to Western (Warren), and was living there 28 
Feb. 1771; Lydia, b. 8 Sep. 1709, m. Deac James Foster 10 July 1729, and 
d. at Roch. 7 Jan. 17 70 (her dau. Mary, b. 11 Ap. 1732, m. Col. Timothy Paige 
of Hardwick 24 Oct. 1754, and d. at N. Br. 21 July 1825, a. 93); iMercij, b."l 
Sep. 1712, m. Chillings worth Foster, Esq., of Harwich (Brewster) 10 Oct. 
1 730, and d. 25 Jan. 1 757 ; Thankful, b. 2 Ap. 1715, m. Josephus Hammond 10 
Ap. 1735, and d. before 2 Oct. 1758. Edwakd the f. res. in Roch., was a 
farmer, and engaged in "the making and forging of iron;" he was selectman,* 
town clerk, town treasurer, justice of the peace and of the quorum; he was 
also major of militia, and was generally designated by his military title. He 
d. 25 June 1760; his w. Sarah d. 11 Oct. 1767, a. 85. 

7. Thomas, s. of Samuel (5), m. Rebecca Ewer of Barnstable 27 June 1734, 
and had in Roch. Samuel, b. 6 Ap. 1735; Mercy, b. 19 Aug. 1736, prob. m. 
Jonathan Farr 19 Jan. 1757; Rebecca, b. 23 Jan. 1737-8, m. Dr. Challis Sadbrd 
10 July 1755 ; Shuhael, b. 20 Sep. 1739, a soldier in the French War; Tliomas, 
b. 11 July 1741 ; Judith, b. 19 Mar. 1743, m. Eilward Goodspeed 19 Oct. 1764; 
Nathaniel, b. 6 Oct. 1744 ; Thankful, b. 4 May 1746, d. young; Hannah, b. 19 
Jan. 1748, prob. m. Benjamin Fish of Gr. 15 Aug. 1770; Kenelm, b. 5 Ap. 
1749; Thankful, b. 2 Sep. 1750; Jonathan, h. 3 May 1752; and at Hardwick, 
Bethia, bap. 18 Nov. 1753; Lucy, bap. 25 May 1755; John, bap. 15 Oct. 1758. 
Thomas the f. rem. from Rochester to Hk. about 1752, and at a later period 
to Pomfret, Vt., where he d. 13 Mar. 1782; his w. Rebecca d. 22 Oct. 1787, 

8. Kknelm, s. of Samuel (5), m. Elizabeth Clapp of Roch. 21 June 1734, 
and had Kenelm, b. 19 Ap. 1735, d. young; Elizabeth, b. 4 May 1737, m. Philip 

Spooner of Pet. 25 Dec. 1755; Ann, h. 29 July 1739, m. Dalrymple; 

Mary, b. 14 Oct. 1741, m. Whitney; Susanna, b. 8 Ap. 1743, m. 

Peckham; Kenelm, b. 1 1 Dec. 1746; Ebenezer, b. 8 Sep. 1749; John Clapp, b. 
27 Mar. 1752, prob. d. young; lihoda, b. 25 Jan. 1754, m. Whitney; Dor- 
cas, h. 10 May 1756, d. young; Dorcas, b. 7 Nov. 1758. The names of all the 
children, except the first, are entered on the Hardwick records ; but most of 
them were prob. b. in Rochester, from which place Kkxelm the f. rem. to Hk. 
about 1749, and res. on the easterly road to Gilbertville between the present 
residence of Capt. Orin Trow and Mr. Charles Mandell. About 1758 he rem. 
to Pet., and was an inn-keeper many years. In his will, dated 5 A[). 1775, 
and proved 5 May 1777, his wife Elizabeth and eight children, are men- 
tioned. 

9. Samuel, s. of Thomas (7), m. Martha Goodspeed of Barns. 12 June 
1760, and had Ebenezer, b. 23 Ap. 1761 ; Elizabeth, b. 1 Mar. 1763. Samuel 
the f. soon afterwards rem. from Hardwick, had several more children, and d. 
at Pomfret, Vt., 20 Oct. 1800; his w. Martha d. 9 Mar. 1813, a. 74. 

10. Seth, grandson of Nathaniel (3), and s. of James who d. at Rochester 
about 1733, was b. at Plymouth in 1699, m. Abigail Whittredge 23 Oct. 1729,- 
and had at Rochester Nathaniel, b. 18 Aug. 1731; Mary, b. 18 Oct. 1733, 
prob. m. James Fay, Jr., 18 Mar. 1756 ; Seth, b. 20 Feb. 1735, a soldier in the 
French War, and also in the W^ar of the Revolution, and perhaps the same who 
m. Mary Church of Gr. 23 Nov. 17 75 ; he was living here 11 Nov. 1794, when 
he sold land formerly belonging to his father; James, b. 1 June 1740; also 
(born here) Hannah^ b. 9 July 1744; Balhsheba, b. 20 June 1747, d. 25 Mar. 



WINSLOW — WOOD. 543 

1748; Bathshebn, b. Ap. 1749, d. IG Ap. 1749; Thomas, b. 18 July 1750; 
Churity, b. 27 Ap. 1752, in. Darius Rice of Gr. 7 Dec. 1780; Job, bap. 11 Aug. 
1754, in. Margart't Cooley of Gr. 27 July 1780; Sarah, b. 9 Sep. 1755, ni. 
James Cleland of Gr. 19 Aug. 17 79. Sktii the f. was a brazier, came here 
about 1744, and res. on the road leading from llug'^les Hill to the Mandell 
place on tlie turnpike. 

11. EzKA (a descenihmt from Job (4), through Richard of Freetown, b. 
about 1G85, and Hezekiah of Freetown, b. 9 Dec. 1713), was b. 10 J\Iay 1751, 
m. Rosamond, dau. of Thomas Spooner of New London, and had Thomax, b. 

; Susan, h. , m. Abel Babbitt; Alice, bap. 16 Nov. 1777, m. Clark 

Dexter 16 Oet. 1796; Joseph, bap. 27 Aug. 1780; Ezra, bap. 16 Mar. 1783, a 

joiner, d. at Wai-e 27 Mar. 1857; Rosamond, b. 1785, d. 13 Sep. 1803, a. 

18, reputed to have been very beautiful and amiable; George Rex, b. • 

1788, a blacksmith, d. at Ware 30 Oct. 1862. Ezra the f. came to Hk. about 
17 76, and res. between the two roads to Gilbertville, at the place marked 
*'J. Monroe "on the R. Map. He was thrown from a horse and killed 12 
Aug. 1789; his w. Rosamond m. Richard Ransom of Woodstock, Vt., pub. 26 
Nov. 1801. 

12. Job, prob. brother of Ezra (11), m. Lydia IMelvin (or Melville), and had 
Timothy, Job, Melvin, Nancy (d. 13 Ap. 1790, a. 7), and Jane, all bap. 30 Aug. 

1789. The mother, styled a widow, rem. to Barnard, Vt., before 28 Oct. 
1810. 

13. Joseph W., by w. Sarah Jane, had Edwin, b. 16 Nov. 1872; George 
Frederick, b. 7 Feb. 18 74, d. young; Georqe Frederick, b. 24 Feb. 1875; Alice L, 
b. 26 Dec. 1878; Ralph Henry, b. 2 Oct.' 1880, and d. 30 Aug. 1881. 

Han'Xah, of Gr., m. Thomas Ruggles 19 July 1778. Ahigaii., m. Abisha 
Rice of Gr. 20 Feb. 1782. Joanxa, m. Phineas Meigs of Sunderland 3 Aug. 
1783. Rebecca, of Barre, m. Mosses Hunt, Jr., pub. 20 Oct. 1805. Dolly, 
of Ware, m. Reuel Terry, pub. 15 Dec. 1810. Claramond, m. John Hatha- 
way, pub. 10 Nov. 1823. Setu, of Barre, m. Mrs. Mary Allen, pub. 22 Oct. 
1826. David L., of Barre, m. Mercy H. Dexter 22 Mar. 1837. 

Winter, James, of Shutesbury, m. Lucia Aiken 6 Dec. 1826. William, 
m. Olive Hudson 5 June 1831. Clarissa, m. Danforth Trask, pub. 23 Mar. 
1833. Mkli.xda H., m. Joel Dwight Mandell, pub. 28 June 1851. Olive 
A., ni. Elijah H. ]\Lu>h of Montague 24 July 1862. 

WiXTERBOTioM, George, by w. Eu])hemia, had Euphemia, b. 21 Sep. 
1872; Alice, h. T Sep. 1873; John, b. 20 Dec. 1874; Eva, b. 12 Jan. 1880, d. 
25 Aug. 1880. 

Annie, m. Edward Parker, Jr., 1 Nov. 1877. Thojias, m. Mary L. C. 
PeltetTere Dec. 1881. 

Wiswell, Joseph, by w. Emily, had Joseph, b. 30 Sep. 1864. 

j\Irs. Susan (dau. of Samuel Bartholomew), d. 11 Feb. 1869, a. 80, or 81. 

AVooD (or Woods), David, m. jNIarlha \Vheeler of Marlb., pub. 11 Feb. 
1743-4, and Xxmi Mary, b. 10 Nov. 1745; Benjamin, b. 20 Sep. 1747; Persis, 
h. 25 June 1749; Barid, bap. 6 Feb. 1753. 

2. Joseph, by w. Tabitha, had Moses and Oline, both bap. 14 Sep. 1746. 

3. James, ra. Anne Stephens of Marlb., pub. 5 Oct. 1747, and had Lydia, 
h. 16 Sep. 1748; Sarah, bap. 3 Feb. 1750-1. 

4. Jacob, by w. •, had Josiah and Esther, both bap. 14 Auij. 1749. 

5. William, m. Polly Nye 15 Nov. 1798, and had Mary, b. 14 Aug. 1799; 
William Merrick, b. 17 Aug. 1801. 

6. Hiram M., m. Susan A. Brimliall 18 Aug. 1840, and had Mary Jane, 
b. 13 Aug. 1843; Abby Almira, b. 18 July 1851. 

7. Liberty, by w. Alice, had Horace Taylor, b. 5 Feb. 1848; Mary Eliza, 
b. 14 Ap. 1850. 

8. Charles, m. Sarah C. Spooner 21 Aug. 1851, and had John Grover, b. 
23 June 1858. 

9. Patrick, by w. Rose Ann, had James, b. 19 Feb. 1873. 

Naoma, of Northlield, m. Thomas Wells White, pub. 14 Oct. 1 764. Aaron, 
of Gr., m. Sarah Bridge 1786. Lydia, of N. Br., m. David Allen 22 



544 WOOD — AVYATT. 

Jan. 1795. Nathaniel, m. Mrs. Elizabeth Stearns 17 Nov. 1805. Chand- 
ler, m. Polly Pike 19 Feb. 180(5. Mary, m. Samuel C/arlc of Pet. 13 Mar. 
1817. Patience G., m. Alfred W. Coffin of Palmer 15 Nov. 1831. LuciN- 
DA, m. Zenas H. Dexter 28 Aug. 1837. Loring F., of N. Br., m. Mary P. 
Webb, pub. 5 Sep. 1839. Eliza C, m. Aretas D. Gilbert of W. Brk., pub. 4 
May 1844. Sakah F., m. Asaliel B. Lamson, pub. 1 Dec. 1851. Harriet, 
of Enf., m. Sumner L. F. Dart, pub. 18 Feb. 1854. George, of N. Br., ra. 
E. Augusta Fay G Feb. 1862. Josephine, ni. Jefferson Murphy 31 Mar. 
1872. Charles W., of Wore, ni. Charlotte E. Wetherell 13 June 1872. 
Andrew, Jr., m. Mary Billings 2 Feb. 1873. Carrie E., m. Theodore 
Manning of Wore. 19 Jan. 1875. Nabby, w. of Nathaniel, d. 18 Sep. 1804, 
a. 28. AsAHEL (colored), d. llj Dec. 1822, a. 73. 

Woodbury, Mary, m. Eleazar Packard 9 June 1769. Molly, dan. of 
Hannah, bap. 16 Sep. 1770. 

Woodward, Stephen, of Pet., m. Molly Sibley 13 May 1777. Seth, of 
Pet., m. Ruth Ayers 25 Aug. 1778. Benjamin, m. Mrs. Molly Woodward 17 
Jan. 1783. Joel, of Pet., m. Nancy Comee 17 Aug. 179G. IIuldah, of Pet., 
m. Jonathan Robinson, pub. 30 Oct. 1808. Rebecca, of Ware, m. Edmund 
Rogers, pub. 24 Jan. 1820. IjVCY M., m. Henry H. Granger 30 Mar. 1837. 
Eleanor (a widow, prob. mother of Haldah, who m. Jonathan Robinson), d. 
20 Sep. 1817, a. 74. Eliza, of Ware, d. 10 Sep. 1831, a. 32. Andrew A., 
d. 5 July 1857, a. 6. 

WoRDEN, Abigail, of Pet., m. Joseph Goodell 15 Aug. 1780. Samuel, 
of Pet., m. Betsey Sibley 30 June 1785. 

Wright, James, m. Mary, dau. of John Hunt, 18 June 1766, and had 
Rhoda, bap. 15 Dec. 1777. His w. Mary d. 3 Oct. 1779, a. 33. 

2. Thomas Martin, brother of James (1), m. Elizabeth, dau. of Timothy 
Newton, 19 Dec. 17 76; she d. at Barnard, 22 (or 23) Sep. 1800, a. nearly 43, 
and he m. Sarah Black 2 Sep. 1801. His chil. were Orpha, b. 4 Mar. 1779; 
Elizabeth, b. 21 (or 22) Sep. 1780; and at Barnard, Surah, b. 15 Feb. 1783; 
James, h. 14 Aug. 1785; Asenath, b. 4 Mar. 1788. Thomas Martin the f. 
•was a Revolutionary soldier, rem. to Barnard about 1782, and d. there 22 
May 1839, a. 88. 

'? 3. Silas, brother of James (1), m. Mercy Hayford 15 Feb. 1781, and 
had Bathxhcha, b. 9 Aug. 1781. 

4. Gershom p., m. Arathusa M. Robinson of Barre, pub. 10 Feb. 1849, 
and had Aiioa Malvina, b. 6 Jan. 1850; Frank Phinney, b. 21 Sep. 1852. 

Mary, ni. Capt. Daniel Warner 31 May 1758. Azariah, of Westminster, 
m. Mary Safford 29 June 1762. Patience, mother of James (1), m. John 
Hunt 25 Dec. 1765. Huldah, s^ister of James (1), m. Southworth Jenkins, 
of Rut. Dist. (Barre), 15 Nov. 1770. Elihu, of Westminster, Vt., m. Betsey 
Wheeler 28 Nov. 1799. Joseph, m. Polly Phelps 4 Nov. 1852. Persis, m. 
Nathan W. Robinson 5 Jan. 1853. Charles, d. 18 Nov. 1797, a. 67. Thank- 
ful, w. of Gad, d. 1 Jan. 1852, a. 82. Gad (b. at Brk.), d. 21 or 22 Sep. 
1858, a. 84. 

Wrin, John, by w. Honora, had Honora, b. 25 Nov. 1858; Johanna, b. 22 
Dec. 1859 ; John, b. 27 Dec. 1861 ; Bridget, b. 1 Feb. 1864; Caroline, b. 5 June 
1868; William, h. 4 Dec. 1875. 

2. Humphrey, m. Maroaret Donahoe, pub. 11 Nov. 1859, and had Cor- 
7ieliii^, b. 26 May 1862; Patrick, b. 29 Ap. 1865; Johanna, b. 8 Oct. 1866; 
Michael, b. 5 Ap. 1868. 

3. John, by w. Julia, had jSIargaret, b. 31 Aug. 1864. 

4. John, by w. Catherine, had John, b. 13 June 1872; Charles, h. 8 Feb. 
1874 ; Delia, b. 4 Sep. 1877 ; George Francis, b. 1 Mar. 1880. 

Cornelius, m. Margaret Kelly, pub. 8 Nov. 1856. Bridget, m. Daniel. 
Breen, pub. 9 July 1862. Humphrey, m. Mary Buckley, pub. 5 Ap. 1864. 
Hannah (dau. of John), d. 15 Mar. 1859, a. 4 months. Corxelius (b. in Ire- 
land), d. 11 Jan. 1870, a. 50. ]\Iary (b. Ire.), d. unm. 17 Feb. 1871, a. 56. 
John (b. Jre.), d. 20 July 1873, a. 85. 

Wyatt, David, m. Drusilla Robinson of Barre 9 Jan. 1873. 



WYMAN — NOTE ON THE MIXTERS. 545 

Wyman, Amos IL, by w. Lucy L., had A7nos Hiram, b. 19 Aug. 1839 ; 
Henrrj Thomas, h. 27 Feb. 1841; Luc;/ Elvira, b. 3 (or 4) Sep. 1843; Sarah 
Jane, b. 19 Ap. 1850, m. Zenas W. Tolnian of Gr. 30 Sep. 18G6, and prob. 
(2d) Alanson Kamsdell 4 June 1874. Amos H.tlie f. d. 13 June 1882, a. 74. 

Thomas, d. 10 Feb. 1854, a. 78. Henry, d. 22 Oct. 1864, a. 23. 

Yarkixgtox, William N., m. Eleanor, dau. of Stephen Morton, 19 May 
1836; she d. 16 May 1855, a. 47. 



NOTE ON THE MIXTERS. 

The early (generations of the Mixter Family are displayed by Bond in his 
Watertown Genealogies. The name was formerly written Mixer. The 
line of descent to the Hardwick branch of the family, inadvertently omitted 
in its proper place, is here inserted : — 

Mixter (or Mixer), Isaac, "aged 31, w. Sarah, a. 33, and son Isaac, 
aged 4 years, embarked at Ipswich, Eng., for New England, Ap. 10 1634." 
He was "admitted freeman. May 2 1638." His chil. were Isaac, b. in Eng- 
land, 1630; Sarah, b. , m. John Stearns, and d. 4 June 1656. Isaac 

the f. res. in NVatertown, was selectman 1651 and 1655. He "owned one 
quarter of the vessel Diligent, then at sea, whereof John Shepherd, under 
God, was master." He d. between 8 May and 19 June 1655; his w. Sarah d. 
,24 Nov. 1681. 

2. Isaac, s. of Isaac (1), m. Mary Coolidge 19 Sep. 1655; she d. 2 Mar. 
1659-60, and he m. Rebecca Garfield 10 Jan. 1660-1 ; shod. 16 Mar. 1682-3, 

and he m. Mary, wid. of William French, Esq., 1687. His chil. were 

numerous: Mar;/, b. 18 May 1656, m. George Munnings; Sarah, h. 28 Oct. 
1657, m. Samuel Hagar; Rebecca, b. 9 Mar. 1661-2, m. Samuel Kendall; 
Isaac, b. about 1663; EUzaheth,h. 18 June 1665, d. 19 Mar. 1665-6; Joanna, 
b. 14 Dec. 1666, m. Joseph Harrington 7 Nov. 1688; John, b. 5 Mar. 1668-9; 
George, h. 20 Jan. 1670-1; ^%«//, b. — Nov. 1672, m. Samuel Howe 11 
Dec. 1690; Joseph, b. 9 Aug. 1674; Daniel, b. 12 Feb. 1675-6; Meheiahel, b. 
25 Jan. 167S, d. 22 Nov. 1678; Benjamin, b. 23 May 1679; Dorothi/, b. 2 Sep. 
1680, m. William Davis 12 Jan. 1710 ; David, b. 6 Aug. 1683. Isaac the f. 
" was selectman many times, 1673 to 1701, and town clerk 1692." He res. 
in Watertown, and d. 22 Nov. 1716, a. 86; his w. Mary "was living 1735, 
very ageil." 

3. Joseph, s. of Isaac (2), m. Anne Jones, and had Rebecca, b. 22 Feb. 
1704, d. 21 Mar. 1704; Joseph, b. 14 Dec. 1705; Sarah, b. 12 Mar. 1707-8, 
m. David Learned; Lydia, b. 10 June 1710, m. Thomas Warren; David, b. 
and d. in July 1713; Mary, b. 25 Oct. 1714, m. David Coolidge; Josiah, b. 
16 Nov. 1716; Anna, b. 14 Aug. 1719, m. Isaac Rice; Abigad, b. 26 June 
1721, m. Benjamin Bond. Joseph the f. res. in Watertown, was deacon of 
the church, and treasurer of the West Precinct. 

4. Josiaii, s, of Joseph (3) , m. ^lary Garfield, 7 Aug. 1 740 ; she d. , and 

he m. Mrs. Sarah Mead 10 Ap. 1754. His chil. were Mary, b. 5 June 1741; 
Samuel, h. 7 Aug. 1743 ; Josiah, b. 8 Ap. 1745, d. in Lincoln 3 Dec. 1815 ; Ann, 
b. 8 July 1747; Mary, b. 18 Oct. 1749; Sarah, b. 16 Dec. 1754, m. Jonathan 
Hagar; Persis, b. 6 Nov. 1756, m. John Perry; Eunice, b. 8 Mar. 1760, m. 
Alpheus Bigelow; Lois, b. 12 Sep. 1762, m. Thomas Livermore, and (2d) 
Thomas Sanderson; Elijah, h. d June 1764, d. 6 Oct. 1792; Lydia, b. 18 
Mar. 1766, ni. Joel Wellington; Daniel, b. 26 Ap. 1769. Josiaii the f. res. in 
Waltham, and was selectman three years, 1768-17 70. 

5. Samuel, s. of Josiah (4), m. Elizabeth, dau. of Jason Bigelow of Brook- 
field, and had/fl.so», Samuel, and five daughters, as already stated more par- 
ticularly on page 423. Through Rebecca, wife of Isaac (2), and Mary, wife of 
Josiah (4), this family appears to have a double share of the Garfield blood, 
which became so illustrious in the person of the martyred President, whose 
ancestors were inhabitants of Watertown. 

35 



CONCLUSION. 



On examination of the foregoing Genealogical Register, it 
will be observed that many of the very early inhabitants of 
Hardwick came from widely distant towns, yet in groups of 
relatives and friends. The largest group, under the influence 
of Rev. Timothy Ruggles, came from the Old Colony, notably 
from Rochester, Dartmouth, Sandwich, Harwich (including 
Brewster), and Eastham. Another company was from Hamp- 
shire County, especially from Hatfield, with whom came the 
first Pastor of the Church, and the progenitors of General 
Warner. Another group, under the leadership of Captain Sam- 
uel Robinson, came from Grafton, Westborough, Southborough, 
Shrewsbury, and other towns in that section of the county, more 
or less connected with each other by the ties of blood and mar- 
riage. A smaller number came with Deacon Christopher Paige, 
from Bedford, Concord, Littleton, and other towns in that re- 
gion. And, finally, a somewhat numerous and active class came 
with Captain Eleazar Warner from Brookfield, the only town 
except Rutland which was then organized in this immediate 
neighborhood. The names of families coming here from each 
town have been sufficiently designated in the Register, and need 
not be repeated. It may be added, that the members of these 
several groups generally clustered around each other in their 
habitations ; and some of the early controversies in the town, 
concerning meeting-houses and other public conveniences, may 
have a more than merely local interpretation. 



INDEX OF NAMES. 



Abbott, 36, 8, 52, 158, 9, 76, 
225-9, 63, 7, 315. 

Abercrombie, 81, 183, 266. 

Adams, 07, 9, 78, 83, 253, 81. 

Aiken, 34, 8, 45, 50, 6, 153, 
9, 169, 2.32, 63-8, 71, 3, 6, 
7, 86, 91, 7, 313, 17, 18. 

Alden, 286. 

Aldrich. 257. 

Allen, 24, 34-8, 55, 65, 83, 
87-90, 101, 13, 16. 21, 3, 
41, 9, 59, 73.6,9,81-90,3, 
20«, 7, 19, 26. 43, 9, 50, 05, 
89, 91, 4, 5, 307, 13-19. 

Amherst, 206. 

Amidon, 34, 40, 2, 208, 19, 
77, 95. 

Anav, 17. 

Anderson, 47, 145, 291, 313, 
14, 16, 18. 

Andrews, 38. 

Andrewson, 47. 

Anogomog (Indian), 15, 17. 

Appleton, 199. 

Arnold, 297. 

Ashlev, 181. 

Atwood, 228, 65, 87, 95. 

Auchmuty, 22. 

Ayers, 11, 40, 146, 253, 68. 

Babbitt, 230, 70, 4, 95. 

Bachelor, 295. 

Backus, 199. 

Bacon, 264, 8, 85. 

Badcock, 264. 

Bailev, 273, 8. 

Baker, 102. 

Baldwin, 138. 

Hallou, 232. 

Bangs, 269, 71, 95, 7. 

Banti, 284. 

Barlow, 83, 116, 231,76,316. 

Barnard, 55, 278. 

Barnes, 33, 9, 132, 231, 8, 64, 

83, 6, 7. 
Barr, 36, 40, 2, 249, 68. 
Barrett, 36, 8, 42, 146. 
Barrows, 259. 
Bartholomew, 238, 87, 310, 

14, 16, 18. 
Baacom, 207. 
Bassett, 101. 271, 4, 8, 95. 
Batchelder, 271. 
Bathsheba (slave), 160. 
Beach, 233. 



Beals, 149, 253, 5, 6, 74, 90, 

7, 309, 16. 
Beckwith, 241, 2, 53. 
Beecher, 236. 
Belcher, 23. 
Belding, 277. 
Belknap, 254. 
Benedict, 245. 
Benjamin, 146, 267, 8. 
Bennett, 34. 
Bernard, 77. 
Berrv, 313, 16, 18. - 
Biirelow, 284. 
Billings. 39, 50, 83, 7, 90, 

132, 41, 69, 83, 208, 38, 41, 

55, 64-72, 4, 7-9, 90, 1, 5, 

7, 308, 13-19. 
Bisbe, 233. 
Blackington, 159. 
Blackmer, 255. 
Blair, 30, 264, 5. 8. 
Blake, 147, 9, 52, 238, 309. 
Blanchard, 2SJ5. 
Bliss, 309. 
Blodgett, 199, 207. 
Blood, 277. 
Blunt, 264. 
Bolster, 146. 
Bond, 159. 
Bonnev, 309. 
Boston. 101. 279. 
Botham, 283. 
Bourn, 208. 
Bowdoin, 126, ,7, 30, 1, 3, 4, 

40. 
Bowen, 230, 91. 
Bowker, 268. 
Bowman, 56, 273, 95, 7. 
Boyden, 271.' 
Bovnton, 277. 
Bradford, 108. 
Bradhurst, 17. 
Bradish, 83, 4, 108, 86, 219, 

20, 49, 95, 313, 15. 
Bradshaw, 159. 
Bradv, 185. 

Breckenridge, 20, 228, 9. 
Brewer, 285. 
Bridge, 208, 97. 
Brigham, 284. 
Brilnhall, 135, 79. 
Brown, 121, 64, 220, 31,42, 

55, 8, 84. 
Browning, 316, 18. 
Brownson, 55. 



Bruce, 238, 54, 68, 92. 
Brvant, 135. 
Buck, 34. 
Buffon, 254. 
Burgovne, 273, 5. 
Burgess, 235, 78, 9, 92. 
Burnham, 228. 
Burr, 21, 22. 
Burt, 170, 231, 316, 18. 
Butler, 269, 70. 
Butterfield, 268, 87. 
Buttrick, 257. 
Bvam, 50, 277, 97. 
Byram, 66, 276. 

Ca>sar (slave), 161. 

Call, 55, 6. 

Cameron, 288. 

Campbell, 231, 79, 83, 90. 

Canadj', 295. 

Cannon, 42, 146, 80, 318. 

Cararv, 34. 

Carpenter, 34, 8, 42, 50, 135, 

40, 76, 220, 40, 9, 53, 64, 

7-9, 74, 95. 
Caul, 55, 6. 
Chaddock, 149. 
Chaloner, 269, 76, 95. 
Chamberlain, 159, 2-30, 2, 42, 

60, 69-71, 3, 0, 8, 97, 308. 
Chandler, 24, 9, 34, 9, 93, 

219, 53, 61, 85, 95. 
Chapin, 138. 
Chaplin, 84, 205. 
Chase, 208, 92. 
Cheedle, 55. 
Childs, 135, 219, 271, 7. 
Chipman, 295. 
Chittenden, 55. 
Church, 34, 9, 42, 6,^ 176, 265, 

7, 9, 71. 
Clark, 24, 132, 5, 6, 8, 254, 

07, 9, 95, 7, 310. 
Cleveland, 83, 230, 84-6, 95, 

7, 317. 
Clifford, 135. 
Cobb, 33, 150, 233, 66-9, 77, 

86, 90, 1, 7. 
Cobleigh. 47, 264, 5. 
Coburn, 130, 283. 
Coleborn, 11. 
Collins, 83, 102, 231, 97, 3U, 

15. 
Colton, 20, 139. 
Comee, 288. 



548 



INDEX OF NAMES. 



Conant, 92, 149, 278, 97. 
Conkev, U2, 152, 286. 
Convers, 127, 8, 36, 81, 93, 

263, 9, 71, U5. 
Cook, 31, 215. 
Cooper, 13, 50, 146, 84, 6, 

219, 26, 49, 315, 17, 18. 
Cox, 56. 170, 207, 89, 95. 
Cov, 11, 27. 
Crafts, 195, 6, 209. 
Croff, 231. 
Crosbv, 207, 33, 71. 
Crosley, 215, 35. 
Grossman, 271. 
Crowell, 50, 205, 71, 4, 7, 8, 

97. 
Cuinmings, 159, 268, 74, 88, 

97. 
Curtis, 4, 6, 9, 10, 12, 16, 18, 

30, 4, 56, 159, 268, 97. 
Gushing, 273. 
Gushman, 274. 
Cutler, 34, 120, 32, 49, 206, 

7, 40-2, 52, 3, 8, 80, 91, 

307, 13-19. 

Damon, 213. 

Dana, 199. 

Danforth, 92, 95-106, 49, 58, 

291, 2, 5, 316, 18. 
Davenport, 24. 
Davice, 132. 
Davis, 18, 34, 132, 52, 283, 

8. 
Dav, 132. 
Dean, 56, 232, 69, 71, 4, 9, 

85, 95, 7, 316, 18. 
Delano, 168, 2.58. 
Dennis, 135, 276, 9, 86, 313- 

17. 
Dennv, 132, 55. 
Devlin, 285. 
Dexter, 67, 83, 104, 21, 3, 35, 

6, 41, .59, 69, 94, 219, 52, 

3, 65-71, 4, 89, 90, 4, 5, 

312, 16. 
Dickinson, 310. 
Doane, 228, 264, 5. 
Doiid, 255. 
Doddrid-e, 255. 
Dodds, 152. 
Doclittle, 159,71,9.3,241,95, 

316. 
Doty, 132, 266, 71, 6, 8, 9, 

95. 
Douglass, 34, 9, 286. 
Draper, 16-20, 30, 4, 174. 
Dudley, 10, 24, 5, 30, 4; 7. 
Dunimer, 24. 
Dunn, 283. 
Dunsmore, 269, 74. 
Dunster, 185. 
Dwire, 297. 

Earl, 276, 92. 

Eastman, 240, 53, 312, 14- 

16, 19. 
Eaton, 217, 25, 55, 6. 
Eddv, 272. 
Edes, 74. 
Edson, 21, 2, 277. 
Edmands, 284. 
Edwards, 183, 225. 



Egery, 83, 121, 41, 253, 79, 

91, 316. 
Ellis, 264. 
Elwell, 135, 59, 230, 1, 67, 9, 

77, 8, 86, 97. 
Emmons, 284. 
Ernst, 283. 
Estabrook, 132. 
Evans, 271. 
Eyres, 11. 

Farlow, 11. 

Farr, 50, 159, 65, 8, 278. 

Fassett, 52, 5, 228. 

Fav, 31, 50, 3-5, 83, 8, 92, 3, 

132, 59, 88, 217, 25, 28-32, 

40, 1, 9, 53, 04-74, 77-9, 

90, 1, 5-7, 314-18. 
Felt, 114. 
Field, 149, 52, 228, 30, 8, 42, 

74, 97. 
Fish, 219, 316. 
Fisher, 138. 

Fiske, 50, 199, 207, 28. 49. 
Fl;igg, 135, 2.33, 57, 90, 6. 
Fletcher, 240, 71, 314. 
Flint, 261. 
Forbes, 295. 

Forbush, 269, 71, 3, 7, 97. 
Foreland, 277. 
Forsyth, 255. 
Foster, 180, 1, 91, 9, 207, 20, 

67, 72, 80, 315, 17, 18. 
Fowler, 138. 
Fraker, 297. 
Franklin, 254. 
Freeman, 55, 6, 135, 59, 84, 

249, 55, 05-70, 4, 7, 90, 5, 6. 
Freiker, 271. 
French, 11, 132, 255, 71, 93, 

7. 
Frink, 182. 

Frothingham, 83, 221-3. 
Fuller, 217, 57, 69. 

Gage, 81, 94, 209. 

Gale, 131, 6. 

Gamblin, 10, 18, 29, 34, 179, 

80. 
Gardner, 16-18, 29, 34, 90, 

5, 102, 3. 
Gatchell, 36, 40, 265. 
Gerry, 282. 
Gibbs, 264. 
GifRn, 271, 4, 8, 97. 
Gilbert, 145, 54, 231, 6, 7, 

58, 64, 8, 74, 6, 91, 4, 7, 

305-7, 16. 
Gill, 74, 102. 
Gillett, 35, 40, 2, 176. 
Gihnore, 277. 
Gilson, 34. 
Gitchell, 36, 40, 265. 
Glazier, 159, 231, 2,66, 7, 71, 

96. 
Gleason, 135, 238, 42, 55, 

313. 
Goddard, 265. 
Goldsburv, 106, 6$, 73, 211, 

52, 01." 
Goldthright, 34. 
Goodspeed, 263, 9, 71, 4, 80, 

96. ? 



Gordon, 236. 

Gore, 285. 

Gorham, 104, 35, 53, 66-72, 

4, 6, 8, 9, 96. 
Gould, 316, 17. 
Granger, 233, 87, 8. 
Gra}', 90, 5, 8, 102, 3. 
Green, 18-20, 70, 264, 7, 75. 
Greenleaf, 126. 
Greenongh, 310. 
Greenwood, 261. 
Grib, 288. 
Gridley, 78. 
Griffin, 34, 7. 
Griffith, 34, 7, 8, 315. 
Grosh, 233. 
Gurney, 236. 

Hack, 288. 

Haldimand, 53, 54. 

Hale, 132. 

Hall, 55, 132, 225, 54, 5. 

Hamilton, 257. 

Hammond, 40, 159. 254, 84. 

Hancock, 67, 89, 140. 

Hanmer, 132, 270, 97. 

Hapgood, 11. 

Harding, 207, 10. 

Hardwicke, 41. 

Harmon, 253, 316, 19. 

Harper, 280. 

Harrington, 36, 40, 5, 208, 

77, 309, 18. 
Harris, 135, 275. 
Harwood, 34, 52, 159, 225, 8, 

9. 
Haskell, 24, 5, 30, 4, 6, 40, 2, 

7, 5(5, 7, 83, 90, 121, 35, 46, 
66, 74, 220, 30, 2, 8, 67-72, 

. 4, 5, 8, 90, 310. 
'vHaskins, 135, 278, 92. 

Hastings, 83, 116, 23, 253, 
66-71, 4, 9, 90, 0, 312-17. 

Hatch, 91, 159, 88, 267, 77, 

8, 97, 316. 
Hathawav, 230, 1, 76. 
Haven, 242. 
Hawes, 47. 
Hayford, 277. 
Hazeltine, 87, 127, 31, 6, 41, 

61, 207-70, 4, 89, 96. 
Hedge, 159, 238, 49, 67-72, 

4, 8, 96, 315, 17. 
Hemenwaj', 267. 
Henderson, 266. 
Hickev, 288. 
Higgins, 47, 101, 70, 226, 30, 

2, 08-71, 4, 88, 97. 
Hill, 154, 284. 
Hillman, 144. 
Hinds, 149, 208. 
Hinkley, 149, 233, 52-55, 8, 

68, 77, 90, 6, 314-19. 
Hitchcock, 239, 58. 
Hodges, 56, 209, 73, 4, 8, 9, 

96. 
Holden, 277. 
Holland, 257. 
Holman, 136, 272, 9. 
Holt, 109, 73, 90-206, 52, 3. 
Homer, 286. 

Hopkins, 135, 202, 38, 77, 97. 
Houghton, 250. 



. Hovey, 33, 42. 
^ Howard, 231, 96. 

Hoyt, 132, 237, 93. 

Hubbard, 254, 8. 

Hudson, 269, 97.' 

Hull, 280. 

Hume, 234. 

Hunt, 34, 5, 9, 152, 9, 267 

„ 71, 4, 6, 7, 84, 90, 7. 
Hunter, 287. 

Hutchinson, 4-6, 9-11 24 
„59 65,77,83,254. ' ^*' 
Huxford, 277. 
Hyde, 20. 



Ingersole, 35. 



INDEX OF NAMES. 

Lee, 29, loi, 207, 57, 79, 91 
Lemoine, 278 ' ' ' "^ 

^T7f'k^i-'''S-3'8,228,68, 

L.ncol„,^6, 80, 9, 119,21,2, 

^"m:' ^^' ^' ^^^' 89, 96, 

Loring, 271, 97. 

Lucp 135, 270, 7,91,6. 

l^udduigton, 139. 

Lunt, 284. 

Lyman, 133. 

Lynde, 242, 313, 14, 

Lyon, 297. 

Lyscom, 267, 73, 97. 



549 



Monroe, 239, 74 317 
Montague, 149, 228. ' 
Moore, 214, 35. 
Morgan, 159. 
Morton, 316. 
Moulton, 284. 
IMuldoon, 284, 5, 
Muiicton, 268. 
Munden, 277. 
Muri)hy, 288. 
l^Iurray, 138. 
Muttaump (Indian), 9 12 



Jackson, 254. 

James (Indian), 16, 17, 26 

Jefferson, 280-2. 

Jenkins, 257, 91. 

Jenks, 290. 

Jenney, 253, 74, 6, 7, 90, 1, 

Jennings, 52, 4, 229. 

Jennison, 36. 

Jewell, 215, 35. 

Johnson, 38, 83, 135 41 4 
70, 80, 226, 30, 57, 74-7 
80,90,6,7,316:18 ' 

Jones, 92, 126, 231, 2, 61. 
Jordan, 35, 9, 159, 233, 49 
^ 04, 5, 9, 71, 4, 96. 
Joslyn, 237. 
Judson, 194, 5. 
June, 277. 
Junius, 255. 

Keehood (Indian), 9. 
Keith, 173-5, 296. 
Kekquoquau (Indian), 15, 25- 

Kellogg, 138 96. 
Kelly, 149. 
Kendall, 318. 
Kenedy, 132. 
Kennon, 284. 
Kidder, 176. 
King, 21, 2. 255, 86. 
Kingman, 211. 
Kinnev, 269, 71, 96 

^l"3.'?5', l<f ' '^■'' ^^' ^' ^^2, 
Knight, '258,' 85, 6, 313, 14, 

^^31?°' ^^' ^®*' ^' '^'^' ^6' 
Knox, 240, 91, 314-16 

Laflin, 310. 

Lamb, 16-19, 21, 2, 9, 31, 4, 

Lamberton, 232. 
Lamson, 232. 
Lathe, 232. 

^T7'T^:. 1°*' ^^' 59, 230, 
67, 9, 77, 83, 92, 6, 3i7. 

R'^'^o'^i'-^^26, 49, 238,53- 
6.g69, .2, 6, 90, 2,6,7, 

Leach, 277, 96. 



Maccoy, 35, 8, 46, 158, 317. 
Madison, 280, 2. 
Magoun, 20. 
Magus (Indian), 15-19, 26 

Maher, 285. 
Mahonev, 288. 
Mahtauiikaumut (Indian), 

Mandell, 47,' 50,' 70, 82, 3' 7' 

?f o '1 ^^'o^' ^' 71, 7, 89 
91, 2, 4, 7, 312-19. 
Manlv, 317 18 

Mann, 218, 67, 317, 18.' 
Marapin, 278. 
Marble, 268, 77 

''05:'78fl3!''' ''' ''' 23^' 
Marshall, 251. 
Marston, 152. 
Mason, 101, 207. 
Matthews, 132 

May?!^' ^^°'^'''°^' ^^ 10 

Mayhugh, 288. 

Maynard, 310. 

Mayo, 30, 5. 

McCu/Jock, 137, 8, 9 

McDowell, 249. 
McGinnis, 284. 
McGregor, 284. 
McHeough, 287. 
Mclutire, 103, 296. 
McKenzie, I95 
McMuilen, 277. 
JMcSwain, 267. 
Mellen, 310 
Merrick, 34, 40, 2, 7, 82 IS"; 

Iq' f-' h ^' ^' 210, 11, 26 
49, 07, 8, 71, 2, 7 89 9fl 
310, 14. 15, 17. ' ^^' 

Merrill, 236. 

Merritt, 218 

Metcalf, 232 

Mi'}es'29r""'^^"^''°^'25' 
Miller, 271. 
Millot, 2.54. 
Miner, 310. 

Minot, 120, 4, 7 9 no q 

254. ' ' ' ■^*^^' 3, 

Mixter, 149, 53, 4, 7 63 8 



Nassowanno (Indian), 15-17 
19, 26, 31. ' ' 

Ned, 271, 2. 
Negus, 268.' 
Nelson, 297. 
Newcomb, 255, 6, 318. 
Newell, 132. 
Newland, 231 2 
Newton, 55-7,' 83, 7, 101 32. 

5,59,91,228,53,8,68:71, 
3^ 4, 6, 8, 87, 96, '7, ^5, 

Nichols, 36, 265. 
Nontatousoo (Indian), 9. 
Norcross, 35, 37. 
Norton, 211. 
Noyes, 234. ' 

Nye, 39, 92, 3, 253, 67-71 4 
7,9,86,96,7,316. ' ' 

Oakes, 135, 297. 
O'Brien, 283 

''49:^7fll|'i?' '''' 239, 

Or.u^^^310,'l3-15.19. 

Otis,^0,61,77,271. 



Packard, 277 

^'4? g^'lis^'^' ^' ^^' 239. 

Page, 310. 

Paige, U, 18, 20, 9 34 5 
40-42, 6, 7, 55, 6, 70, 83 7 
8,90 5,6,101 24,5,1.3: 
18, 21, 3, 6, 30, 2, 5 40 
1, 9, 53, 64, 6, 9, 76-79* 
82-89, 91, 9, 201, 6, 7, 1?; 
32, 3, 9, 46, 49-53, 7, 8 
gg?,4, 6,8,9,90-3, 6,7,' 

Paine, 1-38, 52, 277. 

Paley, 255. 

Park, 254. 

Parker, 285. 

Parkhurst, 135, 268. 

Parks, 287. 

Parsons, 138. 

Partridge, 59, 61. 

Patch, 152. 
Patrick, 283. 
Pearce, 135. 
Pease, 148, 284. 
Peck, 285. 

Peirce, 141, 9, 249, 53. 312 
16. ' 

Penniman, 241. 
Penny, 287. 
Pepper, 232. 



550 



INDEX OF NAMES. 



Pepperel], 77. 

Percv, 70. 

Perkins, 230, (?, 53, 70, 8, 96, 

7. 
Perrv, 38, 176, 93, 233, 86, 

9i; 314-16, 18. 
Petrell, 267. 
Philip (ludian), 4, 5, 6, 10, 

1.5. 
Pliilip (slave), 160. 
Phillips, 11, 138. 
Phillis (slave), 160. 
Phinnev. 279, 91. 
Phips, 25, 26. 
Pickerins, 282. 
Pichitte, 284. 
Pierce, 234, 87. 
Pierpout, 22, 4, ^, 8, 30, 4-7. 
Pike, 34, 5, 270, 1, 6, 96. 
Plant, 271, 6. 
Plowmati, 311. 
Plutarch, 255. 
Pope, 207, 12, 235, 9. 
Porter, 76. 
Powell, 96. 
Pratt, 52, 83, 135, 59, 22.5-8, 

30, 65-71, 4, 8, 90, 6, 7, 

316. 
Prichard, 11, 13. 
Prout, 135. 
Putnam, 76, 254. 
Pynchon, 17. 

Quincy, 254. 

Rainmelsburg, 283. 

Ramsay, 254. 

Eamsdell, 35, 287. 

Rand, 273, 6, 80. 

Rankin, 149. 

Rannev, 242. 

Eawson, 135, 41, 241, 70, 85, 
97. 

Raymond, 141,. 231, 67, 69- 
72, 4, 7, 90, 1, 7, 312-16, 
18. 

Read, .32, 3, 14-3. 

Redfield, 287. 

Reed, 152, 3, 2.59. 

Rice, 70, 82, 3, 7, 9-3, 4, 106, 
49, 59, 81, 226-9, 39, 40, 9, 
53, 7, 8, 63, 4, 8-71, 3, 6, 
89, 91, 6, 7, 8, 307, 8, 12, 
13, 15, 17. 

Rich, 146, 2.32, 92, 7, 314. 

Richardson, 219, 28, 85, 7, 
314, 17. 

Richmond, 285. 

Rider, 231, 2. 

Rinker, 149. 

Rion, 92. 

Rixford, 270, 6, 97. 

Roach, 135. 

Roberts, 52, 146, 225, 8, 30, 
66, 70, 1, 8, 97. 

Robertson, 254. 

Robinson, 32, 5, 8, 42-6, 50- 
5, 70, 83, 8, 90, 3, 101-5, 
8, 16, 35, 58, 70, 3, 6, 8, 
80-8, 219, 25, 8, 30, 9, 40, 
57, 64-71, 4, 6, 7, 85, 9, 92, 
4, 6, 7, 310, 15, 17, 18. 



Rogers, 18, 135, 94, 5, 2-30, 

85, 90. 
Roland, 287. 
Kollin, 255. 
Rolston, 283. 
Rose (slave), 160. 
Rowe, 166, 88. 
Rowlandson, 12. 
Ruffgles, 2, 16-22, 5, 9-31, 

4-9, 45-50, 58-70, 72-81, 

3, 8, 92-5, 8, 104, 32, 6, 41, 

4, 6, 58, 9, 66, 9, 74, 6, 9, 
80, 8, 91, 233, 5, 9, 42, 9, 
50, 3, 6, 7, 63-5, 8, 70, 2, 

4, 6, 7, 85, 89-91, 6, 7, 
312-19. 

Ryan, 277. 

Sabin, 180. 

Safford, 50, 5, 83, 7, 188, 90, 

228, 40, 9, 64-7, 71, 96, 

317. 
Sage, 154. 

Sanger, 40, 214, 35, 57, 86. 
Sarah (slave), 160. 
Sargent, 317, 18. 
Sauge, 207, 8. 
Sausaman (Indian), 5. 
Savage, 147. 
Searl, 138. 
Sears, 83, 189, 249, 63, 9, 70, 

2, 4, 7, 89, 96, 315, 17. 
Seaver, 18, 30, 204. 
Sellon, 116, 277, 96. 
Sewall, 24. 
Shannon, 284. 
Shattuck, 127. 
Shaw, 35, 132, 59, 255, 96. 
Shavs, 119, 28-33, 36, 41, 65, 

263. 9, 75, 6. 
Sheehan, 2-37. 
Shepard, 128, 32, 3, 6. 
Sherman, 284. 
Shirley, 47. 
Shumwav, 35, 292. 
Shurtlefl' 135. 
Sibley, 135, 230, 74, 86, 96, 

316, 18. 
Sikes, 193. 

Simon (Indian), 16, 17, 26. 
Simonds, 231, 67. 
Smedley, 11. 
Smellie", 254. 
Smith, 18, 29, 30, 5-8, 40, 2, 

6, 127, 35, 79, 80, 213, 28, 

35, 54, 61, 4, 86, 8, 92, 6, 

310, 14-18. 
Snell, 207. 
Snow, 170, 230, 57, 8, 71, 4, 

86, 96, 7. 
Sogg, 267, 8. 
Southgate, 56, 270, 96. 
Southwick, 35. 
Southworth, 2, 155, 6, 235, 

85, 7, 313-15, 17, 18. 
Soiivaroff, 255. 
Spalding, 192, 257. 
S|)arks, 51. 
Spooner, 47, 5.5, 79, 101, .32, 

5, 50, 253, 71-8, 85, 6, 93, 

6, 313, 10, 18, 19. 
Sprout, 264, 70, 1, 8, 96, 7. 



Stacev, 258. 

Stafford, 286. 

Stanwood, 278, 96. 

Stanton, 283. 

Stearns, 36, 2-39, 64, 75. 

Stebbins, 138. 

Steele, 268. 

Stetson, 317, 18. 

Stevens, 153, 4, 264, 305. 

Stevenson, 132, 215, 35. 

Steward, 56, 296. 

Stewart, 264, 5. 

Stiles, 22. 

Stockbridge, -35. 

Stockwell, 259. 

Stoddard, 25, 7, 8. 

Stone, 219, 44, 53, 5, 61, 4, 

8, 312,-14, 10, 19. 
Story, 55, 228. 
Stoughton, 17. 
Stowe, 242. 
Stowell, 206, 90. 
Stratton, 38, 42, 159, 226, 8, 

74, 97. 
Strong, 138, 282. 
Sturtevant, 231, 2, 76, 86, 8, 

317. 
Sumner, 18, .35, 316. 
Swain, 218. 
Sweet, 209. 
Sweeting, 274. 
Swift, 274, 8. 

Tack (slave), 160. 

Tate, 185. 

Tavlor, 135, 6, 70, 264, 85, 

96. 
Terry, 276, 9. 
Thaver, 67, 271, 4-6, 86, 7, 

91. 
Thomas, 29, 42, 146, 7, 59, 

04, 5, 248, 9, 55-7, 68-71, 

4, 9, 97, 309, 1.5-17. 
Thompson, 55, 7, 132, 207, 

10, 55-7. 
Thresher, 284. 
Thurston, 169. 
Tidd, 132. 
Tileston, 209. 
Tinney, 288. 
Titus, 270, 96. 
Tomlinson, 199, 207. 
Tower, 276. 
Towne, 220, 77. 
Townsend, 24. 
Train, 207. 
Treadwell, 133. 
Trow, 146, 58, 9, 253, 79, 88, 

92, 313, 18, 19. 
Trumbull, 196, 9. 
Tucker, 16, 18, .30, 4, 1.35, 8, 

9, 230, 271, 4, 85, 96, 7, 
314. 

Tudor, 77. 

Tupper, 173, 210, 16, 18, 36, 

77, 85. 
Tuttle, 2.36. 
Tyler, 220. 

Uncas (Indian), 86. 
Underwood, 267. 
Upchattuck (Indian), 9. 



INDEX OF NAMES. 



651 



V; 



Upham, 277. 
Voax, 132. 

Wade, 288. 

Wadsworth, 258. 

Wagner, 284. 

Wainwright, 24. 

Wait, 274, 7, 98. 

Waldo, 11. 

Walker, 256, 90, 8, 313, IG, 
17. 

Ward, 207, 66. 

Wardwell, 2, 208, 42, 56. 

Ware, 211, 64. 

arner, 13, 33, 6, 40, 2, 6, 
7, 50, 70, 82-4, 7, 90, 1, 3, 
102, 3, lG-19, 21, 4-7, 29- 
34, 41, 6, 48-52, 00, 1, 5-7, 
76, 81, 4, 91, 3, 206, 7, 20, 
50, 3, 7, 63, 8, 9, 72-80, 4, 
9, 90, 2, 6-8, 309, 12-19. 

Warren, 135, 296. 

Washburn, 47, 56, 70, 2, 87, 
115, 21, 41, 241, 9, 252, 3, 
7, 69, 70, 4, 8, 96, 8, 317, 
18. 

Washington, 254, 81, 2. 

Watson, 136, 255. 

Watts, 185, 261, 88. 



Webb, 259, 91. 

Webster, 254. 

Weeks, 267-71, 7, 9, 96-8. 

Welhnan, 277. ^ 

Wells, 35, 6, 8, 42, 176, 9, 80, 

1, 93, 236, 315, 17, 19. 
Wendell, 47. 

Wentworth, 51. ^ 

We'^son, 4, 173, 9, 206-9, 253, 

60, 92. 
West, 40, 149, 255. 
Weston, 132, 5, 233. 
Wetherbee, 284. 
Wetherell, 231. 
Wheeler, 4, 6, 9-11, 50, 83, 

123, 7, 8, 131-41, 59, 220, 

31, 49, 53, 5, 70, 2, 6, 80, 

7, 9, 90, 1, 6, 8, 309, 14, 

10-18. 
Wheelock, 297. 
Wheelwright, 310. 
Whetherell, 132. 
Whipple, 93, 132, 5, 69, 220, 

6, 8, 30, 9, 239, 64-8, 72, 

4, 7, 90-2, 6, 8, 316, 18. 
Whitcomb, 55, 6, 70, 147, 9, 

84, 267-9, 74, 98, 309, 15, 

17. 
White, 22, 4, 35, 56, 9, 139, 

49, 52, 60, 6, 71-6, 82-8, 



90-4, 9, 202, 25, 40, 1, 9, 

59, 68, 77, 96, 309, 17, 18. 
.Whitefield, 221, 3.^ 
Whitherlv, 132. 
Whitney," 1, 183, 92. 
Whittemore, 233. 
Wicker, 135, 296, 8. 
Wickizen, 288. 
Wigglesworth, 221, 3. 
Wigiitington, 132. 
AVilder, 209. 16, 37, 71, 6. 
Willard, 12, 76, 199, 211. 
Williams, 35, 131, 76, 263, 

314. 
Willis, 24, 5, 30, 4, 5, 9, 49, 

74, 201, 19, 30-4, 42, 55, 

70, 1, 4, 6, 96, 8, 316, 18. 
Willson, 175, 210. 
Willvmachen (Indian), 9. 
Winchester, 219, 30, 75, 96. 
Wing, 83, 135, 257, 98. 
Winn, 284, 6, 7. 
Winslow, 121, 35, 60, 71, 257, 

65-71, 7, 98. 
Witt, 270, 80. 
Wood, 204, 5. -" 
Woods, 132, 228, 307, 8. 
Wright, 13, 22, 56, 7, 270, 1, 

7, 98. 
Wyman, 284. 



INDEX OF FAMILIES. 



Abbott, 321. 
Aiken, -322. 
Alden, 324. 
Alexander, 325. 
Allen, 325. 
Ames, 328. 
Amidon, 328. 
Amsden, 328. 
Anderson, 329. 
Andrews, 329. 
Arnold, 329. 
Atwood, 329. 
Ayers, 329. 

Babbitt, 330. 
Ballou, 330. 
Bangs, 330. 
Barlow, 331. 
Barnard, 331. 
Barnes, 331. 
Barr, 333. 
Barrett, 333. 
Bartholomew, 333. 
Bartlett, 33-t. 
Bassett, 334. 
Bates, 335. 
Baxter, 335. 
Beach, 335. 
Beals, 335. 
Beaman, 335. 
Beckwith, 335. 
Belding, 335. 
Benjamin, 336. 
'Bcrrv, 336. 
Billings, 337. 
Blackmer, 339. 
Blake, 339. 
Bolster, 339. 
Bond, 340. 
Bonney, 340. 
Bowen, 340. 
Bradish, 340. 
Bradv, 341. 
Breen, 341. 
Brennan, 341. 
Bridge, 341. 
Bridges, 341. 
Brimhall, 341. 
Brown, 341. 
Browning, 342. 
Bruce, 342. 
Burgess, 343. 
Burslev, 343. 
Burt, 343. 
Butterfield, 344. 



Bvam, 344. 
Byrara, 344. 

Campbell, 344. 
Cannon, 344. 
Carpenter, 344. 
Carter, 345. 
Chamberlain, 345. 
Chandler, 346. 
Chaplin, 347. 
Chase, 347. 
Childs, 347. 
Church, 348. 
Clapp, 348. 
Clark, 348. 
Cleveland, 350. 
Clifford, 351. 
Clinton, 351. 
Cobb, 351. 
Cobleigh, 353. 
Collins, 353. 
Conant, 354. 
Conkey, 354. 
Convers, 354. 
Cook, 354. 
Cooper, 354. 
Covell, 355. 
Cox, 355. 
Crowell, 355. 
Cummings, 356. 
Cutler, 357. 

Danforth, 358. 
Davenport, 359. 
Dav, 359. 
Dillv, 359. 
Dean, 360. 
Demmon, 361. 
Dennis, 361. 
Dexter, 362. 
Dickinson, 364. 
Dinsmore, 364. 
Doane, 365. 
Doolittle, 365. 
Dotv, 365. 
Dow, 366. 
Doyle, 366. 

Eager, 366. 
Earl, 366. 
Eastman, 366. 
Eddv, 367. 
Edson, 367. 
Egerv, 367. 
Eldredge, 367. 



Ellis, 367. 
Ellsworth, 368. 
Elweli, 368. 
Emmons, 369. 
Estabrook, 369. 
Evans, 369. 

Fairbanks, 369. 
Farr, 369. 
Fassett, 370. 
Fav, 370. 
Field, 375. 
Fish, 375. 
Fisk, 376. 
Fitzgerald, 376. 
Fitzpatrick, 376. 
Fletcher, 376. 
Forbes, 376. 
Forbush, 377. 
Foster, 377. 
Freeman, 379. 
French, 381. 
Frink, 381. 
Frost, 381. 
Frve, 382. 
Fuller, 382. 

Gale, 382. 
Gardner, 382. 
Gibben, 382. 
Gibbs, 382. 
Giffin, 382. 
Gilbert, 383. 
Gitchell, 383. 
Glazier, 383. 
Gleason, 384. 
Goodale, 384. 
Goodenow, 384. 
Goodspeed, 384. 
Gore, 385. 
Gorham, 385. 
Gould, 385. 
Granger, 385. 
Grant, 386. 
Green, 386. 
Griffith, 387. 

Hagar, 387. 
Hale, 387. 
Hall, 387. 
Hamilton, 387. 
Hammond, 387. 
Hanmer, 387. 
Harmon, 388. 
Harrington, 388. 



554 



INDEX OF FAMILIES. 



Harris, 388. 
Harvev, 388. 
Harvvood, 388. 
Haskell, 389. 
^Haskins, 391. 
Hastings, 392. 
Hatch, 394. 
Hathaway, 394. 
Havford, 396. 
Hazeltine, 396. 
Hedge, 396. 
Higgins, 397. 
Hildreth, 398. 
Hillman, 398. 
Hinds, 398. 
'■^Hinkley, 398. 
Hitchcock, 399. 
Hodges, 399. 
Holden, 399. 
Holmes, 400. 
Holt, 400. 
Hopkins, 400. 
Howard, 400. 
Howe, 401. 
Hoyt, 401. 
Hubbard, 401. 
Hudson, 401. 
Hunt, 401. 

Jackson, 403. 
Jamerson, 403. 
James, 403. 
Jenkins, 403. 
Jenks, 403. 
Jenney, 403. 
Johnson, 404. 
Jordan, 406. 
Joslin, 407. 

Keith, 407. 
Kelly, 407. 
Kennedy, 407. 
Kenney', 407. 
Kerley, 407. 
Kimball, 407. 
King, 407. 
Kinsley, 407. 
Knapp, 408. 
Knight, 408. 
Knowles, 408. 
Knowlton, 409. 
Knox, 410. 

Lamb, 410. 
Lane. 410. 
Lawrence, 410. 
Lawton, 411. 
Leach, 413. 
Legate, 413. 
Leonard, 413. 
Lincoln, 414. 
Locke, 414. 
Luce, 415. 
Lyscom, 415. 

Maccoye, 415. 
McEvoy, 415. 
Mclntyre, 421. 
Mahan, 415. 
Mandell, 415. 
Manly, 417. 
Mann, 418. 
Marsh, 418 



Martin, 420. 
Mason, 420. 
Mav, 420. 
Maynard, 420. 
Mavo, 420. 
Mead, 421. 
Mellen, 421. 
Merrick, 421. 
Merritt. 422. 
Miles, 422. 
Miller, 422. 
Mixter, 423, 545. 
Monroe, 424. 
Moore, 424. 
Morgan, 424. 
Morse, 424. 
Morton, 424. 
Moulton, 424. 
Munden, 425. 
Muzzey, 425. 
Myer, 425. 

Nazro, 425. 
Nelson, 425. 
Newcomb, 425. 
Newell, 426. 
Newland, 426. 
Newton, 426. 
Nevlon, 428. 
Nichols, 423. 
Norris, 429. 
Nurse, 429. 
Nye, 429. 

Oakes. 431, 
Oliver, 431. 
Olmstead, 431. 
Orcutt, 432. 
Osborn, 432. 

Packard, 432. 
Paddleford, 432. 
Paige, 433, 546. 
Painheart, 450. 
Parker, 450. 
Patrill, 450. 
Peacock, 450. 
Peck, 451. 
Peirce, 451. 
Penniman, 452. 
Pepper, 452. 
Perkins, 452. 
Perry, 452. 
Phelps, 453. 
Phinnev, 453. 
Pike, 454. 
Pope, 454. 
Powers, 455. 
Pratt, 456.- 
Presho, 457. 
Prouty, 457. 
Purington, 457. 
Putnam, 457. 

Ramsdell, 457. 
Rand, 458. 
Randall, 458. 
Ranney, 458. 
Ransom, 458. 
Rawson, 458. 
Raymond, 459. 
Record, 460. 
Reed, 460. 



Rice, 460. 
Rich, 463. 
Richards, 463. 
Richardson, 464. 
Richmond, 465. 
Riddle, 466. 
Riplev, 466. 
RixfoVth, 466. 
Roach, 466. 
Robbins, 466. 
Roberts, 466. 
Robinson, 466, 546. 
Rogers, 477. 
Ropes, 478. 
Rose, 478. 
Ross, 478. 
Ruggles, 479. 

Sabin, 490. 
Safford, 491. 
Sampson, 492. 
Sanger, 492. 
Saunders, 492. 
Sears, 492. 
Seaver, 493. 
Sellon, 493. 
Sessions, 494. 
Shaw, 494. 
Sherman, 494. 
Shugrue, 494. 
Shumway, 494. 
Shurtleff', 494. 
Sibley, 495. 
Simmons, 495. 
Simonds, 495. 
Simpson, 495. 
Slaney, 495. 
Sleeper, 495. 
Sloan, 495. 
Smith, 496.^ 
Snow, 498. 
Southgate, 499. 
Southworth, 499. 
Spooner, 500. 
Sprout, 505. 
Squires, 506. 
Staples, 506. 
Stearns, 506. 
Stebbins, 506. 
Stedman, 506. 
Steele, 506. 
Stephens, 506. 
Stetson, 507. 
Stewart, 507. 
Stockwell, 508. 
Stone, 508. 
Stowell, 509. 
Stratton, 509. 
Sturtevant, 509. 
Sullivan, 510. 
Sumner, 510. 
Swasey, 511. 
Swift, 511. 

Taylor, 511. 
Tefrv, 512. 
Thayer, 512. 
Thomas, 513. 
Thompson, 515. 
Thresher, 515. 
Thurston, 515. 
Tibbetts, 516. 
Tinney, 516. 



Tisdale, 516. 
Titus, 516. 
Totman, 516. 
Towne, 516. 
Trask, 516. 
Trow, 516. 
Truesdale, 517. 
Tucker, 517. 
Tupper, 618. 
Turner, 518. 
Tute, 518. 
Tyler, 519. 

Utley, 519. 

Vokes, 519. 

Waite, 519. 
Walker, 519. 
Wallace, 520. 
Walton, 520. 
Ward, 520. 
Wardwell, 521. 



INDEX OF FAMILIES. 

Ware, 521. 

Warner, 521, 5-16. 

Warren, 527. 

Washburn, 527. 

Watkins, 528. 

Watson, 528. 

Weaver, 528. 

Webb, 529. 

Webster, 529. 

Weeks, 529. 

Wells, 530. 

Wesson, 531. 
Weston, 531. 

Wetherbee, 531. 
Wetherell, 531. 
Wheeler, 531. 
Wheelock, 534. 
Wheet, 534. 
Whipple, 534. 
Whitaker, 535. 
Whitcomb, 535. 
White, 537. 



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Whiting, 538. 

Wicker, 538. 

Wiley, 539. 

Wiilard, 539. 

Willis, 539. 

Wilson, 540. 

Winchester, 540. 

Wing-, 540. 

Winslow, 541. 

Winter, 543. 
Winterbottom, 543. 

Wiswell, 543. 
Wood, 543. 

Woodbury, 544. 
Woodward, 544. 
Worden, 544. 
Wright, 544. 
Wrin, 544. 
Wyatt, 544.— 
Wyman, 545. 



Yarrington, 545. 



V, 



ERRATA. 

Page 40, line IS, far Sanyer read Sanger. 
Page 125, note, last line, /or 1787 read 1786. 
Page 16 7, line 1, for adjoinging read adjoining. 
Page 192, line 19, for forty-eight read forty-seven. 
Page 219, line 10 from bottom, for 1816 read 1826. 
Page 239, after line 13, read, — 

Henry M. Tupper, A. C. 1859. 

William A. Warner, H. C. 1815. 

Page 246, line 2, for amaze read a maze. 
Page 285, line 9, for Aug. 2, 1864 read Aug. 2, 1863. 
Page 325, line 21, for 1603 read 16 73. 
Page 369, line 12, for William Y. read William T. 
Page 379, line 12, for 1858 read 1855 and 1863. 
Page 397, line 21 from bottom, for 7 Ap. 1763 read 17 Ap. 1763. 
Page 411, line 30, for John Y. read John T. 
Page 523, line 28, for Dudley read Hadley. 
Page 535, line 11, /or 1778 rend 1798. 



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